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Show Name: The Fan and The Foe

Episode Title: Major League Baseball with Majorly Obsessed Fans

Gabbi: You are listening to The Fan and The Foe with your host(s) Gabbi and Louisa.

Louisa: In this episode of The Fan and The Foe we are discussing the world of sports, more specifically baseball!

Gabbi: Ewwww

Louisa: Hey! Already trying to start arguments I see

Gabbi: you know me

Louisa: Well, baseball is America's game so you can't really diss it without the majority of people being mad

Gabbi: whatever

Louisa: Well, if you couldn't already tell, gabbi is not the fan here, I am

Gabbi: yea, I am anything but a fan, I just get the merch and look cute

Louisa: I hate that type of person, you guys are all such fake fans.

Gabbi: well it seems you hate everyone, so thats no surprise

Louisa: Fair enough, but if there's one thing I don't hate, its the yankees, except when the blow a game in the middle of the fifth inning

Gabbi: What does that even mean?

Louisa: the yankees or the blowing a game in the fifth inning

Gabbi: the inning thing, duhh of course I know who the yankees they are the worst team in baseball, we root strictly for philly teams in my house, are they were like people in historical times

Louisa: oh lord I hope you're joking…

Gabbi: of course im joking, the yankees are like THE epitome of baseball NOT

Louisa: okay thank gosh you know something, you're already a better foe than me

Gabbi: yea, usually you don't know anything

Louisa: okay okay we get it you're better than me

Gabbi: im what???!

Louisa: dont push it…

Gabbi: fine fine

Louisa: Okay well anyways I was born a yankees fan, I love going to the bronx despite the horrific drive to get there. I have probably been to about 10 games, which isn’t a lot but I feel like it could get a little repetitive if I went to too to many

Gabbi: Well you know what doesn’t get repetitive, watching the hunger games over and over and over again someone please try and help me convince louisa to watch the hunger games with me

Louisa: whatever you're trying to suggest lets stop it right there

Gabbi: mhm

Louisa: But seriously there's something about going to a yankees, game or even any game in person that is just so special.

Gabbi: like what. I feel like the games get so boring after a while, anytime i go see baseball the only thing i focus on is the food, especially the cotton candy but past that what's the point?

Louisa: the traditions gabbi, like the yankee’s bleacher creatures chanting all of the players names before the the first inning of every game, or the singing of sweet caroline, or even the dance battles that happen on top of dugouts

Gabbi: Oh I know about those. They can get…intresting

Louisa: oh yes they can. But they're really so fun to watch

Gabbi: I'll agree with you there

Louisa: anyways… My dad, my brother and I got the amazing opportunity to go to a world series game last year- like two seasons ago when they played the Dodgers. They had just forced a game 5, and so our friends had some tickets that they auctioned off. We went and it took FOREVER to get in for one, but the game started off really well

Gabbi: this sounds like its going south

Louisa: oh it does. Basically we all had bets on who would hit a homerun on the yankees, and I had bet on Judge, my dad on Stanton, and I think my brother on Chisolm, I kinda forget, and I remember I think only my dad and I won, but im again, not sure

Gabbi: So when does this get interesting??

Louisa: Jeez okay I'll fast forward. Basically the yankees were ahead by a lot in the fifth inning when it all went south. Gerritt Cole, the pitcher didn’t cover a base

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Show Name: Fan & Foe

Episode Title: K-Pop Demon Hunters

Welcome back! You are listening to The Fan and the Foe with your host(s) Gabbi and Louisa .

In this episode of The Fan and the Foe the Podcast we discuss: All things K-pop and K-pop demon hunters

Gabbi: Soooo todays topic neither of us are the most well versed in but as per usual I have at least seen and enjoyed watching Kpop demon hunters and Louisa is completely and udderly clueless

Louisa: You can’t say I am completely and utterly clueless on everything

Gabbi: Well you never seem to know what's going on here

Louisa: Just because I don’t know what every member of 1D’s blood type is doesn't mean I am clueless. I know plenty of things. Plus I have actually been in the room while Kpop demon hunters were playing so I can’t be that clueless.

Gabbi: Ohhhh well if you're so knowledgeable now why don’t you tell us what you think you know about Kpop Demon hunters.

Louisa: Uhhh. So you see it's a movie on netflix that little kids seem to love about demons fighting kpop?

