In this episode, we discuss:

- Given the state of the pandemic, do Canadians want to see Curling proceed with trying to host a bubble event in Calgary? That's one of our poll questions.

- Building backyard curling rinks and the sport of Crokicurl — a mashup of crokinole and curling.

- Where the money comes from for curling at the national level

- Introducing younger players to high level curling

Also:

- Warren looks back on the curling career of the Golden Girls: Joyce McKee and Vera Helen, four-time Canadian curling champions.

- Guess how many curling pins Warren has in his collection?

- A club in China has over 5000 members?

And:

- Team Scotland’s 2021 World Junior coach sends us a note about the cancellation of this year’s World Juniors. And he has some suggestions on what can be done.

19 year old Tyler Powell joins us on the show, part of the next generation of excellent young Canadian curlers and excited to discuss the state of curling. Tyler is a multi-sport athlete and also, among other things, the 2019 Canadian U18 silver medalist. He has some great perspective on what matters to younger curlers and some interesting takes about the sport's current image problem.

We also discuss how curling needs to look at further promotion of the sport on social media where the next generation spends so much of their time.

Is the future of curling actually mixed doubles?

There's an age divide in curling. While there are calls for a change in the structure of championship curling, the majority of the over 40 crowd favour the status quo.

Warren and Kevin describe their Zoom meeting last week with a curling club in Belgium. Warren has the latest COVID update while Kevin reports on some of the spiels going on.

If you want to get better at the sport, you'll want to hear Kevin and Matt outlining their practice habits and exchanging ideas.

Curling definitely needs to attract younger players and fans but Matt chimes in on why he was able to buck the trend and get to the top level while still only 25.

Warren and Kevin look back at what they were doing in curling when they were Matt's age. Kevin tells an incredible story about how he won the Brier in 1991 but had no idea in the moment that he'd also earned a spot in the 1992 Olympics.

Matt has an incredible story about gang violence in Russia when he was representing Canada at the Sochi Olympic venue World Juniors.

Warren has a COVID update and a cool poll question we conducted at facebook.com/InsideCurling. Kevin updates us on all the big spiels happening across the world.

On this week's show, we get Curling Canada's view on some of the hottest topics we've discussed in recent weeks. We're joined by Nolan Thiessen, Curling Canada's director of broadcast, marketing, innovation and event presentation and athlete liaison. Thiessen is a former World Champion and three time Brier winner.

Today we learn all about John Morris - a champion curler, trainer, firefighter, author, athlete, nutritionist, chef, outdoorsman...possibly the most interesting man in curling.

John talks about: his start in curling; his highlights; his break from curling; and some great stories about his days with Team Martin, including breaking curfew, why he parted company with the Team and what he misses, even today.

Kevin relives some great times he had with his old teammate and also gets us up to speed on this week's spiels around the world. Warren has a COVID update and also discusses with John different ways to engage "Gen-Z," the 22 and under crowd.

This week the boys talk about the state of curling in Canada, along with the USA and the rest of the world.

Warren handles the latest on COVID-19 and its effect on the sport. Kevin gets into curling news from around the world and tells an amazing story of an elite Korean curler and the incredible lengths they've gone to in order to become great in the sport.

The guys discuss some great ideas on how the sports can win back the under 40 crowd. Without doing that, Canadian curling is in trouble.

In the "Where are they now?" feature Warren features 94 year old Matt Baldwin, the oldest living former Brier winner.

Red solo cups apparently come in handy for training, not just in the Brier patch! We're joined by Rick Lang who won three Briers and two world titles for Canada.

Rick is now a coach, but still enjoys weekly games against Al Hackner. Rick talks about what coaching was like when he started out and also the importance of having a proper certification process today.

Kevin has another "Around the World" Curling Report and talks about some teams who are technicians and others who are artists. Warren updates us on how clubs are doing through the pandemic.

The guys also get into ice and rock conditions and the deep effect they can have on performance...For example, you can get by with a bad rock early on but it will hurt you more and more as the game goes on.

Rick also talks about surviving a small plane crash back in February.

Ed Lukowich is not only a Canadian curling great but a ton of fun. Ed has lots to say in this episode, even starting the boys out with a little trivia...about themselves! The fellas walk down memory lane, including how Ed started both the World Curling Tour and the Skins Game. And he's also one of the few curlers who faced both Warren and Kevin.

Ed gives his take on the current state of the game. Warren gets us up to speed on how the sports is faring through COVID-19. Kevin has this week's results on various spiels across the world. And they field an email question about the absence of varsity level curling at some of the big Canadian universities.

Today the guys talk about the major investment of time and money required for coaching certification. They also give feedback to an emailer who thinks elite players don't necessarily make great coaches.

Find out the benefits available to elite teams if they were to end the tradition of naming their teams after their skips.

Guess who started the no-lift delivery - throwing the rock WITHOUT lifting it off the ice? And why is it better?

Kevin gives some great technical advice for players when they're coming out of the hack.

We've got your weekly report on curling spiels across the country and the latest COVID updates as well.

We close the show by recognizing Leo Hebert, who passed away this week. Leo was the last surviving member of the Lyall Dagg rink that won the 1964 Brier and World Championship.

In this episode, we're joined by Scottish skip Eve Muirhead who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and is the 2013 World Champion.

Eve has some great stories about her curling career, what life is like in Scotland these days and the state of curling over there. We also discuss some changes she'd like to see in the game.

Kevin updates us on what's going on in the curling world this week and Warren gets us up to speed on the COVID front. Both have a strong statement to curlers about what curlers need to do to take the game to the next level. Get together.

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