John opens the show with his thoughts on the ‘hogline handles’ (1:15) and then brings on the most decorated curler in the history of American Men’s Curling, John Shuster. As always, John Cullen throws his guest right into the deep end with the world-famous, rapid-fire’Top 4’ (3:55).

They discuss  ..

• John’s early days of getting started in curling
• How he ‘threw together’ a team to win the Junior nationals
• Winning Olympic bronze early in his men's career but realizing that he had bigger dreams
• Making the jump from lead to skip
• His very vocal style of calling the game
• Getting benched at the 2010 Olympics and how he dealt with the subsequent onslaught on social media
• His favourite food
• He ranks his former teammate's style choices
• The benefits of bringing on a sports psychologist to get ready for the Olympics

They discuss the reason Tyler George left after the Olympics (30:30), he explains the teeth marks on his gold medal and why USA curling has grown so much in the last decade (35:00). John number one tests the John number two in ‘Extremely Difficult Own Career Trivia’ (37:15). In the ‘Extra End’, John Shuster answers a question from Carly Howard (42:35)

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