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  • This is our final show of 2024 so we are going to do something special. Sportsnet

    curling play-by-play guy, Rob Faulds is joining

    us as our special guest and we are going to review some

    comments from Face Book, look at a couple of interesting

    emails and review the past season and look at what could be

    happening for the balance of the year. So, before we get into it there is something else we

    need to address.


    This morning it was officially announced

    that our Kevin Martin has been inducted into the Order of

    Canada. Wow. Much deserved. We are lucky and proud to know you and get to work with you, Kevin.


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  • Today joining us will be the

    newly crowned Canadian Senior Women’s Champion,

    Atina Ford.

    What’s Happening Around the Curling World?

    The Canadian Senior Championships were

    held this past week in Moncton, NB and we will review

    who the winners were. Another player change took place this last

    week with one of the top 10 men’s teams in Canada we

    will review what has happened. The final qualifying event for the 2026 Olympic

    Mixed Doubles was held in Banff, AB where one

    more team of the 16 that will be playing in the Trials was

    determined. A person that has probably been a volunteer

    for more curling events than any other person in history

    in Saskatchewan has been named the Lieutenant

    Governor of the province
.we will tell you who that

    person is


    Hot Rock Topics - Looking over

    comments on social media about the athletes language

    and the use of four letter friend getters the question is

    how do you deal with it


    Mailbag - We will do a couple of

    emails the first one is from Dwayne and he has an

    interesting proposal on how the games played in an arena

    should be started


    Curling Moments to Remember - A look into

    curling’s rich history. Each week either Kevin or Warren

    will relate back to something that happened in curling’s

    past that is always interesting. Today Kevin will bring

    us a great curling moment


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  • The third Grand Slam of the year, the Kioti

    National concluded in St. John’s, Newfoundland and

    Labrador. Rachel Homan won the women’s side

    and Bruce Mouat the men’s we will do a quick

    review and review our picks from last Saturday. A final qualifying event for the Mixed Doubles

    Olympic Trials is taking place in Banff this coming

    weekend and we will review what is happening

    there. The Canadian Senior Women’s and Men’s

    Championship is happening this week in Moncton and

    we will take a quick look at how things are playing out

    there. We mentioned last weekend that rumours

    were flying around that at the next Slam in January

    there could be a new rule tried where if a team blanks

    two ends in a row they will loose the hammer. So, is

    it really happening?

    Hot Rock Topics, We Had a number of

    entertaining discussions take place on our FB Group

    page this weekend and we will take a quick look at some

    of the ones that were getting the most reaction


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  • The Kioti National features the top

    16 men’s teams and 16 women’s teams in

    the world as of October 22, 2025 Today

    the play involved the final eight teams in

    both men’s and women’s divisions and we

    are now down to the finalists for tomorrow


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  • The third Grand Slam of

    Curling event of the season is underway, The

    Kioti National that started on Tuesday in St.

    John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador and

    we have ready reached the final eight for

    both women and me. Kevin is there with

    Sportsnet and you have probably heard him

    on the broadcast. We will also see

    how the selections we made for the qualifiers

    has worked out. The Kioti National features the top

    16 men’s teams and 16 women’s teams in

    the world as of October 22, 2025. the

    teams have been divided into four

    sections. They play a four team round

    robin with the other three teams in the pool

    and one cross over game based on

    seeding. Top eight go to the finals and that

    is the point we are at right now.


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  • Today joining us will be

    World Curling President, Beau Welling.

    What’s Happening Around the Curling World?

    The European Championships are on this

    week in Lohja, Finland and we will check on what is

    happening there



    Not a lot happening this past week in Canada

    but there was an event in Red Deer that attracted a

    number of the top Canadian teams and we will give

    you an update on what happened



    The Everest Canadian Curling Club

    Championship is taking place in Barrie, Ontario and we

    will tell you what that event is all about


.


    Hot Rock Topics
Since the Broomgate

    controversy about eight years ago everything seemed to

    be quite in the world of brush structure

However, it

    has been brought to our attention that some things have

    changed

stay tuned
..

    Mailbag. We have an email from Carmen who

    hassome suggestions on an event that could be held in

    February
..And an email from a listener who wants Jim

    to sponsor him in the ShowDown at the Saville Stick

    Championship


.

    Curling Moments to Remember

..A look into

    curling’s

    rich history


.Each week either Kevin or Warren

    will relate back to something that happened in curling’s

    past that is always interesting

.Today Warren will bring

    us a great curling moment

..


