Category: Episodes

 

In this episode of Radio Free Fandom, my guest Alasdair Stuart & I gush about YouTube cooking shows, skype D&D, and SFF fandom going virtual!  

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Time Stamps:
00:07  Intro
06:27  Things That Makes Us Happy!
19:05 Guest Grilling
36:23  Outro

Media & Assorted Stuff Mentioned In This Episode
– Binging with Babish
– Joshua Weissman
– Life of Boris
– D&D Beyond
– Thug Kitchen Books
– Sweet Potato Tacos Al Pastor
– Lifeforce (it’s on Netflix, folks!)
– Speed
– CoNZealand goes virtual

If you have comments or questions, you can email the podcast at radiofreefandom@gmail.com or tweet us @RadioFreeFandom.

Find Claire online:
Twitter: @ClaireRousseau
Website: http://www.clairerousseau.com/
Booktube: Claire Rousseau

Find Jenny online:
Twitter: @alasdairstuart
Podcasts: The Escape Artists Podcast Network

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In this episode of Radio Free Fandom, my guest Hannah McGregor & I celebrate Halloween with a discussion of witchcraft & feminism and a rec list of books featuring witches or written by them!

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Time Stamps:
00:04  Intro
06:07  Witchcraft & Feminism
24:52  Recs: Books By and About Witches
39:34  Outro

Mentioned in this episode
– Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
– Secret Feminist Agenda 1.8 – Rising Signs & Anticapitalist Poetry with Adèle Barclay
– Shrill, by Lindy West

Books By and About Witches
– Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft, by Tess Sharpe, Jessica Spotswood
– Son of a Trickster, by Eden Robinson
– Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power, by Pam Grossman
– I Hope We Choose Love, by Kai Cheng Thom
– Of Sorrow and Such, by Angela Slatter
– Renaissance Normcore, by Adèle Barclay
– Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
– The Witches Are Coming, by Lindy West

If you have comments or questions, you can email the podcast at radiofreefandom@gmail.com or tweet us @RadioFreeFandom.

Find Claire online:
Twitter: @ClaireRousseau
Website: http://www.clairerousseau.com/
Youtube: Claire Rousseau

Find Hannah online:
Twitter: @hkpmcgregor
Podcasts: Secret Feminist Agenda, Witch, Please!

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In this episode of Radio Free Fandom, my guest Jenny Hamilton & I draft an undead caper crew and recommend books & media we loved during the season break!

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Time Stamps:
00:04  Intro
01:29  Undead Heist Crew Draft
23:43  Recs – Stuff We Loved Recently
48:25  Outro

Books & Media we loved during the break
– Leverage
– Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
– Schitt’s Creek
– Poem A Day emails from the Poetry Foundation
– Red, White & Royal Blue, by Casey McQuiston
– Six the Musical
– Blown Away
– The Great Model Railway Challenge
– The Psychology of Time Travel, by Kate Mascarenhas

If you have comments or questions, you can email the podcast at radiofreefandom@gmail.com or tweet us @RadioFreeFandom.

Find Claire online:
Twitter: @ClaireRousseau
Website: http://www.clairerousseau.com/
Youtube: Claire Rousseau

Find Jenny online:
Twitter: @readingtheend
Blog: Reading the End
Podcast: Reading the End Bookcast

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In this episode of Radio Free Fandom, my guest Jenny & I discuss serialised books and recommend movies & TV shows that make us happy.

Mentioned in this episode
Serial Box
The Witch Who Came in From the Cold
Tremontaine
The Fisher of Bones
Dead Air
The Vela
The Pigeonhole HQ

Film & TV Recommendations
The Magicians
Queer Eye Season 3
Clue
Masterchef UK
Captain Marvel
Derry Girls
Noises Off

Time Stamps:
00:04  Intro
00:49  Serialised Fiction
25:04  Film & TV Recs
39:50  Outro

If you have comments or questions, you can email the podcast at radiofreefandom@gmail.com or tweet us @RadioFreeFandom.

Find Claire online:
Twitter: @ClaireRousseau
Website: http://www.clairerousseau.com/
Youtube: Claire Rousseau

Find Jenny online:
Twitter: @readingtheend
Blog: Reading the End
Podcast: Reading the End Bookcast

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In this episode of Radio Free Fandom, my guest Bree & I squee about Captain Marvel and recommend superhero comics and novels.

Mentioned in this episode
Captain Marvel (2012) by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Captain Marvel (2014) by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Comics & Superhero Recommendations

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur by Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare & Natacha Busto
Velveteen vs. The Junior Super Patriots by Seanan McGuire
Hawkeye by Jeff Lemire & Ramón Pérez
Strong Female Protagonist by Brennan Lee Mulligan & Molly Ostertag
Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn
Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee
Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick & Valentine De Landro

Time Stamps:
00:04  Intro
00:44  Captain Marvel
32:51  Comics & Superhero Recs
44:06  Outro

If you have comments or questions, you can email the podcast at radiofreefandom@gmail.com or tweet us @RadioFreeFandom.

Find Claire online:
Twitter: @ClaireRousseau
Website: http://www.clairerousseau.com/
Youtube: Claire Rousseau

Find Bree online:
Twitter: @breereadsbooks
Booktube: Bree Reads Books

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In this episode of Radio Free Fandom, my guest Arlie & I discuss wild & delightful Harry Potter fan theories and recommend some of our favourite podcasts.

Mentioned in this episode
Arlie’s podcast, The Boy Who Hasn’t Lived
Imagine a Slytherin Tri-Wizard Champion

Podcast Recommendations
The Heart
Our Opinions Are Correct
Reply All
Love + Radio
Reading the End
Dear Prudence
Still Processing
The Allusionist
The Beef & Dairy Network

Time Stamps:
00:04  Intro
00:40  HP Fan Theories
31:42  Podcast Recs
46:22  Outro

If you have comments or questions, you can email the podcast at radiofreefandom@gmail.com or tweet us @RadioFreeFandom.

