{"podcast":{"title":"Seventh Row Podcast","slug":"seventh-row-podcast-1017704","podcast_index_feed_id":1017704,"rss_url":"https://seventhrow.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://seventh-row.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/d/0/d/0d0db33ff9691ffd5f2e77a3093c12a1/Podcast_logo_redesign_1400__1400_px.png","author":"Seventh Row","episode_count":171,"summary":"A weekly film podcast that helps you have a more rewarding experience watching movies by connecting you to the best under-the-radar films from around the world so that you don't have to watch all the movies to watch good movies that expand your cinematic horizons — both in content and form. This is a podcast about those films, the joys and challenges of finding and watching those films, how filmmaking choices affect our experience of them, and the people and places we discover through looking outside the mainstream and beyond the English language. Our mission is to upend the canon to be more inclusive by spotlighting and diving deep into international and independent films by and about women, Indigenous People, LGBTQ+ people, and other marginalized groups. Find multiple episodes on the films of Kelly Reichardt, Céline Sciamma, Andrew Haigh, and Joachim Trier. Become a member to access the full (200+ episode) podcast archive and get early access to new episodes: http://seventh-row.com/join","last_synced_at":"2026-06-21T02:21:21.020298+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seventh-row-podcast-1017704"},"episode":{"title":"186. Heated Rivalry: the queer Canadian hockey romance taking the internet by storm","slug":"186-heated-rivalry-the-queer-canadian-hockey-romance-taking-the-internet-by-storm","published_at":"2026-01-06T04:21:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seventh-row-podcast-1017704/186-heated-rivalry-the-queer-canadian-hockey-romance-taking-the-internet-by-storm","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seventh-row-podcast-1017704","url":"https://seventhrow.libsyn.com/186-heated-rivalry-the-queer-canadian-hockey-romance-taking-the-internet-by-storm","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seventhrow/Heated_Rivalry_final.mp3?dest-id=1934753","summary":"The best directed TV show of 2025 is a queer hockey romance from Canada called Heated Rivalry . And like the rest of the internet, host Alex Heeney has become quite a fan. But she's been thinking a lot about what makes it good and what has made it popular, and how those two things definitely intersect, but the Venn diagram isn't just a circle. So on today's episode, Alex talks about why she, too, was very excited for the cottage, why the show is hitting in this cultural moment, what still felt lacking — and how all of that sent her to rewatch Looking , a very different kind of show, to get the hit she was really craving. 👉 Want to watch/rewatch Looking with Alex and a small group this spring? Get on the waitlist here: http://email.seventh-row.com/looking","meta_description":"The best directed TV show of 2025 is a queer hockey romance from Canada called Heated Rivalry . And like the rest of the internet, host Alex Heeney has be…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2366,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/seventh-row-podcast-1017704/episodes/186-heated-rivalry-the-queer-canadian-hockey-romance-taking-the-internet-by-storm/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seventh-row-podcast-1017704/186-heated-rivalry-the-queer-canadian-hockey-romance-taking-the-internet-by-storm.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}