Thinky Thoughts: A Multi-Fandom Podcast

Fascination & Frustration's Ruth and Michelle are London based fandom aficionados, having thinky thoughts about TV, books, movies, and all things fandom. We would love you to join the discussion!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Then & Now

 Website - Tumblr - Twitter In the maiden voyage of Fascination and Frustration's 'Thinky Thoughts' podcast, Ruth and Michelle geek out about Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  "We're not ready? They're not ready."

08-28
01:33:52

Harry Potter and the Harry Potter experience

Website - Tumblr - Twitter In this episode we talk about the Warner Brothers Studio Harry Potter Experience, for around 10 minutes, before spending the rest of the episode discussing our Harry Potter experience, including how and when we got into the books, the madness of midnight book releases, working in bookshops during the time of the Harry Potter craze, Rowling’s writing and how we feel about Harry Potter now. 

09-25
01:07:47

Thinky Thoughts live from NYC!

Website - Tumblr - Twitter Here is a very special live episode, reporting from Manhattan (and away from our usual recording set up), to give you a full run down on our recent weekend at New York ComicCon. 

10-08
45:33

Fic Brackets - Part 1

Website - Tumblr - Twitter In today's episode we are playing the Fic Bracket Game, in which well loved fanfiction tropes battle it out against each other and we see who is left standing at the end of the day, as the ultimate fanfic we want to read!  This is part 1 of 2, due to a very long list of multi fandom fic recommendations! We wanted to give you time to actually read all this, before we recommend even more fic! You can find the list here on our website!

10-23
01:25:34

Fic Brackets - Part 2

Website - Tumblr - Twitter In today's episode we are playing the Fic Bracket Game, in which well loved fanfiction tropes battle it out against each other and we see who is left standing at the end of the day, as the ultimate fanfic we want to read!  This is part 2 of 2. We hope you've made your way through the last list, which can be found here, and are ready for more! You can find the second recs list here on our website!

11-20
01:25:02

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (A show we hadn't seen)

Website - Tumblr - Twitter We discuss The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, what worked for us, what didn't work and whether we are going to continue watching this TV show, when it returns in 2019.  Spoilers for the first 10 episodes, so if you have not seen Sabrina yet and want to remain completely unspoiled, please watch the show first! 

12-07
01:08:35

Wynonna Earp (A show we hadn't seen)

Website - Tumblr - Twitter We discuss the first 5 episodes of season 1 of Wynonna Earp, what worked for us, what didn't work and whether we are going to continue watching. Spoilers for the first 5 episodes.

12-18
56:42

30 Day (aka 30 question) TV Challenge

Website - Tumblr - Twitter In which we answer the 30 Day TV Challenge questions and also campaign heavily for Supernatural to donate some of its episodes to Shadowhunters – we would call it ‘Supernatural: The Shadowhunter Years’ – How about it Misha Collins? Mild spoilers for Buffy, The West Wing, Angel, Shadowhunters, Six Feet Under. Huge spoiler for Serenity, so if you have not seen it and are planning on doing so, watch it now! It’s awesome!

01-04
01:25:03

Spartacus: Blood and Sand (A show we hadn't seen)

Website - Tumblr - Twitter We watched the first 4 episodes of Spartacus: Blood and Sand this week - another Show We Hadn't Seen.  Jury remains out on this one, but we would love to know what you think about this show. 

03-22
56:06

How to Get Away with Murder (A show we hadn't seen)

Website - Tumblr - Twitter So we recently watched 4 season of Shonda Rhimes and Peter Nowalk's 'How to Get Away with Murder' in about 3 days. This is what we thought about this show we hadn't seen. Spoilers for seasons 1-4 of HTGAWM.

04-05
01:15:01

Stardust

Website - Tumblr - Twitter Continuing a Neil Gaiman-y theme we're talking, from mini-vacation-mic Cornwall, all about Stardust.

08-05
01:04:51

American Gods (A show we hadn't seen)

Website - Tumblr - Twitter We discuss the first American Gods in our continued exploration of Neil Gaiman themed adaptations. Spoilers for the first 4 episodes, so if you have not seen Season 1 of American Gods yet and want to remain completely unspoiled, please watch the first 4 episodes first! 

08-22
01:06:10

This is Us (A show we hadn't seen)

Website - Tumblr - Twitter We discuss the first 4 episodes of NBC's This is Us. Spoilers for the first 4 episodes!

10-17
50:12

Lost in Space (A show we hadn't seen)

Website - Tumblr - Twitter Its the internationally recognised holiday 'Toby Stephens Week!' - we watched the first 5 episodes of Netflix 2018 Lost in Space.  Vague spoilers for the first 5 episodes!

11-14
47:07

Thinky Thoughts about 2019

Website - Tumblr - Twitter We look back on 2019 and the various television we watched this year and what we are excited about in 2020. 

12-19
40:08

The Witcher

Website - Tumblr - Twitter We've watched, and were confused by Netflix' The Witcher. Join us! 

01-17
47:20

Sex Education

Website - Tumblr - Twitter We are having Thinky Thoughts about Netflix' Sex Education. Join us!

01-31
50:37

Doctor Who

We are having Thinky Thoughts about (2005 onwards) Doctor Who Join us! 

02-21
01:17:28

Roswell (1999)

Website - Tumblr - Twitter We are having Thinky Thoughts about Roswell (1999). Join us!

05-01
01:33:58

Queer as Folk

Website - Tumblr - Twitter We have Thinky Thoughts about Queer as Folk. Join us! 

11-27
01:18:47

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