Fan Wonderland
76 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFan Wonderland covers all genres from Cosplay, TV & Film, Comedy, Music, Sport, and more.
Fan Wonderland was created as a safe place for LGBTQIA+ friendly fans to express themselves, be themselves and have their voices heard by our guests and bridge the gap between fans and our guests.
Fan Wonderland is a safe space for all fans regardless of gender, sexual orientation, or race and it's something we pride ourselves on in ensuring this never changes.
Hosted by Non-Binary host TJ (They/Them) Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support
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Episodes
Episode Twenty Six: An Acting Masterclass with Lisa Gormley
January 24, 2019 06:49 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBFan Wonderland, for the very first time, sits down, in person, and talks to Australian actress Lisa Gormley about her work on Home and Away, teaching aspiring actors, and upcoming comedy Early Retirement and more. TJ & Lisa also discuss why she loves teaching acting workshops locally and working on local projects rather than Hollywood projects. Lisa also answered some fan questions as well. Content Warning: Infrequent Coarse Language. Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland Cover Imag...
Episode Twenty Five: An Earpin' Burden with Varun Saranga
January 23, 2019 05:12 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBFan Wonderland talks to Wynonna Earp fan favourite actor Varun Saranga about Wynonna Earp, Workin’ Moms, and Burden of Truth. TJ & Varun discuss Varun’s work on Wynonna Earp, the support of Earpers, his hopes for Jeremy in Season 4 and how his life has changed since Wynonna Earp, and much more including Varun jokes, his India travels, singing Jeremy and LGBTQ+ representation in Wynonna Earp. And as always we took some fan questions which Varun answered. Content Warning: Strong coarse lan...
Episode Twenty Four: A Godless Return with Shawn-Caulin Young
January 20, 2019 07:13 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBFan Wonderland talks to our first returning guest Shawn-Caulin Young about his role as paedophile Ted LaGrange in HBO hit show True Detective, how he approached the role, the reception to Heart, Baby since our last chat and Shawn’s upcoming short film based on a true story, Stand Still. TJ & Shawn also discuss Shawn’s work on Godless, Case 347 and Shawn method acting every role he has. Content Warning: Infrequent Coarse Language, Brief discussion of paedophilia (concerning his role on the ...
Episode Twenty-Three: A Cursed Australian with Tristan Barr
January 13, 2019 11:32 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBFan Wonderland talks to Australian, actor, director and producer Tristan Barr about upcoming Horror-Comedy Cursed and his award winning film Watch The Sunset. TJ & Tristan explain the often confused difference between producing and directing as well as a certain special guest showing up in the intro short for Cursed and the extra mile the marketing team has gone for the series. TJ & Tristan also discuss how and why Australia is still lagging behind in the arts industry, channels not taking...
Episode Twenty-Two: Aliens, Blood Sacrifice & A Rogue Spirit with Rosa Arredondo
January 13, 2019 11:13 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBFan Wonderland talks to talented actress Rosa Arredondo about upcoming indie psychological thriller Bloodbound as well as her upcoming debut on Roswell, New Mexico. TJ & Rosa discuss the impressive indie cast in Bloodbound as well as working alongside talented newcomer Eden Brolin, scary stories from the set of Bloodbound and how indie films impact the industry. TJ & Rosa also discuss Rosa’s role in the upcoming CW show Roswell, New Mexico, how it differs from its predecessor and explains ...
Episode Twenty-One: A Motherforking Fairytale with Luke Guldan
January 13, 2019 10:05 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBFan Wonderland talks to talented actor Luke Guldan about hit show The Good Place & CBS Original Tell Me A Story TJ & Luke discuss his dream roles, how he got into acting, his roles across The Good Place, LGBTQIA+ film Fluidity and Tell Me A Story as well as two more indie films Luke is starring in. TJ & Luke also discuss LGBTQIA+ representation in film and TV as well as Luke’s dream roles. Content Warning: Mild sexual references Mild spoilers are contained for The Good Place. Podcast Co...
Episode Twenty: Friends From College with Jae Suh Park
January 12, 2019 03:31 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBFan Wonderland talks to talented rising star actress Jae Suh Park about hit Netflix show Friends From College and its sophomore season. TJ & Jae discuss her dream roles, how she got into acting, why she loves playing Marianne and the amount of improv in the show. TJ & Jae also discuss the film industry, how key scenes in the show happened, as well as filling in some scenes that ended up being cut from both seasons and more. Major spoilers are contained for Friends From College Season 1 &...
Episode Nineteen: Alice in Fan Wonderland with Alice Blake
January 10, 2019 09:23 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBFan Wonderland talks to Ukrainian based artist Alice Blake about her fan art, how she got started, and her advice for other artists as well as talking about multiple fandoms. TJ & Alice discuss how Alice learnt to draw and what inspires her, and how she dealt with uncertainty about her style and how she overcame it. They also discuss how fan art has been utilised within shows recently, Thasmin, Legends of Tomorrow, the consistent killing of LGBTQIA+ characters in TV shows, as well as ho...