Gabbi: absolutely not. You literally just recited the title but wrong. Come on at least try next time The show focuses on 3 main girls, Rumi mira and zoey who are a part of a kpop group called huntrix by day and demon hunters by night, they are all the rage until this new band of guys called the saja boys threaten their popularity with their first hit single.

The one twist is all of the guys are secretly demons trying to corrupt their fans and break the protective barrier between the human world and the demon realm

Louisa: Ok so maybe I was a teeny tiny bit off

Gabbi: Sureeee. Well I never would’ve known all of this if it weren’t for [babysitting story and little cousin that LOVES kpop demon hunters]. It is extremely popular with younger kids, but there are also plenty of people, high schoolers and older who also loved this movie

1. Record breaking streams on netflix—> it got put into theaters sing along style
2. The movie brought together kpop and korean folklore and tied it all together with catchy lyrics and elaborate animations

The songs from the movie were so popular that they were on the radio and I can’t lie golden is a BOP.

Louisa: correction, it WAS a bop, now its just overplayed

Gabbi: you have to admit its super catchy

Louisa: Oh 100 percent, it totally was, but now it's a bit much. Its like WICKED, except wicked songs weren't overplayed so I still love them

Gabbi: OMG I just saw for good in theatres and it was SO GOOD, like Cynthia Erivo is an icon

Louisa: I gonna do something crazy, and actually agree with you

Gabbi: wow, what a rare occurrence

Louisa: I know right, but anyways Kpop demon hunters is definitely gonna take gen alpha by storm if it hasnt all ready

Gabbi: Its gonna be their High school musical

Louisa: How dare you make that comparison. An okay animated film against one of the most iconic franchises to ever exist for teens. I think not.

Gabbi: fine maybe that was a bit much, but you get the point

Ok now lets do my favorite part where louisa has even less clue about whats going on then normal.. Trivia!!!!! But first, a quick break where you can hear about one of our friends' podcasts!!

A. Super strength

B. Time manipulation

C. Enhanced intuition

D. Fire breath

Correct Answer: C. Enhanced intuition

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Show Name: The Fan & The Foe

Episode Title: 1 Direction, 1 Crazy Fandom

You are listening to The Fan and the Foe podcast with your host(s) Gabbi and Louisa.

In this episode of The Fan and the Foe we will be discussing One Direction, and the crazy fans that follow them.

Gabbi: In 2010 4 British and 1 Irish guys came on to essentially the British equivalent of America's got Talent, called the x-factor, Simon Cowell included, they came as soloists and left as the biggest boy band since the Backstreet Boys.

They released the absolute banger What Makes You Beautiful that is still played at every school function, wedding and grocery store that I've ever been to, even 15 years later. But hey! Everyone knows it's fantastic so why not.

Originally there were 5 members of 1D, Liam Paine, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, and Niall Horan and together they release 4 albums, Zayn left the group after a fall out and then they released their last album before they went on what they called an “18 month hiatus” which ten years later fans are still waiting for a comeback from. Y'know I too am waiting for a new 1D song or album or better yet a tour, but it'll never be the same as liam passed this year.

Candlelight vigil on hiatus

Up all night

Take me home

Midnight memories

Made in the AM

Four

They have all had very successful solo careers

Louisa: On a scale of 1 to 10, how unhinged are you people?

Gabbi: like… a 15. Minimum.

Louisa: . See? You didn’t even hesitate.

Gabbi: There’s nothing to hesitate about! We were dedicated and committed. And probably Willing to go to war in a mall parking lot for a guy

Louisa: You say that like it’s normal.

Gabbi:if you heard a rumor that Harry was spotted at a random Whole Foods, wouldn’t you sprint there?

Louisa: uhhh No! I’d continue buying groceries like a sane person, but maybe want to crop a picture but like that's it! He's a person too and deserves to have his own space and function like a normal human being. But I know you would abandon carts, and dignity.

Gabbi: Dignity was never part of the One Direction experience. That’s step one but you wouldn't get out. You get in the fandom, you hand over your dignity, you pick up a poster, write a fan fiction and then you scream!

Louisa: Honestly that sounds like joining a cult. Common theme huh. Maybe we should rename this podcast so it reflects cults instead of fandoms

Gabbi: But it is a fun cult, though.

Louisa: CUTE? Gabbi, you people tracked flight numbers.

