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In the House this week is JillOfficer…second for Jennifer Jones when the teamwon six Scotties, two world titles and an OlympicGold medal Jill retired from top level women'scurling and now she is a Director on the board ofWorld Curling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kevin, Warren and Jim are joined by the one and only Brad Gushue to talk about this past season and some of the ups and downs that Brad faced throughout the season. They also look ahead to some exciting new developments for next season and the Olympics coming soon!!!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining us today is 2025 Montana's Brier Champion and World Bronze Medallist, Brad Jacobs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining us today for In the House is Benoit Schwarz van Berkel who throwslast stones for team Yannick Schwaller - the teamwere finalists at the men's worlds and the PlayersChampionship this past weekend in Toronto Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The AMJ Players Championship isunderway in Toronto and we have reachedthe end of pool play and are now into theplayoffs. We started with 12 women'steams and 12 men's and we are now downto Six teams with the top two teamsreceiving byes to the semifinals. Kevin is offcourse in Toronto working with Sportsnet asa color commentator Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining us today for In the House direct from the Players Championship in Toronto is the Men's World Champions Team Mouat. In addition to our chat with the Champs, the boys answer some emails and discuss all the latest news in the world of curling.Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen, Jungle Jim Jerome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kevin checks in, fresh off of calling the games at the Men's Worlds in Moose Jaw. And after many months and years of planning, the boys also give a rundown of the events just getting started at the Showdown at the Saville in Edmonton that Kevin and Warren have started... . and it's off to a HUGE start!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Joining us today for In the House is Emma Miskew the second player on the newly crowned world champion Rachel Homanteam. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The boys recap the action thus far in the womens worlds and also look ahead to the finals weekend. Kevin joins us on location from Korea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining us today for In the House isTyler George, USA Olympic gold medalist in 2018with John Shuster and now curling commentatorwith World Curling, this week, GSOC Video Streamand NBC. He and Kevin are both in Korea calling the Women's Championships. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your 2025 Brier Champions!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Montana's Brier is nowdown to the final four teams and we will takea look at what happened to get to the finalfour. Warren is on site once again, bringing us first person updates from Kelowna. The guys also update and comment on the World Wheelchair Curling championships.Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle Jim Jerome.Produced by Mike Rogerson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Warren is onsite at the 2025 Brier in Kelowna. The boys have all the updates! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Inside Curling season numberfive…..and our twenty-second show of the 2024 –'25 season……and joining us as always will beWorld Curling Hall of Famers Kevin Martin andWarren Hansen (both Martin and Hansen aremembers of the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame,Canadian Curling Hall of Fame and the WorldCurling Hall of Fame) Before we get into today's show there issomething I have to remind you of and that is theShow Down at the Saville Presented byVolvo that is coming this April and May ANDYOU OUR LISTENER CAN REGISTER TO PLAY The first event will be the World Open TriplesChampionship, between April 4 – 6, then April 24 –27 the World Open Stick Curling Championship andit will be followed by the World Open U25 MixedDoubles. Anyone can enter to play in all ofthese events. Then the big event that willdetermine the first-ever World Junior MixedDoubles Champion that will go from May 6 –11 all at the Saville so for more info and toregister just go to www.kevinmartincurling.com andclick on Saville Showdown in the menuAnd we would like to remind you to check out ourinterviews on You Tube @insidecurling. Please take a moment to subscribe to the channel - it's the best way to show support for the show.What's Happening Around the Curling World? The Brier is on in Kelowna and wewill bring you current with what is happeningthere. We have a big announcementabout the World Junior Mixed Doubles andKevin will be telling us all about it. Announcement