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This week, 2014 Canadian mixed doubles champ Wayne Tuck and 2018 Canadian mixed doubles champ Kirk Muyres join us to discuss the current state of mixed doubles. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

On this week’s episode we take a look back at the 2022 European Championships with winning skips Madeleine Dupont of Denmark and Bruce Mouat of Scotland. We also chat with Greg Baldson who led his team to a title at the 2022 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championship. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

This week we bring you a mini-episode with 2022 Canadian Mixed champs Laurie St. Georges and Félix Asselin. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

On this week’s episode of the From the Hack podcast we recap the first-ever Pan-Continental Championships held last week in Caglary. Our firs guest is Jessica Smith whose team earned New Zealand’s first ever invite to the World Women’s Championship after finishing 5th in Calgary, less than two after after being diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. Our other guest this week is EJ Harnden of Team Gushue who won the men’s event at the Pan-Continantels. Harnden, discusses the even in Calgary and his transition from Team Jacobs to Team Gushue. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

On this episode we take a deep dive into two major issues that are currently the focus of the entire U.S. curling community. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

Part 1 of our 2022-23 season preview with guests David Murdoch of British Curling, 3x Scotties champion Kerri ‘Einarson and 4x world champion Glenn Howard. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

On this week’s episode we recap the PointsBet Invitatiomal in Fredericton with guests Karlee Burgess of Team Jennifer Jones, Reid Carruthers and Chelsea Carey.  Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

On this week’s episode we preview the 2022-23 Grand Slam of Curling with Pierre Charette and we discuss the U.S. High Performance Program teams with Phill Drobnick of USA Curling. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

This week we present an abbreviated episode that includes short interviews conducted at the first Grand Slam of Curling event of the 2022-23 season. Our guests – Niklas Edin, Jamie sinclair, Tracy Fleury, Glenn Howard, Joel Retornaz, Matt Dunstone and Jason Gunnlaugson. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

This week, From the Hack previews the 2021 World Women’s Curling Championship with guests Alina Paetz of the reigning world champions from Switzerland, Reid Carruthers who discusses his experience of competing in a world championship with the added pressure of qualifying his country for the Olympics at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Championship and curling broadcaster Hans Frauenlob joins us to discuss the field at this year’s world championships. In a bonus segment, we are joined by Emma Miskew of Team Homan who discusses her team’s performance inside the bubble and the incredible story of Rachel Homan who led her team to a Slam title some three weeks after giving birth. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

On this week’s podcast we discuss the false positives at the Men’s Worlds with expert Dr. Paul Luethy and we discuss the Grand Slam of Curling with Canadian Curling Hall of Famer with Pierre Charette. \r\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacebook \nTwitter \nLinkedIn\n

On this week’s episode we chat with the mixed doubles teams of Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant, Kadriana Sahaidak/Colton Lott and Kim Tuck/Wayne Tuck Jr. along with Scott Pfeifer who looks after the mixed doubles program for Curling Canada.\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacebook \nTwitter \nLinkedIn\n

This week we recap the 2021 Tim Hortons with guests Tim March of Team Glenn Howard, Greg Smith of Newfoundland & Labrador and Brendan Bottcher, skip of the 2021 Brier champions from Alberta.\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacebook \nTwitter \nLinkedIn\n

Part 1 of our 2021 Brier Preview with guests BJ Neufeld of Wild Card Team Koe, Matt Dunstone of Team Saskatchewan, James Grattan of Team New Brunswick, Ryan Fry of Team Ontario and Brad Gushue of Team Canada. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

In part 2 of our 2021 Brier preview, we welcome – Brad Jacobs of Team Northern Ontario, Reid Carruthers of Wild Card Team McEwen, Greg Smith of Team Newfoundland & Labrador, Glenn Howard of Wild Card Team Howard and Brendan Bottcher of Team Alberta.  Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

In Part 2 of our look at the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the sport of curling, we focus on stakeholders operating in different sub-sectors of the sport. Our guests include the owner of the Curlers Corner supply store in Calgary, Bernice Merrick, photojournalist Anil Mungal, Kim Tuck of the Canada Curling Stone company and Stephen Meunier, President of the McIntyre Curling Club in my hometown of Timmins, ON. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

This week, we conclude our two-part series on the Calgary bubble by focusing on how it will impact players. Our guests include Marc Kennedy of Team Jacobs who could be in the bubble for as much 5 or 6 weeks. Laura Walker who is a new Mom and could be in the bubble for two events or more. Mike Fournier who has yet to play a game this season yet might be selected to represent Quebec at the Brier as the province’s highest ranked men’s team. Jill Brothers of Nova Scotia who might have to miss as many as 4 weeks of work if she were to win the right to represent her province at the Scotties. Our final guest this week is Tabitha Peterson of the U.S. who was selected by USA Curling to represent her country at both the 2021 Word Women’s Championship and the 2021 World Mixed Doubles . Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

This week, From The Hack kicks off with a look into the “business” side of the Calgary bubble announcement. Three interviews are featured – former national team athlete and current Curling Canada staffer Nolan Thiessen, Carson Ackroyd of Tourism Calgary, and Winnipeg Free Press scribe Mike McIntyre, who attended the NHL’s west bubble in Edmonton. The episode then concludes with a key stateside chat with USA Curling’s Phill Drobnick. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

Up first on this week’s episode is Olympic figure skater Meagan Duhamel who joins us to discuss the recent Battle of the Blades competition and why she decided to donate her winnings to the Sandra Schmirler Foundation. Next are Nathan Young and Lauren Rajala, two of the young athletes who repped Canada at the last Youth Olympic Winter Games. Finally, Scotland/GBR legend, and Olympic silver medalist David Murdoch shares the latest from the U.K.’s pandemic-wracked curling season. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

In the first part of this special two-part episode, ten high-performance competitors describe how their season has been practically shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the difficulties they’ve faced this season. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn