Hopewell Valley Student Podcasting Network

Show Name: The Fan & The Foe

Episode Title: The Hunger Games

You are listening to The Fan and the Foe podcast with your host(s) Gabbi and Louisa.

In this episode of The Fan and The Foe, the Podcast, we discuss: The Hunger Games! Just a pre-show warning, I’ve been battling a cold the past few days, and am still getting my voice back.

Gabbi: That's quite the commitment right there

Louisa: Yuppp

Segment 1: Background info

Louisa: So, these last few episodes, I have had some idea as to what we were talking about, but for this episode, I have no clue about anything. If this is even correct, I know Katniss Evergreen exists and that's it, but for all I know, that's the wrong show…

Gabbi: Go off and explain what the Hunger Games are. After another American Civil War, the new America is separated into 12 districts, all of which provide for the lavish lives of the capital. District life is awful.. Not enough food, bad housing, you basically work until you die. To make everyone's life worse, they force each district to send 2 of its children to the capital every year to fight to the death. They claim it's punishment for the district's rebellion, but the rebellion was almost 75 years ago at the start of the books.

Span 3 years

Basic character rundown

• Katniss Everdeen
• Peeta Mellark
• Gale Hawthorne
• President Snow (spin-off book)
• Haymitch Abernathy (another spin-off)

District breakdown

• 12- mining
• 11- agriculture
• 1- luxury goods
• 6- lumber

There are 5 movies currently out and 5 books, with another movie coming out next November.

Explain the Hunger Games and what they force people to do

Some fans also debate what district they are in, or disgracefully, if they are capital.. So I think it would be fun to take another quiz and figure out what district we are in

What district are you in? Quiz

Discuss what we got.

Louisa: So basically what I'm hearing is there is a huge fandom surrounding the diabolical capture and murder of exploited children under capitalism and in this whole system I would be in ____ district

Gabbi: Yes, you would be! But to the fans, it's more than that; it is because of how immensely meaningful it is. Suzanne Collins, the writer of the books, makes sure that her books are extremely relevant to the political society in which we live. Her work is very well thought out.

Louisa: So, are we capturing and killing children just for a game in our society?

Gabbi: Well, maybe they don’t exactly mirror the political and social climate, but the fears they involve are very similar.

Louisa: That's fair. There is definitely a reflection of the themes of the books and today's political climate. When is her next book coming out? That should be a good one lol.

Gabbi: The Hunger Games fandom is also a close-knit community. When Sunrise on the Reaping came out last year, I forced my parents to take me to Barnes and Noble for a midnight release, where a bunch of other Hunger Games fans played games and had a whole bunch of fun for a night!

Louisa: Now, it's time for everyone's favorite section: Crazy Fan Mail/ Fan Encounters!

Gabi- WOOOOO!!!!

Louisa: So this one was actually harder to find, which is weird because I would think the opposite based on what...