The Fanfiction Reckoning (ft. Veronica Clarke)

from Secret Third Thing · host Veronica Clarke, Virginia Aabram, Germán S. Díaz del Castillo

Further reading:"The Fanfic Temptation" by Veronica Clarke."The Goon Squad" by Daniel Kolitz.The Absolute Degeneracy of Modern Writing by The Second Story.

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Jan 28, 2026

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In this episode, First Things deputy editor Veronica Clarke joins Virginia and Germán to discuss fanfiction, its history, its impact, its infiltration of the publishing industry, whether it should be classified as pornography, and what its popularity says about Gen Z.

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