{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Happiest Pod on Earth","title":"Navigating Pop Culture Conventions","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4336,"description":"#30: Pop culture conventions, where fans and geeks gather to celebrate their fandoms, are often the most anticipated experiences of the year. This year, Stef and Ariel were blessed with the opportunity to speak as panelists at both WonderCon and the mega San Diego Comic-Con. In this episode, they share the ups and downs of navigating pop culture conventions.\n\n\n\nRead the blog post for this episode for additional references and resources.\n\n\n\nBecome a member of Geek Therapy on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/geektherapy\n\n\n\nTranscription\nStefanie Bautista 0:10Hello, everyone, welcome to the Happiest Pod on Earth. I’m Stef and educator who uses her passions and fandoms to help her students grow and learn about themselves and the world around them.\n\n\n\nAriel Landrum 0:21And I’m Ariel, I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist who uses clients passions and fandoms to help them grow and heal from trauma and mental unwellness.\n\n\n\nStefanie Bautista 0:29And here at Happiest Pod, we dissect Disney mediums with a critical lens.\n\n\n\nAriel Landrum 0:33Why? Because we are more than just fans, we expect more from the mediums we consume. So Stef, what Disney Experience are we discussing today?\n\n\n\nStefanie Bautista 0:40So it’s been a while since we’ve, you know, recorded and we’ve gotten back into the game. I know, as we always say, in our practices, mental health is number one. So we decided to take a little break for ourselves pay attention to what we need, the things that we need to do on our lives. But we went back into it full force with conventions. So it’s not necessarily a specific Disney experience. I think this is more of it encompasses everything that has to do with all geekiness all nerdiness anything fandom, definitely Disney is a big driving force in a lot of these things, because of all of its franchise acquirements. But conventions is our topic today. And we have done a lot of conventioning, haven’t we?\n\n\n\nAriel Landrum 1:27Yes, yes. We have gone to a lot of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/EUkdT_BVsS0oAEAZUoFU5NXDw2Gy6lz8ZSfNVSKiOiI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wYTlm/MmFmN2U5ZGQ5MGM1/MTY0ODEyODQ4OTI4/OTIzNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}