Slashreport Podcast
108 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 8 years ago - ★★★★★ - 51 ratings/report came out of the primordial ooze of cheap technology and even cheaper tastes in media consumption. If you've ever been listening to a podcast about culture and wished it was a little more downmarket or the dudes would make out, or if you've found yourself watching obscure movies just to see your favorite Canadian sci-fi actor romp around like a third-year theater student, you've found a kindred spirit in us. Mklutz and Pru host our weekly (usually) Sunday updates, and have cultivated their geek and fandom bona fides in such terrible dark corners of the internet such as Sailor Moon, the X-Files, Stargate: Atlantis, writing fanfiction, and hosting a slash fandom podcast.
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Episodes
319 Welcome to Night Vale
July 21, 2013 22:15Some so-called 'scientists' tell us that podcasts and radio dramas are things that exist, but we here at Slash Report have yet to see any tangible proof. Station Management has released a memo indicating that we should all immediately disregard any being who claims to have heard a podcast or radio drama, and to instead dedicate ourselves to the maintenance of the Living Forest and the continuing battle against wheat, and wheat by-products. Welcome to Slash Report. City council demands you ...
318 Stargate Atlantis
July 15, 2013 03:06Meet us in the ready room, /reporters, because we're heading for Pegasus Galaxy because we heard there're some super sexy catfish with evil hand vaginas hanging there and throwing BANGING parties. This week, we're diving into the annals of your old Pinboard/Delicious tags and your dark early morning hours of binge reading AUs to hang out with Stargate Atlantis. Strap on your P90 and go wiki DADT, folks, because there's a 90 percent chance that after you listen to this, you're coming with us...
317 Ask Us Anything
July 01, 2013 00:30Settle in, /reporters, because this week we're answering your questions and reading your fangirl confessions. We talk about old school fandoms, our strong feelings about fandom's infrastructure, go on an astonishing number of tangents, and wrap up with the opportunity for you guys to run the show! You can also follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week.
316: STXII
June 23, 2013 22:22Thrusters on full, /reporters, because Leupagus and Ayalesca join Pru and MK this week to talk about Star Trek: Into Darkness. We discuss our weird relationship with this movie (did we like it? I think we did? are we sure? who fucking knows), "casting issues," "plot issues" and other sundries. Stick around, and we can all be confused together. You can also follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week.
315 Hannibal
June 16, 2013 20:19Dinner's up, /reporters. This week, Pru is joined by Leupagus, Judgebunny, and Sam H. of Hey Don't Judge Me.com's brilliant Hannibal recaps to talk about our favorite dapper-as-fuck cannibal serial killer in his latest incarnation on NBC's Hannibal. We talk about the darkness of the fandom versus the sparkles of the fandom, whether or not thunderdome-ing a potential buddy is a good way to weed out the weak from your list of potential friends, and how everything -- everything -- is people. ...
314 Friendship
June 02, 2013 21:34We get a lot of questions about making friends on the internet, so instead of answering them, we got four of our best friends in the world together in one city, had a few drinks, and then made fun of each other and recorded it. We're sure this episode will be incredibly helpful in between all the butt jokes. (Spoiler: No it won't.) You can also follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week.
313 Podcasting
May 29, 2013 02:40(Belatedly - sorry! We were out of town.) Ever been curious about how we go about our business behind the scenes at /report, or considered starting your own podcast? This is the (very) short episode for you! We talk about how we got our start, what tools we use, and tips and tricks for people who about to take the plunge. You can follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week.
312 Vikings
May 19, 2013 20:11HAIL, MONKS. Grab your vellum and hold onto your tonsure because there are hot vikings on the way to raid your order and take you back to their home village as loot. Join us on a journey of brief, dazzling fannish hope and crushing fannish disappointment as Pru lets Merelyn, Mistresscurvy and Eleanor Lavish into her apartment to empty her whiskey stores and talk about History Channel's Vikings and how angry they are about George Blagden and his cat named kitten. You can also follow us on t...
311 Supernatural
May 12, 2013 16:04Bust out your rock salt and homosocial incest, /reporters, your long, international peacetime is about to be interrupted by our long-threatened Supernatural episode. This week, Pru grabs Waldorph and Twentysomething (against their will) to talk about brothers, angels, ridiculous plots, excruciating if completely expected deaths, and whether or not we recommend you start watching the series again. Heads up, this episode contains spoilers through 8x21 of the series. So strap into the Impala a...