from Goldline lastweek about its Pursuer brush foam we willdiscuss . World Wheelchair championship ison in Stevenston, Scotland and we will take alook at what has happened so far Mailbag and What is Happening on SocialMedia. We take a look at a couple of emails aswe have received quite a few this week In The House - Joining us today from will be the coach of theNorthern Ontario team in Kelowna TeamEpping , Mike Harris Curling Moments to Remember , A lookinto curling's rich history. Each weekeither Kevin or Warren will relate back tosomething that happened in curling's past that isalways interesting. Today Kevin will bring us agreat curling moment from his many years ofcurling experiences Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not only did Corey Thiesse and Kory Dropkin win the USA Mixed Doubles championship but both are also playing in the women's and men's worlds respectively, listen to what two of the best curlers in the USA have to say about it all. Listen to the USA Mixed Doubles champions, Cory and Korey talk about what they will have to do at the World Mixed Doubles in Fredericton to earn a spot in the 2026 Olympics in Torino, Italy. Corey Thiesse and Kory Dropkin USA Mixed Doubles champions talk about mixed doubles curling and how it is growing in the USA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rachel Homan and Tracy Fleury are the back end of the best women's curling team in the world, listen to them talk about winning the 2025 Scotties with a perfect 11–0 record. It has been talked about for a while but the best women's curling team in the world is finally going to play the best men's team in the world in an exhibition game on April 7th in Toronto. Listen to Tracy Fleury and Rachel Homan talk about playing in that game. For years Jennifer Jones was at the pinnacle of women's curling in the world and now she is the coach of the defending world champions as they go to defend their title in Korea. Listen here as Rachel Homan explains how Jones became part of the team Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining us today will be the newly crowned USAMixed Doubles Olympic Champions, Kory Dropkin and Cory Thiesse.Also, Last weekend in Thunder Bay Rachel Homan andher team won the Scotties with 11 consecutive winsfor the second year in a row, So today we aregoing to do a very special In The House interviewwith Rachel and the third Tracy Fleury. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Scotties Tournament ofHearts in Thunder Bay is down to the finalfour teams and we will take a look at whathappened today. Also, Kevin is in Lafayette,Colorado working with NBC doing coverageon the USA Curling Mixed Doubles OlympicTeams and we will review what hashappened there today Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kevin and Warren bring us updtes from the Scotties!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's Happening Around the Curling World?The final two provincial/territorialchampionships for the Brier were completedthis past weekend in Alberta and Manitobaand we will review what happened there. A number of nationalchampionships have been happening aroundthe curling world in the past week and someinteresting things happened we will bringyou up-to-speed. Curling Canada announced achange this past week to the PointsBetInvitational and as a result the event that isset for October 1 – 5 will really be apreliminary to the Canadian Curling Trials. Broomgate 2.0…We will talk aboutwhat has happened this week regarding thebrush foam being used, The Scotties Tournament of Heartskicks off on Friday in Thunder Bay and wegive you a quick review on what might behappening thereMailbag and What is Happening on Social MediaWe take a look at a couple of emails aswe have received quite a few this week. In The HouseJoining us today fresh off his victory in the AlbertaProvincial is Kevin Koe.Curling Moments to Remember. A lookinto curling's rich history. Each weekeither Kevin or Warren will relate back tosomething that happened in curling's past that isalways interesting. Today Kevin will bring us agreat curling moment from his many years ofcurling experiences Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's Happening Around the Curling World?A number of nationalchampionships are taking place around theworld at the moment. A big one finishedthis past weekend that is the USANationals and we will look in and see whocame out the winners. Two more Provinces/Territoriesdetermined Brier representatives this pastweekend and we will review that…..alsoCurling Canada announced the sites for theWomen's Worlds and the Brier in 2026.The Scotties Tournament of Heartskicks off on Friday in Thunder Bay and wewill review who is playing, the play-offsystem being used and our thoughts on whomight make the final four.Mailbag and What is Happening on Social Media:We take a look at a couple of emails aswe