EPISODE · Mar 8, 2026 · 10 MIN
I Didn’t Mean to Care This Much About Hockey
from Microwave Silence · host Katie Chen
I started reading Heated Rivalry thinking it was just a story.And now I'm emotionally invested in fictional hockey players.So this episode is basically me trying to figure out how that happened.We talk about Shane, Ilya, rivalry, masculinity in hockey culture, and why this story somehow gets people completely hooked.Also... I may have accidentally gotten into hockey.
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I started reading Heated Rivalry thinking it was just a story.And now I'm emotionally invested in fictional hockey players.So this episode is basically me trying to figure out how that happened.We talk about Shane, Ilya, rivalry, masculinity in hockey culture, and why this story somehow gets people completely hooked.Also... I may have accidentally gotten into hockey.
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