310 Ironman 3 with Lijaca
May 05, 2013 21:55You know it's a Marvel movie release weekend when you bought your film tickets a month in advance and you still have to wait in line an hour to get into the theater! Pull up a seat and bust out your popcorn, /reporters, because this week we're talking about Iron Man 3, how we felt about the Mandarin, how many tingly feelings Pepper Potts gave us, and using "botany" in a disparaging way. A lot. What are you waiting for? Go grab this SPOILERIFIC Ironman 3 episode! You can also follow us on ...
309 Tropes
April 21, 2013 22:46We heard you guys like tropes so we got you some tropes so you could trope while you trope. In case that wasn't a dead giveaway, we're returning to one of our - and your - favorite topics: fandom tropes. We talk about everything from soulbonding (and how much we love and hate it) to vampire AUs (and how much we love and hate it). If you, too, have strong feelings and a distinct weakness for this action, plug in. You can also follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week.
308 Ask Us Anything
April 14, 2013 21:24Our long internet-national nightmare is over, folks! Pru and MK finally managed to pull their thumbs out of their butts and corral up all of your questions for our semi-annual Ask Us Anything episode. We talk about everything from how to make friends on the internet (sort of) to what is plagiarism (sort of) and turn up a long-buried Fandom Safari for Lewis. If you feel up for hearing us make total dicks of ourselves - and we know you guys are - stick around. What are you waiting for? You c...
307 Mystery Slashreport Three Thousand: Star Trek XI
April 07, 2013 20:47I hope you packed your flask this week, /reporters, because Leupagus, Pru and MK are taking you to a late night showing of Star Trek to prepare for the forthcoming sequel. Break out the popcorn and Sour Patch Kids, folks, you're going to need sustenance for this. Go download this episode now and cry with us. Cry forever. Or you could follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week.
306 Hockey RPF
March 31, 2013 17:26Strap on your skates, assholes. This week we're doing it Kate Beaton style and getting all fucked up on Hockey. Whether you're not sure why Hockey RPF suddenly exploded as a major fandom and want to experience the joy and agony of #sports or you're already with us, this episode is like the steroids we're sure no professional athlete would ever take. Pru abandons MK with Merelyn, Twentysomething, and the Hoyden to talk lockout, why some pairings are bigger than others, and just how seriously...
305 The Fourth Wall
March 24, 2013 22:17You thought surveillance by The Machine was bad, this week, we talk about fandom and our best friend slash worst enemy, the fourth wall. We discuss its origins, the ways it's changed with the advent of technology and the proliferation of fan culture, and the topics that plague us today: what constitutes a fourth wall break, and just what the hell we can do about it. You can also follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week.
304 Person of Interest
March 10, 2013 12:55You are being watched, /reporters. We have a secret system, a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. We know because we feed our data into it constantly because it is called Twitter and Tumblr. It was designed to detect acts of hipsterism and asinine updating, and it sees everything, even people with FEELS like you. FEELS that other podcasts may consider "irrelevant." We don't. Hunted by our better judgment, we work not really in as much secrecy as we should considering; and if ...
303 Writing with Hapakitsune
March 03, 2013 22:08Have you ever found writing to be a light, liberating, fully joyful experience? Yeah, we haven't either. Crank up your ennui and start questioning all of your life choices folks, because Hapakitsune joins the /report duo this week to talk how we got started writing, why we keep writing, how we keep from giving up on our writing, and everything in between. You can follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week. What are you waiting for? Go grab this super cute writing special o...
302 The Hobbit
February 24, 2013 21:21Pack your bags, you perverts, we're going on an adventure. This week, /report scams people who actually have strong feelings about Tolkein into talking about The Hobbit in all its dwarfish splendor, what worked, what didn't work, how nauseated we variously got at the frame rate, and — most importantly — jokes about the inevitable Bilbo/Smaug that, like winter, is coming. You can follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week, or we also now have a mailing list you can subscribe...
301 What We Did on Our Winter Hiatus
February 17, 2013 20:57Long time no see! /report is finally back with season three, and we're kicking off the whole thing with our report to you on what we did during our winter hiatus. We'll talk about the terrible dark fannish corners we discovered during our absence, some of the familiar places where we backslid, and touch on the movies we watched in between gorging ourselves on fic. You can also follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week. What are you waiting for? Go grab the extra long firs...
222 Season Finale
September 09, 2012 17:48Gather round, /reporters, we're back! Sorry about the impromptu hiatus, but we're about to throw another one in your faces. In our last episode of the season we're discussing CBS's upcoming Sherlock Holmes pilot, Elementary, and various fashion decisions therein that give Pru The Vapors. We also read out and discuss our latest crop of fandom confessions, and tell you guys when we'll be back for season 3, so plug in and check it out. Follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the hiat...