have received quite a few this week.In The House:Joining us today fresh off his victory in the USANationals is Korey Dropkin.Curling Moments to Remember:A look into curling's rich history. Each weekeither Kevin or Warren will relate back tosomething that happened in curling's past that isalways interesting. Today Jim will bring us agreat curling moment that he can remember fromhis 15 years of being the MC in the Brier Patch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here what's on today's show…….What's Happening Around the Curling World?Pretty quite on the bonspiel circuitthis past weekend but a number of provincescompleted playdowns for the Scotties andBrier and we now know all of the teams inthe Scotties that will start on February 14 th sowe will review. Another well known curler fromyears gone bye has passed away and we willreview with you who passed and their historywith the sport. The controversy with regard to thetype of broom heads being used by the topplayers continues and World Curling put out astatement on the situation last week and wewill review where it sits. Mailbag and What is Happening on SocialMedia(We take a look at a couple of emails aswe have received quite a few this week andsome comments from social media. In The HouseJoining us today fresh off his victory in theNorthern Ontario Brier playdowns. John Epping. Curling Moments to Remember, A lookinto curling's rich history. Each weekeither Kevin or Warren will relate back tosomething that happened in curling's past that isalways interesting. Today Warren will bring usa great curling moment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to this Special Edition of InsideCurling: Inside the Slam! Here is what we are doing on theshow today The fourth Grand Slam ofCurling event of the season is underway, TheWFG Masters that started on Tuesday inGuelph, Ontario and we have readyreached the final eight for both women andmen. Kevin is there with Sportsnet andyou have probably heard him on thebroadcast.Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle Jim Jerome.Recorded, Edited and MIxed by Mike Rogerson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's Happening Around the Curling World?Two men's events were completedthis past weekend. The Astec SafetyChallenge in Lloydminster and the GoldenWrench Classic in Tempe, Arizona. We willdo a quick review of what happened in bothevents. The 4 th Grand Slam of theYear the WFG Masters is underway inGuelph, Ontario and we will take a lookat how things are going there so far. Brianne Harris was finally clearedthis week by the Court of Arbitration forsport what will this mean for Brianne andTeam Einarson? The controversy with regard to thetype of broom heads being used by the topplayers continues and we will give you an up-date on what is happening. Mailbag and What is Happening on SocialMedia. We will address a couple of emails andprovide our thoughts on some of the most populardiscussions on social media from the AstecChallenge in LloydminsterIn The House. Joining us today from the Grand Slam WFGNational in Guelph is Matt Dunstone who is justcoming off a big win at the Astec Safety Challengein Lloydminster. Curling Moments to Remember. A lookinto curling's rich history. Each weekeither Kevin or Warren will relate back tosomething that happened in curling's past that isalways interesting. Today Kevin will bring us agreat curling moment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's Happening Around the Curling World?The Canadian Mixed DoublesOlympic Trials were completed in Liverpool, NovaScotia on January 4 th and we will review the finalresults. There is an event coming up thisweek in Lloydminster, Alberta, the Astec SafetyChallenge and it involves some of the best men'scurling teams in the world and we will discuss whois involved and what this event is all about….Mailbag and What is Happening on Social MediaWe have been reviewing social mediafrom the past three days and a few topics seem tobe getting the most attention. First, from the lastfew days is probably the changes involving teamEinarson and Carey. From a few days beforethat the suggestion of a game between Homanand Mouat got an enormous response on FBsomething like 70,000 hits, we will review bothof those situations and give you our thoughtsIn The HouseThe Canadian Mixed Doubles Champions andCanada's potential representatives at the 2026Olympics were crowned in Liverpool, NovaScotia, the winners were Brett Gallant andJocelyn Peterman, who are a married couple thatare going to join us. Curling Moments to Remember A look into curling's rich history. Each weekeither Kevin or Warren will relate back tosomething that happened in curling's past that isalways interesting. Today Warren will bring usa great curling moment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year and greetingsagain everyone and welcome to this SpecialEdition of Inside