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  • In The House today is Brad Gushue

    What’s Happening Around the Curling World?

    The curling world was shocked on November 9

    to hear about the passing of curling writer Ted

    Wyman. We will do a tribute to Ted and his

    outstanding contribution to curling over the years.

    Yet another team is making a change in mid-

    season, this time it is Team Carruthers. What’s

    happening there?

    The second Grand Slam of the season

    concluded in Nisku, AB this past weekend and we will

    review everything that happened at the Coop

    Canadian Open

    4) (Jim) What’s coming up this week
..we will take a

    look at the major curling events that will be started in

    the next seven days


..


    2


    C) - Hot Rock Topics

..(Jim) There has been a lot of talk

    in recent years about how to attract a younger audience to a

    curling event


.Warren made an observation this past

    weekend and will offer an idea of what might help to attract

    people under 40




    D) - Mailbag

..(Jim) We will read you some comments

    about streaming from the Grand Slam along with a rant from

    Face Book
..

    E) - Curling Moments to Remember

..A look into

    curling’s rich history


.Each week either Kevin or Warren

    will relate back to something that happened in curling’s past

    that is always interesting

.Today Kevin will bring us a great

    curling moment

..


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  • Greetings again everyone and

    welcome to this Special Edition of Inside

    Curling, known as Inside the Slam!

    The second Grand Slam of

    Curling event of the season is underway, The

    Coop Canadian Open that started on Tuesday

    in Nisku, Alberta at the Silent Ice

    Centre and we have ready to reached the

    finals. Kevin is there with Sportsnet and

    you have probably heard him on the

    broadcast. We will also see how the

    selections we made for the final two have

    worked out. The Canadian Mixed Championship

    is underway at St. Catharines, Ontario and it

    ended today and we will check in to see who

    the winners are.


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  • The second Grand Slam of

    Curling event of the season is underway, The

    Coop Canadian Open that started on Tuesday

    in Nisku, Alberta at the Silent Ice

    Centre. Kevin is there with Sportsnet and

    you have probably heard him on the

    broadcast, we will talk about that

    event and what has happened so far. We

    will also see how the selections we made for

    the final eight have worked out. The Canadian Mixed Championship

    is underway at St. Catharines, Ontario and

    we will check in to see how things are

    going.


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    Produced by Mike Rogerson


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  • Today joining us In The House is Mike McEwen.

    What’s Happening Around the Curling World?

    This past weekend a major competition for men was held in Penticton in

    the way of the NuFloors Penticton Classic.

    There aren’t any foreign teams in the event

    but it did feature five of Canada’s best we

    will review. The Pan Continental Championship

    started last Sunday in Lacombe, Alberta and

    this is an important event because it qualifies

    a number of teams for the 2025 Women’s

    and Men’s World Championships
.Canada is

    represented by Brad Gushue and Rachel

    Homan. Hot Rocks Topics. The Pan Continental

    Championship started a few days ago and in a couple of

    weeks the European Championship will start and in

    both cases teams are being qualified for the 2025

    World Men’s and Women’s Championship. In all

    probability the Pan Continental will qualify (six – we will

    explain) and the Europeans seven of the 13

    teams. But at the WC Congress in September a

    thought was put on the table
..is there a better way of

    doing this?

    So, today we have an email but

    we have also gone to our FB Group where someone

    asked about the Pan Continental being on television

    and it got 109 comments. Curling Moments to

    Remember - A look back into curling’s rich

    history. Each week either Kevin or Warren

    will relate back to an experience or observation to

    something that has happened in curling’s rich

    history. Today Kevin will bring us a great curling

    moment.


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  • In the House today joining us is Matt Dunstone who just won the Fall Classic in Sault Ste. Marie.

    What’s Happening Around the Curling World? This past weekend a major cashspiel, the Fall Classic was held in Sault Ste. Marie and it featured some of the best teams in the world
.we will review the results. The World Mixed Championship (four person mixed) concluded this past weekend in Aberdeen, Scotland and we will tell you about the final results. We received a letter from Phil Drobnick, USA National Team Director who brought to our attention a very unique event being held by USA Curling in the middle of November, We will share with you what Phil brought to our attention, The Pan Continental Championship will start on the 27th in Lacombe, Alberta. This is a pretty important event because it will determine five women’s teams and five men’s teams for the 2025 World Championships.

