Fansplaining (podcast)

Fansplaining is a podcast series by Elizabeth Minkel and Flourish Klink, with the first podcast released in July 2015. 
Each episode includes fannish commentary by Minkel and Klink, an interview with one or more fans, and occasional responses to questions fans have asked. Each episode is accompanied by a written transcript and show notes.
In February 2019, Fansplaining debuted a new website for the podcast.<Tweet by Elizabeth Minkel. Posted on February 6, 2019. Accessed on February 9, 2019. The website includes materials related to each episode of the podcast - including the show notes and transcript - as well as articles originally published on the Fansplaining Medium account, and information on various projects undertaken by Minkel and Klink.
In March 2024, during Episode 219, Elizabeth and Flourish announced that Flourish would be leaving the podcast as a co-host. The short-term plan for Fansplaining after Flourish's departure was to pause the podcast for an undetermined amount of time and temporarily shift to written fandom journalism publications. Since May 2024 no any new episodes was uploaded.
==About==
==Its Inception==
==Podcasts Episodes==
===Episode Subpages===
Episodes 1-10 · Episodes 11-20 · Episodes 21-30 · Episodes 31-40 · Episodes 41-50 · Episodes 51-60 · Episodes 61-70 · Episodes 71-80 · Episodes 81-100 · Episodes 91-100 · Episodes 101-110 · Episodes 111-120 · Episodes 121-130 · Episodes 131-140 · Episodes 141-150 · Episodes 151-160 · Episodes 161-170 · Episodes 171-180 · Episodes 181-190 · Episodes 191-200 · Episodes 201-210 · Episodes 211-220 · Episodes 221-230
Current Episodes:
* 218: Fansplaining: The Money Question 3: Books???
* 219: Fansplaining: Tropefest Speedrun
* 220: Fansplaining: The Fan Journalist
* 221: Fansplaining: Self-Inserts
===Special Episodes===
Periodic special episodes are made available for Patreon subscribers only.
* Fansplaining Special Episode 1: "Harry Potter and the Curse of the Neverending Canon"
* Fansplaining Special Episode 2: "Primary Colors"
* Fansplaining Special Episode 3: "Fanfiction Book Club #1"
* Fansplaining Special Episode 4: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
* Fansplaining Special Episode 5 "Brooklyn 99"
* Fansplaining Special Episode 6: "The Good Place"
* Fansplaining Special Episode 7: "The Serial Numbers"
* Fansplaining Special Episode 8: "The Lurker"
* Fansplaining Special Episode 9: "No Edith, No Peace"
* Fansplaining Special Episode 10: "The Favourite"
* Fansplaining Special Episode 11: The Marvel-Industrial Complex
* Fansplaining Special Episode 12: Black Sails
* Fansplaining Special Episode 13: Star Wars: The Lowering of Expectations
* Fansplaining Special Episode 14: Birds of Prey
* Fansplaining Special Episode 15: Tropefest: Trapped Together
* Fansplaining Special Episode 16: Tropefest: Canon-Divergent AU
* Fansplaining Special Episode 17: Tropefest: Enemies to Lovers
* Fansplaining Special Episode 20: Succession 
* Fansplaining Special Episode 21: Watchmen
* Fansplaining Special Episode 22: Schitt's Creek
* Fansplaining Special Episode 23: Tropefest: Hurt/Comfort
* Fansplaining Special Episode 24: WandaVision
* Fansplaining Special Episode 25: Tropefest: Modern AU
* Fansplaining Special Episode 26: The Phantom of the Opera
* Fansplaining Special Episode 27: Interview with the Vampire
* Fansplaining Special Episode 28: Glass Onion
* Fansplaining Special Episode 29: Tropefest: Soulmate AU
* Fansplaining Special Episode 30: Tropefest: Fake Relationships
* Fansplaining Special Episode 31: Tropefest: Friends to ?
* Fansplaining Special Episode 32: Tropefest: Arranged Marriage
==Reactions and Reviews==
* Fansplaining again on Fail_FandomAnon - discussion of the survey, May 2019
==Other Projects==
In addition to the biweekly podcast episodes, Fansplaining has also undertaken a number of projects related to fandom, including a survey of common tropes in fandom and a survey of fans' definitions of fanfiction.Projects. Fansplaining. Accessed on February 9, 2019. The Fansplaining Medium collection publishes writing on fandom by Minkel and Klink, as well as other writers including Caroline Crampton, Allyson Gross, and Anne Jamison.Fansplaining. Medium. Accessed on February 9, 2019.
Through their Twitter account, Fansplaining has also posed a number of smaller polls on topics such as prevalence of the term alpha reader and strategies for searching for new fanfic.Projects. Fansplaining. Accessed on February 9, 2019.
==References==
Category:Fansplaining
Category:Interviews by Fans
Category:2015 Fan Interviews
Category:2015 Podcasts
Category:2010s Podcasts
Category:2020s Podcasts
Category:2010s Fan Interviews
Category:2020s Fan Interviews
Category:Social Media Feature