2 Girls and a Game - Curling Podcast

In the Season 6 Premiere episode Lori and Mary get together to figure out how to proceed with a curling podcast when there isn't much curling taking place.  Luckily, they never seem to run out of topics and crazy stories to share!  The girls discuss all the recent announcements and cancellations of curling events worldwide and how each country is handling travel restrictions and quarantining diffe...

In this summer bonus episode, Lori and Mary get to know more about one of their favourite players - Kate Cameron!  The girls find out what life has been like for Kate during Covid and how it affected her wedding plans.  They find out more about the ups and downs in Kate's curling career before she finally broke through and made it to the Scotties in 2017.  Lori and Mary chat with Kate about that e...

It's a Summer Bonus episode!  Lori and Mary finally get together after not seeing each other since the Brier!  The girls catch up on what's been happening in the curling world: return to play guidelines, the Grand Slams being postponed until April, will regional events happen with no points on the line until November, who is having babies, who has had to postpone weddings and which curlers have di...

In the 26th Episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary catch up with what has been happening in the curling world during the pandemic.  They discuss the classic curling games being shown on TSN: Scotties 2011 Jones vs Overton Clapham, 2009 Brier Howard vs Martin and 2015 Brier Simmons vs Jacobs.  The curlers have been hitting the social media circuits hard lately which created many great stories for the gir...

In the 25th Episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary find a way to create a curling podcast when no curling is taking place.  In this episode they discuss the recent announcement that the World Championships for 2020 will not be played and how that impacts the calculation of the Olympic points going forward.  The girls enjoyed watching some classic curling on TSN from 2013 and note many of the differences...

In the 24th Episode (Season 5) Mary beings with a "Did you Notice" segment which focuses on what has been happening since the social distancing and Pandemic concerns began.  Lori and Mary discuss all the latest new team formations that have been announced.  The girls chat about what everyone is doing to pass the time and still get a curling fix including watching old curling games online and Mary...

In the 23rd Episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary catch up on COVID-19, self isolation, the impacts it is causing and how the curlers are dealing with it.  With all the teams storming and forming during the last week, the girls break down the biggest changes in the curling world: Wilkes moving to Homan, Weagle moving to Jones as a 5th player, Morris in and Flasch out on Team Koe, Forrest stepping back...

In the 22nd Episode (Season 5) Mary and Lori are joined by journalists Gregory Strong and Ted Wyman who both cover curling here in Canada.  The four do a round table conversation about all of latest curling topics: impact of COVID-19, late cancellation of the Women's World Championship, Team Homan taking Lisa Weagle out of the lineup moving forward, Brier and Scotties format and favourite moments,...

In the 21st Episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary make a road trip to Kingston to watch the final 4 days at the Brier.  The girls discuss the final game where Team Gushue (NFLD) won their 3rd Brier title, Team Bottcher's (Alberta) 3rd silver medal performance, Team Dunstone's (Sask) great run, how only 1 team was eliminated after the round robin and all the tiebreakers.  They also discuss the great job...

In the 20th episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary discuss the opening weekend at the Brier in Kingston.  Some of the topics include: the wildcard game and result, the girls make their picks on who will win the Brier, are the pools more equally distributed than at the Scotties, TSN featuring more than only the elite teams and some wild finishes in the games.  The girls have some fun with "have you notic...

In the 19th Episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary continue their conversation about the Scotties: including more behind the scenes with Lori, the incident with Dan Carey and the official, superlatives from within the Scotties field and a couple of Lori's big takeaway moments from Moosejaw.

In the 18th Episode (Season 5) Lori returns from the Scotties to recap the playoff games with Mary.  Congratulations to Team Manitoba (Team Einarson) on the extra end victory over Team Ontario (Team Homan).  Then Mary and Lori discuss the Scotties journey for Lori (Part 1)  Thank you to CurlingZone, HardLine and JetIce for sponsoring this episode, please enjoy!

