Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast

Anders vs. Andor: Revolution in Dragon Age 2 - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast Thank you for attending Cal's Ted Talk about Dragon Age 2 and revolutionary media. We discuss the way Dragon Age 2 handles Anders choices throughout the game and compare it to Andor and that show’s vi...

Thank you for attending Cal's Ted Talk about Dragon Age 2 and revolutionary media. We discuss the way Dragon Age 2 handles Anders choices throughout the game and compare it to Andor and that show’s view on rebellion and rebellious acts www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Sunrise on the Reaping - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast Coming to you from District 12 (probably), the Hyperfixation gang talks about Sunrise on the Reaping, the fifth Hunger Games book. Haymitch is much more chatty than Katniss was, the movie casting is g...

Coming to you from District 12 (probably), the Hyperfixation gang talks about Sunrise on the Reaping, the fifth Hunger Games book. Haymitch is much more chatty than Katniss was, the movie casting is great, and this book has a lot to say about rebellion and fascism www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

The gang finishes the Aftermath series. Sinjir and Jas don't spend that much time together as the Empire ends while Han and Leia take up too much time. Norra acts like a doofy child and Mon Mothma fits very well into her Andor canon www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Queerness in Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Part 3 (of 4) - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast The Hyperfixation gang returns to Xena for Maternal Instincts and The Bitter Suite, the peak but not the end of The Rift. A lot of serious stuff happens in Maternal Instincts and The Bitter Suite is v...

The Hyperfixation gang returned to Xena and finally reached Maternal Instincts and The Bitter Suite. It’s dramatic. And gay. www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Will We Ever Be Able To Talk About Brokeback Mountain? - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast The Hyperfixation gang actually watches and talks about Brokeback Mountain, a movie we grown up hearing jokes about but never saw. Cal explains the historical context for the film, its Oscar snub, and...

The Hyperfixation gang actually watches and talks about Brokeback Mountain, a movie we grown up hearing jokes about but never saw. Cal explains the historical context for the film, its Oscar snub, and the need for all types of queer representation www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Andor: Season 2 The Finale Arc - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast We talk about the fantastic end to Andor. Cassian and Melshi are roommates, the hairdresser on Yavin is terrible, Kleya and Vel might be gay, and nobody knows where Saw is.Our Other Andor Episodes:And...

We talk about the fantastic end to Andor. Cassian and Melshi are roommates, the hairdresser on Yavin is terrible, Kleya and Vel might be gay, and nobody knows where Saw is www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Andor: Season 2 The Ghorman Arc - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast Fascists decide to fascist as Ghorman erupts into chaos, Cassian makes numerous hard choices, Mon flees Coruscant, Syril goes full incel, and the Hyperfixation gang decides to keep Liz around. Ep...

We’re talking about the Ghorman Arc of Andor. Fascists decide to fascist as Ghorman erupts into chaos, Cassian makes numerous hard choices, Mon flees Coruscant, Syril goes full incel, and the Hyperfixation gang decides to keep Liz around www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Andor: Season 2 Arc 2 - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast After a brief pause and replacing Cal's spouse for Marika's, we are talking about the second arc of season two of Andor. This is is a strange arc that started weird but stuck the landing very well des...

After a brief pause and replacing Cal's spouse for Marika's, we are talking about the second arc of season two of Andor. This is a strange arc that started weird but stuck the landing very well despite what it did to Vel and Cinta www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Andor: Season 2 Arc 1 - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast Hyperfixation returns to Star Wars to talk about the first arc of season two of Andor. Cassian gets trapped by some disorganized rebels, which is saying something. Mon and our Ferrix crews are going t...

We talk about the first arc of season two of Andor. Cassian gets trapped by some disorganized rebels, which is saying something. Mon and our Ferrix crew are going through a lot. And we focus too much on our queer women and their limited screen time www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Re-release: Andor: The Prison Arc - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast In anticipation for season two of Andor, we are re-releasing our episode about the Prison Arc of season one of Andor from back when we were Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast. There isn't much queerness...