Find Claire online:
Twitter: @ClaireRousseau
Website: http://www.clairerousseau.com/
Youtube: Claire Rousseau

Find Arlie online:
Twitter: @ArlieAdlington
Podcast: The Boy Who Hasn’t Lived

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In this episode of Radio Free Fandom, my guest Ira & I discuss The Good Place, moral philosophy and why Jason is too good for Tahani. We’ll also recommend some of our favourite genre-bending books and media.

Mentioned in this episode
Ira’s meta at LadyBusiness, My Hot Take on “The Good Place”: Jason is TOO GOOD FOR TAHANI

Genrebending Recommendations
My Hero Academia
How To Get Away With Murder
Crazy Rich Asians
Trail of Lightning
All the Birds in the Sky
Sorry to Bother You

Time Stamps:
00:04  Intro
01:06  The Good Place
41:23  Genrebending Recs
59:11  Outro

If you have comments or questions, you can email the podcast at radiofreefandom@gmail.com or tweet us @RadioFreeFandom.

Find Claire online:
Twitter: @ClaireRousseau
Website: http://www.clairerousseau.com/
Youtube: Claire Rousseau

Find Ira online:
Twitter: @itsjustira
Writing: Ira @ LadyBusiness
Writing: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction!

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In this episode of Radio Free Fandom, my guest Gavia & I take a closer look at the Coffee Shop AU and why fandom loves it so. We’ll also recommend some of our favourite Coffee Shop & Bakery AUs.

Mentioned in this episode
Gavia’s Daily Dot piece, Millenials can’t stop writing fanfiction about coffee shops

Coffee Shop & Bakery AU Recommendations
The Rec Center #143 
New Beautiful Things Come by Raven
Here Come the Dreams by PorcupineGirl
You’re Adoughrable by grantairrible
Every Good Thing by erebones
Coffee, Trapper Hats and Chocolate Wasabi Fudge Cake by perfect_plan
Sugary Shenanigans by Madlyie
The Usual by aibidil

Time Stamps:
00:04  Intro
00:51  Coffee Shop AUs & why we love them
25:08  Coffee Shop & Bakery AU Recs
33:18  Outro

If you have comments or questions, you can email the podcast at radiofreefandom@gmail.com or tweet us @RadioFreeFandom.

Find Claire online:
Twitter: @ClaireRousseau
Website: http://www.clairerousseau.com/
Youtube: Claire Rousseau

Find Gavia online:
Writing for: The Daily Dot
Podcast: Overinvested
Newsletter: The Rec Center
Twitter: @Hello_Tailor
Tumblr: hellotailor

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In our first ever Radio Free Fandom recorded on the road, my guests Alastair, Niamh, Nick, Charlotte, Susan, Renay, Jenny, Thomas & Denise talk about our favourite bits of Nine Worlds 2018 & Worldcon 76, with recommendations from Alasdair & a guest appearance from John Scalzi!

Time Stamps:
00:12  Intro
01:35  Nine Worlds
18:00  WorldCon
30:52  Recommendations

If you have comments or questions, you can email the podcast at radiofreefandom@gmail.com or tweet us @RadioFreeFandom. If you’d like to support the show, check out our Patreon page.

Find Claire online:
Twitter: @ClaireRousseau
Website: http://www.clairerousseau.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClaireRousseau

Find my guests online:

Alastair
Twitter: @AlastairJRBall
Website: Red Train Blog
Podcast: Moderate Fantasy Violence

Niamh
Twitter: @buckbeakbabie

Nick
Twitter: @nickmb
Website: http://www.nickbryan.com/
Podcast: Moderate Fantasy Violence

Charlotte
Twitter: @tambourine
Tumblr: alwaysalreadyangry
Dreamwidth: alwaysalready

Susan
Twitter: @spindilly
Dreamwidth: Spindizzy
Writing for: Lady Business & The Lesbrary

Renay
Twitter: @Renay
Podcast: Fangirl Happy Hour
Writing for: Lady Business

Jenny
Twitter: @readingtheend
Website: Reading the End
Goodreads: Gin Jenny

Thomas
Twitter: @SFF180
Youtube: SFF180
Website: http://sff180.com/

Denise
Twitter: @mallow_girl
Youtube: Denise Harwood

Alasdair
Website: https://alasdairstuart.com/
Podcasts: http://escapeartists.net/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlasdairStuart

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In this episode of Radio Free Fandom, my guest Diana & I talk about the Disney-era Star Wars movies, specifically The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and Rogue One. We also recommend some summer reads.

Mentioned in this episode
Desi Geek Girls podcast
A Reading Guide to the New Star Wars Expanded Universe by Swapna Krishna
Emo Kylo Ren on twitter

Summer Reads Recommendations
Jane Austen mystery series by Stephanie Barron
Ship It by Britta Lundin
White House Chef series by Julie Hyzy
Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter series by Susan Wittig Albert
Murder Most Unladylike series by Robin Stevens
Heroine Complex series by Sarah Kuhn
It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian
Scoundrels by Timothy Zahn

Time Stamps:
00:04  Intro
00:37  Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, Rogue One
27:15  Summer Reads Recs
41:16  Outro

Find Claire online:
Twitter: @ClaireRousseau
Website: http://www.clairerousseau.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClaireRousseau

Find Diana online:
Twitter: @BookishDi
Tumblr: @kerrykhat

If you have comments or questions, you can email the podcast at radiofreefandom@gmail.com or tweet us @RadioFreeFandom.

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