Episode Eighteen: A Gifted Inspiration with Briana Lamb
December 31, 2018 07:04 - 1 hour - 96.4 MBFan Wonderland talks to Briana Lamb about her cosplay, modelling and work on The Gifted as well as her work on over 50 different productions. TJ & Briana discuss the horrific accident that changed Briana’s life, the outpouring of support surrounding it and her motivation and approach to life since. Briana & TJ discuss how she got into cosplay, modelling and her role on The Gifted alongside Emma Dumont, as well as dealing with depression and anxiety . Briana also gave us some funny stori...
Episode Seventeen: A Dead Man Walking with James Chen
December 30, 2018 05:22 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBFan Wonderland talks to James Chen about his role as Kal on AMC’s The Walking Dead, as well as LGBTQIA+ indie film Fluidity and dive into James’ fanboy side, his love of Spider-Man and representation in the LGBTQIA+ and Asian communities or lack thereof. TJ & James discuss how James got the role of Kal, and much more. James & TJ discuss James’ favourite roles, stereotyping and miscasting across the LGBTQIA+ and people of colour communities being stereotypically cast or miscast in the film ...
Episode Sixteen: A Journey Round The Twist with Anjelica Bette Fellini
December 04, 2018 01:39 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBFan Wonderland talks to Anjelica Bette Fellini about her breakout role on Fox’s The Gifted, as well as on Margot and upcoming coming of age film Sid Is Dead. TJ & Anjelica discuss how Anjelica got the role of Rebecca/Twist, her role in Sid Is Dead and much more. Anjelica & TJ reflect on Stan Lee’s impact on the Marvel family, her favourite Marvel characters, her reaction to getting a role on The Gifted, her dream roles and more. There’s also a brilliant joke from Anjelica about how she got...
Episode Fifteen: Yikes, It's Tessa with Tessa Violet
November 30, 2018 05:54 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBMild Spoiler Warning for Bad Ideas music video (if listening prior to it’s release on November 30): Fan Wonderland talks to Tessa Violet about her single Bad Ideas and it’s accompanying music video both releasing November 30 TJ & Tessa discuss Bad Ideas & the accompanying music video which Tessa was instrumental in creating as well as the Twitter love between Tessa & Bishop Briggs and her disbelief at Crush going past 24 million views and more. The episode is wrapped with TJ & Tessa revea...
Episode Fourteen: Chasing A Velvet Replay with Chasing Velvet
November 15, 2018 13:55 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBFan Wonderland talks to talented Australian duo Chasing Velvet about what inspired the name “Chasing Velvet”, their fans, what inspired their music and their hopes to eventually do a national tour and more. Website: http://chasingvelvet.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChasingVelvet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chasingvelvetofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chasingvelvet/ Replay EP streaming on Spotify now and available for purchase digitally on iTunes or a physical copy ...
Episode Thirteen: A True Story with Heart, Baby with Shawn-Caulin Young
November 15, 2018 12:11 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBSTRONG CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains strong language, discussion of rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, substance abuse and homophobia and may be triggering for some listeners. If this episode affects you or affects someone you know please seek the appropriate support. Fan Wonderland talks to Shawn-Caulin Young about his role as transgender female inmate Crystal in award winning biopic Heart, Baby. TJ & Shawn discuss how Shawn came to be cast as Crystal and how Shawn transfor...
Episode Twelve: A Fearless Joey with Joey Djia
November 02, 2018 10:50 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBContent Warning: This episode contains discussion of suicide surrounding what inspired Joey to write So Don’t as well as the stigma surrounding mental health. Fan Wonderland talks to Joey Djia about her life since X-Factor and her rise to stardom. TJ & Joey discuss how there’s beginning to be artists talking about mental health in their music as well as the creative process and inspiration behind some of Joey’s tracks from her early years to her debut album Enough and how Joey has grown si...
Episode Eleven-Foxie, Ronnie, and Rock & Roll with The Hots (Exclusive EP Track List Reveal)
November 02, 2018 09:42 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBFan Wonderland talks to born and bred Aussie rockers here to bring the world a female-fronted rock revival. With powerhouse vocals and an all or nothing attitude their self-titled debut EP crashes together the sounds of a Carrie Underwood country track with true rock and roll vocals. At just 23 front woman Foxie Kelly has the vocal power of a seasoned veteran who has been in the industry for years. Foxie & Ronnie discuss how social media is now part of the artwork when it comes to creating ...
Episode Ten: A Look Behind The Lens with Peter Coulson
November 01, 2018 11:17 - 1 hour - 80.8 MBFan Wonderland talks to multi-award winning AIPP Australian Photographer Peter Coulson about what inspired him to begin photography, talks expectations that are taught or told to photographers & models and how our thought process around those really needs to change. Peter discusses his process for creating images, his process for uploading new images, working with light, his cameras, his inspirations, Kate Moss and more. Part interview-part educational podcast-part discussion, this is an e...