Curling.Right now in Liverpool, Nova Scotia weare getting close to the end of an eventthat will determine Canada's MixedDoubles representative at the 2025World Mixed Doubles Championship inFredericton, NB This team will alsorepresent Canada at the Olympics in2026 in Italy if Canadaqualifies and we will explain.Yet, another curling team has made achange and this time on the women'sside of things as Team Chelsea Careyannounced a change in it's lineup for thebalance of the year. This team wasalready qualified for theScotties might that be impacted wewill explain. On our show we announced a few weeksago that the brushing wars were cominginto the forefront again when onemanufacturer announced they werecoming out with a new broom using afoam that had previously beendetermined to be not acceptable. Lastweek, our sponsor Goldline announced itis now producing a new broom that willbe known as the Pursuer with a similartype of foam being used and apparentlyHard Line, the third big player in thegame is in the process of doing the samething what is happening here dowe have the start of anotherBroomgate? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is our final show of 2024 so we are going to do something special. Sportsnetcurling play-by-play guy, Rob Faulds is joiningus as our special guest and we are going to review somecomments from Face Book, look at a couple of interestingemails and review the past season and look at what could behappening for the balance of the year. So, before we get into it there is something else weneed to address. This morning it was officially announcedthat our Kevin Martin has been inducted into the Order ofCanada. Wow. Much deserved. We are lucky and proud to know you and get to work with you, Kevin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today joining us will be thenewly crowned Canadian Senior Women's Champion,Atina Ford.What's Happening Around the Curling World?The Canadian Senior Championships wereheld this past week in Moncton, NB and we will reviewwho the winners were. Another player change took place this lastweek with one of the top 10 men's teams in Canada wewill review what has happened. The final qualifying event for the 2026 OlympicMixed Doubles was held in Banff, AB where onemore team of the 16 that will be playing in the Trials wasdetermined. A person that has probably been a volunteerfor more curling events than any other person in historyin Saskatchewan has been named the LieutenantGovernor of the province….we will tell you who thatperson is Hot Rock Topics - Looking overcomments on social media about the athletes languageand the use of four letter friend getters the question ishow do you deal with itMailbag - We will do a couple ofemails the first one is from Dwayne and he has aninteresting proposal on how the games played in an arenashould be startedCurling Moments to Remember - A look intocurling's rich history. Each week either Kevin or Warrenwill relate back to something that happened in curling'spast that is always interesting. Today Kevin will bringus a great curling moment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The third Grand Slam of the year, the KiotiNational concluded in St. John's, Newfoundland andLabrador. Rachel Homan won the women's sideand Bruce Mouat the men's we will do a quickreview and review our picks from last Saturday. A final qualifying event for the Mixed DoublesOlympic Trials is taking place in Banff this comingweekend and we will review what is happeningthere. The Canadian Senior Women's and Men'sChampionship is happening this week in Moncton andwe will take a quick look at how things are playing outthere. We mentioned last weekend that rumourswere flying around that at the next Slam in Januarythere could be a new rule tried where if a team blankstwo ends in a row they will loose the hammer. So, isit really happening?Hot Rock Topics, We Had a number ofentertaining discussions take place on our FB Grouppage this weekend and we will take a quick look at someof the ones that were getting the most reaction Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Kioti National features the top16 men's teams and 16 women's teams inthe world as of October 22, 2025 Todaythe play involved the final eight teams inboth men's and women's divisions and weare now down to the finalists for tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The third Grand Slam ofCurling event of the season is underway, TheKioti National that started on Tuesday in St.John's, Newfoundland and Labrador andwe have ready reached the final eight forboth women and me. Kevin is there withSportsnet and you have probably heard himon the broadcast. We will also seehow the selections we made for the qualifiershas worked out. The Kioti National features the top16 men's teams and 16 women's teams inthe world as of October 22, 2025. theteams have been divided into foursections. They play a