Gabbi: Okay okay thats wierd

Louisa: This is why I can't be with you and your logic sometimes. You treat every bit of information like it’s national security intelligence.

Gabbi: Because it was to some people I guess! At any moment, the members could appear.

Louisa: You’re describing it like One Direction was the Hunger Games.

Gabbi: Hunger games??!!! I love the hunger games

Louisa: I swear to God.

Gabbi: you said it first

Louisa: Okay but honestly… Why are y’all so loud? Like astronomically loud. You could probably hear a Directioner scream from two zip codes away because I read there were so many noise complaints around concerts.

Gabbi: Because we have feelings duhh,

Louisa: loud ones…

Gabbi: Hey.

Louisa: I get emotional too but like never to the point where I’m sobbing so hard I can’t breathe because Liam winked.

Gabbi: Finee, but like who wouldnt want liam to wink at them yk

Louisa: whatever dude

Gabbi: Anyways, i think we should bring back the trivia, so I'm going to give you three questions to answer

Louisa: oooh okay, trying to distract me from winning this argument I...

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Show Name: The Fan & The Foe

Episode Title: Disney Adults!!!

You are listening to the fan and the foe with your host(s), Gabbi and Louisa.

In this episode of The Fan and the Foe, we discuss the most magical place on earth, Disney

Gabbi: This episode is a little different than normal because Louisa is actually a Disney fan, but I'm sure she will still have some input on the fans as she normally does. Typically, I'm the most avid follower in the studio, but today,my\y Louisa might have me beat, she is a pretty big Disney fan.

Louisa: BUT I WILL NOT BE A DISNEY ADULT. LET ME MAKE THAT CLEAR

Gabbi: Okay,y, okay. But anyways…Disney World is widely acknowledged as the most magical place in the world. But there are many magical places because the Disney franchise has parks all over the world, there are 2 locations in the US, Tokyo, Paris, and China. Louisa has actually been to the Paris parks. Why don’t you tell us a bit about how it was different from a park in the US?

Louisa: Ooooh, okay. I loved Disneyland Paris, because it was so easy to get to: all you had to do was take a train. The rides were also good because they were aimed towards an older audience, which I find some of theDisneyy parks lack. And of course, the food was also amazing.

Gabbi: Wow, you definitely know a bit more than I do. What do you think about cryogenic freezing?

Louisa: Whoa, what? Where did that come from, haah. That was quite the pivot.

Gabbi: Well, yeah, I had to catch you off guard there. There's a rumor that Walt Disney is frozen to be reincarnated one day.

Louisa: Oh, well, I have heard that. I think it's a bit odd, but I guess it's kinda cool. I wouldn’t personally do it, but who am I to judge?

Gabbi: I think that's fair. And that's the least weird thing we're going to mention today.

Louisa: That's for sure.

Gabbi Fromm, what I do know, the whole franchise is built upon a series of movies and shows in which iconic characters like Mickey Mouse, Olaf, and Snow White all come from, along with all the other Disney characters, princesses, and villains alike.

Louisa: How dare you forget the ride?. The rides are why people go to Disney. I am still so pissed off that they got rid of the Rockin’ Rollercoaster. That was the best ride they have had, and now they're rebranding it.

Gabbi: Sorry for your loss. But Disney is also responsible for making New York the family-friendly tourist attraction it is today. Along with the governor of New York, Disney worked to make Broadway safer and a place people wanted to take their families. They opened their first show, Beauty and the Beas, and it was an automatic hit. It revolutionized the whole New York experience and made it somewhere everyone wanted to go. My first Broadway show was The Lion King, which is just SO good.

Louisa: I think we can both agree that there is one type of fan who always goes way too far with their love of Disney, and that is the Disney adult.

Gabbi: Disney adults freak me out. Like grown humans crying because they saw a guy in a mouse costume?

Louisa: They just really love the magic, I guess, but like go see a magician tf.

Gabbi: Magic? It’s a $200-a-day theme park and a forty-minute line for a mid-tasting churro. That’s not magic.

Louisa: It’s nostalgia! They’re reliving the best parts of childhood….right?

Gabbi: Yeah, except childhood ends for a reason. You can’t be forty with a Disney backpack and still call it “core memory building.”

Louisa: Honestly, if it makes people happy, who cares? At least they’re not, like, crime-obsessed podcast people.

Gabbi: I’d prefer a murder...

