Aug. 3, 2024

Building Community Through Geek Culture: The Launch of Fandom Portals

Curious about how geek culture can bring people together? In our very first episode of the Fandom Portals podcast, discover how we create a community where respect and knowledge-sharing thrive. Join me, Aaron Davies—a father, teacher, and passionate fan—as I unveil the essence of Fandom Portals. Learn about my love for Lord of the Rings, Batman, X-Men, Star Wars, and so much more. You'll also find out how you can get involved, whether it's by sending in your burning questions or applying to be a guest on the show. This is just the beginning of our journey into the expansive world of fandoms.

As we conclude this inaugural episode, I invite you to explore our newly uploaded episodes and share your favourites with friends. Connect with us on social media to become a part of a community that values respectful engagement. I’m thrilled to embark on this adventure of curiosity and connection with you, our listeners. Together, we’ll celebrate the vast tapestry of fandoms where your opinions are always welcomed and respected. So, tune in, join the conversation, and let’s see where our shared passions take us.

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Chapters

00:15 - Fandom Portals Podcast Introduction

07:48 - Connecting Through Fandom Respect

Transcript

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Hello and welcome to the Fandom Portals podcast, where curiosity meets community in a celebration of all things geek.

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We build connections on every episode by delving into your favorite fandom questions in the time it takes you to drive to work every morning.

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Now I'm your host, aaron Davies, and I'll be here with you on every single future episode of the Fandom Portals podcast, and in this episode, we're going to be talking about what this podcast is, who I am as a host, and we'll also be talking about how you can get involved with the podcast.

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Well, so, if you're listening to this, you've probably found us on your favorite podcasting service through the TV and film category, or maybe even the hobbies section.

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Now, our podcast falls under three particular categories, and from this podcast, you'll be able to satisfy your curiosity, connect with community and celebrate the fandoms that you love.

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So what do we mean by curiosity?

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You'll be able to express your interests and have your questions answered.

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Through this podcast, we go through deep dives on various different fandoms, whether it be Lord of the Rings, batman, ninja, turtles and everything to the Marvel and DC comics.

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If you have a question about it, send it over to us on our email or on our social media.

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We'll do our best to answer it for you.

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That's right.

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The content on this podcast is completely directed by the community.

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We answer the questions that you have.

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Now, sometimes there's questions that I cannot answer myself and as a result of that, you may find on this podcast that an interview happens.

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This show is both solo hosted and an interview format, so we get experts in over the course of our podcast to give the best information to you.

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Now we don't only have experts on this podcast.

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I also invite members of our community on to share the fandoms that they love as well, and the way that you can get involved in that and become a guest on this show is in the back end of this cast, so stick around for that and we'll tell you exactly how to do it.

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Now, as I said, a really big part of this podcast is that community connection, and that occurred because I found myself, as part of my fandom portals journey, making a community page for everyone to share their various different fandoms on, and the expression of interest that I got and the response that I got was absolutely amazing for so many positive people that are wanting to share the things that they love with others.

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So I thought why not give them a platform to do that?

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Why not answer those questions from the community and completely community-centric podcast?

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And this is a space where we can agree with each other and disagree with each other, but as long as we're connecting with respect, then our podcast is doing its job.

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Now this podcast might also help you learn some new things about fandoms you didn't know, or it might reinforce that knowledge that you already do.

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It might help you to explore new fandoms and it might also give you that community voice that you've been looking for.

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And the last thing this podcast aims to do is to celebrate.

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We want to grow together, we want to learn together.

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We want to celebrate all the new content that comes from all different forms in our fandom and discuss the wishes that we have for our fandoms in the future.

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Sometimes the fandom community out there of your favorite fandom can be a little bit toxic, but not here at Fandom Portals.

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Your opinion will always be welcomed and it will be met with respect every single time.

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Now, who am I?

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I'm Aaron Davies.

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I am a 34-year-old guy who lives in Australia.

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I'm a father, I'm a teacher and I'm also a massive geek.

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My interests include Lord of the Rings, the X-Men animated series I love playing.

