Precious Past, Prosperous Present
This Discord server has become the main hub for podfic fandom, gathering over 700 members.
What is the Podfichat Discord server?
If you record a podfic already recorded by someone else, you are doing this.
What is repodding / a repod?
This character is the leader of the Avengers, and of the most-podficced characters category on AO3.
Who is Steve Rogers / Captain America?
In this wintery podfic event, gifts are delivered via Twitter.
What is #ITPE / the Informal Twitter Podfic Exchange?
Usually too small to hang out in, this place is nevertheless used by many podficcers for its good accoustics.
What is a closet?
This podfic-specific archive created in 2006 by general_jinjur was revived by Squidgie in 2022
What is the Audiofic Archive?
Podficcers with almost machine-like productivity are sometimes called this.
What is a podfic robot?
This podficcer’s AO3 page exceeds an incredible 1700 podfics, in fandoms such as Star Wars, DCU, Bandom and Teen Wolf.
Who is reena_jenkins?
Podficcers team up with fic writers to create works during this podfic event founded in 2011.
What is pod_together?
This animal of the echidna species lends its name to an alliterative podfic meme format.
What is the platypus?
This project from the OTW hosts articles about podfic history, and a list compiling over 1400 permission statements.
What is Fanlore?
If you start recording a fic without having read it first, you are doing this.
What is cold reading / podding cold / recording cold?
“The Accidental Warlord and His Pack,” one of the most popular fic verses in this fandom, has been podficced 4 times (so far).
What is Witcher fandom?
Theatripod, podfIDIC, pod_together, ALPA and Voiceteam were all (co)created by this prolific podfic fandom organiser!
Who is KLB / podklb?
These twin Discord bots can help you record a live multivoice, but have been known to maul parts of the audio! (2 names needed!)
What are Craig and Giarc?
This 38-episode podcast orchestrated by Paraka, Jenepod and Dodificus ran from 2014 to 2018.
What is Auralphonic?
Noisy neighbours, rowdy roommates or pesky pets might do this to you.
What is podblocking / to podblock?
If AO3 is lighting up green, you are using the browser extension for FPS List, a permission database created by this fan.
Who is Rindle?
This Livejournal and Dreamwidth-based challenge, which ran for 8 years, gave many podficcers their taste for POINTS!
What is amplificathon?
This file extension allows audio to be compressed using AAC encoding, specifically to produce chaptered audiobooks.
What is .m4b?
A podfic disaster struck that year, as the audiofic archive went bust.
What is 2016?
This irresistible desire to podfic is modeled on a sexy Star Trek term.
What is Pod Farr?
This show was a hit among early podficcers, with over 550 podfics made, including the 2007 classic “Written by the Victors.”
What is Stargate Atlantis / SGA fandom?
Modeled after the Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology, this 2020 creation showcases characters of colour.
What is the Chromatic Characters Podfic Anthology?
This AO3 collection gathers podfics that were the first created in their fandom.
What is the Pioneer Podfic Collection?