From Toronto, Kevin talks about the weekend at the Players’ Championship (2:00), Warren agrees with the playoff format, they review their picks from the past week (8:00) and make their picks for the finals this weekend. Earlier in the weekend, Kevin caught up with Kaitlyn Lawes and Jocelyn Peterman (13:40) to discuss the pregnancies on the team (14:00), adjustments they’ve made this season, the support of their sponsors, growing their families, and juggling mixed doubles on top of it all. Grand Slam Features Rachel Homan [sit down with Kevin Martin] This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen &a ..read more

Bruce Mouat joins the guys, fresh off of winning Gold at the Men’s World Championships (2:00).  He talks about how cool it was to see so many people showing support with Scottish flags at the tournament, the importance of the sweepers in the modern game, the effect of re-sanding the stones halfway through events, Kevin asks about throwing ‘spinners’ after seeing ‘The Greatest Shot of All Time’ by Nik Edin, Bruce gives some insight into their training plans over the ‘off-season’ and then offers his advice to a 13-year-old girl who emailed the show seeking some advice about how to proceed i ..read more

A quick update before the weekend gets underway at the Men’s Final in Ottawa. Jim tells a story about his sleeping habits at the patch (1:30) and Kevin recaps the action that has happened at the Men's Worlds thus far, with a special shout-out to Türkiye’s performance (3:05). Jim asks Kevin if it’s better to lose in certain situations in order to end up playing a more favourable opponent in the playoffs (6:05), Warren looks at some statistics to see if the statement ‘if you shoot well, you win’ is holding true at the championships (7:15) and the guys wonder why Oskar Eriksson hasn’t been as aut ..read more

John starts off with his thoughts on all the team changes in the curling world (0:15). Then, he is joined by Matt Dunstone (3:55) to talk about what makes him cry (4:45), his famous 12-end game in the Manitoba final (6:00), being a young skip (15:45), why he thinks he can land a plane (18:50) and crushing A&W teen burgers (22:30). Matt talks about re-uniting with Colton Lott (23:45) and the mutual respect and communication amongst the team (25:00), how he stays in control of his body when playing in emotionally intense situations (27:07), he reveals his curling idols (28:00), discusses his ..read more

Kevin starts off with a general update on the Men’s World Championship in Ottawa (3:00) and some interesting things happening with the ice (5:30). Warren explains the playoff system being used at the Worlds (6:50). The guys make their predictions for the Final Six at the Worlds (9:00), and Warren updates us on the Canadian Juniors where the Alberta girls made history (10:15) and then discusses the new inductees into the Curling Canada Hall of Fame (12:55). After the break, Vice President of the WCF, Hugh Millikin joins the guys for ‘In the House’ (20:25). He tells the story of how he ended up ..read more

The guys talk to Silvana Tirinzoni and Alina Pätz from team Switzerland, fresh off their win at the Women’s World Championships (2:45). Jim asks about how their win was celebrated by their home country (3:30). They tell Jim that they never get sick of being around the game and they have plans to come directly over to watch the Mens Championship in Ottawa (4:15) and they talk about how they each got into curling (5:00). Kevin asks about the new Swiss team members and admits that he didn’t think it could possibly go this well (7:15). Warren asks about a specific play in the 8th end of the finals ..read more

Kevin joins us from the Women’s Worlds in Sweden. The guys talk about the future of Team Scotland now that Eve Muirhead has retired (4:45), Kevin gives a special shoutout to Denmark for beating both Canada and Sweden in the round-robin (5:35) Warren shares his thoughts about how to change the qualifying round (6:30), and why Team Einarson is at a bit of a disadvantage due to the scheduling of the Scotties (8:30), Warren updates us on the scores from the mixed doubles qualifiers in Sudbury (12:05) and the guys give their picks for Gold, Silver and Bronze (15:15). This podcast is produced by War ..read more

John starts the show with a story about the worst of his many losses (0:10). Then he is joined by a true winner, Jill Officer and they jump right into the 'Top 4' lightning round (4:20) Jill talks about meeting Jennifer Jones at a Coke machine (10:10) and the crazy 1995 Juniors (11:42). Jill talks about why she and Jen were able to have such a lasting partnership (17:30) and what makes Jennifer the GOAT (18:45). She reflects on the legendary winning shot at the Scotties in 2005 (20:30), Jill and John discuss some horrible fashion choices (23:05) and also pork (23:50), and John asks about being ..read more

Kevin joins us from the Women’s World Championships in Sweden to discuss the interesting venue they are in (3:15, explains what ‘matching rocks’ means and how stones can differ. In the Mailbag segment, the guys respond to an email about the scheduling, and also the way ads are run during certain broadcasts (14:30 ), Warren reviews the results of the University Curling championships in Sudbury (19:15) and they preview the Canadian Mixed Doubles (23:45). Rylan Hartley returns to make a couple more announcements about additions to the tour schedule and some new events (36:20), how the new events ..read more

The guys chat with two-time Brier champion E.J. Harnden, fresh of his win in London (2:00). They chat with E.J. about what makes Brad Gushue so special (8:00), playing against his brother in the final, attention to detail in Team Gushue practices, his thoughts on sanding stones mid-event, rise in quality and the parity that’s coming to curling all over the world, and E.J. gives his thoughts on shortening to 8 ends and playoff format at the Brier. Is 40 old in curling now? Warren doesn’t think so… (23:50) A question from the mailbag about people getting tired of being overexposed to the top tea ..read more