Fandoms, Doctor Who and My Little Pony; Nostalgia Podcast with Andy Crome

In the latest episode of his Nostalgia podcast series, Chris Deacy, Head of the Department of Religious Studies, interviews Andy Crome, Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at Manchester Metropolitan University.

We find out about Andy’s work in early modern history and fandom and how it relates to Dr Who and the ‘My Little Pony’ fandom. The pair reflect on the cross over in these areas of Andy’s research, such as Dr Who episodes set in early modern history and we discuss whether there should be a Dr Who musical. Andy then reflects on seeing Bon Jovi in concert; Manchester and live music; what artists think about what academics are writing about them; feeling guilt in academia; what being an academic is about; the sadness around people we have lost; how the history of apocalypticism is about people who have been wrong in their predictions; and how ‘geeky’ passions are now a normal part of popular culture.