four team roundrobin with the other three teams in the pooland one cross over game based onseeding. Top eight go to the finals and thatis the point we are at right now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Today joining us will beWorld Curling President, Beau Welling.What's Happening Around the Curling World?The European Championships are on thisweek in Lohja, Finland and we will check on what ishappening there……Not a lot happening this past week in Canadabut there was an event in Red Deer that attracted anumber of the top Canadian teams and we will giveyou an update on what happened……The Everest Canadian Curling ClubChampionship is taking place in Barrie, Ontario and wewill tell you what that event is all about……….Hot Rock Topics…Since the Broomgatecontroversy about eight years ago everything seemed tobe quite in the world of brush structure……However, ithas been brought to our attention that some things havechanged……stay tuned….. Mailbag. We have an email from Carmen whohassome suggestions on an event that could be held inFebruary…..And an email from a listener who wants Jimto sponsor him in the ShowDown at the Saville StickChampionship………. Curling Moments to Remember……..A look intocurling'srich history……….Each week either Kevin or Warrenwill relate back to something that happened in curling'spast that is always interesting…….Today Warren will bringus a great curling moment…….. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The House today is Brad GushueWhat's Happening Around the Curling World?The curling world was shocked on November 9 to hear about the passing of curling writer TedWyman. We will do a tribute to Ted and hisoutstanding contribution to curling over the years.Yet another team is making a change in mid-season, this time it is Team Carruthers. What'shappening there?The second Grand Slam of the seasonconcluded in Nisku, AB this past weekend and we willreview everything that happened at the CoopCanadian Open4) (Jim) What's coming up this week…..we will take alook at the major curling events that will be started inthe next seven days………..2C) - Hot Rock Topics……..(Jim) There has been a lot of talkin recent years about how to attract a younger audience to acurling event……….Warren made an observation this pastweekend and will offer an idea of what might help to attractpeople under 40……D) - Mailbag……..(Jim) We will read you some commentsabout streaming from the Grand Slam along with a rant fromFace Book…..E) - Curling Moments to Remember……..A look intocurling's rich history……….Each week either Kevin or Warrenwill relate back to something that happened in curling's pastthat is always interesting…….Today Kevin will bring us a greatcurling moment…….. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings again everyone andwelcome to this Special Edition of InsideCurling, known as Inside the Slam!The second Grand Slam ofCurling event of the season is underway, TheCoop Canadian Open that started on Tuesdayin Nisku, Alberta at the Silent IceCentre and we have ready to reached thefinals. Kevin is there with Sportsnet andyou have probably heard him on thebroadcast. We will also see how theselections we made for the final two haveworked out. The Canadian Mixed Championshipis underway at St. Catharines, Ontario and itended today and we will check in to see whothe winners are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The second Grand Slam ofCurling event of the season is underway, TheCoop Canadian Open that started on Tuesdayin Nisku, Alberta at the Silent IceCentre. Kevin is there with Sportsnet andyou have probably heard him on thebroadcast, we will talk about thatevent and what has happened so far. Wewill also see how the selections we made forthe final eight have worked out. The Canadian Mixed Championshipis underway at St. Catharines, Ontario andwe will check in to see how things aregoing. Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle Jim Jerome.Produced by Mike Rogerson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 inthe way of the NuFloors Penticton Classic.There aren't any foreign teams in the eventbut it did feature five of Canada's best wewill review. The Pan Continental Championshipstarted last Sunday in Lacombe, Alberta andthis is an important event because it qualifiesa number of teams for the 2025 Women'sand Men's World Championships….Canada isrepresented by Brad Gushue and RachelHoman. Hot Rocks Topics. The Pan ContinentalChampionship started a few days ago and in a couple ofweeks the European Championship will start and inboth cases teams are being qualified for the 2025World Men's and Women's Championship. In allprobability the Pan Continental will qualify (six – we willexplain) and the Europeans seven of the 13teams. But at the WC Congress in September athought was put on the table…..is there a better way ofdoing this?So, today we have an email butwe have also gone to our FB