Episodes
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John isn’t happy. Buckle up, folks! (00:01)
Then he invites Anna Hasselborg onto the show for a very funny chat, starting as always, with the Big 4 Lightning Round (3:45), Anna talks about the Swedish funding system and how they work with their committees and sponsors to make a living in the sport (11:00) and they air out some ‘dirty laundry’ as we learn about the time Anna ‘made her way’ into an Oilers game … (27:00)
To close things out, John posed a very interesting Question of the Week (48:55) to Kelly Middaugh, Lindsay Dubue, Jacques Gauthier and the hero of the moment, Kayla Skrlik.
This podcast is produced by Mike Rogerson & John Cullen, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by John Cullen. Social media support by Griffin Porter.
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The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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The guys give an update on what took place at the provincial playdowns in Alberta this week (4:00) and the results from World University Games in Lake Placid (10:30). They then discuss the ‘interesting’ decision by a school board in Manitoba that says curling is a ‘high-risk activity’ (13:30), Curling Canada deciding to keep Brier and Scotties at 18 teams (19:00) and answer an email from a listener suggesting some ways to update things to make curling more accessible (23:00)
The guys chat with J. D. Lind (33:15) who lead Team Fujisawa to a Grand Slam victory in Camrose, Alberta and he tells the guys how he got involved in coaching in Japan.
This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social media support by Griffin Porter.
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The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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Missing episodes?
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Kevin forgot his laptop in Palm Springs, so he made his way over to Jim’s place to record the podcast. The guys give an update on the Grand Slam results (4:50), who has qualified for the Scotties and Brier (11:15), Kevin googles himself live on air (14:00), Warren gives an update on the World University Games in Lake Placid, NY (14:45), they chat 8 end games vs 10 end games (23:10), some of the oddest and outdated rules in curling (31:35) and how they choose the games that get broadcasted from an event (33:15).
The guys then catch up with Canadian Open champion, Brendan Botcher, about finding their flow (36:40), the competitive nature of the team, playing with powerful sweepers, the development of youth players in Canada and he gives his thoughts on the new Players Association.
This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social media support by Griffin Porter.
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The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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Update podcast! The guys give an update on what’s happened at the Canadian Open (5:30) and give their predictions for the finals (12:40). Would you believe it, Jim is winning so far! Plus, Kevin tells the story of how he ended up on the news for something other than curling this week (1:30).
This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome.
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The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or
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John is back with episode three and he kicks things off with some updates from the curling world (00:30). He then is joined by John Epping (5:10) who is taken through the lightning round, talks about what kept him going on his long road to making the Brier (11:30), his coming out story and what it means to represent the LGBTQ2+ community in pro sports (15:30), talks about playing too often and they wrap it up with “Own Career Trivia”.
John welcomes a new segment to the podcast inviting Warren Hansen to give us a history lesson on corn brooms (40:30).
This podcast is produced by John Cullen and Mike Rogerson, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by John Cullen. Social support by Griffin Porter.
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The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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The guys discuss whether they’d prefer to play against great teams to push themselves to get better, or play easy teams and have a better chance at winning and building confidence (5:30), Kevin says a few things about the 4th grand slam event of the year and the triple knockout format (7:50) and they make their picks for the upcoming slam (11:00) and Warren tells the guys about a tour of Scottish players coming to Canada for the Strathcona Cup, a very different kind of tour (13:30) and a club in Saskatchewan introduces some new, fun ideas which have helped re-invigorate their youth involvement (27:50)
The gents then chat with Heather Mair (31:45) about her studies into ways we can grow the game through maintaining community centres and reminding people that sports facilities are also social facilities and are very important to community well-being.
Warren comments on the passing of former world champion Bruce Roberts.
This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social support by Griffin Porter.
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The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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The guys talk about the Team Carruthers shake-up (5:30), Colleen Jones being appointed to the Order of Canada (10:00) and they take an email from a wheelchair curling coach about the lack of access at many facilities (14:00) as well as an email from a young curler about eliminating blank ends (15:45).
They then do a year-end wrap-up with Ted Wyman of the Winnipeg Sun (23:30) — they chat about Reid Carruthers adding Brad Jacobs, his take on the new players association, the importance of creating communication between the players association and the large curling organizations, the mix up of teams we saw this season and the declining number of ‘in person’ fans and media at current events today vs ‘the good old days’.
