Fan Wonderland welcomes TikTok powerhouses Kid Sistr, who found viral fame via TikTok during the pandemic, discussing everything from their songs Dallas, to T-Shirt to their new breakout hit X-Tape (Want To Want Me), the inspiration behind their music videos, upcoming new music and a wide ranging variety of unexpected subjects, get ready for the funniest and most chaotic chat yet. Content Warning: Frequent Coarse Language, Frequent sexual references, frequent mentions of Emus. Kid Sistr Links X-...
Mar 07, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Fan Wonderland welcomes back independent artist, Bella Ferraro, to discuss how the pandemic changed her approach to music and gigs, her upcoming single Summer Day releasing February 17, 2023, her upcoming gigs, her ADHD diagnosis, that ever elusive upcoming EP we discussed the first time. Bella also reveals the track list and title for her first EP as well as a potential title for the second EP. We also discuss the track we were super subtle about last time which may appear on a future EP. Edito...
Feb 10, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Fan Wonderland welcomes superstar director Shannon Kohli who shares some EXCLUSIVE news. Shannon discusses the bizarre ways men tried to push her out of the industry, how Shannon persisted and has since grown an extensive list of shows directed from Supergirl, Van Helsing, Riverdale, Motherland: Fort Salem and so many more. Shannon takes a fan question that discusses who inspires her directing as well as how scenes come together. TJ & Shannon also discuss chemistry across shows, how to use that ...
Oct 25, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Fan Wonderland welcomes Motherland: Fort Salem star and the star of upcoming Disney+ movie Safety, Kylee Brown. Kylee discusses her early work, Motherland Season 1, behind the scenes of Motherland Season 1 and upcoming film Safety. Kylee Brown Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Itskyleebrown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itskyleebrown/ Editor Note: Slight audio glitches here and there due to internet connection on Kylee’s side. Support Fan Wonderland: https://ko-fi.com/fanwonderland...
Sep 20, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Fan Wonderland welcomes former X-Factor star, now independent artist, discussing life since X-Factor, her journey to coming out, her upcoming new single Her , her upcoming EP, her songwriting process, Bella being a useless gay with technology, endless puns and much more. It’s our most chaotically beautiful and hilarious episode so far. Content Warning: Infrequent Coarse Language. Editor Notes: There’s a few audio glitches which is standard for remote interviews at this point. Bella Ferraro Links...
Aug 20, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Fan Wonderland welcomes the multi-talented, artist, musician, photographer and public speaker Deena Lynch likely known to most of us as Jaguar Jonze. Deena chats about Jaguar, Dusky, Spectator, the Jonze Society, her recent EP Diamonds & Liquid Gold , mental health struggles, battling with COVID-19, Eurovision: Australia Decides and so much more. Episode Links below Website Links to individual projects and related social media can be found here: https://deenalynch.com/ Instagram Links: Deena...
May 28, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Fan Wonderland welcomes fan artist Jessicatzen to discuss their artwork from Doctor Who to Killing Eve, their style, their artistic influences and more. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicatzen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicatzen Shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jessicatzen/shop?artistUserName=jessicatzen Support Fan Wonderland: http://ko-fi.com/fanwonderland...
May 28, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Fan Wonderland welcomes artist, actor and author, Phillip Lewitski to discuss Utopia Falls , his appearance in the upcoming final season of Vikings , and his book discussing mental health as a youth, In My Head . Fan Wonderland Note: This episode contains a lot of honest and raw discussion around mental health and we want you to be aware of that going in to listening to this episode. Content Warning: Frequent in depth Discussion of Mental Health and associated effects of mental health. If this e...
May 21, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Fan Wonderland welcomes rising star, songwriter, and Australian rock princess Christina Castle. Christina & TJ discuss Christinas’ journey from X-Factor to today, touring with Simple Plan, her upcoming record, tour hopes, meeting THAT superstar artist and more. Content Warning: Frequent Strong Coarse Language Christina Castle Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechristinacastle/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@christinacastlecc Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristinaCastle YouTube: ...
Apr 28, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Fan Wonderland welcomes Motherland: Fort Salem star Kai Bradbury and discusses working with George Takei, Amanda Tapping, multiple Japanese roles embracing his heritage, filming sex scenes and of course everything Motherland : Fort Salem . Kai Bradbury Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaibury/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KaiBury Episode Notes: Slight audio speed up near beginning (doesn’t affect too much context) (out of our hands) and also some slight hissing/wind noise. Content War...
