Fansplaining is a podcast about by, for, and about fandom. It's hosted by Flourish Klink and Elizabeth Minkel. New episodes come out every two weeks. If you want to call us and leave a message for us to read on air, our number is 1-401-526-FANS!
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The Fansplainers – Wake Up Dead Man
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Hello, film fanatics! McQuarrying has been postponed for the Christmas break. This week Mary and David have a spiritual tussle over Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man. Can this iteration of the Knives Out franchise possibly be as good as the first two instalments or will trilogy derangement syndrome take another victim? Let Mary and David fansplain it…
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Can Fandom Make Us Better Tourists? by Kayti Burt
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Our final article of 2025 is here! Kayti Burt—who first wrote for us last spring, in a fantastic piece on the precarity of being a fandom journalist (https://www.fansplaining.com/articles/the-fan-journalist-tightrope)—returns to Fansplaining to tackle the subject of fandom tourism, and how fans can approach journeys with respect rather than entitle…
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Horse Mysteries Season 6 Bonus Episode
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An Interview with Virginia Slachman Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Six of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! We have a treat for all you lovers of horse mysteries as Lezah and Dave have an enjoyable conversation with Virginia Slachman, a college professor, horse lover, and a c…
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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the podcast that thinks outside the box! This week – our Dedrick Boxing Day extravaganza with our old friend Jason Dedrick. Ian, Dave and Jason talk: mica drop; chewy, chewy; the magic bus; psalm poetry; Bible bath; intergenerational nostalgia; Yuletide firing range; Christmas fatigue; jingle cat; Christma…
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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the podcast that misremembers the past! This week: Grimm thoughts; clobberation; cross swords; topical punch; New Yorker state of mind; Ooo, matron; bogus material; big shiny tunes; Aussie can you day; guess not; trouble Jeopardy; gambling gambol; saur point; cartoon car crash; Dick jokes; apeeling music; …
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Refresh My Memory – The Transformers: The Movie
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What do you call a movie with all your favourite cartoon characters being killed? The Transformers: The Movie from 1986. It’s time for Refresh My memory: The Podcast to hear Vicky Van, Jason Dedrick and Eric Fell’s recollections. Does the film have the touch? Does it have the power? Or is it less than meets the eye? In honour of Leonard Nimoy’s voi…
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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the podcast that misremembers the past! This week: paying their dues; artificial sweeteners; Kung Fu-ey; Little Bruce on the Prairie; paradise postponed; the Grudge-uate; Peters out; ethnics class; there but for fortune; outcast network; in the studio; on rom-roms; sexual healing; hot reads; cartoon renais…
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The Fansplainers – Predators: Badlands/The Running Man Pt.2
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Hello, movie maniacs! McQuarrying has been postponed again because David and Mary went to the theatres to see a couple of good old fashioned action flicks. They watched Dan Trachtenberg’s further extrapolations of the world of Predator with Predator: Badlands and Edgar Wright’s re-imagining of the “classic” 80’s Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle The Ru…
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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the podcast that forces laughter! This week: what’s happening?!?; the right time is the night time; audio infidelity; musical boxes; all you need is Glove; forced laughter; straight time; Hirt’s so good; jazz bro; Beatles no how; sub mission; classical gas; the outsiders; generation aches; culture club; sh…
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The Fansplainers – Predator: Badlands/The Running Man Pt. 1
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Hello, movie maniacs! McQuarrying has been postponed this week because David and Mary went to the theatres to see a couple of good old fashioned action flicks. They watched Dan Trachtenberg’s further extrapolations of the world of Predator with Predator: Badlands and Edgar Wright’s re-imagining of the “classic” 80’s Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle Th…
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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the podcast that writes wrongs! This week: the pause that refreshes; stamp it out; pick a Peck; a better mousetrap; lets get graphic; theatre row; long distance runaround; bread winners; it’s a mystery; character studies; Stark relief; Marky movies; empty premises; dumb money; the dull house; faulty collec…
