Season 1, Episode 5
Melissa Fach
Our guest this week is Melissa Fach, Editor for the SEMrush US Blog and President of SEO Aware, a firm that specializes in SEO, Internet marketing and consulting. Well-known as “Mama Fach” in the search industry, due to her dedication and concern for her colleagues and peers, Melissa is also an intense fan of the Star Wars Expanded Universe (now called “Legends”), DC Comics, Sons of Anarchy and Game of Thrones. She spends what time she has left advocating for big cat conservation and Asperger’s awareness.
Find out what are favorite parts of these wonderful universes. … And stick around until the end to hear about her thoughts on “That Bitch” Carole Baskin and Joe Exotic. Get to know Melissa and learn why we love her like family.
Hosts & Guests
Jesse McDonald
Keith Goode
Melissa Fach
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About This Episode
Timeline
0:18 – Intro and banter
1:27 – Introducing Melissa Fach
3:20 – Tell us about yourself
5:39 – Background in psychology
7:18 – Star Wars, the EU/Legends, the sequels
10:15 – Rey vs Jaina
13:09 – Disney’s Unhealthy Dynamic
14:43 – Chewbacca and the Yuuzhan Vong
22:45 – Tell me Something Good(e)
29:38 – Comic books, DC vs Marvel
39:09 – Sons of Anarchy and Game of Thrones
44:40 – Big Cat Psychology and the drama surrounding them
52:55 – The Lightning Round!
58:43 – The Wrap
Shout-outs in this Episode
If you missed anything in this episode, we’ve captured most of the topics covered in this interview below. No links provided. Google it if you want to learn more.
- SEMrush
- SEO Aware
- Big Cat Habitat Gulf Coast Sanctuary
- Star Wars: Legends Legacy of the Force series
- Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime
- Star Wars: Heir to the Empire
- Kenny Madison
- Tell Me Something Good(e)
- Melissa: Ruggable + Read Legacy of the Force
- Jesse: The Martian and Artemis by Andy Weir
- Keith: Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa
- Superman (1978)
- D.C. Comics: Anatomy of a Metahuman by Matthew K. Manning
- “The Boys” on Amazon Prime
- D.C. Comics: Dark Nights: Metal
- What We Do in the Shadows (2014 film)
- Letterkenny
- Sons of Anarchy
- Game of Thrones
- “The Tiger King” (Netflix)
- IBM Pan-African T-Shirt
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