Since Rookie Season Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Amanda, Lauren, Lau
Podcast Overview
<p>Welcome to Since Rookie Season, a Heated Rivalry fan companion podcast, where your hosts, Amanda, Lau, and Lauren break down the episodes from the Crave Canada television series, the Game Changers novels, and various media surrounding this fan phenomenon.</p><p>Amanda (they/them) is Since Rookie Season’s gen-z representative, mediator, and editor. They have two B.S., one of which in Sociology, and have a strong interest in feminist theory and intersectionality. They grew up playing roller hockey but have no other awareness in hockey other than what Lauren says. Having engaged in fandom since childhood, Amanda is excited to delve deep into both fandom and media analysis and explore nuances in this universe.</p><p>Laura - Lau (she/her) is Since Rookie Season’s language, narrative, and on-screen intimacy expert. She has a PhD in Romance Studies from Duke University and her research focuses contemporary Francophone, Creolophone, and Hispanic narratives, trauma informed pedagogy and arts, romances languages and translation, Queer Studies, and Haitian Studies. She also has training as a Consent-forward artist from the Intimacy Professional Association. She is a big fan of queer stories in all formats!</p><p>Lauren (they/them) is Since Rookie Season’s fan and hockey guru and intersectionality extraordinaire. They have a PhD in Texts and Technology from the University of Central Florida (where they met their bestie, Amanda) and their research is situated at the intersections of fan and audience studies, media studies and disability studies. Their work is interdisciplinary, and connects to the larger fields of critical platform studies, online labor, and race, gender and sexuality studies. They have been a hockey fan for several years and support the Chicago Blackhawks (*sigh*), the Minnesota Frost, Laila Edwards, the haunted Victorian child that lives inside of Quinn Hughes, and the Big Boy that is Matt Rempe. They are a life long romance reader and fandom enjoyer, and were deeply involved in the heyday of 2010s tumblr.</p>
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Publishing Since
1/4/2026
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Recent Episodes
June 12, 2026
Since Rookie Season Season Finale: The Edit Awards!
HIIIII HAPPY FRIDAY!!! We're back with our LAST episode of the season with an EDITS AWARD PARTY!! It's less of an awards show and more of a watch party with some of our favorite edits we've stumbled upon, with help from edit aficionado Aeryn, and it's a boatload of fun. We seriously can't wait to see how the edits game steps up with season two content (filming soon!!!!!). Also thank you for bearing with us as the editing in this is not perfect--Amanda is very stressed and doing their best with a new software. We'll return with regular episodes in a few months and we'll miss you quite dearly in the meantime! Thank you to all our listeners, those who sent voice memos, guests, supporters, and community members for this wonderful first season of Since Rookie Season pod. Our show notes in previous episodes are FULL of further readings so you have plenty to do while we're gone :)) Or, y'know, fanfic, which is what we're probably reading. Keep up with us on socials to see what we get up to during the break!!!! HAGS y'all! (if you're in the northern hemisphere lol) See this doc for the links to all edits so you can watch for yourself! Please give lots of love to these hard working editors!!!!! [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DAOch3tv9wG7Uc5Q6FI7uVoKmQL1nrHzgRzin2Tzqt8/edit?usp=sharing] Other References & Citations: Vidding: A History by Francesca Coppa [https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/hq37vq792] "Vidding and/as pedagogy" by former podcast guest, Katie Morrissey [https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315637518-8/vidding-pedagogy-katherine-morrissey] "Toward an ecology of vidding" by Tisha Turk and Joshua Johnson [https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/326] "Vidding: Remix as Affective Media Literacy" by Louisa Stein [https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/im/2014-n23-im02092/1033338ar/abstract/] Follow us on our socials! Twitter [https://x.com/SRSpod] Threads & Instagram: @sincerookieseasonpod Email: srspod@protonmail.com
June 5, 2026
Reheating Hockey Haus (In More Ways Than One!)
