Inside Curling with Kevin Martin & Warren Hansen

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.

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.

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.

In the House today is Sportsnet’s veteran curling broadcaster, Rob Faulds, who will help us review the highlights from the past season (6:25). In What’s Happening Around the Curling World? We are getting close to the end of our season so we'll look at the world rankings for women, men and mixed doubles (32:24). In What are You Hearing? We are hearing that Beth Johnston in Nova Scotia is concerned about what the future path is for the Grand Slam since it has been purchased by the Curling Group. We will tell you what we know at this point...(56:37).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.

In the House today is our special guest Bobby Ray, Curling Canada manager of club development and membership services (2:18). Next up, the fellas take a look around the world of curling to discuss an interesting announcement this week out of Italy from National Coach, Claudia Pescia  (29:32). In today's Hot Rocks Topics (33:23), we look into Brendan Bottcher's interesting announcement today regarding his future in curling. Later on, the guys go over a note Tim Dean in Texas sent us (45:47).Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle 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.

This episode of Inside Curling begins In the House with Next Gen skip Sam Mooibroek, one of the sport's up and coming U-25 players. Next, we take a trip around the curling world to sort through the latest news and notes. Later, the boys share an update from Team Homan after the squad released some info this week on X about how great their season really was - it really is pretty remarkable!Inside Curling is hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle 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.

Today, we have a very special episode for a very special guest. The Inside Curling boys interview the legendary Glenn Howard. The four-time world champion and the winner of 14 Grand Slams and 20-time Brier participant talks to us about officially retiring from competitive play plus much more!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.

In the House today is our special guest David Murdoch, the High Performance Director for Curling Canada! In What’s Happening Around the Curling World? The curling world has been pretty quiet this past week so we are going to answer some emails from our listeners (28:00).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. 

In the House today is special guest Patrick Prade, manager of the Vancouver Curling Club (2:30). In What’s Happening Around the Curling World? There were a number of changes within top teams in Canada over the past few weeks and and we will chat about that (24:45). On Hot Rocks Topics, we are getting near the end of the season and we have a ton of emails to go through. We also want to thank all the people that sent us questions in the last week either on social media or via email we will try to get to them all before the end of the season (34:30)!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.