221 Year in Review
August 19, 2012 16:57It's /report's one year anniversary podcast…where we stay true to form and blabber about everything and anything and reminisce about how the hell this podcast got started, the first night Pru had MK in her clutches, and how we had to level up in professionalism because we got booted from our hosting. OH AND ALSO FOLKS: We have an AMAZING follow-up to our fandom confessional episode, so if you're invested in fanperson love, check it out!
220 One Direction
August 12, 2012 12:13This week the /report team scam Merelyn and Cherrybina on to talk about the Return of Popslash in the form of One Direction fandom. Who are these twinkly singers and why are they all over your tumblr dashboard despite your best efforts to avoid them? Pru and MK have no fucking clue. That's why we got guest hosts. You can follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week.
219 Fangirl Confessions
August 05, 2012 20:51Bust out your extra guilt and we'll see you on the other side of the grill, /reporters, because it's our fandom confessions episode. Tune in as we cover the breadth of weird fandom quirks, missed connections (and potential happy endings!) for fangirls in love, terrible things we do to each other, and topics that turn surprisingly controversial. Also, to hear Pru and MK argue about Stargate: Atlantis's "Trinity." Again. Some more. Are you scared yet? Good. You should be. Our RSS feed can be...
218 Mobile Fandom
July 22, 2012 20:18Listen up, /reporters on the go! We feel you and your 3G data plan could use with a little goosing. This week we're talking about how to feed your fannish urges while you're out on the town and suffering the affections of our star (which burns and thus generates the need for frozen treats). Stick around, because we're going to tell you how to get away with reading fanfic at your fancy-pants office, read manga on the bus, and listen to us anywhere in the world. You can follow us on twitter...
217 Ask Us Anything
July 15, 2012 20:33Hitch up your britches, /reporters, it's our first ever Ask Us Anything episode. We talk about translations, how to make friends, which fandom is the trolliest fandom ever to troll (spoiler: see our cover) and derail very, very early on into discussion of astronauts versus cavemen, the most important hypothetical of all time. Our RSS/iTunes feed can be found over here or you can follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week.
216 - Mystery Slashreport Three Thousand: How to Train Your Dragon
July 08, 2012 18:26Get your DVD or digital file and a bucket for your feels ready because this week we're watching one of our favourite movies, How to Train Your Dragon. We talk about how Toothless is the best dragon, celtic knot work, how Toothless is the best dragon, Viking names, and how Toothless is the best dragon. Our RSS feed can be found over here or you can follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week.
215 First Times
June 24, 2012 23:04Pack a picnic basket and some strawberry wine, because we are taking you guys down to the riverside in our dad's pick-up truck so we can say things like, "Just the tip — just the tip." That's right, /reporters, it's first times and first fandoms for everybody! MK waxes poetic about her seduction by Moon Princess Magic and Pru confesses her tawdry assignation with the agents down in the basement of the FBI. Our RSS feed can be found over here or you can follow us on twitter for even mor...
214 50/50 Tropes
June 17, 2012 19:45Double up on your popcorn this week folks, because MK, Pru, and The Hoyden take a journey of terrible discovery in the depths of your favorite (and least favorite) fanfic tropes. We cover everything from soulbonding to soulbonding with a mind meld, and detour in the land of magical ass babies and high school AUs along the way. If that sounds like your cup of tea, or perhaps you are just a keen fan of listening to auditory train wrecks, crank up the volume and settle in, because /report is a...
213 Summer TV
June 10, 2012 22:42It's summer and obviously that means we're all going to sit inside and watch a tsunami of television, if MK has anything to say about it. This week we talk about the slate of upcoming USA and TNT shows that are finally returning to our warm embrace, dump on Common Law, share a duo of horrifying SLO entries (we're so sorry), and coin a new term to put into the /report dictionary. Everybody slap on some sunscreen and break out your Ray Bans, for your sun burns, and we are the auditory equival...
212 House MD series recap
June 03, 2012 21:16You can go ahead and cross LUPUS off of your whiteboard because it's the /report House recap. Eight seasons, multiple break-ups, improbable levels of wonderfulness, stupidity, and gay later, the show finally ended last month. Come out of hiding and talk to us, guys. It can't hurt you anymore. Our RSS feed can be found over here or you can follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week. What are you waiting for? Go grab this week's episode!