Happy Friday!!!! HAPPY PRIDE!!!!!!!!!! To kick off Pride month, we have a great discussion about Heated Rivalry raves & parties and engaging with community in that way. If you're celebrating, STAY SAFE and take care of each other!! Have a great Pride month & we'll see y'all next week for our EDIT AWARDS!!!! Thanks for listening as always <3 Follow us on our socials! Twitter [https://x.com/SRSpod] Threads & Instagram: @sincerookieseasonpod Email: srspod@protonmail.com Links & References: The Making of a Heated Rivalry Rave (youtube) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYzhyh7ljf4] Eden Strader (youtube) [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpLoOhoCiYkhd6Ue98wOJVw] Eden's Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/notedenstrader/] Haus Party Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/xhauspartyx] Garden Of Website [https://www.gardenofcollective.com/]
May 29, 2026
Romance Me
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!! In this episode, we're joined by a couple guests to talk about romance novels!!!! We're a bunch of readers, but what is it about romance novels that we love so much? Do we see more adaptations in the future? Who is the intended audience, and who is the realized audience? Where does Heated Rivalry fit into this genre? Tune in to find out our thoughts!!!! Thanks for listening!!!! Sources & References: Guest, Dr. Katie Morrissey [https://katiedidnt.net/] E Lynn Harris [https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/e-lynn-harris-40] Indigo by Beverly Jenkins [https://www.beverlyjenkins.net/books/historical-romance-books/indigo-2/] Tessa Thompson Met Gala Look [https://coveteur.com/tessa-thompson-met-gala-2026] Fabio Lanzoni [https://people.com/where-is-fabio-now-11794785] Squee [https://fanlore.org/wiki/Squee] BL/yaoi [https://boyslove.fandom.com/wiki/The_BL_Wiki] ROMANCE & MELODRAMA: FEMININE GENRES REPUTED AS TRASH: GONE WITH THE WIND: THE STUDY OF A CASE by Susana Lozano Moreno [https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/grove/article/download/1239/1028/3926#page=56] Thomas Baudinette [https://newbooksnetwork.com/boys-love-media-in-thailand] Noah's Arc [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Arc_(TV_series)] The Ultimatum: Queer Love [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ultimatum:_Queer_Love] Imperfect Women [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperfect_Women] How Bridgerton Lost Its Way [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/opinion/bridgerton-race-identity.html] by Jayashree Kamble Also, in case people are interested, here's a free/easily accessible Thai BL Rec. The series is fully available from GMMTV on YouTube and was helpfully organized into a playlist here: Not Me (2021) [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYYyUhZKiEj59aNMppRfRc_F_MYI_ccLH]. Follow us on our socials! Twitter [https://x.com/SRSpod] Threads & Instagram: @sincerookieseasonpod Email: srspod@protonmail.com
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- What is Since Rookie Season Podcast?
<p>Welcome to Since Rookie Season, a Heated Rivalry fan companion podcast, where your hosts, Amanda, Lau, and Lauren break down the episodes from the Crave Canada television series, the Game Changers novels, and various media surrounding this fan phenomenon.</p><p>Amanda (they/them) is Since Rookie Season’s gen-z representative, mediator, and editor. They have two B.S., one of which in Sociology, and have a strong interest in feminist theory and intersectionality. They grew up playing roller hockey but have no other awareness in hockey other than what Lauren says. Having engaged in fandom since childhood, Amanda is excited to delve deep into both fandom and media analysis and explore nuances in this universe.</p><p>Laura - Lau (she/her) is Since Rookie Season’s language, narrative, and on-screen intimacy expert. She has a PhD in Romance Studies from Duke University and her research focuses contemporary Francophone, Creolophone, and Hispanic narratives, trauma informed pedagogy and arts, romances languages and translation, Queer Studies, and Haitian Studies. She also has training as a Consent-forward artist from the Intimacy Professional Association. She is a big fan of queer stories in all formats!</p><p>Lauren (they/them) is Since Rookie Season’s fan and hockey guru and intersectionality extraordinaire. They have a PhD in Texts and Technology from the University of Central Florida (where they met their bestie, Amanda) and their research is situated at the intersections of fan and audience studies, media studies and disability studies. Their work is interdisciplinary, and connects to the larger fields of critical platform studies, online labor, and race, gender and sexuality studies. They have been a hockey fan for several years and support the Chicago Blackhawks (*sigh*), the Minnesota Frost, Laila Edwards, the haunted Victorian child that lives inside of Quinn Hughes, and the Big Boy that is Matt Rempe. They are a life long romance reader and fandom enjoyer, and were deeply involved in the heyday of 2010s tumblr.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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