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Show Name: The Fan & The Foe

Episode Title: The Hunger Games

You are listening to The Fan and the Foe podcast with your host(s) Gabbi and Louisa.

In this episode of The Fan and The Foe, the Podcast, we discuss: The Hunger Games! Just a pre-show warning, I’ve been battling a cold the past few days, and am still getting my voice back.

Gabbi: That's quite the commitment right there

Louisa: Yuppp

Segment 1: Background info

Louisa: So, these last few episodes, I have had some idea as to what we were talking about, but for this episode, I have no clue about anything. If this is even correct, I know Katniss Evergreen exists and that's it, but for all I know, that's the wrong show…

Gabbi: Go off and explain what the Hunger Games are. After another American Civil War, the new America is separated into 12 districts, all of which provide for the lavish lives of the capital. District life is awful.. Not enough food, bad housing, you basically work until you die. To make everyone's life worse, they force each district to send 2 of its children to the capital every year to fight to the death. They claim it's punishment for the district's rebellion, but the rebellion was almost 75 years ago at the start of the books.

Span 3 years

Basic character rundown

• Katniss Everdeen
• Peeta Mellark
• Gale Hawthorne
• President Snow (spin-off book)
• Haymitch Abernathy (another spin-off)

District breakdown

• 12- mining
• 11- agriculture
• 1- luxury goods
• 6- lumber

There are 5 movies currently out and 5 books, with another movie coming out next November.

Explain the Hunger Games and what they force people to do

Some fans also debate what district they are in, or disgracefully, if they are capital.. So I think it would be fun to take another quiz and figure out what district we are in

What district are you in? Quiz

Discuss what we got.

Louisa: So basically what I'm hearing is there is a huge fandom surrounding the diabolical capture and murder of exploited children under capitalism and in this whole system I would be in ____ district

Gabbi: Yes, you would be! But to the fans, it's more than that; it is because of how immensely meaningful it is. Suzanne Collins, the writer of the books, makes sure that her books are extremely relevant to the political society in which we live. Her work is very well thought out.

Louisa: So, are we capturing and killing children just for a game in our society?

Gabbi: Well, maybe they don’t exactly mirror the political and social climate, but the fears they involve are very similar.

Louisa: That's fair. There is definitely a reflection of the themes of the books and today's political climate. When is her next book coming out? That should be a good one lol.

Gabbi: The Hunger Games fandom is also a close-knit community. When Sunrise on the Reaping came out last year, I forced my parents to take me to Barnes and Noble for a midnight release, where a bunch of other Hunger Games fans played games and had a whole bunch of fun for a night!

Louisa: Now, it's time for everyone's favorite section: Crazy Fan Mail/ Fan Encounters!

Gabi- WOOOOO!!!!

Louisa: So this one was actually harder to find, which is weird because I would think the opposite based on what...

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Show Name: The Fan & the Foe

Episode Title: Stranger Things

Welcome back! You are listening to The Fan and the Foe podcast with your host(s) Gabbi and Louisa.

In this episode of The Fan and the Foe, we are discussing all things Stranger Things!!!

Segment 1: Introduction & background to Stranger Things DND background

Stranger Things is a hit Netflix series produced by the Duffer Brothers. Set in Hawkins, Indiana, circa 1983 focuses on the seemingly mundane lives of 4 suburban boys- until one of them goes missing. At the same time, Eleven, a bald little girl with superpowers, comes in. Their lives flip upside down…get it… upside down like the second evil dimension that houses evil things [expand on evil things, demogorgons, demodogs, Vecna, the mindflayer, and the upside down].

The show also has a heavy influence of the supernatural, soviet missions and spies, and government experiments on children. Despite the underlying darkness of the show, it is now extremely interesting to watch.

Louisa: Sure, like a car fire

[Start taking about eleven and the other government experiments she considers her brothers and sisters] https://strangerthings.fandom.com/wiki/Stranger_Things

• Elevens' superpowers, mind-bending, throwing cars, a superhero in a bald kid's body
• Past all of that, there is an extreme emphasis on the 80s.
• It makes many people nostalgic for a time they weren’t alive for, connecting generations and getting to see how their parents and grandparents lived. The Duffy brothers went to extreme lengths to maintain historical accuracy, from hair to the fast food and candy they ate.

Okay, well, for one, I didn’t know that Stranger Things was based on DND, but that makes it a bit odd, haha. On another note, though, I think that the nostalgia of the 80s is something that only people living in the 80s should resonate with, not people born in the 2000s.