112 The Good Wife
May 27, 2012 14:29Get ready to feel sexually confused by Kalinda and emotionally gut-punched by Alicia because it's finally time for /report's all Good Wife all the time episode. If you've been overwhelmed with tortured, legal feelings since the season finale or stuck wondering which episode featuring Cary Agos high on shrooms you should watch, wonder no more, because we're here for you. We're here to help. And admire Kalinda for buying a sledgehammer and hiding an entire universe of accessories in her boobs.
210 Avengers Assemble
May 20, 2012 15:22We don't know if you guys noticed, but this movie about some dudes with superpowers came out and stuff recently, and there are at least one or two people on the internet who have some thoughts about it. Strap on your jet packs and double up on your popcorn and shawarma, /reporters, because at long last, Pru, MK, and special guest Merelyn talk Avengers, tempt fate with a discussion of Loki, and how if you're going to blow up New York, at least do it Midtown West, because nobody cares about t...
209 Gender AUs
May 07, 2012 01:05Pru made the mistake of leaving MK alone with The Hoyden and Twentysomething this week with only the promise that they not make another episode entirely about Teen Wolf. So this episode is only half about Teen Wolf. The wolf pack talks gender AUs, SGA, Community, Teen Wolf, Legend of Korra, and loads more. Click here to stream or download this week's episode, or follow us on twitter for even more fail during the week.
208 Mystery Slashreport Three Thousand: Iron Man
April 22, 2012 20:50Charge your arc reactors and brush up on your sexual innuendos, folks. This week's watch-along is Iron Man I, starring our favorite cat-lady man child, Robert Downey Jr. Brace yourself for our many and sundry feels about stripper planes, how much Pru hates that reporter in the movie, and how much MK hates hook noses and the original graphical elements of early Mac operating systems. Our RSS feed can be found over here or you can follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week. ...
207 Teen Wolf with Hoyden, Leupagus, and Twentysomething
April 15, 2012 12:24 - 28.8 MBThis week, Hoyden, Twentysomething (Kate), Leupagus and MK ruin Pru's life by making her sit in on a Teen Wolf episode where we lose track of the plot, forget that a bunch of you have probably not seen the show at all, and get sidetracked by knotting constantly. Prepare to embarass yourself during your weekday commute as we go full on teen wolf on you.
206 Martha Wells, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
April 08, 2012 20:46 - 30.7 MBJoin us around the interstellar campfire as we talk with Martha Wells — author of The Cloud Roads and the Serpent Sea — about genre and speculative fiction, why we love (and hate) dragons, the way science fiction builds communities and kept weird little kids like us from feeling alone, and how it's so much more than Twilight out there. Charge your Stargate and gas up the Enterprise, ladies and gentlemen, and keep your arms, legs, and flippers inside the cart for the ride. Our RSS feed can ...
205 Podfic with Pennyplainknits
April 01, 2012 20:54 - 34 MBStrap on your animal ears and feathers, ladies and gents, because in an episode meant to explore the complexities, heartbreak, and joy of podfics, we veered so off course we hooked up with the Donner Party. Come for the special guest, Pennyplainknits, and her charming accent, stay for extensive, awful discussions in what has been agreed to be the "worst episode since we had Lianne on." We talk how to podfic, why we podfic, why we listen to it, and also, have at least one legitimate use case...
204 Author Talk with Cobweb Diamond
March 25, 2012 18:15 - 36.6 MBThis week we trick the wild Cobweb_Diamond aka Gav with sparkly gold flats and large quantities of booze and stuff her into our /report carpeted van to interrogate her about fandom. We talk about writing WIPs, the best method of being creative while drunk and coming home from parties, the sound of Scotland crying, and spend a lot of time being puzzled about The Last Airbender and fashion. Heads up, listeners, a warning about this week: there is some high pitched audio interference science,...
203 Video Games
March 18, 2012 12:34 - 43.7 MBLijaka, Yin, and MK discuss gaming, gaming platforms, which games are good for girls to play and aren't just mediocre sports games, and take listener questions. Everything you've ever wanted to know about video games but were afraid to ask until you posted it on twitter is in this episode. Or rather, we think we got everything but there's a chance we've missed some things. More for next time! Whether you're an avid gamer or you're terrified and think all games are for men by men, listen to...
202 Mystery Slashreport Three Thousand: Inception
March 11, 2012 15:57 - 128 MBYou voted and we made it happen. Pull out your Inception DVD or your digital file and get ready for the first ever Mystery Slashreport Three Thousand episode: Inception edition. Watch Inception in real time with us as we get distracted over and over again by JGL's ass, dream heist mechanics, and what a dumbass Cobb is. Our RSS feed can be found over here or you can follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week.
