From the Hack

Season Finale - Re-capping 2023-24 with Heroux, Cullen and Fournier

This week's episode is our season finale. We recap and discuss the major stories from the 2023-24 season with Devin Heroux, and we follow-up with a panel discussion that includes John Cullen and Mike Fournier.

A new Era for the Grand Slam of Curling

This episode focuses on the recent announcmeent that the Grand Slam of Curling was sold to a new entity called The Curling Group. I chat with Nic Sulsky, a key member of The Curling Group about their plans for the...

Preview of 2024 Men's worlds with Mouat, Gushue and Hood

This week, we preview the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship by interviewing Bruce Mouat and Brad Gushue who faced each other in last year's final and are both back for another crack at a championship.  We also chat with the...

2024 Brier Recap - McEwen and Harnden

On this week's episode we look back at the 2024 Brier with guests Mike McEwen and E.J. Harnden.

2024 World Women's Curling Championship Preview

On this week's podcast we preview the 2024 Women's Worlds with guests - Alina Paetz (SUI), Rachel Homan (CAN), Anna Hasselborg (SWE), Tabitha Peterson (USA), Jen Dodds (SCO) and Jess Smith (NZ). 

From the Hack - Scotties recap with Fleury and Karwacki, World Juniors chat with Myla Plett

This week's podcast includes interviews with 2024 Scotties champion Tracy Fleury of Team Homan, all-star alternate Krysten Karwacki of Team Einarson and Myla Plett who just led her team to a 4th place finish at the World Jrs and qualified...

From the Hack - 2024 Brier Preview

In this year's Brier preview we welcome the two brads, Gushue and Jacobs along with Mike McEwen, Ben Hebert, Matt Dunstone, Aaron Sluchinski and Tyler Tardi.

From the Hack - 2024 Scotties Preview - Part 1

In Part 1 of our 2024 Scotties preview we are joined by - Jenn Jones, Sarah Wilkes of Team Homan, Clancy Grandy (BC), Kate Cameron (WC), Danielle Inglis (ON) and Heather Smith (NS).

A conversation with World Curling Federation President Beau Welling

On this week's episode, we chat with Beau Welling, president of the World Curling Federation. We discuss many of the sport's hot-button topics. I also ask the world-renowned golf course designer if the sport of curling ever comes up in...

From the Hack - A conversation with Curling Canada's new CEO

In this week's episode, we chatted with Nolan Thiessen, the new CEO of Curling Canada. We cover several hot-button topics facing Thiessen and the team at Curling Canada.

From the Hack - A "fantastic four" finish to 2023

In the final episode of 2023, we chat with Olympic gold medalist Marc Kennedy, Laura Walker of the #1 ranked mixed doubles team in the world, Alyssa Nedohin from the reigning Canadian U18 and U21 Canadian champs Team Plett, and...

Winning is fun - Glenn Howard and Kayla Skrlik discuss their recent titles on tour and more

On this week's episode, we are joined by four-time world champion Glenn Howard. We are also joined by Kayla Skirlik, who represented Alberta at the 2023 Scotties. Howard and Skrlik were coming off big wins on the World Curling Tour...

Rockin' in Red Deer with guests Emma Miskew and Jacques Gauthier

On this week's episode we are joined by Emma miskew of Team Homan and Jacques Gauthier of Team Kevin Koe whose teams each won the tour event in Red Deer las weekend. Our discussions touch on many topics including Miskew's...

The Unknown Curling Fans has his say!

On this week's episode, my guests are Olympian Hans Frauenlob, who joins us to recap an exciting and controversial 2023 Pan-Continental Championship and Mike Fournier, who recently penned a blog in the persona of the "Unknown Curling Fan", which received...

Grand Slam season begins and a silver medal for Spain at the World Mixed

On this week's episode, we hear from Karlee Burgess of Team Jennifer Jones. Karlee won her first career Grand Slam last week in Niagara Falls. Our second guest this week is Olympic gold medalist Ryan Fry who now coaches Italy's...

Season 9 Premiere - David Murdoch, St. Georges/Asselin

In the Season 9 premiere, we welcome David Murdoch, the new Director of High Performance at Curling Canada. We also chat with Laurie St. Georges and Felix Asselin who will represent Canada at the 2023 World Mixed Curling Championship. The...

