Fandom Made Me

Fandom Made Me is a fandom podcast from Fandom Forward hosted by Sabrina Cartan. The podcast explores fan activism and talks to activists and writers about the fandoms which influenced and moved them. It was originally called Shireside Chats.
On 17 October 2023, the official description read:Fandom Forward's podcast on fan activism, featuring cozy conversations with activists, leaders, and writers about the pop culture that moves them.
===Episode List===
====Season 1====
Episodes of Fandom Made Me
Episode Number	Release Date 	Title and Guests 	Fandom and Fannish Topics 	Direct Link
1 	January 20, 2023 	Gilmore Girls and Disability with Ellen & Emily Ladau 	Gilmore Girls, Disability and Fandom 	X
2 	February 3, 2023 	Marvel Comics and Reimagining Jan. 6 with Harvard Law Prof. Alan Jenkins and Artist Gan Golan 	Marvel, Black Panther, Everything Everywhere All at Once 	X
3 	February 17, 2023	Journalism Icon Cindi Leive on "Brenda Starr" and Women in Media 	Women in Fandom, Brenda Starr, Reporter 	
4 	February 27, 2023	Black Nerds Create Co-Founder Bayana Davis on Black Magical History Month & Tolkien Black Folks	Race and Fandom, Tolkien, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings 	X
5 	March 3, 2023 	Scrubs Actor & Cartoonist Lela Lee on Portraying Asian Women with Complexity 	Scrubs, Angry Little Asian Girl, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Turning Red 	X
6 	March 17, 2023 	Dahlia Lithwick on Muppet Theory and Understanding the Supreme Court 	The Muppets 	X
7 	April 11, 2023 	Self-care in Fandom & Gay Pirates with Fan Researchers Tanya Cook] and Kaela Joseph 	Fandom Burnout, Toxic Fandoms, Our Flag Means Death 	X
8 	April 25, 2023 	The "Lost" Art of Fan-Artist Communities with Gilmore Girls Actor John Cabrera 	Gilmore Girls, Lost, Parasocial Relationships in Fandom 	X
9 	May 9, 2023 	"Free to Be" Childfree with Feminist Filmmaker Therese Shechter 	 	X
10 	May 26, 2023 	What Succession Teaches Us About Corporate America with Big Dirty Money Author Jen Taub 	Succession, Shipping 	X
11 	June 21, 2023 	Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Leadership with Viva La Feminista's Veronica I. Arreola 	Buffy the Vampire Slayer 	X
12 	July 4, 2023 	How Food Becomes Pop Culture with Burger Scholar George Motz 	 	X
13 	July 18, 2023 	Mara Wilson on Foreign Teen Dramas and Her Hollywood Memoir “Good Girls Don’t” 	Tropes, My Mad Fat Diary, SKAM, Dance Academy 	X
14 	August 1, 2023 	Abigail Disney on Disney Fan Activism and the Labor Movement 	Disney, Wonder Woman 	X
15 	August 15, 2023 	Henry Jenkins on the Future of Fandom & Media Consumption 	Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide, Race and Fandom, AI and Fandom	X
==== Season 2 ====
Episodes of Fandom Made Me
Episode Number	Release Date 	Title and Guests 	Fandom and Fannish Topics 	Direct Link
1 	February 27, 2024	Can We All Be Philanthropists? with Mariah Carey Fan Amy Schiller 	 	X
2 	March 12, 2024 	How Movies Connect Us to Our Feelings with Kevin Smith Fan and “You Are Good” Co-Host Alex Steed 	Clerks, Chasing Amy, Message Boards, Stranger Things	X
3 	April 2, 2024 	Making Taylor Swift Bracelets to Support Girls’ Rights with Tiny CEO India Abrahams and her Mom, Tara Abrahams.	Beads for Good, Fandom and Social Impact 	X
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