Talkin' Fanfic

Talkin’ Fanfic is a fanfiction and fandom podcast hosted by Sara (aka Storyshark2005). The main focus of the podcast is interviews with fanfiction writers and other fan-artists about their work, the tropes and themes they like, their experience with fandom and fanfiction, writing advice, and other fannish topics. 
On 21 September 2023, the official description read:Fanfiction taken seriously. Seriously! We interview authors, talk at length and in-depth about fics, we discuss characters and ships and tropes. This is a place for fanfiction community-- and cocktails!
In the first season, most of the fanworks and discussions were from the Cobra Kai fandom, but seasons two and three of the podcast moved into discussing other fandoms such as Supernatural, Smallville, and bandoms.
===Episode List===
====Season One====
Season One Episodes of Talkin’ Fanfic
Episode Number	Release Date 	Title 	Fannish discussions about… 	Direct Link
1 	July 6, 2020 	Intro and ”Defiantly Amateur” 	Archive of our Own, Fandom culture, Fan communities, Cobra Kai	X
2 	July 11, 2020 	poetdameron react, Ego, and the ”Citizen Writer” 	Cobra Kai, Johnny Lawrence/Daniel Larusso, Repressed Sexuality, Self-reflection, Fandom growth, Comment culture
Fanfic: “for the small weird loves” by poetdameron	X
3 	July 15, 2020 	Workshop - ”(No) Mercy for the Midlife Crisis” by Storyshark2005 & Elise_51	Cobra Kai, Johnny Lawrence/Daniel Larusso, Hannibal
Fanfic: (No) Mercy for the Midlife Crisis” by Storyshark2005 & Elise_51	X
4 	August 7, 2020 	Workshop - ”A Walk in the Woods” by Brihana25 	Cobra Kai, Daniel Larusso
Fanfic: "A Walk in the Woods" by Brihana25	X
5 	August 15, 2020 	Workshop - ”The Bert Series” by suecsit 	Cobra Kai, Johnny Lawrence/Daniel Larusso, Demetri Alexopoulos/Eli “Hawk” Moskowitz
Fanfics: “Bert” and “Pillowtown” by suecsit	X
6 	August 24, 2020 	Workshop - ”Never Knew” by InvisibleObserver13 	
Cobra Kai
Fanfics: “Never Knew” and “Is This Love?” by InvisibleObserver13	X
7 	September 7, 2020 	Interview with author and vidder Switch842 	Cobra Kai. Vidding, Smallville, Supernatural
Fanworks: “Cobra Kai Ficlets”, “Burn It Down”, “Open Course”, and “No Mercy” by Switch842	X
8 	September 12, 2020	The Tumblr Kerfuffle and Gardner’s ”The Art of Fiction” 	Tumblr, Ship Wars, Johnny Lawrence/Daniel Larusso
Fanworks: “Good for You” by A_LazyyPanda, “#NotAllMen” by lostmagician	X
9 	September 27, 2020	Interview - LibertinePast 	Cobra Kai, Johnny Lawrence/Daniel Larusso, Amanda Larusso/Anoush Norouzi
Fanworks: “Foreigner”, “The Backyard Series”, and “Misgivings” by LibertinePast	X
10 	December 11, 2020 	“Who Is Like God?” by A_LazyPanda (BONUS Batfam/Superman chat at the end) 	
Cobra Kai, Johnny Lawrence/Daniel Larusso, Bat Family, Superman
Fanworks: “Who is Like God?” by A_LazyPanda, “Sneaking Through Johnny’s Window” by ChangeTheCircumstances	X
====Season 2 ====
Season Two Episodes of Talkin’ Fanfic
Episode Number	Release Date 	Title 	Fannish discussions about… 	Direct Link
11 	February 28, 2021	Intro to Season 2, AWARDS, and Fanfic Maverick!! 	The Fanfic Maverick, Cobra Kai Fanfiction Awards 	X
12 	March 22, 2021 	Interview with Smallville fic author XParrot!! 	Smallville, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Fanworks: "String Theory at 1 a.m.", "Exchange Student", "The Right of Truth", "This Mortal Coil", and "Contingencies" by XParrot	X
13 	April 4, 2021 	Interview with RivkaT 	Smallville 	X
14 	May 17, 2021 	Interview with provocative_envy aka Andrea Anderson PART ONE 	Harry Potter 	X
15 	May 20, 2021 	Interview with provocative_envy aka Andrea Anderson PART DEUX	 	X
16 	August 3, 2021 	Fanfiction History with The Fanfic Maverick Podcast!! PART ONE
Part Two on The Fanfic Maverick	Fandom History, Fanfiction History 	X
17 	November 15, 2021	Talkin' with Elise_51 - Catchup and Comics 	Toy Story, Wincest, Dick Grayson/Jason Todd, Batfamily 	X
18 	December 6, 2021 	Interview with museaway 	Smallville, Supernatural, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series	X
19 	March 22, 2022 	Interview with elsi 	Supernatural, Id fics 	X
20 	April 9, 2022 	Choose Not to Warn, and "The Operative Word" by road_rhythm 	Supernatural, Tagging, Warnings 	X
====Season Three====
Season Three Episodes of Talkin’ Fanfic
Episode Number	Release Date 	Title 	Fannish discussions about… 	Direct Link
21 	May 23, 2022 	Interview with Crimson1 aka professional author Amanda Meuwissen 	Supernatural, Anne Rice, The Flash	X
22 	July 5, 2022 	Interview with phyn, aka RedHead 	The Flash (CW) 	X
23 	October 1, 2022 	MAD FER IT: Oasis, RPF, and Gallaghercest 	Bandom, RPF, Oasis (band) 	X
24 	October 24, 2022	Interview with Jeevey 	Bandom, RPF, Oasis (band) 	X
25 	April 11, 2023 	Talkin' Music with shineswithyou 	RPF, Bandfic 	X
26 	July 1, 2023 	Talkin' U2, Bono, and Bedge with Tory from the Retro Fanfic Retrospective podcast	Bandom, U2, Oasis 	X
27 	July 9, 2024 	Interview with HeyJulien, Football RPF and Carraville writer 	Football RPF, Carraville 	X
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