2022-23 Season Finale

On the 2022-23 season finale, we are joined by Devin Heroux of CBC Sports, 2021 Brier champion Brendan Bottcher and Phill Drobnick of USA Curling.

End of season Roundtable with Cullen and Fournier

This week, we recap the 2022-23 season with John cullen and Mike Fournier who have both curled at the elite level and are also well-known for their work in covering the sport through their blogs, podcasts and other platforms.

Discussing the World Wheelchair Championship and the Canadian Junior Championship

On this episode we are joined by Mark Ideason who recently  won a silver medal at the World Wheelchair Curling Champonship and his teammate Gil Dash who recently also won his 4th Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship. We are also joined...

Recapping the Men's Worlds with champ Bruce Mouat and Mike Harris + Laurie St-Georges.

On this week's peisode we chat with Bruce Mouat who won his first World Championship last week in Ottawa. Mike Harris joins us to recap the Men's Worlds and Laurie St-George discusses her new lineup for next season.

Men's Worlds Preview, Reid Carruthers and Canadian Jrs Deschenes and Snyder

On this episode we preview the Men's Worlds with Olympian Hans Frauenlob who will be calling some of the action for the World Curling Federation TV. We then have an insightful conversation with Team Einarson coach Reid Carruthers. Last but...

Brier champs Harnden and Walker + Colin Hodgson and our Women's Worlds Preview

On this week's episode we chat with EJ Harnden and Geoff Walker of the 2023 Brier champs, Team Gushue. We also chat with Colin Hodgson about his retirement from the men's game and Olympian Hans Frauenlob joins us to preview...

Scotties champs Einarson and Birchard + Canadian curling legend Rick Lang

On this week's episode we welcome Kerri Einarson and Shannon Birchard fresh off their 4th consecutive Scotties title. We are also joined by Canadian curling legend Rick Lang, who coached Team McCarville to another close call at the Scotties.

2023 Brier Preview - Part 2

On Part 2 of our 2023 Brier preview our guests include - Brad Gushue (CA), Marc Kennedy (WC1), JD Lind (WC3), Jacques Gauthier (BC) and Mike McEwen (ON).

2023 Brier Preview - Part 1

In Part 1 of our 2023 Brier preview we chat with Bj Neufeld (MB), Tyler Tardi (AB), Tanner Horgan (NO) and Nathan Young (NL).

Mixed Doubles talk with Wayne Tuck and Kirk Muyres

This week, 2014 Canadian mixed doubles champ Wayne Tuck and 2018 Canadian mixed doubles champ Kirk Muyres join us to discuss the current state of mixed doubles.

Gallant and Dunstone discuss recent victories and the start to their seasons

European and Canadian Curling Club Championship Recaps

On this week's episode we take a look back at the 2022 European Championships with winning skips Madeleine Dupont of Denmark and Bruce Mouat of Scotland. We also chat with Greg Baldson who led his team to a title at...

European and Canadian Club Championships Recap

On this week’s episode we take a look back at the 2022 European Championships with winning skips Madeleine Dupont of Denmark and Bruce Mouat of Scotland. We also chat with Greg Baldson who led his team to a title at

A conversation with 2022 Canadian Mixed champs Laurie St. Georges and Félix Asselin

This week we bring you a mini-episode with 2022 Canadian Mixed champs Laurie St. Georges and Félix Asselin.

Quebec wins 3rd straight Canadian mixed - With guests St. Georges and Asselin

This week we present a mini-episode with our guests Laurie St. Georges and Félix Asselin fresh of their victory at the 2022 Canadian Mixed Championship.

Championships with Jessica Smith (NZ) and EJ Harnden (CAN)

On this week’s episode of the From the Hack podcast we recap the first-ever Pan-Continental Championships held last week in Caglary. Our firs guest is Jessica Smith whose team earned New Zealand’s first ever invite to the World Women’s Championship

Recapping the Pan-Continental Championships with guests - Jess Smith (NZ) and EJ Harnden (CAN).

On this week's episode of the From the Hack podcast we recap the first-ever Pan-Continental Championships held last week in Caglary. Our firs guest is Jessica Smith whose team earned New Zealand's first ever invite to the World Women's Championship...