In anticipation for season two, we’re re-releasing our episode about the Prison Arc of season one of Andor from when we were Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast. There isn't much queerness for how our podcast is now but Marika was still too focused on the lesbians www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Epic: The Musical - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast The gang expresses our views about musicals as we talk about Epic: The Musical, an online, musical adaption of The Odyssey. Cal and Marika make lots of connections to modern era musicals as Bret has e...

The gang expresses our views about musicals as we talk about Epic: The Musical, an online, musical adaption of The Odyssey. Cal and Marika make lots of connections to modern era musicals as Bret has extensive knowledge of The Odyssey and Greek Mythology www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Patience and Sarah - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast In possibly Hyperfixation's most lesbian episode, Marika makes the gang talk about Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller. It's a historical fiction novel from 1967 about two lesbians, loosely based on r...

In a very lesbian episode, the gangs talks about Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller from 1967, a historical fiction, feminist novel that we all feel should be better known www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

The Spectrum of Queer Representation in Movies - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast A theme emerges eventually but for most of the episode enjoy Cal smashing two seemingly unrelated queer movies together, Alfred Hitchcock's Rope from 1948 and The Birdcage from 1996 starring Robin Wil...

We support gays’ rights and we enjoy gays’ wrongs. Please enjoy The Spectrum of Queer Representation in Movies because Cal needed to talk about two seemingly unrelated movies www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Song of Achilles - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast Hyperfixation continues our book club moment with Cal's favorite book Song of Achilles from 2011. These Ancient Greek gay boys are horny and fighting in the Trojan War. Cal and Bret know a lot about T...

Hyperfixation continues our book club moment with Cal's favorite book Song of Achilles from 2011. These Ancient Greek gay boys are horny and fighting in the Trojan War. Cal and Bret know a lot about The Iliad and Marika was a lesbian about the Troy movie from 2004 www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast The gang talks about the new season of Castlevania: Nocturne. Our hero team is mostly split, but the animation is amazing, Maria gets multiple dads, our straights get together, and we talk a lot about...

The gang talks about the new season of Castlevania: Nocturne. Our hero team is mostly split, but the animation is amazing, Maria gets multiple dads, our straights get together, and we talk a lot about Olrox and Mizrak despite their incredibly limited screen time www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1 - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast The gang chats about Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1, a more diverse and slightly queerer entry into the Castlevania Netflix franchise. The animation is great. Everyone has childhood trauma. And we fee...

We’re recording about Castlevania Nocturne season 2 today, out Feb. 7. In the meantime, enjoy our episode on season 1: www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast Marika finally makes the gang talk about The Priory of the Orange Tree, the first Roots of Chaos series book by Samantha Shannon but the second one the gang's read. The excellent world building contin...

Marika finally makes the gang talk about The Priory of the Orange Tree. The excellent world building continues. There's an old sad gay man, queer women Marika are obsessed with, and another ace/aro character www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance - Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast Cal makes the Hyperfixation gang talk about A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows from 2022, a fantasy romance with the most trigger warnings. Marika and Bret find the audiobook bad, there i...

New episode: Cal makes us talk about A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows, a fantasy romance with the most trigger warnings. Marika and Bret find the audiobook bad, but eventually the books gets to good queer world building and fun fanfic troupes www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/epis...

Chapter One: The Mandalorian Podcast Episode · Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast · 09/29/2020 · 1h 18m

Back Catalogue: In their first episode, Cork, Bret, and Marika explain their relationship to the Star Wars franchise and recap the first episode of The Mandalorian: The Mandalorian. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Republic Commando: Hard Contact Part 1 Podcast Episode · Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast · 03/23/2021 · 1h 1m

Back Catalogue Republic Commando: Hard Contact Part 1. The gang makes their way through the first Star Wars Republic Commando book, Hard Contact. Clone nonsense. It is possibly just a military log, but hey we liked it.
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A Day of Fallen Night Podcast Episode · Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast · 12/27/2024 · 2h 43m

Most Recent: A Day of Fallen Night. Marika makes the gang talk about the other Roots of Chaos series book after mentioning The Priory of the Orange Tree 100 times. There are numerous sapphics, an ace/aro character, and some background gay bois. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Hi, we're Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast. We used to be Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast. We pivoted from Star Wars to queerness. Now we're pivoting from that other site to here. We're going to be posting links to our most popular episodes in addition to our new ones. Hope you enjoy!