Apr 22, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Fan Wonderland welcomes rising actress Natalie Sharp to chat The Flash , Supernatural , singing, meeting Grant Gustin, behind the scenes of The Flash , a secret Natalie would rather never reveal and more. Episode Notes: Infrequent Coarse Language, Spoilers for The Flash Natalie Sharp Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nsharpie/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NatalieSharp007/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatalieSharp007 Support Fan Wonderland: http://ko-fi.com/fanwonderland...
Apr 22, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Fan Wonderland welcomes rising actress Elizabeth Grullon to chat about her role as The Second Sister/Trilla Suduri in Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and her role as Theresa Sullivan in Freeform’s Party of Five, Latinx representation and meditation. Content Warning: Infrequent Coarse Language Episode Notes: Spoilers contained for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Party of Five, and Star Wars Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker Elizabeth Grullon Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabetha...
Apr 11, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Fan Wonderland welcomes LGBTQIA+ actor and Siren star Ian Verdun to chat Siren, that Season 2 twist, the repercussions of the Season 3 premiere, Pride as part of Disney, Life’s A Drag , and more. Content Warning: Strong Coarse Language Ian Verdun Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianverdun/ Support Fan Wonderland: https://ko-fi.com/fanwonderland...
Apr 10, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Fan Wonderland welcomes Cherryade to chat about their love of Haribo, how they met, their LGBTQIA+ connection to the community, and growing from drunken demos to pop bangers, to being in TIME Magazine, Nylon and more. I Love Me (Single) released digitally April 3, 2020 Sinking Ship EP released digitally April 3, 2020 Cherryade Link: https://www.cherryade.co.uk/ Content Warning: Strong Coarse Language (They’re extremely British what did you expect)...
Apr 02, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Fan Wonderland chats to musician Rachel Lorin about her origins, musical influences and rebranding her musical career, the recent passing of her father and his influence on her music and her life, and much more. Rachel Lorin Links : Website: https://www.rachellorinmusic.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachellorinmusic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RLorinOfficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLeZUwnIuGh5FVipkFk5gbQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RachelLorinMusic/ Spotif...
Mar 18, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Fan Wonderland welcomes Grammy nominated superstar musician and LGBTQIA+ icon K.Flay to chat Birds of Prey soundtrack, LGBTQIA+ representation, Solutions and more. K.Flay Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/kflay Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kflay/ Support Fan Wonderland: https://ko-fi.com/fanwonderland...
Mar 14, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Fan Wonderland welcomes star of upcoming Freeform Original Motherland: Fort Salem, Taylor Hickson, to discuss new ships, LGBTQIA+ representation and all things witchy. Taylor Hickson Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/taylorhickson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taylor.hickson/ Editor Notes: Taylor’s audio is a little quiet at times. (Taylor is also softly spoken). Also there’s a ding from her phone and that’s just witch business so don’t question it. There’s also an audio glitch around 19...
Mar 13, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 59
A Pearl Mackie scronch, humour, seriousness, emotion, Doctor Who and much more. This episode has everything a Whovian could want from the absolutely amazing and funny Pearl Mackie. Fan Wonderland welcomes LGBTQIA+ Doctor Who icon Pearl Mackie. TJ and Pearl clear up some Pearl Mackie internet theories, how she got into acting, upcoming projects like Greed and Copycats as well as past work like Forest 404 podcast, Doctor Who and more. TJ and Pearl also discuss how being one of the first Doctor Who...
Feb 25, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Fan Wonderland welcomes the incredibly talented Rebecca Black to follow her journey from Friday, the impact of Friday on her life, to Heart Full of Scars and it’s meaningful message, to RE/BL, to her recent hit Sweetheart and the evolution of her musical journey and what her fans mean to her. Rebecca Black Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msrebeccablack/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsRebeccaBlack YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/rebecca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmRebe...
Jan 23, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Fan Wonderland welcomes Disney Channel alien, general comedian, dogfather and our first Tassie boy, AACTA nominee and principal obsessed actor, Nathan Lovejoy. TJ & Nathan discuss Nathan being in a gimp suit, a latex suit, goldfish, working with puppets, working on Tasmanian filmed shows, stapling fellow actors’ hands, being an alien on the Disney Channel, Ricketts Lane references and much more. Content Warning: Mild Coarse Language (Let's be real. This episode has two Australians. It was go...
