There is no fandom like the Scarecrow & Mrs. King fandom -- passionate, dedicated and absolutely obsessed with red hats, train stations, the Q bureau, and Cream-&-Wood 1983 Ford LTD Country Squire Station Wagons.

In this episode, Susan and Sharon meet up with super-fans Taya Johnston, Jennifer Peterson and Miranda Thomas from The Mrs. King’s Chronicles, a re-watch podcast about -- what else? -- Scarecrow & Mrs. King! From Beaverton, Oregon… to Clarkston, Michigan… to Florence, Kentucky -- these three women (plus their fourth partner, Lexie Fiema who couldn’t make the recording) know their SMK! In this fast-moving and funny conversation, you’ll find out everything you ever wanted to know about podcasting, Amanda King, Lee Stetson and Firefly -- but were afraid to ask… 

THE CONVERSATION

• What do you do when you want to spend more time with your friends and your favorite show?  The answer is easy -- you do a podcast!
• GETTING HOOKED ON SMK: sometimes it’s in college, sometimes it’s a commercial, sometimes… it’s your mom!
• IT WAS A THING: recording your favorite shows onto cassette tape so you could listen to them later.
• Lexie -- the “90s Baby” of the podcast -- wants to know why Lee and Amanda don’t use their cell phones more often. And what’s up with the “two Germanys” thing?
• PODCAST PIONEER: Miranda has also done internet radio and podcasts about Firefly and Felicity and Alias and Heroes and Chuck!
• Why do certain shows inspire rabid fandom? And others… not so much.
• SUBURBAN SPY: The compelling fantasy wish-fulfillment of “Being Mrs. King.”
• At the “Hollywood Show” fan meet-up: Bruce Boxleitner had his own fanboy moment when he saw TV’s “Batman” -- Adam West. But he never got to meet him because he refused to cut in line in front of other fans…
• THE ELECTRIC CAMPFIRE: How television -- and now podcasts -- became our place of communal story-telling and shared emotional connection.
• Ship of Spies? Was there really an SMK cruise? Did anyone get married? Go to a strip club?

So, join Susan and Sharon -- and Taya and Jennifer and Miranda! -- as they talk 80s retro-love, podcast tangents, Dungeons & Dragons, Miami strip clubs, sweater vests, the Star Wars Christmas Special, living in the Matrix -- and throwing rocks at Cincinnati! 


AUDIO-OGRAPHY
Listen to the Mrs. King’s Chronicles podcast at MKCPodcast.com
  
Check out Taya’s website CallMeaCab.com
Find Miranda’s Firefly podcast at Serenityfirefly.com
Find out more about Columbia Willamette River Keepers Willamette-riverkeeper.org
Get The Ultimate Fan’s Guide to Scarecrow & Mrs. King at Amazon.

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