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Gears of War, dungeons and Dragons is my jam.

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My first love ever was Batman.

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I love Star Wars, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have an awesomely special place in my heart as well.

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So, as you can see, I have a mountain of interests and I needed an outlet for them, and I knew that there were people out there who were just like me.

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So this is that space, that outlet, that creative opportunity for people to go about and research the things that they want to, just in the name of curiosity, fun and connecting with others.

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Because I don't know about you, but I can remember the first time that I went to a cinema and felt that magic.

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I remember seeing Lord of the Rings when I was 11 and watching the ringwraiths lean over that log as the hobbits hid and just that feel.

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It gets to you.

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It's a feeling that happens to you and that's that feeling I want to emulate and that feeling that I want to connect with and express with all of the community.

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Members of the Fandom Portals podcast.

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So let's get on to how you can get involved Now.

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There are a few main ways that you can contact us here at Fandom Portals, the first of which is email, the second of which is social media.

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Now, all of these links will be in the show notes below, but basically getting involved includes you having a say on the community questions that are presented after each episode.

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It also includes you presenting topics that we talk about in the Fandom Portals podcast.

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So if you've ever wondered what was Anakin's motivations for turning to the dark side, if you want to know who was the strongest member of the Bat family, if you need to know what Wolverine's most powerful mutant ability is or how he got so popular, then this is the space for you to ask.

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You can send those through email, through threads or through Instagram.

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We're very active on those already and we already have an amazingly budding community full of people just like you asking questions every day.

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Now, another thing you can do as being part of our amazing community on social media is you are able to fill in a guest application and come on the show.

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That's right.

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The next few episodes, you will be able to see community members who have done exactly that.

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That guest application is on our link tree, which is in our Instagram, but it can also be available to you by request.

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If you email our email address, I will send that to you, so you don't have to miss out if you don't have any of those social medias.

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Now, this podcast has been a long time in the making, so I do have a few thanks to give out before we move on to our next episode, the first of which is I'd like to thank my amazing friends and family who have supported me in making this creative venture, so much so that some of them have even decided and asked me to guest on the podcast.

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I look forward to seeing those interviews in the future.

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The amazing community of fandom portals that are already existing on social media.

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You guys have welcomed me into the space with open arms.

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We interact almost every day.

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There are polls on threads that we talk about all the time.

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It is a great space for you to connect If you are looking for a safe space on the internet where you can talk about everything that you love that is in pop culture.

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The last people that I want to thank is the amazing people at the Geek Freaks podcast.

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Frank is an amazing dude who reached out to us in the early stages of our community journey and he asked if we wanted to join his network without me even having published an episode.

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It's an amazing amount of trust that he put in me and I think that he is really promoting this similar vision to me that we are officially a part of the Geek Freaks network.

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And if you are done listening to the Fandom Portals podcast, you should definitely go and check out the Geek Freaks podcast as well.

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They have a variety of shows, they keep you up to date on the podcasting news and it's a great space for you to keep your geek knowledge up there.

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So if you like what you've heard so far, then this is definitely the podcast for you and we are so excited to have you.

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What far?

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Then?

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This is definitely the podcast for you and we are so excited to have you.

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What you can do now is, first and foremost, you can tell a friend about this show.

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That is the best thing that you can do.

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Word of mouth for small podcasts like us does absolute wonders.

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You can definitely join our social and if you're feeling extremely generous, you can even go and rate and review after listening to a few episodes and you can share your opinion on the Fandom Portals podcast.

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Those rates and reviews are perfect for getting our cast out to the many, many eyes and ears of the geek community.

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There's a fandom out there waiting for you and there is a fan out there waiting to hear from you and to learn about our amazing community.

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All right, that is it from me.

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You should already see the next few episodes of the Fandom Portals podcast uploaded for you to peruse Again.

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If you like those, make sure you share them with a friend.

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Come on, connect on our socials and remember, guys, as always, we will connect with respect from the fandoms that you love.

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I look forward to this journey of curiosity ahead.

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Can't wait to see you next time.

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Thank you.