TW/CW: This episode mentions slavery, anti-Black racism and violence,, family separation, genocide, body horror, death, suicide, and rape.

This week's episode on Octavia E Butler's time travel masterpiece, Kindred, goes deep into the book's themes the legacy of slavery through time and space, and the complexity of emotions when you know that the line of your ancestry is drawn with blood and tears. Although the episode does spoil the plot from beginning to end, it won't spoil the experience of reading Butler's inimitable writing.

The video by @onyxpages (35. Kindred by Octavia Butler - Graphic Novel (Also: Being Forced to Care About Characters)) referenced in the episode can be found here.

This episode was edited by Jacqueline J. Basse..

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Why would I read the books already on my "to be read" pile when I can instead add five or so extra books? On this week's Ok Real Quick Pod we add a few books to the already teetering stack.

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Between Friends & Lovers by Shirlene Obuobi

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Sky Full Of Elephants by Cebo Campbell

Death Of The Author by Nnedi Okorafor

We may be (fashionably) late, but we're still ready to celebrate Smosh's remarkable 20 year run on YouTube! While your host may not have have discovered Smosh until recent years, it has grabbed a firm hold of her heart. Don't know what Smosh is? We have a real quick rundown of the channel's history, what makes it so great, and why you should check it out now!

In honor of the Smosh show that got us hooked, this week's Special Segment is the Chisme Chorner, with a story about the impact Smosh has made on an LGBTQ+ youth group.

The link to donate to the group's GoFundMe is here.

This week's episode was edited by Jacqueline J Basse.

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Back To The Future premiered 40 years ago.

Now that you've had a moment to recover from that realization, let's talk about Marty, Doc and the importance of density destiny, and why this movie still captures our imagination all those many, many decades later.

It's A Fandom Thing Pod's Back To The Future Episode

This week's Special Segment is "A Super Quick Review", about Bugonia and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You.

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BOO! Sorry for the scare, but we really need to talk about 2025's best-- and worst-- horror movies. Which scary flicks

did we love? Which ones did we wish were never made? And which ones are we looking forward to, because the year is not yet over? Click play and find out, and then drop us a comment and let us know what your favorites are!

You can listen to your host talk in depth about:

React to the Good Boy trailer on It's A Fandom Thing Pod

Heart Eyes on My Streaming Bubble

The Long Walk on Ok Real Quick

Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare on It's A Fandom Thing Pod

Sinners on It's A Fandom Thing Pod

Sinners on My Streaming Bubble

F.D. Signifier's video

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Let's get nosy this week! On this episode we'll be digging into some stories from Reddit. That's right: the entire episode is a giant Chisme Chorner. The posts for the stories can be found here, here and here.

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You ever watch a movie and think, "Fantastic! Best movie I've seen in a long time! Never show it to me again"? Well, if you have a few minutes, we'd love to talk to you about The Long Walk, the movie adaptation of the novel by Stephen King. We get into the performances by Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson, the movie's parallels to The Hunger Games and to our current world, and why it's important that the movie ended the way it did.

This episode was edited by Jacqueline Basse

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If you were lucky enough to grow up in the 80s and 90s and you lived in the US, you got to enjoy the golden era of the PSA (Public Service Announcement, not Prostate-Specific Antigen. Yes, this is important information). Join your host on this week's episode of Ok Real Quick for a trip down memory lane, and let us know YOUR favorite PSAs!

The article mentioned in the episode can be found here.

This week's Special Segment is Well, Will You Look At That, in which we very briefly touch on The Bear's beautiful cinematography.

This week's episode was edited by Jacqueline J Basse.

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