Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast
Three family members of varying levels of queerness and with varying fandom interests gather to discuss their hyperfixations and fleeting passions. We started as Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but have expanded to general fandoms, commenting with a queer perspective.
Podcasting since 2020 • 146 episodes
Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast
Latest Episodes
Re-release: Andor: The Prison Arc
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 for how our podcast is now but Marika was s...
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Epic: The Musical
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 ...
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Patience and Sarah
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 real women, in 1816 who fall in love and atte...
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The Spectrum of Queer Representation in Movies
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 Williams and Nathan Lane. Rope is fun and stran...
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