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Fansplaining
Hosted by Elizabeth Minkel & Flourish Klink · tv · EN
About this Podcast:
Fansplaining is a podcast about by, for, and about fandom. It's hosted by Flourish Klink and Elizabeth Minkel. New episodes come out every two weeks. If you want to call us and leave a message for us to read on air, our number is 1-401-526-FANS!
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What is Fansplaining about?
Fansplaining is a podcast about by, for, and about fandom. It's hosted by Flourish Klink and Elizabeth Minkel. New episodes come out every two weeks. If you want to call us and leave a message for us to read on air, our number is 1-401-526-FANS!
Who hosts Fansplaining?
Fansplaining is hosted by Elizabeth Minkel & Flourish Klink. The show has published 248 episodes to date.
What has Fansplaining covered recently?
Recent episodes include "The Success of Heated Rivalry Should Not Be a Surprise by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw" (26 January 2026, 16 minutes), "Fansplaining's Next Chapter by Elizabeth Minkel" (21 January 2026, 7 minutes), and "Can Fandom Make Us Better Tourists? by Kayti Burt" (10 December 2025, 17 minutes).
How often does Fansplaining publish?
Fansplaining publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 248 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Fansplaining?
Booking probability for Fansplaining is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Fansplaining requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Fansplaining's contact route on record: verified email.
About the host
Elizabeth Minkel & Flourish Klink hosts Fansplaining, a tv podcast with 248 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Fansplaining's Next Chapter by Elizabeth Minkel
Jan 21, 20267 minHuge news!! Fansplaining is becoming a full-on weekly publication, with a wide range of writing (and audio! and art!) by, for, and about fandom. Head over to the site to sign up for updates about Fansplaining 2.0...
Dec 10, 202517 minOur final article of 2025 is here! Kayti Burt—who first wrote for us last spring, in a fantastic piece on the precarity of being a fandom journalist ( https://www.fansplaining.com/articles/the-fan-journalist-tightrope...
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Alternate Universes by Newt Albiston
Nov 19, 202514 minOur November piece is here! Newt Albiston's essay is one part guide to fandom text-based roleplaying, one part meditation on working through gender exploration via roleplay. Plus: be sure to click through and see the...
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Reclaiming the Mary Sue by Meghan Fitzmartin
Oct 29, 202510 minOur October piece is part essay/part excerpt: Meghan Fitzmartin, who's written for DC Comics, Supernatural, and many other fan-favorite properties, has published an indie comic, Mary Sue , about—you guessed it!—a...
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K-Pop's Demons, Real and Fictional by Aja Romano
Sep 24, 202521 minSeptember's piece is by longtime fandom journalist Aja Romano, on the explosion of Kpop Demon Hunters , and its intersections—or lackthereof—with real K-pop artists and fans. "K-Pop's Demons, Real and Fictional" by Aja...
Aug 27, 202529 minOur August piece is by novelist (and Fansplaining SDCC 2025 panelist!) Tessa Gratton, about navigating the intersections of the fan and pro writing worlds, and how their queerness shapes their framings of these worlds...
Jul 30, 202554 minFansplaining returned to San Diego Comic-Con this year (our tenth anniversary!) with a fantastic panel of fandom folks who work in pro entertainment careers. There's an audio recording here on our feed, and over at the...
Jun 25, 202511 minOur latest piece is about making fanworks—and fandom friendships—last through the decades! "How Friendships Onscreen and Off Fueled Half a Century of Fandom" by Jay Castello. For the admins of the Starsky & Hutch...
May 28, 202524 minThis month's Fansplaining piece is a bit of a departure from our usual fandom reporting and critical analysis: for the first time, we're very excited to share a virtual art exhibit of sorts, from Toronto-based curators...
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The RPF Question by Sacha Judd
Apr 23, 202528 minIn our newest piece, Sacha Judd goes deep on RPF, tracing it back decades and tackling its thorny intersections with other kinds of fan practices. "The RPF Question" by Sacha Judd. Amid blurry boundaries between fic...
Mar 26, 202524 minOur latest piece is by Amanda-Rae Prescott, who was one of the expert guests in our "Race and Fandom" series back in 2020! ( https://www.fansplaining.com/episodes/135b-race-and-fandom-revisited-part-2) "Bridgerton and...
Feb 26, 202516 minGav is back in Fansplaining in 2025! This time, she writes about Sam Wilson's recent Captain America debut—and how the MCU failed both the character and the fandom. "Sam Wilson Deserved Better Than Brave New World" by...
Jan 22, 202528 minOur first article of 2025 is here—and it's a big one! "The War That Almost Broke a Classic Fandom" by Lena Barkin: Blake's 7 fans and actors mixed regularly at cons and on the pages of zines—until an anonymous letter...
Dec 31, 202421 minAround this time in December, we usually wrap up Fansplaining with " The Year in Fandom ": a look back at five trends from the prior year followed by five trends from the year coming to a close. With Flourish's...
Nov 20, 202415 minOur latest article is by Abby Kirby, who writes about her experiences teaching fanfiction to middle schoolers: " Fic does something that my traditional English classes cannot: it places the power in the hands of the...
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The Beatles Live! by Allegra Rosenberg
Oct 23, 202422 minWe're excited to welcome back Allegra Rosenberg, who's written a new article for us on contemporary Beatles fandom: "The Beatles Live! New generations of fans are cultural archaeologists, working with the materials of...
Sep 4, 202422 minOur newest article is "The Scream Fandom's Enduring Divide" by Michael Boyle: Nearly a year after star Melissa Barrera was fired for pro-Palestinian social media posts, fans remain torn over the future of the franchise...
Aug 23, 202417 minOur newest article is "The Acolyte's Squandered Potential" by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw: The show brought a whole new set of fans to a stagnating franchise. Its cancellation suggests Star Wars is only interested in looking...
Aug 14, 202421 minOur newest article is "The Traumatized Gatekeepers of Broadway" by Laura Wheatman Hill: Theatre fans measure their passion by nitpicking. Does it do the industry more harm than good? You can read the full article here...
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