{"podcast":{"title":"This Week In Fandom History","slug":"this-week-in-fandom-history-5965825","podcast_index_feed_id":5965825,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/453702/rss","website_url":"http://www.thisweekinfandomhistory.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/3/e/2/63e26eec639ef364a04421dee9605cbd/Untitled_design2.png","author":"TWIFH Podcast","episode_count":177,"summary":"Co-hosted by V. Arrow (@aimmyarrowshigh) and Emily Jaye (@idontgettechnology), 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? V and Emily trade off some deep-internet research each week to learn and laugh (and sometimes rage) their way through the annals (heh) of fandom history. Come join us!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T14:19:11.065289+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-fandom-history-5965825"},"episode":{"title":"March 30, 1981: An Obsessed Jodie Foster Fan Gives Fans A Bad Name","slug":"march-30-1981-an-obsessed-jodie-foster-fan-gives-fans-a-bad-name","published_at":"2026-04-05T06:37:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-fandom-history-5965825/march-30-1981-an-obsessed-jodie-foster-fan-gives-fans-a-bad-name","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-fandom-history-5965825","url":"https://76a49ef2-e1b1-459f-8787-81e0d39866fc.libsyn.com/march-30-1981-an-obsessed-jodie-foster-fan-gives-fans-a-bad-name","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/76a49ef2-e1b1-459f-8787-81e0d39866fc/Aup_Mixdown_Episode_158_Hinckley.mp3?dest-id=3814896","summary":"Yikes. This week, V and Emily try their best to be Carefully Neutral (well, V does) as they delve into the sordid, obsession-fueled assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr, who wanted very badly to impress child actress Jodie Foster. After the event, though, came the fallout: the idea of \"the obsessed fan\" became a cultural boogeyman of the early '80s. So what was fandom supposed to do if not write scathing LOCs in Star Trek zines? We look at how the demonization of \"fans\" played out in the dialogue of actual fans in fannish spaces, and really, we did our best to be classy. Well. V did. Sources Wikipedia Fanlore: I'd like to comment, yet again... Fanlore: So many topics in the past few months... Fanlore: Interstat Fanlore: Public Image Promo Check out our new pod-friends That Aged Well ! Feel conflicted about the movies you loved as a kid? Let Paul and Erika guide you through all that beloved garbage we watched... after all, nostalgia is more fun when you aren't the only one embarrassed by it. Come dive into yesterday's pop culture today! Aim High Brooch Designs - For 25% off any order on Aim High Brooch Designs on Etsy, including a custom brooch, bag charm, keychain, or magnet design, use the promo code TWIFH . This Week In Fandom History is a fandom-centric podcast that tells you… what happened this week in fandom history! Follow This Week in Fandom History on Tumblr at @thisweekinfandomhistory We're now on Instagram! @/thisweekinfandomhistory Check out our Fandom Primer playlist via linktr.ee/twifh You can support the show via our Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/thisweekinfandomhistory . If you have a fannish company, event, or service and would like to sponsor or partner with TWIFH, please contact us via our website . Please remember to rate t…","meta_description":"Yikes. This week, V and Emily try their best to be Carefully Neutral (well, V does) as they delve into the sordid, obsession-fueled assassination attempt…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3779,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-fandom-history-5965825/episodes/march-30-1981-an-obsessed-jodie-foster-fan-gives-fans-a-bad-name/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-fandom-history-5965825/march-30-1981-an-obsessed-jodie-foster-fan-gives-fans-a-bad-name.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}