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.
Episodes
162 episodes
For All Mankind
As part of our Lavender Marriage theme, Marika finally gets Hyperfixation to talk about For All Mankind, an excellent alt-history, sci-fi space Apple+ show. A gay astronaut fake marries a gay engineer while carrying on a relationship with a gay...
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2:06:21
House of Guinness
We are starting a themed stretch around lavender marriages starting with Netflix's House of Guinness. Arthur Guinness is not the greatness queer representation but he had an interesting lavender marriage with Olivia. Possibly more interesting i...
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1:29:38
Among the Burning Flowers
We return to the Roots of Chaos series with the newest book Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon. It's the shortest, most accessible, but also the least gay book — through the bar is very, very high for this series. Episode...
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1:57:14
Hansry Romance in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Because Cal needed to, we discuss the romance in the Kingdom Come Deliverance games between Hans and Henry. It might not be historically accurate but it holds an important place in queer video game history and received a lot of weird backlash.<...
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2:38:58
Queerness in Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Part 1
Hyperfixiation starts the fourth season of Xena: Warrior Princess. Gabrielle is dead, Xena makes some wild choices, and so much plot and CGI spinning ghosts are introduced in Adventures in the Sin Trade. Then we return to regular Xena for A Fam...
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1:22:37
The Vampire Lestat
Hyperfixation revisits the Interview with the Vampire franchise with Cal making Bret and Marika read a book. Lestat has a boyfriend and a weird relationship with his mom. The book recons, sets up the universe, and numerous vampires show up to m...
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2:42:37
Queerness in Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Part 4 (of 4)
Marika makes the Hyperfixation gang wrap up our discussion of Xena's third season with the gayest episode possible and the two part finale, which also manages to be pretty gay. Xena and Gabrielle are confessing their love to each other in a bar...
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1:15:43
Anders vs. Andor: Revolution in Dragon Age 2
Thank you for attending Cal's Ted Talk about Dragon Age 2 and revolutionary media. We discuss the way Dragon Age 2 handles Anders choices throughout the game and compare it to Andor and that show’s view on rebellion and rebellious acts.<...
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2:20:44
Sunrise on the Reaping
Coming to you from District 12 (probably), the Hyperfixation gang talks about Sunrise on the Reaping, the fifth Hunger Games book. Haymitch is much more chatty than Katniss was, the movie casting is great, and this book has a lot to say about r...
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2:18:04
Aftermath: Empire's End
Literally years in the making, the Hyperfixation gang finishes the Aftermath series. Sinjir and Jas don't spend that much time together as the Empire ends while Han and Leia take up too much time. Norra acts like a doofy child, Sloane makes odd...
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1:50:08
Queerness in Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Part 3 (of 4)
The Hyperfixation gang returns to Xena for Maternal Instincts and The Bitter Suite, the peak but not the end of The Rift. A lot of serious stuff happens in Maternal Instincts and The Bitter Suite is very 1990s musical episodes.Episode We...
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1:35:01
Will We Ever Be Able To Talk About Brokeback Mountain?
The Hyperfixation gang actually watches and talks about Brokeback Mountain, a movie we grown up hearing jokes about but never saw. Cal explains the historical context for the film, its Oscar snub, and the need for all types of queer representat...
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1:34:54
Andor: Season 2 The Finale Arc
We talk about the fantastic end to Andor. Cassian and Melshi are roommates, the hairdresser on Yavin is terrible, Kleya and Vel might be gay, and nobody knows where Saw is.Our Other Andor Episodes:
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1:53:09
Andor: Season 2 The Ghorman Arc
Fascists decide to fascist as Ghorman erupts into chaos, Cassian makes numerous hard choices, Mon flees Coruscant, Syril goes full incel, and the Hyperfixation gang decides to keep Liz around. Episode We Mentioned:
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2:06:44
Andor: Season 2 Arc 2
After a brief pause and replacing Cal's spouse for Marika's, we are talking about the second arc of season two of Andor. This is a strange arc that started weird but stuck the landing very well despite what it did to Vel and Cinta. ...
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1:24:40
Andor: Season 2 Arc 1
Hyperfixation returns to Star Wars to talk about the first arc of season two of Andor. Cassian gets trapped by some disorganized rebels, which is saying something. Mon and our Ferrix crew are going through a lot. And we focus too much on our qu...
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1:55:11
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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1:49:22
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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1:00:46
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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1:24:13
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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1:58:24
Song of Achilles
Hyperfixation continues our book club moment with Cal's favorite book Song of Achilles from 2011. These Ancient Greek gay boys are horny and fighting in the Trojan War. Cal and Bret know a lot about The Iliad and Marika was a lesbian about the ...
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2:26:05
Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2
The gang talks about the new season of Castlevania: Nocturne. Our hero team is mostly split, but the animation is amazing, Maria gets multiple dads, our straights get together, and we talk a lot about Olrox and Mizrak despite their incredibly l...
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1:52:46
The Priory of the Orange Tree
Marika finally makes the gang talk about The Priory of the Orange Tree, the first Roots of Chaos series book by Samantha Shannon but the second one the gang's read. The excellent world building continues. There's an old sad gay man, queer women...
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2:18:58