{"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":"May 20, 1998: Yet Another Godzilla Fandom Battle","slug":"may-20-1998-yet-another-godzilla-fandom-battle","published_at":"2026-05-17T05:33:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-fandom-history-5965825/may-20-1998-yet-another-godzilla-fandom-battle","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-fandom-history-5965825","url":"https://76a49ef2-e1b1-459f-8787-81e0d39866fc.libsyn.com/may-20-1998-yet-another-godzilla-fandom-battle","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/76a49ef2-e1b1-459f-8787-81e0d39866fc/Aup_Mixdown_Episode_164_GODZILLA.mp3?dest-id=3814896","summary":"Roar! This week, V and Emily look at a 70-year-old fandom that we'd never considered before: Godzilla. Thanks to a request, we look at the schism in the fandom, and the Godzilla canon, caused by Hollywood's GODZILLA (1998) -- also known as Zilla or GINO -- as well as the special effects fanzines of the '60s and '70s. We learn about Japan's bananas intellectual property laws in the '90s, and about a BANANAS crossover zine that spanned over 600 pages of fic. This is truly a giant-size episode chock full of kaiju content. Sources Fanlore: GINO The Kaiju Apostle Building Bridges in the Godzilla Fandom Fanlore: Welcome to Earth! Fanlore: Bite of the Wolf Fanlore: Urban Legends Urban Legends: The Site TV Tropes: Vathara Promo 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 . Virtual TGIF/F - Our friends at TGI Femslash have just announced a brand-new, online fan con happening this summer. On August 29–30, Virtual TGIF/F will bring femslash fans from around the world together for discussion panels, online events, and more. Registration opens June 1st. Find out more at tgifemslash.com/virtualcon Simple & Clean - Simple and Clean is a show where hosts Mischa Stanton and Mayanna Berrin (and friends) talk about Kingdom Hearts, a little video game franchise about really big feelings. Join us as we discuss the plot, characters, world building, music, fashion, fanbase, and societal impact of a thing that by all means, probably shouldn't even exist. New episodes every Sunday, wherever you listen to podcasts! 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…","meta_description":"Roar! This week, V and Emily look at a 70-year-old fandom that we'd never considered before: Godzilla. Thanks to a request, we look at the schism in the f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3108,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-fandom-history-5965825/episodes/may-20-1998-yet-another-godzilla-fandom-battle/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/may-20-1998-yet-another-godzilla-fandom-battle.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}