201 BBC Sherlock
March 04, 2012 14:04 - 36.5 MBWe're back with season 2 of Slash Report! Hold onto your feels because this week we wail hysteric over the second series of BBC's Sherlock with some reference to season 1, and top you off with some happy and some sad fic recs. Pru would like to note that while her name may be on Sherlock's face the roles here should actually be reversed. New this season, we have amazing new opening and closing music composed for us by the lovely and talented Rebecca Scoble (the audio editor for Tokyo Demon...
23 December 2011 - Best & Worst
December 23, 2011 12:30 - 35.7 MBThis week we're covering the best and worst of 2011 -- everything from our favorite shows of the year to the worst Strong Like Ox entry we've ever heard -- to serenade you as you travel to wherever you're spending your holidays, and numb the pain once you get there. We're chatting about TV, terribleness, and answering a shedload of accumulated questions, so check it out,and have a very happy Death to 2011. We'll see you back on the flip side February 2012. Fic Recs for this episode: As An...
18 December 2011: Comic Books & Graphic Novels
December 18, 2011 19:13 - 35.2 MBThis week, Templemarker plays sherpa through the soap operatic wilds of Marvel, DC, and indie comics. We talk about how to get your toes wet in the twisty, confusing world of sprawling and contradictory canons, show you the ropes on the stories to read and the ones to avoid, and give those of you already chomping at the bit for the 2012 Avengers movie some context for the film. And then, we drop a righteous mountain of fandom and canon recs for you guys — happy reading! The comics blog MK m...
10 December 2011: K-Dramas
December 10, 2011 12:59 - 42.1 MBForgive us our long and totally impromptu hiatus! But we're back (a little early, even! Sort of!) this week with Pru and Til_Midnight nattering about korean dramas. Why are they so addictive? What's the cycle of consumption on these things like? How do they get churned out so quickly? How are people with � presumably � otherwise good taste in media turning into vein-tapping smack addicts when it comes to this business? Especially with all the amnesia, convenient car accidents, and inevitabl...
20 November 2011
November 20, 2011 23:16 - 34.6 MBThis week on /report, we're joined by Cherrybina to chat about porn, porn, and when we're done with that, some more porn. Well, we start off by answering some of our backlog of listener questions, but then we get straight to the smut — what makes it hot, what makes it not, how we write it, why we read it, and horrifying childhood tales of erotica discovery and humiliation in bookstores. So plug in, turn up the volume, and crank on your iBuzz. (PS: If you actually turn on your iBuzz while li...
Slash Report: Author Talk With The Hoyden
November 14, 2011 21:15 - 42.9 MBSorry we're late! First Pru and the Hoyden were drinking their way through Spain and then MK had the death flu for about a week. Fail. This week we talk about Fringe, The Good Wife, CSI NY, and The Mentalist, do a brief foray into your submissions for the Bad Fic Strong Like Ox challenge, and then move right on to the real meat - our very first Author Talk! We asked The Hoyden every question you sent us and made her answer them, whether she liked it or not. Don't forget to follow us on tw...
Slash Report 30 October 2011
October 30, 2011 21:16 - 36.9 MBWelcome back to yet another week of /reporter-y goodness with <user name="thehoyden"> as a special guest. This week we talk about how our tentative quality rating on NCIS this week, discuss keeping boys as pets (what else are you going to do with them anyway?), yammer on about Sherlock, and discuss our ongoing Why Are We Even Dating You Anymore relationship with Hawaii 5-0. Also! Don't forget that next week we will be recording our first ever Author Talk with the hoyden, so please send us ...
/Report: 23 October 2011
October 23, 2011 21:32 - 40.9 MBAnd we're back! This week we talk yaoi, drama cds, and a little bit of shoujo manga with Lianne Sentar. Head over to the DW com for recs.
/Report: 20 October 2011
October 21, 2011 00:52 - 21.7 MBMuch delayed, it's a mini episode of /report all about Merlin. There are loads of spoilers for Series 4, so be prepared for that (aired episodes only). This is also a special episode because this episode is the first to not be hosted on Cloudly.
/Report: 9 October 2011
October 09, 2011 21:58Guys, we recorded for over an hour this week before scrapping the episode and re-recording on a different topic entirely. If we sound punchy at all it's because it was late in England and in Canada. (Oops?) But! This week we cover a delightful range of children's and young adult books, which we hope you will enjoy, and we finish up with some book recs for you.