Stupid Australian Wolf Birds

A Heated Rivalry podcast from Down Under. Cara and Kendal recap what's been happening in the world of HR on a weekly-ish basis.

Intro

We briefly mention the US election results and its impact on our socmed feeds, explain the premise of the podcast, and give a few disclaimers (spoiler alert for the entire Game Changers series). We drop some hard millennial-coded references, like Salad Fingers, Charlie the Unicorn, and badgerbadgerbadger.com.

Too Much Too Good

We cover the latest in HudCon and other cast & creator appearances and news, including HRalloween – cast costumes like Connor & Hudson's Bugonia characters & Rachel's Annie Wilkes from Misery, plus fan costumes (our faves were the inanimate objects like the water bottle, Ilya's wall art, the pink tunnel, and the ear Ilya devoured in the club. We chat about Hudson's episode of The Assembly, beeping each other's bops, AprilX streaming release, and shared who would be in our coven. We also filled in the context for some HR and TLG quotes we couldn't quite place in our Who Said It game from last week.

Cottage Community

Gatherings and happenings in the fandom, including:

• AO3 outage – author frustration over having their work shared on various sites, in particular ones known for AI scraping. Please respect authors’ wishes, check their social media for direct links.
• Movie Marathons happening now in US, CA, UK (AU in Dec)
• The Cottage Chronicles - a website and weekly email sharing news about the show and fandom.
• Serial Creative on 🧵- Overnight Wolfbird Summary a comprehensive daily summary of all cast appearances & activity

Draw me like one of your hockey boys

Shout outs to the incredible HR-inspired fan art we’ve seen recently

• Gilben Peebles @gilbenpeebles (IG) - this week dropped the Vegas Penthouse chair scene
• Stabby Gabby - prints of hand-drawn tarot-themed HR art.

Pod Pals

Shout outs to some fellow HR podcasts

• Radio Rivalry - a radio play with fans & creators enacting scenes from the show.
• The Long Game - deep dives into the show, books and more, from a queer, male perspective.

You Make Me Curious

We both answer a burning HR question.

This week: What are your top 3 favourite scenes from the show and why?

We mentioned Margaux's (IG @imsosaneitsinsane) beautiful fan edit Honeybee.

Yaga Reactions

Our thoughts on episode 4.

We mentioned Netflix series Dept. Q.

Wrap Up

Wanna chat? Find us on IG and Threads @stupidaustralianwolfbirds. You can also email us at [email protected].

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:39 Too Much, Too Good - Cast & Creator News

00:36:59 Cottage Community - News From Around The Fandom

00:53:14 Draw Me Like One of Your Hockey Boys - fan art & craft spotlight

01:03:30 Pod Pals - Heated Rivalry Podcast shout-outs

01:08:56 You Make Me Curious - We answer questions about Heated Rivalry

01:50:12 Yaga Reactions - Episode 4

02:03:23 Wrap Up

A Heated Rivalry podcast from Down Under. Cara and Kendal recap what's been happening in the world of HR on a weekly-ish basis.

It's the day before Halloween and Cara and Kendal are dressed respectively as Connor Storrie dancing to Like a Prayer in Gold's Gym tee and blue short shorts, and Hudson Williams at the Met Gala after party (also in short shorts).

Intro

We share a bit more about who we are, how we know each other and how we discovered and resonated with Heated Rivalry. We reference the Shortbus film, My Favorite Murder podcast, and Game Changer TV show.

Too Much Too Good

We cover the latest in HudCon and other cast & creator appearances and news, including Hudson @ Harry Styles concert, Rachel Reid playing "Who said it: Shane or Ilya?" (via Indigo on IG) and we see if Kendal can beat Rachel, Connor rumoured to star in Ghost Rider with Ryan Gosling, Wolf Parade and Feist playing at Montreal v Winnipeg, Peter Peter receiving a Global Impact SOCAN Award, Nadine Bhabha kudos for Slow Pitch and Yaga.

Cottage Community

Gatherings and happenings in the fandom, including:

• AO3 outage
• Secret Rivalry Raves – Australia, please?
• @alonglook Heated Rivalry Guided Reread. Registration open now.
• LoonZoom - virtual Loon gatherings. @loonzoom2481 on Threads.
• The fleece got released!

