We're joined by guest Chris Lee to talk about stories with child soldiers in them – how they can be problematic, and how they can be appealing. Spoilers for quite a few things, but I've got two senior project deadlines coming up so I'm not going to list them, sorry! Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Che…

We're back and talking about RWBY again! Spoilers for RWBY through Vol. 8. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cover art by Chris Lee produced by Finn Mayhew…

We're settled in for the semester and want to talk about a good show! Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cover art by Chris Lee produced by Finn Mayhew…

Not quite Sharkboy and Lavagirl 2, but a hell of a lot of fun. This episode's also got some podcast talk in the latter half. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cover art by Chris Le…

Why are Christmas movies so wack / winemom-y / wanton destruction-y / warm feelings-y? Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cover art by Chris Lee produced by Finn Mayhew…

As a GM, how do you balance giving your players what they want against making them work for it? With Chris Lee and Cody Hammack! Spoilers for Galactic Gazette: Tales from the Venture Guild (listen here!: bit.ly/galacticgazette). Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network …

In this episode we return to the past (HA) to talk about a show we watched as kids. Spoilers for Code Lyoko through Season 1, and minor spoilers through Season 2. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme musi…

Joe's got a framework! Spoilers for Neon Genesis Evangelion, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Seven Deadly Sins, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Dragon Ball Super, the Haunting of Bly Manor, Knives Ou,t Back to the Future, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Silence of the Lambs, The Exorcist, and Yuri!!! on Ice. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foo…

We watched this movie again the other day, and have some scattered thoughts. Spoilers for Les Mis. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cover art by Chris Lee produced by Finn Mayhew…

A chat about collaborative worldbuilding in TTRPGs, with guest Chris Lee. Galactic Gazette: Tales from the Venture Guild: http://bit.ly/galacticgazette Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn M…

Galactic Gazette: Tales from the Venture Guild: http://bit.ly/galacticgazette And this podcast isn't going anywhere! New episode in two weeks!

One of our favorite youtubers made a feature-length video about how much he disliked one of our favorite shows – and it's part one of three. We have some thoughts! Minor spoilers for RWBY. HBomberguy's video: youtu.be/81fdKWOHrdE Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network…

Oh no! I'm stuck! ............... in T I M E ~~~~~~ Spoilers for Time Trap. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cover art by Chris Lee produced by Finn Mayhew…

Finn wants to talk for an hour about games where you climb a mountain. If that sounds deprecating, know that I am Finn. Spoilers for Celeste, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, The Witness, Hatch, and A Short Hike. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.c…

The most chill talk about the most angsty movie! Spoilers for Neon Genesis Evangelion. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cover art by Chris Lee produced by Finn Mayhew…

Me and White Supremacy: https://www.meandwhitesupremacybook.com/ George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://t.co/RalesnF5gt?amp=1 NC Community Bail Fund: https://t.co/3hSxjXRdwR?amp=1 National Bail Fund Network: https://t.co/cT5nrgTiP5?amp=1 Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality: https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality A Carrd with m…

Finn has finally caught up! Let's talk about what this season had to say about heroism and villainy. Spoilers for My Hero Academia through Season 4. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayh…

Some actually smart talk about how stories that embrace a format that is both serialized and episodic give hopeful messages about loss! Then Finn says his theoretical framework made SethBling hate Super Mario Maker 2. Spoilers for Tales From the Loop and Doctor Who: S7E5: The Angels Take Manhattan. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us …

What do these words even mean? Can Finn control the chaos? Find out in this fortnight's episode! Minor spoilers for Batman: The Killing Joke. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cove…

An informal episode to catch up you all up. Let us know what you want to see from the show or if you want to be a guest! Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cover art by Chris Lee pr…

Mushi-shi Season 1: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F1CE257A87FF5D1 Mushi-shi Season 2: https://www.crunchyroll.com/mushi-shi Grandmother’s Gold: https://youtu.be/vHRRL2t9LKk Hank Green streaming Stardew Valley with his son: https://www.twitch.tv/gameswithhank Bob Ross non-stop marathon: https://www.twitch.tv/bobross Griffin McElroy stream…

We talk about the types of characters that generate conspiracy. Spoilers for Harry Potter, RWBY, The Adventure Zone, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Grease, Deltarune, Shutter Island, Swiss Army Man, The OA, The Orbiting Human Circus (Of The Air), Mr. Nobody, and The Secret Empire. Minor spoilers for My Hero Academia, Doctor Strange, One Punch Man, …

Finn's sick, so we decided to set up monetization. That is logic that makes sense. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the M&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cover art by Chris Lee produced by Finn Mayhew ARC 3: THE RETUR…

It was so fucking good. Minor spoilers for Sonic the Hedgehog (2020). Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the M&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cover art by Chris Lee produced by Finn Mayhew ARC 3: THE RETURN OF THE KING…

Joined by Will, we use a random word generator to come up with powers inspired by Epithet Erased. Minor spoilers for Epithet Erased. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the M&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cover art by …

Sorry for the late episode! Finn literally just forgot to upload it. This time, we're talking about why we think Scooby-Doo sometimes has its monsters be real, and what that says about the core of the show. Spoilers for Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster, Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!, Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword, Sco…

We're back, with the story of how we defeated the Network (for the time being) and reclaimed our status as students at W&M! Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cover art by Chris Lee…