Group where someoneasked about the Pan Continental being on televisionand it got 109 comments. Curling Moments toRemember - A look back into curling's richhistory. Each week either Kevin or Warrenwill relate back to an experience or observation tosomething that has happened in curling's richhistory. Today Kevin will bring us a great curlingmoment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today joining us is Kerri Einarson who just won the Hearing LifeChallenge in Charlottetown….her first big winof the season. What's Happening Around the Curling World?This past weekend the Hearing LifeChallenge, the first Grand Slam of the seasontook place in Charlottetown, PEI with a Tier Iand a Tier II event one the ice…..We willreview both events and give you thehighlights. The Aaron Sluchinski teamannounced Tuesday that Aaron has left theteam…..we will talk about where he is going?I think we have talked about thehogline and violations on two of our showsalready this year but because of email and FBcomments this past weekend we will addressthe issue one more timeHot Rocks Topics, Curling needs an injection ofsomething new and different could two personstick curling maybe be the answer to thatquestion could two person stick becomecurling's “Cornhole” or “pickleball” We will talkabout how this take on curling could be a way toget people into a curling facility and not justolder curlers who can no longer slide…?We have had lots of comments inemail and social media about the addedbroadcasts of the GSOC this past week on videostream. We will take a look at one of them. Curling Moments toRemember, A look back into curling's richhistory. Each week either Kevin or Warrenwill relate back to an experience or observation tosomething that has happened in curling's richhistory……Today Warren will look back to a majorhappening that took place in March of 1977 inMontreal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.Please take a second to subscribe to our NEW YoutTube channel and like and comment on the videos, it helps the show out a lot:https://www.youtube.com/@InsideCurlingInside 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.Please take a second and subscribe to our NEW YoutTube channel, it helps the show out a lot:https://www.youtube.com/@InsideCurling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the House with us today is Nic Sulsky, the man behind The Curling Group who are thenew owners of the Grand Slam. Lots of new things happening and we will chat about the New GrandSlam. Hot Rocks Topics, Curling needs an injection of something new and different, could two person stick curlingmaybe 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 curlingfacility, and not just older curlers who can no longer slide…?Mailbag, We will look at an email where a listenerhas asked for some direction on how to buycurling equipment for a youngster, Kevin willprovide some insight. What Are You Hearing, another team has made a decisionto play with three players, Team Koe, at least fornow. Might there be an advantage in today'sgame for a team to play with three and at the topcompetitive level should it continue to be allowedor should some changes be made. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's Happening Around the Curling World?On September 17th and 18 th aninteresting new event took place in Lafayette,Colorado, the Everest North American Curling ClubChampionship. We will review what happened inLafayette and the men's winner. Dan Sherrardfrom Edmonton will join us to recap his feelingsabout the event. This past weekend in Okotoks, Albertathe ATB Okotoks Classic event was held withmany of the top players on the men's side of theequation participating and we will take a look atwhat happened in Okotoks. An event took place in Calgary involvingthe Mixed Doubles Super Series with some of thebest mixed doubles teams in the worldinvolved. Also, starting Wednesday, September25 th at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary is thePointsBet Invitational and we will do a review onwhat that event is all about. Hot Rocks Topics…. A lot of discussion around videostreaming of events the past couple of years. TheWorld Curling Congress in Montreal a few weeksago discussed some of the challenges worldcurling is facing with streaming and similarproblems are also haunting Curling Canada wewill discuss what that is all about. In the House with us today is thenumber one women's skip in the world, RachelHoman. We will look at an email where a listenerhas asked for some direction that possibly more ofour listeners might need. What Are You Hearing? We are hearing that in the PointsBet thisweek Laura Walker will be subbing for ShannonBirchard as second for Kari Einarson - Where isShannon? