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5 min read🎙️ The Speakers & Context
- The Format: Host-led narrative (Planet Money) featuring a full embed of Kara Swisher's Pivot podcast interview.
- The Key Players:
- Kara Swisher: Journalist, podcaster (Pivot co-host), tech/business expert with 25+ years covering media/entertainment.
- Jacob Tierney: Creator/director of Heated Rivalry; actor-turned-filmmaker with efficient production expertise.
- Brendan Brady: Executive producer; leverages Canadian funding/IP systems, prior work on Letterkenny.
- Planet Money Hosts (Kenny Malone et al.): Frame the business angle on the show's surprise hit status.
- The Vibe: Enthusiastic and analytical—celebratory of underdog success while dissecting industry inefficiencies.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Kara Swisher**
- 2 (04:47) **Heated Rivalry's Cultural Impact**
- 3 (07:40) **Canadian Funding Model**
- 4 (10:36) **Efficient Production Techniques**
- 5 (14:31) **IP Ownership Benefits**
- 6 (18:23) **Streaming's Creative Pressures**
- 7 (21:51) **Mergers and Distribution**
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Show Notes
Heated Rivalry, the steamy hockey romance show, was made for about $2 million per episode. That is remarkably cheap for an hour-long drama.
Today on the show, a conversation with Heated Rivalry creators Jacob Tierney and Brendan Brady about their television miracle on ice.
It’s not just that the show was made efficiently and cleverly. Heated Rivalry comes from a Canadian economic system of making TV and movies that is completely different from how we do things in the US.
In this episode of Planet Money, in partnership with the Pivot podcast co-hosted by Kara Swisher, we hear about a Canadian production model for making TV and movies and how it’s different from the U.S. model. And we learn what the experience of making Heated Rivalry teaches us about the current state of both industries.
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The original Pivot episode from New York Magazine and The Vox Media Podcast Network was hosted by Kara Swisher, produced by Lara Naman, Zoë Marcus and Taylor Griffin and engineered by Brandon McFarland. Nishat Kurwa is Vox Media's Executive Producer of podcasts. This episode of Planet Money was hosted by Kenny Malone, produced by James Sneed, edited by Jess Jiang and fact-checked by Lara Naman. Alex Goldmark is our executive producer.
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Today on the show, a conversation with Heated Rivalry creators Jacob Tierney and Brendan Brady about their television miracle on ice.
It’s not just that the show was made efficiently and cleverly. Heated Rivalry comes from a Canadian economic system of making TV and movies that is completely different from how we do things in the US.
In this episode of Planet Money, in partnership with the Pivot podcast co-hosted by Kara Swisher, we hear about a Canadian production model for making TV and movies and how it’s different from the U.S. model. And we learn what the experience of making Heated Rivalry teaches us about the current state of both industries.
Live event info and tickets here.
Pre-order the Planet Money book and get a free gift. / Subscribe to Planet Money+
Listen free: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the NPR app or anywhere you get podcasts.
Facebook / Instagram / TikTok / Our weekly Newsletter.
The original Pivot episode from New York Magazine and The Vox Media Podcast Network was hosted by Kara Swisher, produced by Lara Naman, Zoë Marcus and Taylor Griffin and engineered by Brandon McFarland. Nishat Kurwa is Vox Media's Executive Producer of podcasts. This episode of Planet Money was hosted by Kenny Malone, produced by James Sneed, edited by Jess Jiang and fact-checked by Lara Naman. Alex Goldmark is our executive producer.
See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.
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