A weekly podcast about Homestuck, Hiveswap, and related independent media featuring a rotating panel of guests. See all episodes >
Dani and Aysha talk activism in fandom spaces. Topics: Hating cops. Fascism: wack. Being a better fandom ally. Stop listening to white people. Robot Dani.
Holly, voice of Dr. Coomer from the webseries Half-Life VR But The AI Is Self-Aware, joins Sarah to talk about her artistic influences. TOPICS: Pokemon Go To A Protest. Improv comedy pro strats. The mortifying ordeal of being known.
Sarah and Floral sit down to discuss the particulars of this mortal coil. Topics: Sad teens. Depictions of violence. Grieving abusers. The Monster at the End of this Book.
Kate and Xtine discuss the issue currently causing the most discourse amongst Homestuck fans: The Federal Reserve’s unprecedented open market operations in the context of the ongoing 2020 recession, what their expansionary monetary policy means and what its implications are for working people and the economy as a whole.
Nell and Lily discuss homestuck 2, myths, and fanwork. Topics: The overwhelming power of Yiffany Longstocking Lalonde Harley; The Oral Histories Of Meat And Candy; Achilles is there; Systemic Storytelling; Homestuck 2 is good, y'all.
Alexis previews the first Pgenpod Zine with Nell, Carmi, and Anna. Topics: Pride and self-promotion. Homestuck mania. Revenge of academia. Does anyone really know CSS? Double-ended candle burning techniques. Collectivism and copyright. Missing Tumblr and how to misuse Twitter.
Dani is joined by five community panelists to discuss the earlier days of the Homestuck fandom. Topics: Sorry transcribers! Wrong fan theories. Dale Strider. The Gigapause. Dashcon. Being trans is kind of woke and racism is not. Hairy Dave and fun ship names.
Kate and Goomy catch up on the year that was. Topics: Gordon, I'm normal! The recent increase in hate. Discourse flattening. Deltastuck. Make your own website. June and transfemme narratives. Homestuck as furry-positive media. Dismantling "marketability." Email me birds.
Kate and Sarah catch up. Frozen meat, Peak Posting, cool petitions, pandemic stasis, Waste of Time, model train display shed, Young Pope fever, Dr. Coomer, Counter-Strike, uchi crow, reading theory, how to get through this. Support your local Goomy.
A bonus show available to Pgenpod patrons featuring more discussions about Homestuck, interactive fiction, music, interviews with patrons, and looser 'after-dark' episodes.
Kate, Sarah and BQ report live on the ground from the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, a remarkable and ongoing development flourishing across blocks in Seattle. Multiple dogs get involved.
Dani and Valerie enter the Slur Zone. Kate declines to appear. Every person is from Gainesville, Florida, apparently. Whoops, all confederate flags! Go ahead, you can say it. Transmisogyny and trans misogyny. What does "queer solidarity" mean?
Aysha and Pip discuss Metal Gear and Promare. Bird murder is advocated. Darling in the Franxx didn't happen. Break the rules of how to make stuff. The virtue of engaging with non-Western art.
Kate and Aysha discuss Death Stranding and societal collapse. Topics: Norman Reedus's armpits. Women who breathe through their skin. Die Hardman watches you piss. Further COVID derangement. Control your hoes.
Kate, Valerie and Freya enter the Coronasphere and meet Joe Biden. Topics: Fallout, the ceaseless discourse maelstrom, COVID CAPITALISM, Boris and the memeification of political narratives, Pynchon (and other gay nerd shit).
The gang hits Phase II. Topics: Covid. Government Dark Web Internet 2. Monetary policy. The history of the Soviet Union. Madagascar 3.
Kate and Aysha have a chat, and Kate's audio is unbelievably bad. Sorry. Topics: Cis bricks. Socialism. Disease, quarantine. Help out your friends. Electability. Political worries. Writing commentaries.
