This Week In Fandom History

October 27, 1997: SOS Saves The Sentinel... Kind Of

SOS! This week, V and Emily return to a fandom that they know absolutely nothing about -- CBS procedural The Sentinel, one of the '90s big slash fandoms -- and learn abou

Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #013: A Sparkling Halloween Special with @kingstoken (Vampironica, Morbius)

This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Vampironica AKA Veronica

October 15, 2015: The Zamii070 Incident (TW Suicide, Cyberbullying)

This week, Emily and V look into another bummer event. In late October 2015, a 19‑year‑old fan artist from Arizona named Paige Paz, known online as Zamii070, posted a vid

BONUS! TWIFH Plays Their First Fannish TTRPG (Dis/Continuity with GM Jeff from Party Of One)

Roll for initiative! A few months ago, V and Emily got to play their first-ever TTRPGs on the fabulous show, Party Of One, hosted by GM Jeff. We had such a good time that

October 14-16, 1988: The Blake's 7 Slash Wars Build Fandom's Fourth Wall

Down and... safe? This week, V and Emily are joined by fandom scholar Lena Barkin (The Fanthropologist) to discuss an event that should, really, be as notorious in fanfic

Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #012: Emily's Safeword Is 'Pedro Pascal' with @elismor (Mr. Immortal, Marvel; Andromache the Scythian, The Old Guard)

This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Craig Hollis AKA Mr. Imm

BONUS! FEED DROP - Mind the Tags - Ready or Knot: Our Deep Dive into the Omegaverse

What's the story?! Well, this week, Emily and V suffered a tech tragedy and lost their entire episode at the eleventh hour. Fortunately, our friends, Other Emily and Vee

CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention || Episode #007: Five Months Out

Welcome to another episode of the TWIFH special miniseries podcast, CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention. Each month, V will catch up with John @jarrow, the logist

October 3: Mean Girls Day with Allegra from STAN Podcast

She doesn't even go here! This week, V and Emily are joined by a friend who, indeed, does not normally go here, but we're glad she did for this episode: Allegra Ponti fro

Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #011: Is the Squirrel in the Room With Us? with Lauren Shippen (The Avenger, Squirrel Girl)

This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Richard Henry Benson AKA

September 24, 2014: In Which We Got Jossed By Dan & Phil

PHIL LESTER, YOU’RE A GENIUS! This week’s episode is a little different. This week, Emily and V finally release an episode that has been sitting in our vault for over a y

September 13, 2005: Supernatural Premieres, Lightning Bottled, with Heidi Tandy

Hunters, get your salt! This week, V and Emily are joined by friend-of-the-pod Heidi Tandy, who calls in from San Diego Comic-Con 2026 to discuss the fandom that spells S

Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #010: Let's Leave Mommy Out Of It with Ella Dawson (White Fox, Superman)

This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Ami Han AKA White Fox (M

September 4, 1995: Xena Reinvents Fandom

Aiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiiii! This week, Emily and V head back to the mid‑90s — the era of dial‑up internet and aggressively pointy shoulderpads — to revisit the rise of Xena: W

BONUS! Feed Drop - Femme & Furious - Fast 5 - August 18, 2026

Absolute potato! This week, TWIFH is delighted to bring you a special preview of Femme & Furious, a new pod-friend and great listen for fans of fandom, and especially for

September 1, 1850: Lindmania Shapes the American Middle Class

Never enough! This week, V and Emily travel back to TWIFH’s oldest historical event thus far: opera singer Jenny Lind’s landmark 1850 tour in the United States and its ac

Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #009: A Shaking Were-Chihuahua with Paul Caiola

This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Paco Ramone AKA Vibe (DC

CONstruction || Episode #006: Six Months Out

Welcome to another episode of the TWIFH special miniseries podcast, CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention. Each month, V will catch up with John @jarrow, the logist

August 27, 2014: #Gamergate Coined

No pithy exclamation this week, because we are too angry. While #Gamergate easily warrants an entire long-form investigative podcast all on its own, Emily did a fantastic

August 16, 2021: Shang-Chi Rises to the Top of the MCU

What happened to your shirt?! This week, V and Emily indulge in talking about one of their favorite MCU films -- and the most handsome star of the Marvel Cinematic Univer