    Hot Rocks Topics, for sure curling isn’t getting any faster and more and more emphasis is being placed on all sports to shorten the time span. Does curling need to finally make another change at the top level to speed things up even more? We have a couple of emails to look at today actually one is in a response to the email we read on the show last week from Mike Roeke that we did not interpret correctly.

    Curling Moments to Remember. A look back into curling’s rich history. Each week either Kevin or Warren will relate back to an experience or observation to something that has happened in curling’s rich history. Today Warren will bring us a great curling moment.


    Inside Curling is Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle Jim Jerome.

    Recorded, edited and mixed by Mike Rogerson.


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  • In The House joining us is Brendan Bottcher. What’s Happening Around the Curling World? 

    The social media world is buzzing today about Brendan Bottcher joining the Brad Gushue Team but some of it is pretty nasty. A major women’s bonspiel happened this past week in Calgary, The Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Classic featuring some of the best female curlers in the world? The Stu Sells Toronto Tankard happened last week and a number of the better world women’s and men’s teams participated and we will give you the final results. The World Curling four-person championship started last weekend in Aberdeen, Scotland and we will take a look at what is happening in Aberdeen. Word came out this week about another curling club having to close it’s doors from financial pressures caused by an equipment malfunction. We have a very interesting email today that has its focus on the television commentary for video streaming

You don’t want to miss this one?

    Curling Moments to Remember, A look back into curling’s rich history. Each week either Kevin or Warren will relate back to an experience or observation to something that has happened in curling’s rich history. Today Kevin will bring us a great curling momen


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  • Today joining us is Kerri Einarson who just won the Hearing Life

    Challenge in Charlottetown
.her first big win

    of the season. What’s Happening Around the Curling World?

    This past weekend the Hearing Life

    Challenge, the first Grand Slam of the season

    took place in Charlottetown, PEI with a Tier I

    and a Tier II event one the ice
..We will

    review both events and give you the

    highlights. The Aaron Sluchinski team

    announced Tuesday that Aaron has left the

    team
..we will talk about where he is going?

    I think we have talked about the

    hogline and violations on two of our shows

    already this year but because of email and FB

    comments this past weekend we will address

    the issue one more time

    Hot Rocks Topics, Curling needs an injection of

    something new and different could two person

    stick curling maybe be the answer to that

    question could two person stick become

    curling’s “Cornhole” or “pickleball” We will talk

    about how this take on curling could be a way to

    get people into a curling facility and not just

    older curlers who can no longer slide
?

    We have had lots of comments in

    email and social media about the added

    broadcasts of the GSOC this past week on video

    stream. We will take a look at one of them. Curling Moments to

    Remember, A look back into curling’s rich

    history. Each week either Kevin or Warren

    will relate back to an experience or observation to

    something that has happened in curling’s rich

    history

Today Warren will look back to a major

    happening that took place in March of 1977 in

    Montreal


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  • Greetings again everyone and welcome to this Special Edition of Inside Curling......Known as Inside the Slam!

    The first Grand Slam ofCurling event of the season is underway, The Hearing Life Challenge started on Tuesday in Charlottetown. Kevin is there on the ground and we will talk about that event and what has happened so far. We will also see how the selections we made for the final eight have worked out. There is also a Tier II event taking place in Charlottetown the same time as the Tier I and we will see how things are going with Tier II.


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    Inside Curling is Hosted by World Curling Hall of Famers Kevin Martin and Warren Hansen...and also legendary broadcaster and undisputed King of the Patch, Jungle Jim Jerome.


    Produced by Mike Rogerson.


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  • The first Grand Slam of Curling event of the season, The Hearing Life Challenge started on Tuesday in Charlottetown. Kevin is there on the ground and we will talk about that event and what has happened so far. We will also see how the selections we made for the playoff’s have worked out. There is also a Tier II event taking place in Charlottetown the same time as the Tier I and we will see how things are going with Tier II?


    Broadcasts will start at 11ET / 9MT / 8MT on saturday, regardless of what Jim says...listen to the episode, you'll see what I mean.


    Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle Jim Jerome.

    Produced by Mike Rogerson.


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  • In the House with us today is Nic Sulsky, the man behind The Curling Group who are the

    new owners of the Grand Slam. Lots of new things happening and we will chat about the New Grand

    Slam. Hot Rocks Topics, Curling needs an injection of something new and different, could two person stick curling

    maybe be the answer to that question? could two person stick become curling’s “Cornhole” or

    “pickleball”? We will talk about how this take on curling could be a way to get people into a curling

    facility, and not just older curlers who can no longer slide
?