Pod Pals

Shout outs to fellow HR podcasts:

• Top 5 Heated Rivalry Podcast - Top 5 Times Hudson Williams elevated the scene / pair with the Connor Storrie version
• The Pitt Crew / Puck Crew - Yaga ep 1 & 2 breakdown
• K Let’s Talk - very detailed Yaga recap
• Believe in Anything - interview with Deja Vu author, Kara
• Yaga: The Official Podcast - feat. Yaga creator, Kat Sandler

Fanfiction Addiction

A roundup of what we’ve been reading on AO3.

Big fics:

• Rum & Coke by strange_ghost
• Policy Change by josie_ides
• There is no heart for me like yours by profdanglais
• Déjà vu by NotEvenCloseToStraight (WIP)
• The B.E.A.R.S by Antisceptic

Shorter ones:

• honey, tell me, are you good at staying still? by justhockey
• The shape of things we know by sistercacao
• Behind Enemy Lines by texalotl
• The Stars Look Very Different Today by shadow_lilies

Yaga Reactions

We react to episode 3 of Yaga – contains spoilers for episode 3.

Wrap Up

Wanna chat? Find us on IG and Threads @stupidaustralianwolfbirds. You can also email us at [email protected].

Chapters

00:00:00 Intro
00:25:37 Too Much, Too Good
00:43:35 Cottage Community
00:50:47 Pod Pals
00:57:16 Fanfiction Addiction
1:22:30 Yaga Reactions
1:37:00 Wrap Up

A Heated Rivalry podcast from Down Under. Cara and Kendal recap what's been happening in the world of HR on a weekly-ish basis.

Apologies for the audio quality this time around – we were missing one lead that would have made our setup perfect, we had to use a workaround that was less than ideal. The video sounds better than the audio-only version (Buzzsprout's fault, it adds some kind of compression) But we hope you'll still enjoy our gabbing and come back next week... we promise it'll be better!

This week we introduce ourselves and the concept of the show.

Then in "Too Much, Too Good" we cover the latest in HudCon and other cast & creator appearances and news, including Connor Storrie @ Academy Museum Gala, Hudson in EW with Yaga cast, Sunrise appearance, I'll Believe In Anything book release and promo tour, Rachel Reid's tour, the Irina foundation, and Hudson's SKIN1004 routine & related memes. Phew!

In "Pod Pals" we shout out some fellow HR podcasts doing the lord's work, including The Puck (Pitt) Crew, Believe In Anything, Everyone Deserves Sunshine, Shelf Aware, Hyperfixation Hotline, Tonsil Hockey, Heated Archives.

In "Fanfiction Addiction" we give a little roundup of what we've been reading and share some recs:

• WIP new chapters: The B.E.A.R.S, Déjà Vu,
• "Big" fics – Re: hi by fleezerweezer, So it’s gonna be forever by Lila_Mac, Here at the end of all things by Nomadsland, Ilya R has been added to the group chat by Anonymous
• "Under the radar-ish fics" – Hollander, Baby by novel_di, I’m Coming to the Cottage (no not that one) by Greenginger, Who I am, not who I was by anyone__but_you (also ref'd Map Contact by Regolith (metonym)), Alone Together On The Ice by kz_barton

In Cottage Community we chat about the just announced Movie Marathons, ie watching all of S1 in cinemas.

Then we give our very fresh Yaga reactions (no spoilers, we actually don't talk about the plot much at all).

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Thanks so much for checking out our first episode. We hope you enjoyed it.

In future we'll try to be better about linking to everything in the description, but we've at least named everything so you can look it up if you're curious. We'd rather get the episode out while the news is still fresh than spend another night adding links!

Wanna chat? Find us on IG and Threads @stupidaustralianwolfbirds. You can also email us at [email protected].

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Cold Open

00:02:05 - Intro

00:37:57 - Pod Pals

00:52:56 - Fanfiction Addiction

1:09:30 - Cottage Community

1:12:13 - Yaga Reactions

1:24:50 - Wrap Up