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April 4, 2024: BiBuck on The Weewoo Show
Weewoo! Has anyone in your OTP ever officially come out after being introduced as ostensibly straight? Do you even want them to?
March 23, 2025: JonasCon Is Burnin' Up
SOS! Were you a Jonas Brothers fan? Did you, like V, have only one possession to your name in 2009 and that possession was a Jonas Brothers poster?
March 2, 2017: "All the Young Dudes" Debuts on AO3
Wotcher! What the fuck is FicTok and why is it so influential??
February 13, 2026: TWIFH Live @ TGIF/F! With Fan Girl Film Club!
The last 40 minutes are shares from TGIF/F attendees about what the con has meant to them over the years, and they are truly not to be missed. So special, so vulnerable, so queer, so fandom. If nothing else, listen to these -- and start saving to come to TGIF/F in 2027. It's a place like none other.
December 5, 2023: #reylogate AKA #reviewgate AKA This Again
This is the MsScribe story but with a 2024 twist! So many sockpuppets! So many hashtags! So much villainfucking! And SO MUCH MONEY! Get aghast with us as we imagine having consequences of these proportions rained down upon us and yet LEARNING NOTHING from them.
September 20, 2020: Heat Waves, Or: We Try to Understand MCYT
This week, V and Emily stumble along in the dark as they try desperately to fulfill a request for the MCYT.
November 5, 2020: November 5! With Special Guest, SPN Writer Meghan Fitzmartin
Happy November 5! This week, V and Emily are joined by special guest, Supernatural writer Meghan Fitzmartin, who gives us the skinny on what it was like from the other side of the curtain.
June 14, 2021: The NSFW Episode (Thanks, Batman)
Holy lunch at the Y, Batman! This week, V and Emily just rate which, if any, superheroes are fuckable, because DC's editorial team made an edict in 2021 that will never, ever, ever, never not be funny.
June 8, 2024: A Surprise for Emily! (TW Mentions of Suicide, Parental Grief, Religious Control)
Roll for initiative! This week, we’re focusing on the writing of one blorbo extraordinaire, Mr. Eddie Munson.
May 1–31, 2020: The First VoiceTeam!
Let's pull some pranks and make some friendship bracelets! And, of course, make some podfic!
April 27, 2023: Fanbinding Puts Dramione Fandom in a Bind
We're probably preaching entirely to the choir if you love fandom enough to be listening to a fandom history podcast, but still.
April 8, 2023: Trans Hanni Day + Adapt, Evolve, Become
Do you see, Will? This week, V and Emily finally have a happy, joyous, euphoric episode!
February 2, 2024: #CoDay
He's a special li'l guy! Are you a Clone Wars fan? Who's your favorite clone?
November 2021: NoCoVember
Time to catch the boat of losers! Have you ever participated in fandom on a Web 3.0 platform?
September 25 - October 5, 2023: Voter Fraud Upsets the AO3 Top Ships Bracket Tumblr Poll
We're baffled. We're a little bitter. We're mostly confused?
July 10-11, 2023: The OTW Suffers a DDoS Attack
ATTACK! Where were you during the 2023 OTW DDoS attack?
May 3, 2021: Dracula Daily Delivers the First Message From Our Friend Jonathan
Paprika! Plus, bats! Bats everywhere! Also, Jack the Ripper!
February 21, 2021: Sexy Times With WangXian Is Suspended From AO3 (Add Tags Here)
You know it. You hate it. Were you in STWWX's direct fire?
February 10, 2021: Charisma Carpenter Calls Out Joss Whedon
CUT! Can you really separate art from the artist? What is the line beyond which art just isn't worth it?
June 19, 2022: OTW Election Drama Digs Up the 227 Incident
Oil of Olay?! Have you ever bought a product because of the celeb who repped it?