This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social support by Griffin Porter.
Contact the podcast -- [email protected]
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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Kevin chats with Matt Dunstone and B.J. Neufeld about their consistency early on, what Colton Lott and Ryan Harnden bring to the team, how the team prepares spread across the country, if their expectations have adjusted due to their early success, how much time they spent practicing the draw to the button and the importance of being able to match and read stones.
This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social support by Griffin Porter.
Contact the podcast -- [email protected]
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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John sits down for a Year in Review chat with Jocelyn Peterman! They talk about the difference in her and her husband's (Brett Gallant) coaching styles, what the attention is like being the ‘first couple of curling’, coping with a tough result at the Olympics and why this was the right time for Kaitlyn Lawes to take over skipping and how the decision got made (21:45)
Then, several curlers call in and tell John their New Years' Resolutions in the ‘Question of the Week’.
This podcast was produced and hosted by John Cullen and mixed by Mike Rogerson. Social support was provided by Griffin Porter.
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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Happy Holidays! Kevin sits down with Yannick Schwaller and Benoît Schwarz (2:35) to talk about how their team was set up, what their coach is responsible for, what it’s like training while living spread across Switzerland and earning income outside of curling, and what drew them to curling.
Then Kevin sits down with Korey Dropkin and Andrew Stopera to chat about the rise of curling in the U.S., battling it out with Team Shuster, juggling mixed doubles and four-person curling and they discuss some of the other top teams in US Curling.
This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social support by Griffin Porter.
Contact the podcast -- [email protected]
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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The guys are joined by Rylan Hartley and Niklas Edin to talk about the formation of The Players Tour and why they felt it was needed (2:30). Edin explains what made him want to get involved and what he hopes to accomplish while Hartley explains why this group is different than others that have existed in the past.
They then get Into some of the other news around the curling world including Team Carruthers parting ways with Jason Gunnlaugson (31:17), how older clubs can’t afford upgrades (42:42) and they take some questions from the mailbag (46:08).
This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social support by Griffin Porter.
Contact the podcast -- [email protected]
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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Kevin sits down for an interview with Brad Gushue in North Bay to talk about the addition of E.J. Harnden (2:05) and what adjustments they've had to make, their schedule this season (5:00), his future plans outside of curling (8:30), his thoughts on when they should have the Olympic trials to give Canada the best chance to get on the podium (12:45) and he shares his thoughts on the Maple Leafs (16:15)
This podcast is produced by Amil Delic, recorded by Steven Coyle and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social support by Luis Ramirez.
Contact the podcast -- [email protected]
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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Welcome to Way Inside! Something different for folks who enjoy the other side of curling.
For the debut episode, host John Cullen is joined by Olympic Gold Medalist and 15-time Grand Slam winner, Marc Kennedy. John chats with Marc about playing 5th on team Gushue, he provides some insight into the breakup of Team Jacobs, discusses how he came to play with Brendan Bottcher, and plays along with John’s “Dirty Laundry” segment as well as “very difficult own career trivia”.
To finish off the episode, John asked curlers his ‘Question of the Week’ — if you could have any figure on your jersey ie. Nik Edin’s Viking, what would it be?
This podcast is produced by John Cullen & Amil Delic, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by John Cullen. Social support by Griffin Porter.
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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The guys chat about the WFG Masters, the 3rd Slam of the year (2:55), and compare the results of their picks...spoiler: Jim didn’t do so well (13:40, Warren updates us on the Everest Canadian Senior championship, which included a historic 5th straight victory (14:15) and tells a bit about the history of the Brier (18:05).
They also take an email from a competitive junior curler who shares a first-hand perspective on the recent changes to the junior curling ranks (27:25) and the gents discuss the fact that most of Canada’s best players are older, while the rest of the curling world is getting younger (31:00)
The guys talk to Joel Retornaz after his team took home their first Grand Slam (35:57).
This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social support by Griffin Porter.
Contact the podcast -- [email protected]
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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Kevin gives us an update from the Masters in Oakville (1:00), the guys compare the success of their picks so far, offer up their picks for the semi-finals…they even let Jim play along (10:00), and they discuss the importance of developing curling in the more remote areas of Canada, like the territories etc.
