Jack and Nora are joined by content creator Ashley Hufford to discuss Season 1 of Heated Rivalry. In this episode, Ashley is the queen of hockey romance, Jack takes a break from hating TV, and Nora is emotionally intense (but not at a pathological level). Crack open a ginger ale, stretch out your hip flexors, and let’s hit the ice (/ that ass)!

Topics include:

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Jacob Tierney’s respect for the romance genre
• Sexting

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Mysteries we still haven’t solved:

• Will the industry finally take the right lesson from Heated Rivalry’s success???
• Will the chokehold this show has on us ever loosen? (We do not ever want this problem to ever go away.)

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Spoiler Alert: This episode discusses all of Season 1, plus a few light spoilers from the Game Changers book series (Game Changer, Heated Rivalry, Role Model, The Long Game). It does not, however, contain spoilers for Joker: Folie à Deux (2024).

Where to find us:

• Instagram, TikTok, Threads, and Letterboxd at @whenrommetcom
• Support the future of the show on Ko-fi
• Follow Jack at @thejackgregsonshow
• Follow Nora at @norassic_park
• Follow Ashley at @ashley_hufford, or on TikTok at @ashleyhufford — and hear more from her on Episode 16: The Idea of You (2024)!

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Find links to our Spotify playlist, the Vanity Fair list, and more here.

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