Tales from the Fandom

Feb 02 2025 513 ep. 64 mins 466
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Tales from the Fandom is a podcast that explores fandoms with a different guest each week. Each guest brings their own insight into fandom. We discuss topics such as television shows, movies, books, cosplaying and more.

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Episode 396: Myka Silber talks Rider's Blood, Moonlit Black, and their work as an Author

Feb 02 2025 43 mins  
November 2023, I posted on Threads wanting to have more authors come on the podcast. One of those who threw their hat into the ring was Myka Silber. A little over a year later, and I had the pleasure of getting to have them on! Myka talks first about how they started down the author path, from their first writings back in high school, to pandemic lock down writing and self publishi

Episode 395: Nat aka ScruffySpaceElf talks Star Trek, House of the Dragon, Opera & Classical Music, and Cosplay

Jan 26 2025 53 mins  
The first international guest of 2025 is here! Nat aka ScruffySpaceElf on socials joins me from Austria to talk about her favorite fandoms! We kick things off with what may be her number 1 fandom, Star Trek. Nat talks about which series started things off for her, some of the shows she's watched (and others she hasn't), favorite characters, and so much more as we explore the Trek s

Episode 394: MG aka MangaGirl1114_cosplay talks Disney, Barbie, Dungeon Meshi, Art, and Cosplay

Jan 19 2025 84 mins  
After seeing her work alongside a previous guest, I'm glad to welcome MG aka MangaGirl1114_Cosplay on to the podcast to talk about her favorite fandoms. We start off with Disney. Disney is such a wide and varied fandom with so many entry points, it's always fun to hear how people get into it. MG talks about her entry point to Disney, some of her favorite movies and shows, and what

Episode 393: Amanda aka TheHauntedManda talks Arcane, The Owl House, Bridgerton, and Cosplay

Jan 12 2025 73 mins  
I love stumbling across cosplayers who take a character and make it their own. One of those cosplayers is Amanda. You may know her as TheHauntedManda on socials. After finding her work and following her, I was glad she said yes to being on the podcast! We start things off with a new to the podcast fandom, Arcane. Amanda talks about how she got into the show and if she played League

Episode 392: Emily Engel talks Muppets & Fiber Arts, True Crime, and Back to the Future

Jan 05 2025 53 mins  
We're back! 2025 is here! Our first guest of the year is Emily Engel. You may know her on the socials as Axepersonified. Emily is a fiber artist who makes wicked cool Muppet replicas. Emily and I start things off by talking about, what else, Muppets and the replicas she creates. She talks about her history with the Muppet franchise (shows and movies), and how she got her start in m

Episode 391: CosplayAncestorEri talks James Bond, Anime in the 90s, and the Evolution of Fandom, Conventions, and Cosplay

Oct 27 2024 125 mins  
After stumbling across her cosplay of Taylor Swift's Evermore cosplay outfit from The Eras Tour, I knew I'd like Eri. I checked out her work and knew I had to have her on the podcast. Eri aka CosplayAncestorEri joins me to talk all about fandom and the history from the 90s (which is when I also started getting into fandom!) We kick things off first with a mini conversation about Ta

Episode 390: Queen Amy Dala Cosplay talks Final Fantasy and Cosplay

Oct 20 2024 48 mins  
Amy aka Queen Amy Dala Cosplay joins me from Vancouver, Canada, to talk about two of her favorite things - Final Fantasy and Cosplay! I stumbled across Amy's cosplay on Instagram in March and I really enjoyed what she had, particularly, her love of representing Final Fantasy characters, including characters from Final Fantasy 4 and 6. So luckily for us, she said yes to being a gues

Episode 389: The Bridgerton episode with BajanPrincessBrittany

Oct 13 2024 87 mins  
It's time! Time for the Bridgerton episode. I finally decided to sit down and watch the entire series. After binge watching all 3 seasons, plus the Queen Charlotte series, I knew I needed to talk to someone about it while we wait for Season 4. Who better to come back than Brittany aka BajanPrincessBrittany. This is a spoiler episode, so if you haven't watched any of the seasons yet

Episode 388: Joshua aka HylianDescent of Hyrule Gaming Group Returns as we talk video games, his Twitch growth, and balancing Hylian and Joshua

Oct 06 2024 93 mins  
HylianDescent returns again for his 5th episode! HylianDescent aka Joshua, founder of the Hyrule Gaming Group comes back for another entry into his time capsule of his Twitch streaming experience as we look back on the previous year. We check in on how he's doing and how his past year was. Then I talk to Joshua about a number of games he has played over the year, including games li

Episode 387: LilipopeCosplay talks Star Wars, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Taylor Swift, and Cosplay

Sep 29 2024 100 mins  
Rounding out the month of September, I am joined by LilipopeCosplay as we get a wonderful episode filled with fandom! Li has a number of fandoms we get to talk about, and we kick things off with one of her favorites, Star Wars. We talk all about how she first got into the fandom. We're talking about the movies, TV shows, books, and so much more. We're both fond of the Legends run o