Valerie explains hauntology to Kate, who mostly complains. Topics: Roserezi. Posting. Marxism. Trains. You know, exactly the shit you'd expect.
Becca and Kate try to have an episode about Stardew Valley and mostly fail. Topics: The election. Can I get a witness? Train museum. Homophobic roommate stories, dating witches. Macklemore. Calliope in the epilogues. How gender is enforced and learned. Hit 'em with the they.
Kate, Sarah, Xtine and Rory get lunch and invite you to hang out, audio quality be damned. Topics: Stop normalizing French people. Weak-ass death threats. Gamzee. Death Stranding. Drinking games. Reddit. Bernie. Get an MS Paint drawing from Kate by making a plan to vote. Snowbound Blood. Pesterquest.
A podcast about Terezi and Vriska, and their relationship. See all episodes >
Valerie is joined by Freya to dissect and discuss the multifaceted parallels between vrisrezi and Utena/Anthy of Revolutionary Girl Utena. Topics include: Powerful Old Men, tea & biscuits, playing roles, princeliness, and COLOR THEORY.
Rory and Valerie are joined by Pun as they explore the production and evolution of Vriscourse, and how understanding Vrisrezi can make you a better writer. Topics include: The ultimate troll; Le; Vriskamania; the CEO Of villainy; and the homestuck understanders.
Join Rory and Valerie for a discussion on what makes Vriska and Terezi's relationship the axis of Homestuck. Topics include: The author’s word, the bones of homestuck, daverezi and johnvris, cancelling vrisrezi, and Vriska centrism.
Rory and Valerie discuss the quadrant system, its pitfalls, and how Vriska and Terezi fall into it. Topics include: No Homo Gay Chicken, The Nuclear Family and The Imperialist War Machine, Women, and The Most Epic Relationship In Homestuck.
Interviews about making art by Aysha U. Farah. See all episodes >
Aysha and Magdalena Clarke discuss the YA series The Raven Cycle. Talking points include young adult fiction, queer friend groups, fantasy tropes, friend telephone, both sides of the rich boy coin, and writing out of spite. The invaluable ability to allow yourself to be boring, romanticizing your problems, and ruining homestuck. The gay bookshelf. Troll gender.
Aysha and Jonny Sims of the Magnus Archives discuss the Goosebumps series, among other things. Talking points include: Dracula hacks, the intersection of horror and horniness, erasure of women in horror writing, benevolent plot holes, the nineties, jazz horror, and sonic the hedgehog for, like, way longer than you would expect.
Do you think that love can bloom, even on the battlefield? Aysha and author Jennifer Giesbrecht discuss cult video game series Metal Gear Solid. Talking points include Kojima lore, double standards, historical accuracy, Solid Snake's ass, and Dragon Age, for some reason.
Aysha U. Farah interviews Hiveswap Friendsim writer Geezey (also known as: her dad) about what inspired him to become a science fiction writer years ago (but not many). Talking points include Philip K. Dick, tasteful cover art, noir, vibes, and the loud dudes who live above Aysha’s apartment.
New perspectives on motorsport. Kate Mitchell and guests look at the history, excitement, and groundbreaking figures in racing.
Kate and Prumm talk about the all-electric craziness in Santiago and preview the 2020 Formula 1 season, with occasional diversions into Linux, Canyon.mid, BTS, the trouble with Williams, predictions, hopes and fears.
Upcoming live shows from the Perfectly Generic Podcast and other Pgenpod network shows.
The Pgenpod Community Survey 2019 was the most comprehensive look yet at the composition, diversity and opinions of the Homestuck community, with over 5,000 responses. As we prepare for the 2020 edition of the survey in July, we’re looking for volunteer coordinators to help write, conduct and promote the survey.
This survey is an attempt to comprehensively understand the demographics and perspective of the Homestuck community in 2019, covering a broad set of questions relating to identity, political viewpoint, opinions on media, and consumption of content.