From the Hack with guests, Miskew, Menard and Frauenlob

On this week's episode we welcome twelve time Grand Slam winner Emma Miskew, 2022 World Mixed champion Jean-Michel Ménard and Olympian/curling broadcaster Hans Frauenlob who helps us preview the upcoming Pan-Continental Championship.

From the Hack - American Curling Woes

This week we take a deep dive into two major issues that are currently the focus of the U.S. curling community. Our guests are Monica Walker, Jen Nguyen and Bryan Pittard of the DEI Task Force, Kristen Conrad of the...

USA Curling woes

On this episode we take a deep dive into two major issues that are currently the focus of the entire U.S. curling community.

Slam Bites from the Boost National in North Bay

This week we present an abbreviated episode that includes short interviews conducted at the first Grand Slam of Curling event of the 2022-23 season. Our guests – Niklas Edin, Jamie sinclair, Tracy Fleury, Glenn Howard, Joel Retornaz, Matt Dunstone and

Previewing the Grand Slam season and an update from the USA High Performance Program

On this week’s episode we preview the 2022-23 Grand Slam of Curling with Pierre Charette and we discuss the U.S. High Performance Program teams with Phill Drobnick of USA Curling.

PointsBet Inivitational Recap – Burgess, Carruthers and Carey

On this week’s episode we recap the PointsBet Invitatiomal in Fredericton with guests Karlee Burgess of Team Jennifer Jones, Reid Carruthers and Chelsea Carey.

2022-23 From the Hack Season Preview – Part 1

Part 1 of our 2022-23 season preview with guests David Murdoch of British Curling, 3x Scotties champion Kerri ‘Einarson and 4x world champion Glenn Howard.

From the Hack - Slam Bites from the Boost National in North Bay

This week we present an abbreviated episode that includes short interviews conducted at the first Grand Slam of Curling event of the 2022-23 season. Our guests - Niklas Edin, Jamie sinclair, Tracy Fleury, Glenn Howard, Joel Retornaz, Matt Dunstone and...

From the Hack - Previewing the Grand Slam season and a USA Curling update

On this week's episode we preview the 2022-23 Grand Slam of Curling with Pierre Charette and we discuss the U.S. high performance teams with Phill Drobnick of USA Curling.

The PointsBet Invitational with guests - Burgess, Carruthers and Carey.

On this week's episode we recap the PointsBet Invitatiomal in Fredericton with guests Karlee Burgess of Team Jennifer Jones, Reid Carruthers and Chelsea Carey. 

From the Hack 2022-23 Season Premiere - Part 2

In Part 2 of our 2022-23 season preview we chat with two-time Olympic gold medalist Kaitlyn Lawes, 2020 World Junior champion Mackenzie Zacharias of Team Jennifer Jones and Olympic medalist/broadcaster/curling administrator Mike Harris.

2022-23 From the Hack Season Preview - Part 1

Part 1 of our 2022-23 season preview with guests David Murdoch of British Curling, 3x Scotties champion Kerri 'Einarson and 4x world champion Glenn Howard. 

From the Hack Podcast - From Worlds to Worlds

On this week's episode - Coach Pierre Charette discusses Team Tirinzoni's third consecutive title at the Women's Worlds... Laura Walker and Kirk Muyresdiscuss their decision to focus on mixed doubles next season and Mike Harris previews the 2022 Men's Worlds...

From the Hack - Brier recap & Women's Worlds Preview

The latest episode o From the Hack includes an interview with 2022 Brier champion Brad Gushue, Olympian Hans Frauenlob previews the Women's Worlds and we have our first-ever team interview with all four members of Team Einarson and coach Reid...

Scotties and Olympic Mixed Doubles Recaps

This week... Kerry Einarson, Shannon Birchard and Reid Carruthers join us to discuss their 2022 Scotties title and Kim Tuck joins us to discuss the Mixed Doubles competition at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing

From the Hack Curling Podcast - Canadian Trials and Europeans Recap

In this episode our guests are Canadian Trials winner Brad Gushue, European champion skips Eve Muirhead and Bruce Mouat and Olympic medalist/TSN broadcaster Cheryl Bernard.

Canadian Olympic Curling Trials - Women's Preview

Our preview of the Canadian Olympic Women's Trials includes interviews with Kerri Einarson, Tracy Fleury, Kelsey Rocque, Kate Cameron, Krista McCarville and Emma Miskew.