The Fangirl Diaries
Best friends and self-diagnosed Fangirls, Maddie and Alicia revisit their pop culture obsessions from their high school tweens to their “professional” thirties. Join these Millennial nerds as they explore the books, films and fandoms that shaped them.
Episodes
34 episodes
Disney's Hercules
Bless my soul, Herc is on a ROLL... and we love it!! Looking back to 1997, we revisit what makes this Disney film one of our all time heroes. What's the best part? Meg's dress? Hades' flaming hair? Or the soundtrack to which we still know every...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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32:30
Coffee Break: LotR New Zealand locations
Join Alicia and Maddie as they take you on a tour of New Zealand to visit all the places that Peter Jackson and crew scouted to film the epic 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy.
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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26:42
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S5)
"Glorificus! Your terrifically smooth one, Your creamy coolness, Your Most glamorous yet tasteful one, Oh..." If Clare Kramer is here as Buffy's best ever Big Bad then it must be Season 5! A team favourite: The Scoobies Willow, Xander, Tara and...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:10:14
The Traitors
"Players: the time for talk is over!" Or in the case of this podcast - just beginning!! We've had the Season 3 Finale and we're here to dissect it all. From the tragedy of Alexander to the mystery of Claudia Winkleman's fringe...welcome to THE ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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56:40
Wicked Part 1 (the movie)
We've only waited TWENTY SOMETHING YEARS for this!! Finally the Wicked movie has been released so we took a long-awaited jaunt to see it together after Maddie booked ahead...that's what makes her so nice. Join us as we discuss the all-star perf...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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39:57
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S4)
"Giles has a TV! He's shallow - like us!" Season 4 is ready for a deep-dive and the Scooby Gang have started at UC Sunnydale! Riley is on the scene, Spike's back and Giles is...well, still fired. We chat about The Initiative, Hush, and the intr...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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54:56
The Notebook
"If you're a bird then I'm a bird too!" Iconic or non-sensical? Either way, we recap some of the most famous quotes, kisses and costumes from 2004's The Notebook. Not a Nicholas Sparks fan? Where WERE you in the 00's? His romance novels and fil...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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49:14
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S3)
Buffy and the Scooby Gang get ready to graduate in Season 3 of the 1999 hit show. We re-cap the season and run through our favourite fights, the best couples, the most shocking moments (Faith and Xander, anyone!?) and try to contain our excitem...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:25:13
A Court of Thorns and Roses
"There you are. I've been looking for you." It's....ACOTAR! And we're coming at this from a slightly different angle this week. One the one hand, we have Alicia, the mega-fan, future wife of Rhysand and Sarah J Maas devotee. On the other, we ha...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:09:12
Titanic
You jump, I jump, remember? And remember we do! Today's podcast topic is James Cameron's 1997 'Titanic'. THE masochistic sleepover movie for all of us in the late 90s. Coming up to 30 years since its release, we recap The Hand Prin...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:11:37
Taylor Swift
Special guest episode! You wouldn't have thought it but we have an even BIGGER Swiftie in our midst - Maddie's husband, Ben! Together we deconstruct the Eras tour, revisit when we first fell in love with Taylor and, of course, round up our favo...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:22:36
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S1 & 2)
In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons...she is the SLAYER! Was there ever a cooler show?! Not if you were a kid in the 90s and a teen in the 00s. Buffy is too iconic for us to possibly ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:31:40
Coffee Break: Vampires
In anticipation of our upcoming Buffy, True Blood and Vampire Diaries episodes, we thought our favourite mythical creatures deserved a bit of a prologue....! We explore the origins of Vampire lore and what it was about the late 2000s that saw V...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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37:33
Coffee Break: Wicked Trailer first reaction!
Maddie and Alicia react to the full length trailer for the Wicked movie... Will it be Popular or Not that Girl?
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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15:29
Mean Girls
"You GO Glen Coco!!" Excuse us but who hasn't seen this movie? Anyone?! Mean Girls (2004) is THE satirical teen comedy and it hasn't been bettered in 20 (yes that's 20!) years....We just have alot of feeeelings about The Plastics, Gretc...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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59:22
Divergent
Dauntless, the Fringe, the "pure"...it's everyone's favourite Theo James vehicle: Veronica Roth's 'Divergent'. Join us for a chat about its place in the YA canon, our agreed reverence for Shailene Woodley's performance and the perpetual mystery...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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57:13
Dune
We're back! And here to kick off Season Two with a deep-dive in to the Denis Villeneuve films from the Dune franchise. If you've not seem them (what are you doing?!?) Please note there are spoilers as we discuss Timothée Chalamet in a cloak, Ja...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:24:05
Return of the King
It's our Season Finale! And what better way to mark the end of the first season of The Fangirl Diaries than by talking for 90 minutes about the most EPIC move of all time - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Join us, Merry, Pippin, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:27:49
Iron Flame
Cadets, welcome (back) to Basgiath. Yes, it's our Iron Flame episode! We loved it, BUT we may have some notes... In today's episode we chat through a whole new host of characters and locations, runes, gryphons, and the fact we want to knock Xad...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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1:09:36
The OC
Captain Oats, Chrismukkah, the Pool House ... welcome to the OC b*itch! This 2003 - 2007 show takes us back to poker-straight hair, The Killers, and Harbor High School. Before Gossip Girl, this was our mid-2000s teen drama of choice. Anyone els...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:13:00
Emo
It's HERE. The eyeliner, the fingerless gloves and studded belts: it's Emo. If you remember 2005/6, take a trip back with us as we revisit 30 Seconds to Mars, My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Fall out Boy and the era of the ever-so-popular side f...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:06:25
The Two Towers
"Open war is upon you, whether you would risk it or not!"It's HERE - Alicia's favourite film of.all.time.It's The Two Towers and her Birthday episode is (unsurprisingly) the longest episode to date. Could you really expect anyth...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:21:04
Star Wars: Original Trilogy
"Will SOMEONE get this walking carpet out of my way?!"Long ago in a galaxy far far away, Maddie and Alicia first encountered the original Star Wars Trilogy. Despite being children of the 90s they couldn't escape an obsession with Han So...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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47:26
Coffee Break: 12 Obsessions of Christmas
It's Christmas! At the most wonderful time of the year Maddie and Alicia reminisce over Christmukkah, Doctor Who Christmas Specials and the greatest Christmas movie of all time - Love Actually! Sit back, relax and join us with a cosy cup of cof...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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51:46
The Phantom of the Opera
DURRRN dun dun dun dun durrrrn. In sleep he sang to me (us), in dreams he... erm, anywaaay. Yes, we're chatting about our 2004 obsession with Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, featuring the world's most famous lighting equipment, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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52:28