Heated Rivalry is based on author Rachel Reid’s "Game Changers" novel series. The plot primarily follows elite professional hockey players, and competitive rivals, Canadian Shane Hollander and Russian Ilya Rozanov, as they develop feelings for each other, complicating their careers.

Ice Is Slippery Podcast joins us for a two-part collaboration episodes between two hockey podcasts led by queer hockey fans. Check out part one here on the Over The Glass Hockey Podcast and part two on Ice Is Slippery Podcast.

00:00 How we got into Heated Rivalry
15:24 Commentary on the current global phenomena
21:21 Hockey Romance as an entry point
40:46 Fanfiction to queer the narrative
57:50 Intersectionality of Asian representation in real life hockey vs fiction
1:20:05 Hudson Williams' Modeling Debut in Dsquared's Milan Fashion Week

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