Then Kevin chats with Kevin Koe and Tyler Tardi (16:30) about the difference in ‘talkativeness’ between this team and his previous team, challenges with line calling having 2 lefties and 2 righties, why brooms are breaking, and the benefits and concerns of playing both mixed doubles and team at the Olympics.
Watch the interview with Kevin Koe and Tyler Tardi on YouTube
This podcast is produced by Amil Delic and Warren Hansen, recorded by Amil Delic and Mike Rogerson, mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social support by Griffin Porter.
Contact the podcast -- [email protected]
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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The guys give up an update on the Nissan Classic (2:45) and the mixed double super series (5:00), predicting some winners at the Pinty’s Grand Slam - Masters from Oakville (15:50), Canada joins the World Junior B championship in Finland for the first time (20:30), and Kevin talks about the time he skipped 2 different teams (27:00).
They then answer an email with some interesting ideas about new sponsors for the Brier (30:00), discuss getting younger people interested in curling and chat with Randy Olson about stick curling (36:30).
This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social support by Griffin Porter.
Contact the podcast -- [email protected]
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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We have a new show in the Inside Curling podcast feed. It's called "Way Inside!" hosted by John Cullen. John is a comedian and a former lead turned lead commentator for Curling Live. This show won't be breaking down what's happening around the curling world, who is upset over the "no tick" rule and when show certain events happen. Way Inside! will talk to people around the game about their superstitious behaviour, pre-match meals, the best bars in Newfoundland and Labrador and why can't teams pick their stone colour.
Join John Cullen and his guests every other week on the Inside Curling podcast feed for something a little different.
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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The guys kick things off with a major announcement regarding the Brier (3:30), provide an update from the European Championships (6:30), Kevin and Jim talk about their experience at the Everest Canadian Curling Championship at West Edmonton Mall (10:15), chat about the upcoming Pinty’s Grand Slam event in Oakville (14:00) and Kevin explains why the mixed doubles rankings could change a lot before the Olympics (20:15).
Rylan Hartley from Curling Live joins the guys (27:00) to discuss their plans to help the growth of curling in Canada and around the world with their live streaming (28:05), how they can help add some consistency to streaming events over the season (33:30), the challenges of placing commercials and product placement while streaming as opposed to traditional linear television broadcasts (36:20), they talk about the relationship between Curling Live, Sportsnet, and Sportsnet Now (39:45) and they discuss ways in which we can get more youth involved in the game (46:05).
Plus, the guys welcome a new show to the feed!
This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social support by Griffin Porter.
Contact the podcast -- [email protected]
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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Kevin and Silvana Tirinzoni discuss their love for the Blue Jays and discover they have the same favourite player (2:05). They also chat about her path to success (3:00), changes in the teams front end (4:00) and they discuss their thoughts on extra ends vs draw to the button (9:45).
Kevin then sits down with Jennifer, Mackenzie and Carly from Team Jennifer Jones to talk about being trendsetters of the 5 person team, time on ice, and how they shuffle positions (16:30). They also chat about playing positions they’ve never played before (18:08), learn from arguably the greatest curler of all time (21:15), how they handle social media, Jen’s mom answering emails, and moving across Canada to find the opportunity to get to the highest levels of curling (29:00).
This podcast is produced by Amil Delic, recorded by Steven Coyle, mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social support by Luis Ramirez.
Contact the podcast -- [email protected]
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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The guys discuss if it is time for Team Bottcher to make changes (6:55), chat about the Mixed Doubles competition in Leduc (8:30) while Sweden hosts the European Championships (10:30), Curling Club Championships are playing in West Edmonton Mall for the first time in recent memory (15:00), make a correction regarding Poland joining WCF (19:30), they take a question about body parts touching the ice… (23:00) and Kevin further explains starting with the rock under your armpit to improve your angles and use of strength (26:00).
They then chat with Jennifer Jones (32:45) about the Curling Club Championships that are being played at the West Edmonton Mall, her new team and why she joined Team Zacharias, how she prepares the team for big games, the Olympics, managing her schedule, the right amount of teams in the Brier and Scotties and the growth of curling around the world.
This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen and Amil Delic, recorded and mixed by Mike Rogerson, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Social support by Griffin Porter.
Contact the podcast -- [email protected]
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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