From the Hack

On the first episode of "Waking Up With the Brier" my guests are 2021 Scotties champions Kerri Einarson fresh off her victory in the Calgary bubble and my other guest is the "Voice of Curling", Vic Rauter of TSN.

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. 

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.

On this episode we recap Draw 3 and 4 of the Championship Pool and our guest is Al Cameron, Director of Communications and Media Relations at Curling Canada whose team have worked tirelessly to help members of the media cover the Scotties from outside the bubble.

It is Curling Day in Canada and on today's episode of the "Waking Up With The Scotties" series we recap the first two draw of the Championship Pool, we interview Mackenzie Zacharias and Karlee  Burgess fresh off their first career Scotties appearance and we are joined by Devin Heroux of CBC Sports and the co-host of "That Curling Show"

On today's "Waking Up With The Scotties" - Olympic silver medalist and TSN curling commentator Cheryl Bernard, Matt Dunstone who will skip Saskatchewan at the 2021 Brier and Mary Chilvers, co-host of the 2 Girls and a Game podcast.

On today's episode...reigning and three-time Brier champion Brad Gushue and four-time world champion Glenn Howard join me to discuss the Scotties and Canada's next generation of curlers + we recap Wednesday's action at the Scotties. 

On today's episode I chat with Beth Peterson whose team is making their first appearance at the Scotties, I recap Tuesday's action at the Scotties and my final guest is Elaine Dagg-Jackson who is the National Coach & Program Manager, Women's Program with Curling Canada.

On today's episode of "Waking Up With the Scotties" we are joined by Laurie St. Georges of Team Quebec, curling blogger Mike Fournier who is currently preparing to compete in the Brier and Greg Ewasko who is the head ice technician at the 2021 Scotties.

On today's episode of From the Hack's "Waking Up With The Scotties"... Colin Hodgson of Dynasty Curling discusses the design process for Scotties apparel and the logistics of getting the jerseys and jackets to the players, we recap Sunday's action and we interview reigning world junior champions Mackenzie Zacharias and Karlee Burgess of Team Zacharias (Wild Card 2)

On our very first episode of Waking up With the Scotties, we highlight Sandra Schmirler Day, we recap Saturday's action at the Scotties with clips from several players and we interview Krysta Burns and Amanda Gates of Team Northern Ontario.

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...

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...

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 cha...

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 medalis...

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

On the Season 6 season premiere - Following some exciting news, we hear from U.S. skip and defending Olympic champion John Shuster; we chat with the newest tour event champ Mike McEwen; and Quebec curler/PhD candidate Sarah Benkirane joins us to discuss diversity in curling.

On this special episode of the from the Hack podcast our guest is Olympic, World and three-time Brier champion Brad Gushue.  We discuss his most recent Brier win in Kingtson and tackle other subjects such as a player's association for curlers, the growing disparity between Tier 1/slam teams and the remainder of Canadian teams on tour and we also discuss reaching the provincial mixed doubles final...

Olympic silver medalist and world champion Richard Hart joins me for his first-ever From the Hack podcast appearance.  We touch on many different topics including the 2020 Brier, team chemistry and whether enough is done to help curlers deal with the emotional toll of competing in, and losing, in major curling events.

It's another special episode of the From the Hack podcast and my guest is Bryan Mudryk of TSN.  Bryan not only covers curling for TSN but he also does the play-by-play for the network's Montreal Canadiens coverage.

My guest on this special edition of the From the Hack podcast is Bob Weeks of TSN.  Bob is one of the pre-eminent curling and golf journalists in the country.  Bob and I touch on several different curling and golf topics including recent lineup changes in curling, the Brier, Brooke Henderson, Tiger Woods and much more.

Price Atkinson is the co-host of curling's Extra Extra End Podcast, he also hosts the Yards and Stripes podcast that focuses on the football programs at the U.S. military academies.  Price has also done some work with media outlets such as ESPN Radio and was a student-athlete at the University of Kentucky. Price and I talk about some of the big stories in U.S. curling this season but we also have...

By popular demand, here is the first-ever episode of the From the Hack podcast that was posted online.  0:30 – Al Cameron, Curling Canada re: Mixed Doubles at Olympics 8:05 – Jamie Korab, 2006 Olympic Gold Medalist re: 2017 Brier awarded to St. John's 16:37 – Cheryl Bernard, TSN Curling Analyst

With most people having to stay home these days, From the Hack will be producing a series of interviews with different individuals to help that curling gap in your lives. The second guest in our series is three-time U.S. champion Jamie Sinclair. We discuss her recent free agency status, whether she'd come back to play out of Canada, we discuss the importance that personal branding has played in he...

My guest this week is Sportsnet curling analyst Mike Harris who is not only an Olympic silver medalist but a CPGA professional who covered golf at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and is scheduled to cover golf again at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.  Mike joined me to discuss some of the recent lineup changes in curling, we discuss Curling Canada's birthright rule and we also talk a little golf.