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GOOD WOOD: A Hockey Fandom Podcast

GOOD WOOD: A Hockey Fandom Podcast

By: Good Wood
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GOOD WOOD is a podcast about what it’s like to be a hockey fan who thinks maybe these guys should try kissing a little at center ice. Your hosts Kit, Bec, and Jes are longtime transformative fans who are fascinated by fandom communities… and by what happens when our practices collide with mainstream sports cultures. We’re here to tackle the real questions: Why do we want to put Sidney Crosby in a jar and study him like a bug? What unholy force compels us to babygirlify hulking athletes with false teeth? Should men be allowed to Tweet? Join us every other week as we explore all things transformative hockey fandom, from politics to culture to our big feelings about a silly little game.


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Episodes
  • Episode 11: Completely Jeffless

    Episode 11: Completely Jeffless
    Mar 25 2025
    The year is 2023. The Pens have only missed the playoffs once, Bob and Mearsy are still living out a 70k slow burn romance in the broadcasting booth, and nobody’s invading Canada. Just kidding! It’s 2025, baby, where nothing is beautiful and everything hurts. Your Good Wood Pod hosts are back in action and ready to yap about our beloved deadbeat loser team. In this episode we mourn the loss of Some Guys, enlist Bec’s dad in the resistance (it’s what the R in RPF stands for), and pool our collective savings to build AO3.Org Arena. We also discuss other hot topics like the Geno break-in, Kris Letang's rotating cast of boytoys, Four Nations vs. The Dunk Tank, and our quest to get back to our fandom roots. Come for the Mikael Granlund retrospective, stay for Ovi coaching the Canadian national team. We missed ya! (This episode was recorded before the Pittsburgh Penguins remembered how to win hockey games.)

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Episode 10: Be Your Own WAG

    Episode 10: Be Your Own WAG
    Aug 10 2023

    Recorded after the acquisition of our Lord, our Liege, our Holy One, PresidentEmperorKing Kyle Dubas, but before the blockbusting Karlsson trade, this episode has it all: Kit playing a dating sim about Kyle, Jes peddling Granlund conspiracy theories, Bec bringing up Contractgate again... this is an episode you won't want to miss. Join us as we deem Kyle "normal looking" and exude smugness over bagging the NHL's most eligible GM. Everything is coming up Pens: we've got the most "normal looking" (hottest) GM, the hottest d-core, and the hottest local sports media drama in the league. Interrupt your offseason with GOOD WOOD's Season Two.


    Runtime: 40 min || Recorded 7.23.23


    0:00-2:00 Bec's Tourism Woes

    2:00-10:00 Kyle Watch™

    10:00-13:00 It's Granlund All the Way Down

    13:00-23:00 Warm Welcomes and Tearful Eulogies

    23:00-30:00 EK65

    31:00-33:00 Bec Brings Up Contractgate, AGAIN

    33:00-40:00 Pittsburgh Sports Media Drama

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    40 mins
  • Episode 9: Bringing It All Full Circle

    Episode 9: Bringing It All Full Circle
    May 2 2023

    You have walked through the valley of the shadow of death. The evil has come to pass. The Penguins are out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2006. You are free... and so is your schedule, since you have no games to watch! Join your hosts instead as we eulogize this messy-yet-fascinating season. Bec branches out with a new and short-lived segment called Connor McDavid Corner. Kit starts our quest for a new GM with Kyle Watch™. Jes starts campaigning for Team Granlund, who put the final nail in Ron Hextall's coffin. Who on our roster survives into next year? Will we see goalie Mike Crosby’s debut? Will things get better now that we've been freed from our saboteur GM? The Penguins' disastrous 2022-2023 season has finally ended. So too must Season One of GOOD WOOD. Join us to the bitter end.


    Runtime: 57 min || Recorded 4.26.23


    0:00-4:00 We Have Been Freed from the Agony of Playoffs

    4:00-8:00 Connor McDavid Corner

    8:00-12:00 Coping with the End of the Season (and the Streak)

    12:00-29:00 We Try Clairvoyance (Predicting the 2023 NHL Playoffs)

    29:00-52:00 Season Highlights

    52:00-57:00 The Growth of the Fandom

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    57 mins
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