Podcast appearances and mentions of kendall ashley

Today as part of our "lighten up about pop culture" series, I'm talking with my friend and freelance editor and writer Kendall Ashley about fandoms, from Nancy Drew and Harriet the Spy to Battlestar Galactica and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm gonna go ahead and put it out there that Kendall and I are both huge nerds, and by that I mean we are so super cool and you should be jealous of our combined knowledge of monster lore and wizarding prowess. We get downright emotional about Star Wars. We talk about fans policing other fans, when writers makes choices we don't like, I'm looking at you Game of Thrones, breaking up with fandoms, how we're indoctrinating our kids into our fandoms...bingeing Supernatural, Firefly, movies that made us cry, and adult Dungeons & Dragons. We chat about our first fandoms that we ever really got into and when we first discovered we were big nerds. I regret that I didn't even get to my obsession with Doctor Who, but Kendall blew my mind, rendering me speechless, speechless I say, with her perspective on Hayden Christensen as emo teen Anakin Skywalker. Throw on your favorite cosplay, grab your Funko collection, listen in, and lighten up! Links from the show: Visit Kendall's site Check her out on Twitter Harriet the Spy Nancy Drew 10 Ways Buffy Taught Me to Battle the Forces of Darkness

Recorded at San Diego Comic-Con 2017, this live panel discussion features super-star TV-scribe Jane Espenson, Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger co-executive producer Christine Boylan, young adult breakout author Tomi Adeyemi, Marvel & DC comics writer Erica Schultz, bestselling paranormal romance author Rebecca Zanetti, and Nerdist and Geek & Sundry writer Kendall Ashley. Moderated by Fictitious host Adron Buske. If you’re interested in what makes a great villain so compelling and captivating, you’ll find a lot of ideas to explore in this discussion. WARNING: there’s a fair amount of good-natured swearing in this episode. It's probably not one to listen to with the kids. 

Melanie and Kendall Ashley and talk about their favorite Halloween costumes from childhood and adulthood, trick or treating etiquette, their feelings on haunted houses and horror movies, favorite and least favorite candy, and favorite Halloween traditions. Melanie says in the episode, "I just love creepy things. Creepy things are my favorite." So let the Halloweenie fun wash over you like a river of Ghostbustery slime, listen in, and lighten up!

Melanie talks with Kendall Ashley, a writer at Nerdist and Geek & Sundry and editor at a publishing house, about bun-stuffing in ballet, her perspective as an editor, San Diego Comic-Con, and all their conflicted feelings about the new Harry Potter book, The Cursed Child. She has so many great recommendations for reading and viewing and Melanie shares about one of the most embarrassing moments of her life.

Broadcast the week of 07/19/15...This week, host Jim Yelton is joined by Kendall Ashley, who recaps every episode of AMC's The Walking Dead on The Mary Sue.com and discusses her writing life on DistractedBlogger.com. Jim and Kendall chat about their favorite episodes, favorite characters, which deaths have hit them the hardest, and how they think the show will wrap things up when the series comes to a close.From the evil geniuses behind the 30 Minutes of Geek podcast, it even more great guests, nerdy conversations, and geek humor...now on the radio!!! Because the weekend demands more than 30 Minutes of Geek, it's Geek Universe with Jim Yelton! Nationally Syndicated with the GLN Radio Network and streaming on-demand through midnight-entertainment.com