Gabbi: But the 80s were iconic, so who wouldn't want to experience them through a TV show?

Louisa: I mean, maybe the outfits are cool, but the hair and everything are a bit over the top.

Louisa: Whatever. From what I see on social media, even die-hard fans are sick of the same plot over and over. Can you explain the plot very simply, please

Gabbi: Suree, basically, another monster attacks Hawkins every season

• Louisa: Talk about how boring that is

Gabbi: yeah yeah whatever

Louisa: So basically every season it's like yay! The threat is gone, and then BOO, M next summer, there's a new monster that's like hey! Did you miss me?

Gabbi: Well…

Louisa: Uh-huh, like are any of the kids' parents in the picture, because if there was some crazy monster in my town every year, my mom would be likeWee need to get the heck out of here. Is it called Stranger Things because things get stranger, and parents don’t even notice?

Gabbi: answers question well, given you literally know nothing, even though I’ve tried to explain it to you. How bout I give you a few trivia questions to show our listeners you’re not a credible source!

Louisa: Fine- let's do it!

Q1: One of the show's most beloved characters was meant to be killed at the end of season 1. Who was it?

A1: Steve Harrington or Joe Kerry, but because of the outcry from the fans, they didn’t

Q2: Who said the lineChrissysy wake up” that was then memed and turned into a viral internet...

Gabbi: Welcome to The fan and the foe with your host(s) Gabbi and Louisa. Your go-to fandom podcast. In this episode of the fan and the foe, we are discussing the magical world of Harry Potter…

Louisa: and its unusual fans

Segment 1: What house are you quiz and basic rundown

Gabbi: Harry Potter is a magical world which I myself have been an avid fan of for years. There are 7 original books and 8 movies which follow the trials and tribulations of Harry Potter and his friends' years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Louisa: See, even off the bat, with a name like that, you know the fans are going to bea bit insane.

• Go into some fandom lore, basic knowledge of the characters, plot, and biggest challenges they face– Voldemort, how
• Harry Potter's parents died
• Raised by muggles
• Hogwarts recruits him
• Harry meets Ron and Hermione and is introduced to the world of magic
• He finds out he's really special– conqueror of death

Louisa : Apparently, according to Gabbi, One of the most iconic parts of Harry potter is the Hogwarts houses, there are 4 of them, and fans take great pride in whatever house they are in. I personally am a Gryffindor but Louisa here does not know what house she is so we are going to take a quick buzzfeed quiz to find out, Ill take it too for fun

Take the Quiz

Segment 2: Argument

And we are back!

• talk-through quiz, and argue about different things while reviewing the houses as we get results.
• Ask abiu questions
• Describe houses
• Talk about why fans seem to flock to it, it's a way to escape, reminds them of their childhood
• Hard to let something go that has been part of your life for so long
• Universal is understandable, the harry potter rides are the best ones
• And the butterbeer

Louisa: Okay, I understand if people under the age of 12 enjoy Harry Potter, but those 30-year-old adults who dress up as characters for Halloween? Like, that's a little odd to me, but hey, you do you, I guess.

Gabbi: Some of the Harry Potter actors have had some CRAZY superfans but who can blame them, I would want to learn magic, too.

Louisa: Sure, but look at this story i found: Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy was interviewed by Yahoo News recounting his craziest encounter. He said “‘I’ve got some very strange letters. One man wanted to adopt me. He had changed his name legally to Lucius Malfoy and wanted me to change my name to Draco Malfoy and to legally adopt me. I declined!’” he said.

Louisa: this is why you Harry Potter fans are insane. Like, who in the right mind does that??

Gabbi: yea…this one isn’t helping my case. But this next one has to do with everyone's favorite Rupert Grint who plays Ron

• He cant say no to fans and one time ended up going back to their apartment and getting dressed as a drag queen “full heels and a feather boa” he says

Louisa: well that wraps up todays episode. Thank you for tuning in

Gabbi+Louisa: Thank you for tuning in!

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Welcome to The Fan & the Foe, a student-run podcast that reviews, explores, and critiques different fandoms such as Taylor Swift, professional sports, Harry Potter, and more. The two co-hosts will clash over one’s love for the fandom and the other’s skepticism, as they do a deep dive into what drives people crazy about certain things.