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Inside Curling season number five....thisis our first official show of the 2024 – '25 season andwe have a lot of things to cover.When we did our summer show in August weannounced that Inside Curling is no longer part ofSportsnet and have moved over to Acast. We wouldagain like to thank everyone at Sportsnet for the threegreat years we spent with the network. Also, inaddition to kevin, Warren and Jim we would like towelcome our technical producer for the third year,Mike Rogerson along with Rod Palson who is doingour social media for the fifth year, mainly Face Bookand X (Twitter) but once we are into the season weare also going to branch into Instagram and Tik Tokmore than we have in the past. In this coming seasonwe will have clips, segments and some interviews onYou Tube.Here is what is on the show today's show…What's Happening Around the Curling World?World Curling concluded it's annualCurling Congress in Montreal on September 8 th andWarren was there so we will review what tookplace.A number of smaller spiels have alreadyhappened and this weekend in Cornwall, Ontariothe annual Shorty Jenkins Classic is taking placeinvolving some of the best teams in the world sowe will look in on what is happening there.On September 17th and 18 th aninteresting new event is taking place in Lafayette,Colorado, the Everest North American Curling ClubChampionship….We will review what is takingplace there. An interesting playoff took place thispast week in Sweden involving Anna Hasselborgand Isabella Wrana….We will review whathappened. During our summer show we talkedabout the Governor General's Curling and it heldits 150 anniversary gathering in Ottawa,September 8 – 12…We announced the Showdown at theSaville on our show in August and we will bringyou up-to-date on what is happening with theShowdown.Hot Rocks Topics, During the World Curling meetings someinteresting discussions were brought up regardingrules enforcement by some retired athletes andcoaches who were present….you will be surprisedat what they had to say….The issue of 8 ends versus 10 wasn't on theagenda...wasn't even discussed…what wouldbe the reason for that?In The House, Brad Jacobs is now the skip of the oldBrendan Bottcher team and Brad will be with us totalk about the up coming season.Mailbag, Even though it is summer we aregetting emails and we will review one.What Are You Hearing, Brianne Harris, lead on team Einarsonwas suspended from all competition at the end ofFebruary because of a banned substance detected in asample taken on January 24 th . A-B sample was takenin early March and the substance Ligandrol wasdetected again. Harris has been suspended since butthis week on Face Book a posting was made bringingeveryone up to speed on the situation - we will take alook at it. Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle Jim Jerome.Recorded, Edited, Mixed by Mike Rogerson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inside Curling has made a move into the curling event business with the announcement inJuly of four new events at the Saville Centre inEdmonton that will be known as the ShowDownat the Saville. The events will happen betweenApril 23 rd and May 11 th . We will dig in and reviewexactly what the ShowDown at the Savilleinvolves. The first major event of the season, thePoints Bet Invitational will get underway atCanada Olympic Park (COP) in Calgary onSeptember 25 we will review the field for thatevent. The first Grand Slam of the season, theHearing Life Challenge will start on October 1 st inCharlottetown hasn't been a lot of news out ofthe Grand Slam so we will review what is or isn'thappening there. Kevin's Curling Academy has had a busysummer and we will take a look at what'shappening with the Academy. USA Mixed Doubles Pre-Trials werecompleted on August 11 th and there are nowseven out of 10 teams determined for the USATrials in February, We will review what hashappened so far in determining a USArepresentative for the 2026 Olympics In the first week of September theGovernor General's Curling Club will celebrate it's150 anniversary, We will review what the GG'sreally is and why it is important to curling inCanada.Inside Curling is hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome.Recorded, Edited and Mixed by Mike Rogerson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our final show of the season for Inside Curling, we sit down for a discussion with Beau Welling, the president of World Curling. We dive into the season that was, and look ahead for a sneak peak at some of the things WC has planned for next season and the years to come.From all of us here at Inside Curling, we would like to thank you, our faithful listeners, for all you support, input and encouragement throughout the season... in the words of the great Canadian band Chilliwack "without an audience, there ain't no show."Inside Curling is hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Recorded, Edited and Mixed by Mike Rogerson.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.