From the Hack

In episode 5 of Behind the Hack, Cheryl Bernard interviews 2014 Olympic bronze medalist and 2013 World Champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland who will be representing Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

In the second installment of her "Next Steps with Kristen" series, 2017 Canadian Junior champion Kristen Streifel is joined by Brianne Theisen-Eaton a bronze medalist in the Heptathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Theisen-Eaton discusses the opportunities and challenges that were part of her development into a world class athlete, her transition from student-athlete to professional, how striving for Olympic success impacted her relationships and why she decided to retire while still at the peak of her career.

This week's episode includes an exclusive interview with Colin Grahamslaw, the Secretary General of the World Curling Federation; Nolan Thiessen joins us to discuss his research that led the WCF to adopt the 5 rock rule; Glenn Howard and Darcy Robertson join us on the "Road to Summerside" and Shannon Birchard joins us to discuss her team's first WCT title last weekend at the Colonial Square Classic in Saskatoon.

On this week's podcast...Brad Jacobs discusses his team's victory at the Shorty Jenkins Classic and Gerry Geurts of the World Curling Tour joins us to discuss some of the major announcements made at the World Curling Congress in Slovenia. Meanwhile, Kerri Einarson and Sherry Middaugh join us on the "Road to Summerside" series and tour players/curling bloggers John Cullen and Mike Fournier join us for a round-table discussion.

In the fourth installment of her Behind the Hack series, Cheryl Bernard has an in-depth conversation with two-time World Champion and three-time Brier winner Kevin Koe.

On this week's episode, we recap the Tour Challenge the first Grand Slam of the season including interviews with Val Sweeting and Jason Gunnlaugson. We continue our "Road to Summerside" series with skips Shannon Birchard and Mark Bice who will skip their team at the 2017 Canadian Olympic Pre-Trials in November and we interview Marcel Rocque, best known as a member of the famed "Ferbey Four" who is now the national team coach for China after a sting as the coach for Team Homan.

In the premiere episode of her new series "Next Steps with Kristen", 2017 Canadian Junior champion Kristen Streifel interviews Kirk Muyres of Team Laycock.

The "Next Steps with Kristen" series will focus on Kristen's transition from junior curling to the World Curling Tour and will include interviews with fellow curlers and athletes from other sports that have gone through similar transitions.