In the 17th Episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary chat about their "secret project" which continued over the weekend, the Oscars and Lori's send off party.  Then the girls discuss the results from the Manitoba and Alberta Tankards: more talent arising in Alberta, Gunner's first purple heart and more.  With Brendan Bottcher winning in Alberta, it opens the door to Team Glenn Howard claiming the spot in...

In the 16th Episode (season 5) Mary tells Lori about her first time experience playing Mixed Doubles.  Then the girls break down the Provincial Scotties and Tankard action from the weekend: results from Saskatchewan, Ontario, BC, NFLD, NWT, NO, NB and the province everyone was waiting for - Manitoba!  Congratulations to all the teams for winning their province and territorial.  Thank you to Curlin...

In the 15th Episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary get caught up after a very busy weekend of curling and Lori may be suffering from a little burnout.  The girls break down the results and what happened in the Scotties/Tankard playdowns in NS, NB, Quebec, Alberta and Sask.  Congratulations to all the teams who won their provincials!  Lori and Mary watched so much live streaming of these events that they...

In the 14th Episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary discuss the latest Grand Slam of Curling which was held in Yorkton, Sask: weather affecting ice, triple knockout format, how the Continental Cup teams performed and 60 second recaps.  Congratulations to Team  Hasselbourg and Team Jacobs on winning 3 Grand Slams in a row. The girls talk about the latest Scotties and Tankard results as attention shifts to...

In the 13th Episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary discuss their road trip to the Continental Cup which was held in London, Ontario to sold out crowds.  The girls chat about their experiences while they were there, the dominant performance by Team Europe, team dynamics during the mixed scramble game skipped by Rachel Homan, jerseys and nicknames and so much more.  During their time at the Continental Cu...

In the 12th Episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary get caught up after the holiday break: what they were up to, Christmas holidays and New Years and what some of their favourite curlers did over the break....including which curler has recently announced a new addition to their family?!  Mary filled Lori in on a couple cool opportunities that she was a part of: coaching a Swiss team at the TCA Championsh...

In the 11th Episode (Season 5), Lori and Mary recap the Boost National Slam which was held in Conception Bay South.  Congratulations to Team Hasselbourg and Team Jacobs on their victories.  Mary absolutely crushes her 60 second recap, there is discussion on both Canada Cup winners (Homan and Epping) not qualifying for playoffs and whether there is a letdown for curlers and the audience after the C...

In the 10th Episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary recap the 2019 Canada Cup: their overview of the event, ice and venue, TSN crew, commercials, new additions to teams, fashion, round robin surprises, how the girls picks did, semi final blowouts and the men's and women's finals.  Congratulations to Team Homan and Team Epping on their big victories and claiming the first spot in the 2021 Olympic Trials!...

In the 9th Episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary discuss the European Championships including victories by Team Hasselbourg and Team Edin, Eve Muirhead's lingering hip injury, Craig Saville's successful coaching debut and Norway missing the playoffs by 1 game.  The girls are excited for the 2019 Canada Cup to begin this week and make their picks on which teams could claim the win and nab the first Olym...

In the 8th Episode (Season 5), Mary takes over the podcast with a special interview with Lori as she has some big news to share.  The girls discuss the recent controversy at the European Championships where Norway was penalized after misinterpreting a rule and subsequently were given the loss because of it.  Lori and Mary share a few fun stories before they interview Rick Lang.  Rick shares exactl...

In the 7th Episode (Season 5), Lori and Mary have barely recovered after they hosted a "Happy Hour With The 2 Girls" at a charity event in Toronto.  They chat about how it felt to be centre stage and about their "Masked Curler" Rich Hart siting in with them.  The girls discuss everything about the Tour Challenge (Tier 1) which was held in Pictou, NS: 60 second recaps, emergence of young teams brea...

In this 6th Episode (Season 5) Lori and Mary get together to record the GSOC Masters Recap.  They discuss the spares who filled in, coaching changes and who might be filling in on the TSN broadcast.  Lori had several "Have You Noticed" observations and many learnings from the Sportsnet Crew from the week.  The girls talk about all the notable results from both the ladies and mens draws, how fun it...