    Mailbag, We will look at an email where a listener

    has asked for some direction on how to buy

    curling equipment for a youngster, Kevin will

    provide some insight.

    What Are You Hearing, another team has made a decision

    to play with three players, Team Koe, at least for

    now. Might there be an advantage in today’s

    game for a team to play with three and at the top

    competitive level should it continue to be allowed

    or should some changes be made.


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  • What’s Happening Around the Curling World?

    On September 17th and 18 th an

    interesting new event took place in Lafayette,

    Colorado, the Everest North American Curling Club

    Championship. We will review what happened in

    Lafayette and the men’s winner. Dan Sherrard

    from Edmonton will join us to recap his feelings

    about the event. This past weekend in Okotoks, Alberta

    the ATB Okotoks Classic event was held with

    many of the top players on the men’s side of the

    equation participating and we will take a look at

    what happened in Okotoks. An event took place in Calgary involving

    the Mixed Doubles Super Series with some of the

    best mixed doubles teams in the world

    involved. Also, starting Wednesday, September

    25 th at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary is the

    PointsBet Invitational and we will do a review on

    what that event is all about. Hot Rocks Topics
.

    A lot of discussion around video

    streaming of events the past couple of years. The

    World Curling Congress in Montreal a few weeks

    ago discussed some of the challenges world

    curling is facing with streaming and similar

    problems are also haunting Curling Canada we

    will discuss what that is all about. In the House with us today is the

    number one women’s skip in the world, Rachel

    Homan. We will look at an email where a listener

    has asked for some direction that possibly more of

    our listeners might need. What Are You Hearing? We are hearing that in the PointsBet this

    week Laura Walker will be subbing for Shannon

    Birchard as second for Kari Einarson - Where is

    Shannon?


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  • Welcome to Inside Curling season number five....this

    is our first official show of the 2024 – ’25 season and

    we have a lot of things to cover.

    When we did our summer show in August we

    announced that Inside Curling is no longer part of

    Sportsnet and have moved over to Acast. We would

    again like to thank everyone at Sportsnet for the three

    great years we spent with the network. Also, in

    addition to kevin, Warren and Jim we would like to

    welcome our technical producer for the third year,

    Mike Rogerson along with Rod Palson who is doing

    our social media for the fifth year, mainly Face Book

    and X (Twitter) but once we are into the season we

    are also going to branch into Instagram and Tik Tok

    more than we have in the past. In this coming season

    we will have clips, segments and some interviews on

    You Tube.

    Here is what is on the show today’s show


    What’s Happening Around the Curling World?

    World Curling concluded it’s annual

    Curling Congress in Montreal on September 8 th and

    Warren was there so we will review what took

    place.

    A number of smaller spiels have already

    happened and this weekend in Cornwall, Ontario

    the annual Shorty Jenkins Classic is taking place

    involving some of the best teams in the world so

    we will look in on what is happening there.

    On September 17th and 18 th an

    interesting new event is taking place in Lafayette,

    Colorado, the Everest North American Curling Club

    Championship
.We will review what is taking

    place there. An interesting playoff took place this

    past week in Sweden involving Anna Hasselborg

    and Isabella Wrana
.We will review what

    happened. During our summer show we talked

    about the Governor General’s Curling and it held

    its 150 anniversary gathering in Ottawa,

    September 8 – 12
We announced the Showdown at the

    Saville on our show in August and we will bring

    you up-to-date on what is happening with the

    Showdown.

    Hot Rocks Topics, During the World Curling meetings some

    interesting discussions were brought up regarding

    rules enforcement by some retired athletes and

    coaches who were present
.you will be surprised

    at what they had to say
.

    The issue of 8 ends versus 10 wasn’t on the

    agenda...wasn’t even discussed
what would

    be the reason for that?

    In The House, Brad Jacobs is now the skip of the old

    Brendan Bottcher team and Brad will be with us to

    talk about the up coming season.

    Mailbag, Even though it is summer we are

    getting emails and we will review one.

    What Are You Hearing, Brianne Harris, lead on team Einarson

    was suspended from all competition at the end of

    February because of a banned substance detected in a

    sample taken on January 24 th . A-B sample was taken

    in early March and the substance Ligandrol was

    detected again. Harris has been suspended since but

    this week on Face Book a posting was made bringing

    everyone up to speed on the situation - we will take a

    look at it.


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