Five(ish) Fangirls Episode #505: Deal With The Devil

Spoilers ahead! This week, the Five(ish) Fangirls dive into Marvel’s Ironheart Season 1 on Disney+. We discuss Riri Williams’s deal with Mephisto, Parker’s fall from power, and what the show’s darker supernatural themes mean for the MCU’s future—especially with Blade on the horizon. Plus, we celebrate the representation of women of color and STEM heroes, unpack surprising twists, and speculate on what’s next for the Young Avengers. Plus a little bit of fandom news and your feedback.

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TIME STAMPS
00:00:24 Intro
00:01:31 News
00:20:57 Feedback
00:25:59 Ironheart
01:40:08 Closing Thoughts
01:41:34 Outro

NEWS

Stranger Things season 5 trailer

2025 Emmy nominations

Gold Standard: Interstate 60

Gold Standard Patreon: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 

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Five(ish) Fangirls Episode #504: Currently Vol. 9

In this episode, we dive into a massive list of the media we’re currently loving! From novels and manga to anime, YouTube channels, TV shows, podcasts, and music—we cover a little bit of everything. It’s a fun, wide-ranging conversation full of recommendations and fangirling, and we barely scratched the surface. Don’t worry, we tried not to overwhelm you (too much)! Plus a little bit of convention news and your feedback.

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TIME STAMPS

00:00:18 Intro

00:03:17 News

00:10:50 Feedback

00:15:42 Currently

-00:19:39 Reading

-01:08:21 Watching

-01:43:58 Listening

-02:00:00 Anticipating

02:08:56 Closing Thoughts

02:10:54 Outro

NEWS

GenCon badges are selling out

 RESOURCES

READING 

• Children of the Fox Series 
• Thursday Next series
• The Grimmoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association
• Ruby Vaughn Mysteries
• Yona of the Dawn
• 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy 
• My Sister Took My Fiance and Now I’m Being Courted by a Beastly Prince!
• Carissa Broadbent: Crown of Nyaxia duologies, The War of Lost Hearts
• Ana Huang: Kings of Sin series
• Danielle L. Jensen: Saga of the Unfated duology
• Ilona Andrews: The Edge series
• Also anticipating their next book “This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me,” out next spring 
• “The Heiress” by Rachel Hawkins
• Reading Challenges on Goodreads
• “The TBR is the Challenge” on StoryGraph - Chrissy's personal reading challenge
• Before They Were Monsters by Pete Fleck 
• Fly Girls by Keith O'Brien 
• The Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men, and The New York Times by Nan Robertson 
• Not Just a Homemaker: The Extraordinary Life of Shelia MacGregor by Paulette Brooks 

WATCHING

• Blindspot (available on Netflix) 
• K Pop demon Hunters (Netflix)
• Elisabeth Wheatley (Book Goblin, Snooty Author, Romance Genres)
• EOM Reacts( First Time Watching movies, reactions)
• In Deep Geek( Lore from LOTR, ASOIAF, The Witcher)
• Corbin Maxey( If the Crocodile Hunter was from Idaho)
• Titanic Honor and Glory( Witness Titanic series/podcast)
• Matt Mitchell( Southern humor, pokes fun at the SEC of college football)
• Dozing Dragon Sleep Stories
• Official Doctor Who YouTube channel
• Ryan Hall, Ya'll (Professional weather analyst and storm chaser) 
• Trek Trendy (Luxury travel) 
• Brew
• Anime on Crunchyroll:
• Rurouni Kenshin remake
• The Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts
• Secrets of the Silent Witch
• Anne Shirley (adaptation of “Anne of Green Gables”)
• I’m The Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!
• My Dress-Up Darling (season 2 coming soon)

LISTENING

• It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton
• Mayim Bialik's Breakdown
• Comic-Con Begins: Origin Stories of the San Diego Comic-Con and the Rise of Modern Fandom 

ANTICIPATING 

Disneyland's Oogie Boogie Bash

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Five(ish) Fangirls Episode #503: A Weird, Wordy, and Wicked Weekend

In this jam-packed episode, Rachel recaps her whirlwind weekend of geeky goodness and musical magic! From seeing UHF on the big screen and attending her 6th Weird Al concert—complete with VIP perks and a meet & greet—to tabling at this year’s InConJunction and wrapping it all up with a performance of Wicked on tour in Indianapolis, it was a weekend full of laughs, fandom, and fun. Tune in for stories, highlights, and a whole lot of squee! Plus some fandom news and your feedback.

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TIME STAMPS

00:00:13 Intro

00:02:32 News

00:15:04 Feedback

00:18:28 Rachel's Busy "Weekend"

02:04:26 Closing Thoughts

02:05:49 Outro

NEWS

The Devil Wears Prada 2 now in production

Obverse Books to release “Party Like It’s 1998” Doctor Who anthology

Gold Standard: The White Reindeer

Book Club

 

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