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ICYMI - How "Hockey Romance" Went Viral

ICYMI

Slate Podcasts

Entertainment News,, Society & Culture, News

3.9800 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by culture writer Angelina Mazza to discuss the online reaction to the new HBO series, Heated Rivalry. Before the Canadian show premiered, let alone was picked up in the U.S., a dedicated online fandom committed to helping it succeed. Why did this show become such a sensation, and what happens to a niche fandom when their subject suddenly goes mainstream?


This podcast is produced by Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, and Kate Lindsay, with help from AC Valdez.


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1:19.5

Hey, I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I or, in case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.

1:21.8

And back with us today, friend of the show, culture writer Angelina Mata, Welcome Angelina. Thank you. I've always wanted to be

1:30.0

referred to as like a friend of the pod. Yeah. It's like the title I've been trying to attain my

1:36.7

entire life. So thank you for that. Yeah. No. And I feel like when you're on your third I see why

1:42.3

my episode that gives you friend of the pod status. We should do jackets like how S&L does the watch. I actually get like a punch card also. Yeah, yeah. Redeemable for what? We don't know. Well, we'll figure that out. And I know you're thinking for this episode of particular, finally, finally you were on because you have been wanting to do this episode for weeks.

2:01.3

You've been in my ear. But I am going to make you wait a little longer before we sort of introduce

2:06.2

the topic because first we need to talk about something that I'm sorry to say in my life at least

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