This Week In Fandom History celebrates fandom culture's highest highs and weirdest lows. With which short-lived vampire cop drama was the very first X-Files fic crossed over? Who is Tara Gilesbie? How recently did the Starsky & Hutch Lending Library rent out its last zine? What were Strikethrough, Racefail, LGBTFansDeserveBetter, and Conchobar, anyway? Lifelong fangirls V Arrow and Emily Jaye trade off some deep-internet research each week to learn and laugh (and sometimes rage) their way through the annals (heh) of fandom history, one week at a time.

Schedule: We release an episode every Sunday on our main feed. Beginning in March 2026, we post one episode per month of a podcast miniseries called “CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention,” in conjunction with TGI Femslash, a fan convention in California. Starting in April 2026, we feature a Patreon-only show (“Batman Wouldn’t, Spider-Man Would: A Podcast About Sex with Superheroes”) in our feed on alternating Wednesdays.

Episode Length: 45-75 minutes, most between 55-65.

Format: V and Emily trade off being the researcher/reporter each week, telling the other about one significant event in fandom history. About 75-80% of these events are suggested or requested by listeners of the show!

Where to Start: You don’t need to listen in order! Scroll through the feed to find your fave fandom and jump in wherever you like.

Mission Statement: We believe that fandom culture is, in fact, a culture with its own history that matters and shapes its interactions with the wider world. We believe that history deserves to be preserved, and the artifacts of it – from fanfictions that mattered to just a few people to movies that shaped generations – all deserve to still exist. We believe in letting people make bad art if it’s made from love. We believe in “don’t like, don’t read.” And we believe in shipping all the things.