Episode Nine: A Journey Through The Black Light with The Ting Tings
October 24, 2018 14:48 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBFan Wonderland talks to Grammy nominated band The Ting Tings ahead of their fourth studio album, The Black Light, releasing October 26, 2018. Katie & Jules break down their upcoming album The Black Light track by track with TJ, the creative process for each track and what inspired each track and what we can expect from their fourth studio album. Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland Cover Image Provided by The Ting Tings The Ting Tings Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetingti...
Episode Eight: Please Have Mercy! with Lucie Pohl
October 21, 2018 09:52 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBFan Wonderland talks to The Last Germinican and Nutella superfan Lucie Pohl. Lucie’s most well known role is as the voice of Mercy in mega hit game Overwatch as well as Rixxa Fluxflame in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. Lucie also has a career as a comedian with shows like Hi Hitler & Cry Me A Liver and Apohcalypse Now. Lucie joins Fan Wonderland to discuss her career from Red Dwarf to Overwatch as well as her comedy career. Think you know Mercy? Think again. This is a podcast full ...
Episode Seven: Snow, Zombie Apes & A Killer Puppet with Aleks Paunovic
October 17, 2018 05:17 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBFan Wonderland talks to fanboy and “noodles don’t cut it” actor, Aleks Paunovic. Aleks is best known for his roles as Julius on SYFY’s Van Helsing, Julien on CW’s iZombie, wrestler Gunner Lawless, a skinwalker and Sean’s friend on the hit CW show Supernatural, or Winter from War For The Planet Of The Apes to name just a few of his roles. Aleks joins Fan Wonderland to discuss Van Helsing, indie film Puppet Killer and TNT’s upcoming TV adaptation of Snowpiercer based off the 2013 film and the...
Episode Six: A Scarlett K.O. with Courtenay Taylor (Worldwide Exclusive)
October 13, 2018 03:05 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBFan Wonderland talks to superhero and voice acting powerhouse Courtenay Taylor in a worldwide exclusive first interview to discuss her role as Scarlett in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 as well as Courtenay's work on OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes and the recent Crossover Nexus episode. We also had a special guest do our intro and wrap, so hunker down with your controller and your ears and listen to a funny, brilliant lady talk about her voice work and her dream roles and so much more. Photography by...
Episode Five: A Walk Among Vampires & Bootlegs with Adi Shankar
October 10, 2018 10:20 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBFan Wonderland talks to talented producer Adi Shankar about Castlevania in a podcast that ruins everyone's childhood TV show entirely after Adi points out a blatantly obvious point that changes everything we ever thought we knew. He also keeps secrets like Marvel prevents spoilers so don't expect juicy spoilers from Castlevania or Assassin's Creed, but we got some laughs and interesting information from Adi in the short time we spent with him about his Bootleg Universe and upcoming hip-hop fi...
Episode Four: A Thousand Honest Voices with Jon Bailey
October 09, 2018 10:15 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBFan Wonderland talks to voice acting legend Jon Bailey. Jon is known as Epic Voice Guy, a character he portrays across multiple roles particularly in Screen Junkies' Honest Trailers. Jon has used his voice for companies and studios like 2K (X-Com, WWE) and Hasbro (Transformers) to doing voice over for the Breaking Bad TV series. Jon has done voice work which totals in the thousands of voice acting jobs. Jon joins Fan Wonderland to talk about his work on games and Honest Trailers and how he...
Episode Three: A Wild Vigilante with Rick Gonzalez
October 09, 2018 10:14 - 44 minutes - 103 MBFan Wonderland talks to Arrow star, Rick Gonzalez. Rick is best known for his series regular role of the vigilante Rene Ramirez aka Wild Dog on Arrow. His previous acting includes roles on Reaper, Blue Bloods, Mr Robot and Netflix film Deuces to name a few. Rick chats with Fan Wonderland about the upcoming Season 7 of Arrow, working with Lady Gaga, Mr Robot, set life on Arrow and family and more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/s...
Episode Two: A Murderous Dance With Luke Jennings
October 03, 2018 09:08 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBFan Wonderland talks to author Luke Jennings about Villaneve end game, Luke suggests there’s a bit of Villanelle in everyone, talks about his passionate fans and post Codename Villanelle series plans and so much more. The best part? It's spoiler free! The sequel to Codename Villanelle, titled Killing Eve: No Tomorrow is set to be released October 2018 via Amazon and is available for pre-order now. Credits: released October 2, 2018 Interviewer: TJ Guest: Luke Jennings Producer: Fan Won...
Episode One: Being A Villain with Philip Brodie
October 02, 2018 18:20 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBFan Wonderland talks to Philip Brodie about his work as Everit Dred on CW's The Outpost as well as his work on Harley & The Davidsons miniseries, Mythica, The Musketeers & Merlin, as well as upcoming film Behind You with his The Outpost co-stars. Philip also answered some pre-submitted fan questions as well as answering some burning questions about The Outpost. Mild Spoilers for Viewers not up to Season 1 Episode 6 of The Outpost onward. Credits: Released: September 18, 2018 Interviewe...