Talking about the time travel stories we enjoy and how they work! Also, some mysterious news from Chris... Major spoilers for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, spoilers for Primer, Terminator, Terminator 2, Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban, Back to the Future (the whole franchise), Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball Super, and minor sp…

Finn tries to convince Joe to watch Frozen 2. Spoilers for some story beats in Frozen 2. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew cover art by Chris Lee produced by Finn Mayhew ARC 2: EXI…

Disorganized rambling about stories where someone goes to a fantasy world, learns real-world lessons, and returns. We summoned Sean using god powers lent to us by Wendy herself! Minor spoilers for Peter Pan, Return to Never Land, Labyrinth, Halloweentown, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Umbrella Academy through Season 1,…

I think the title speaks for itself. Also, a correction: I meant hypercone, not hypersphere. Spoilers for The Velocipastor, and minor spoilers for Sorry to Bother You. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme…

In our travels we encountered a Kevin M., who joined us to talk about the new RWBY volume! I don't think this is the same Kevin from the bonus episode a while back, but idk, I've never seen both of them in the same room. Spoilers for RWBY through Vol. 7 Ep. 1. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out…

Join us for a chaotic and ill-informed discussion of communism, Hinduism, the Big Crunch, and Neon Genesis Evangelion. We'll have a more normal episode next week! Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme musi…

This week we're joined by Rane and Rachel (Skull) to discuss the enormous number of villains in MHA! Spoilers for My Hero Academia through Season 3 and My Hero Academia: Two Heroes. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Fin…

This week we're joined by Finn's cousin Dalton to talk about the annual YouTube show they've been making since 2011! Sorry for the occasional audio quality drops, they're temporary. Spoilers for The Lake Anna Adventure through Season 2 Episode 2. The Lake Anna Adventure: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFzLTsl90mSeENZSXNPlrUGsAtglbUBq9 Discuss at reddit…

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This week we're talking about an obscure YouTube playlist that took the apartment by storm. Spoilers for The WendCU through episode 15 and The Prestige, and minor spoilers for Inuyashiki and Undertale. The WendCU: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA260rhIhvuXHifXux9hpfxfS6hNTiOUP Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.…

New Celeste! We talk about the chapter's story themes, how the new mechanics inform them, and how the concept of a Celeste DLC shows that self-improvement and mental health can be thought of as vectors or divergent series (We'Re CoLlEgE sTuDeNtS). Spoilers for Celeste Chapter 9 ("Farewell"). Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at fool…

Guest Shelly Cox tells us her story of getting into the Lord of the Rings fandom back in 2001, and we talk about how the fandom evolved along with the popularization of the internet. No spoilers this episode! Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user…

A short episode on how we're planning on improving the podcast for the future, with guest Chris Lee. Let us know what you think of these ideas! Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network at spreaker.com/user/pnwm. by Joe Brown and Finn Mayhew theme music by Finn Mayhew co…

We're back with an episode that starts off with weebery and evolves into a more nuanced conversation about representation in the shonen genre! With guests Chris Lee and Jonah Barrón. Minor spoilers for RWBY and My Hero Academia. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network …

Finn shares his five favorite fiction podcasts. Regular episodes returning August 31st! Dreamboy: http://www.nightvalepresents.com/dreamboy/ It Makes a Sound: http://www.nightvalepresents.com/itmakesasound The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air): https://www.npr.org/podcasts/610483979/the-orbiting-human-circus The Adventure Zone: https://maximumfun.…

With guest Kevin Dolan! This is admittedly a particularly silly episode – if you're not a fan, stay tuned for more normal episodes starting August 31st. Spoilers for The End of Evangelion and minor spoilers for Future Diary.

Finn tells you the story of one of his dreams.

We discuss a few creative projects we've been a part of in the past, and how we think about the collaboration that's necessary to pull them off and have fun while doing it. This is our last full episode for the summer – Finn will be posting three bonus episodes in the coming hiatus, and we'll be returning to our in-person setup for the coming semes…

What is too much of a good thing? Finn tells his story of playing Undertale and Deltarune and how this experience impacted his friendships. Emptiness: https://tricycle.org/magazine/what-do-buddhists-mean-when-they-talk-about-emptiness/ “A Lesson in Nonduality” lecture by Rupert Spira: https://youtu.be/dJtVLASoiQE Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfic…

Continuing in the style of last episode, we talk about some pieces of media that feel pretentious and why they feel that way. Then we get a little meta and take a look at our own podcast. Spoilers for The OA Part I and Starfish. Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email us at foolsandfiction@gmail.com. Check out other shows on the W&M network …

We explore some ideas about the continuum between and mixture of narrative and gameplay in video games. We're trying a slightly new format here: we come in without knowing what we want to demonstrate, just with examples we want to highlight, and we try to find a path along the way – let us know what you think! We certainly enjoyed the more conversa…

We continue our discussion of the recently released book Best Game Ever, this time joined by the author himself! Spoilers for Ex Machina, and minor spoilers for Best Game Ever. R R Angell's website: https://rrangell.com/ Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Game-Ever-Virtuella-Novel/dp/1949532054/ Discuss at reddit.com/r/foolsandfiction. Email…

It's our secret project! Over the past several weeks, we've been reading reviewers' copies of R R Angell's queer sci-fi novel Best Game Ever. And now we talk about the book in anticipation for our discussion with the author on July 1st! But you also have an important role to play: send us questions to ask via the links below! Minor spoilers for Bes…