As a special feature of The Fanbase Weekly podcast, the Fanbase Feature focuses on and celebrates a specific element of geek culture.
In this Fanbase Feature, The Fanbase Weekly co-host Barbra Dillon and special guests David M. Booher (Eisner Award and GLAAD-nominated writer – Ghostbusters: Back in Town, Canto, Killer Queens), Rylend Grant (Ringo Award-winning writer – The Peacekeepers, The Jump, co-host of The Writers Block podcast), and Paul Pakler (co-host – Paul and Corey Cross the Streams podcast, writer – Hobo Code) participate in a thorough discussion regarding Ghostbusters (1984) in light of the film’s 40th anniversary, with topics including the film’s potentially unanticipated politics, examinations of the film’s overt sexuality, why the Ghostbusters franchise continues to endure, and more. (Beware: SPOILERS for Ghostbusters abound in this panel discussion!)
Cast members: David M. Booher (Eisner and GLAAD Awards-nominated writer – Ghostbusters: Back in Town, Canto, Killer Queens), Rylend Grant (Ringo Award-winning writer – The Peacekeepers, The Jump, co-host of The Writers Block podcast), Paul Pakler (co-host – Paul and Corey Cross the Streams podcast, writer – Hobo Code), and Barbra Dillon (Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief, The Fanbase Weekly co-host)
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The Fanbase Weekly Theme Song Written and Performed by: Adam WarRock
The Fanbase Weekly Theme Song Produced by: Mikal kHill
Episode Photo by: Barbra Dillon
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