Jan 12, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Fan Wonderland welcomes Jesse Faden herself, Courtney Hope, to talk Bold and the Beautiful , Quantum Break, and the jarring, mind-bending, mindf**k of Remedy’s psychological thriller, sleeper hit, Control. TJ & Courtney discuss the behind the scenes of Control being created as well as trying to pry some secrets from Courtney. Were we successful? Listen and find out! Minor Spoilers for Control easter eggs and several side missions are contained within the episode so you’ve been warned! We avo...
Nov 07, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Fan Wonderland welcomes musician Andrew Cole who began creating a film, #NoJoke, around an anti-bullying song that then turned into so much more including interviews with people like Jane Lynch ( Glee ), Sir Patrick Stewart ( Star Trek) , Slash, Ozzy Osbourne and many more about bullying, being a bully and how that affects our lives. It’s a raw film that covers many topics. This is an episode we felt really passionate about and please read the content warnings below . Extreme Content Warning: Th...
Nov 05, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Fan Wonderland welcomes star of Running with the Devil, Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, and Preacher, Sarah Minnich. Sarah chats to TJ about working with Zack Snyder & Nicolas Cage, as well as discussing her past and current roles and details a few upcoming roles, as well as discussing subjects she’s very passionate about including environmental issues and climate change. Sarah Minnich Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarah.minnich/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarahaminnich -Prea...
Oct 27, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Fan Wonderland welcomes star of Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Voodoo Vanessa, Ignofear and For The Love of Hate, Monia Ayachi. TJ & Monia discuss Monia’s work on Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Ignofear and more. Content Warning: Strong Coarse Language, Discussion of gun violence, racism and suicide. Editor Note: Slight audio glitches & echoing due to connection. Monia Ayachi Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moniaayachi/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MoniaAyachiActress/ Voodoo Vaness...
Aug 23, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Fan Wonderland welcomes Mala Forever creators Nina & Jessie to discuss their dream for Mala Forever Presents. TJ, Nina & Jessie discuss how social media affects how art is shared, how Mala Forever incorporates all art forms from poetry to photography to video, and how that sets it apart from mainstream magazines and more. Content Warning: Infrequent Coarse Language Mala Forever Link: https://www.malaforever.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_malaforever_/ Episode Notes: There are ...
Aug 18, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Fan Wonderland welcomes Jai Rodriguez for their landmark 50th episode, to discuss how Rent changed his life and being part of the original Fab Five on the original (not Netflix) Queer Eye , as well as his acting on The Magicians, Grace and Frankie, Bones, How I Met Your Mother , as well as working alongside Beyonce and Lady Gaga and being a host on Dance Moms reunion specials. Jai and TJ also discuss LGBTQIA+ representation in TV, film and more. Jai Rodriguez Links : Facebook: https://www.facebo...
Jul 23, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Fan Wonderland welcomes back to the podcast the guest who started off Fan Wonderland, Philip Brodie, to discuss Dred in The Outpost Season 2 and the series’ move to Serbia, working on the upcoming Hulu Original Four Weddings & A Funeral and a behind the scenes of his work on EA’s Battlefield V . Content Warning: Infrequent Coarse Language Episode Cover Designed by Fan Wonderland Images Provided by Philip Brodie...
Jul 20, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Fan Wonderland welcomes their first Indigenous artist and upcoming talent, Jess Hitchcock. Jess chats to TJ about the inspiration behind each track on her debut album Bloodline , the inspiration behind the album cover and it’s title track, as well as touring with Kate Miller-Heidke, going to Eurovision, and more. Strong Content Warning: Potential Trigger Warnings for extreme mental health discussion, Infrequent Coarse Language Jess Hitchcock Link (Physical CD, Tour Dates, etc): https://jesshitch...
Jul 13, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Fan Wonderland welcomes artist Queenie Chan and chats Archie comics, Queenie’s rise to popularity and her new non-fiction series based on historical powerful women, as well as fan art and much more. Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland Cover Images provided by Queenie Chan Queenie Chan Link: https://queeniechan.com/
Jul 12, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Fan Wonderland invites guest host Shawn-Caulin Young to interview TJ about publicly coming out. Content Warning: Frequent Coarse Language & Potential Trigger Warning for discussion of gender, discrimination of LGBTQIA+ people, and infrequent (twice) alluding to potentially triggering terms for some members of the LGBTQIA+ community. January 4, 2022 Note: Issues around family mentioned in this episode have improved since this episode was published. Podcast Cover Designed by TJ/Fan Wonderland Cove...
Jun 26, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 45