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Not His First Rodeo Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Six of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! On the final regular season episode of Horse Mysteries things get really grim with rodeos and the murder of young girls. It’s a story of cruelty, depravity, ill-equipped law enforcemen…
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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the podcast that disagrees with itself! This week, Ian and Dave are joined by the 3rd Dragon, Nina Matsumoto, to talk: Japannual trips; shoehorning in; a nice parrot; one to crow on; on bad terms; goose steps; accent on one; stick to me; the vinyl countdown; Ian’s seen Better Days; the player; drawn to lif…
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The Fansplainers – Die My Love/Frankenstein
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Hello, cinema sickos! Guess what? No McQuarrying this week because Mary and Dave wanted to go to the movies! On this episode they discuss Lynne Ramsey’s alienated woman psychodrama Die My Love with Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, as well as Guillermo Del Toro’s grand, gothic guiltfest Frankenstein with Oscar Isaac, Jacob Ilordi and Mia Goth…
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Our November piece is here! Newt Albiston's essay is one part guide to fandom text-based roleplaying, one part meditation on working through gender exploration via roleplay. Plus: be sure to click through and see the gorgeous art we commissioned from illustrator Anna Lark. "Alternate Universes" Through text-based roleplaying, I've lived so many oth…
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The year is 1985: Martin Scorsese hasn’t made Marvel fans upset yet and directs the neo-noir cult classic After Hours. But what do our late night-loving commentators, Vicky Van, Jason Dedrick and Eric Fell remember about this journey into SoHo? Do they say, “On no”? In keeping with the after hours theme, they’ll be snacking on donuts from a local 2…
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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the podcast that colours your world! This week: wasted days and wasted nights; Bachman churner overwrite; Art Gecko; Ian runs down The Running Man; let’s hang out; not star material; Sloan again…naturally; Rodeo clown; Nardwuar and peace; dopamine delayed; fruit bearings; dear landlord; theatre buffs; tart…
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Ask Dave: Why Horses? Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Six of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! This week Lezah asks Dave “Why horses?” Why do people love horses? She also controversially asks who makes better riders? Men or women? Or other horses!!! (She actually didn’t ask th…
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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the podcast that pledges its troth! This week: no revival; their purple reign; Brel cream; Martian chronicles; his way; top of the pops; virtual hustler; hag-ridden; pretty little liars; ghost to ghost; disemvowelled; I married a corpse; comedy handsome; note taking; crowd work; theatre class; ads nauseam;…
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Hello, movie maniacs! McQuarrying is on hiatus for another week as Mary and Dave take a deep dive into a frozen lake to discuss Scott Derrickson’s Black Phone 2. The Grabber returns to haunt Finney and Gwen as the supernatural becomes super real. Was this the movie of Mary and Dave’s dreams? Well, let them fansplain it for you! Thanks for listening…
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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the podcast that pitches woe. This week: artificial energy; revelations; pregnant pause; murder plot; Park place; vaults time; cutting remarks; Space: 9-1-1; swinging London; got to get a message to you; love Cannell; hits and misses; prime time crime; The Doorman; Closer to you; rap it up; call it Shaft; …
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Jet Run and the Impossible Landing Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Six of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! Lezah tells us that this week’s episode is not so much a horse mystery, but more of a horse-adjacent thriller. So fasten your seatbelts and return your seats and trays t…
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Reclaiming the Mary Sue by Meghan Fitzmartin
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Our October piece is part essay/part excerpt: Meghan Fitzmartin, who's written for DC Comics, Supernatural, and many other fan-favorite properties, has published an indie comic, Mary Sue, about—you guessed it!—a fanfiction writer. While the essay is a standalone text you should be able to listen to just fine here, we highly recommend heading over t…
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It’s time for the podcast they were so busy figuring out how to do, they didn’t ask themselves should they Yabba Dabba Do? (Sorry, this intro was originally written for The Flintstones movie and we hoped this was similar enough to work.) Jason Dedrick, Eric Fell and Vicky Van find a DVD preserved in amber from 1993 and share their first experiences…
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