This Broom Brothers episode recaps the 2025 Brier, highlighting Team Brad Jacobs' victory and Matt Dunstone's performance, and includes interviews with Ben Hebert and coach Paul Webster, discussing team dynamics, strategic decisions, and their outlook on the upcoming World Championships and Olympic trials.
Surprise! We said we wouldn't be back until after the Brier but we lied! It's a very special episode of the show to celebrate a very special day: International Women's Day! John sits down with four of the most prominent voices in the sport in Jennifer Jones, Rachel Homan, Anna Hasselborg, and Jocelyn Peterman to discuss what it's like to be a woman in curling in 2025. We're going to discuss how we got here and what we can do to help move the sport forward for women across the globe. And we get i...
It's a big week here on the show as we try to cram a bunch of curling news in! Our own Robbie is the brand-new PEI Mixed Champion, so we get into that before diving deep into the Scotties, as we recap Rachel Homan's continued dominance and who surprised us in the tournament (both good and bad). From there, it's Brier szn baby! We tee up what should be a great tournament with 5-7 teams all in it with a shot to win it, as we discuss Brad Gushue not being the clear favourite, who might dethrone him...
Scotties szn is upon us and we break all of that down for you including our picks for the playoffs, our dark horses, and which teams we're nervous about heading into the week. John gives everyone an update on the "Foamgate" situation, the attempted Scotties Players' Agreement, and where we go from here. And then finally we break down the recently-concluded US Curling Championships before welcoming in the 2025 Men's Champion, Korey Dropkin! With Robbie away at the PEI Mixed Doubles provincials, J...
It was a wild week at the WFG Masters in Guelph as The Curling Group debuted the new blank rule, held the first-ever GSOC Playoff Draft, and Foamgate was all the rage. Ross Whyte made history by winning his first Grand Slam event and Anna Hasselborg followed in Rachel Homan's footsteps, becoming the second skip in a row to win both the GSOK and GSOC titles in the same weekend. After we wrap up all the happenings in Guelph, we are joined by Anna Hasselborg to discuss her team's evolution over the...
Happy New Year! Your local neighbourhood Broom Brothers are back and we're kicking off 2025 with some massive news on the docket: Karlee Burgess has quit Team Carey to join Team Einarson. John and Robbie break that move down while also discussing the recent Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials and get you set up for the upcoming WFG Masters in Guelph. Then, we are pleased to be joined by Karlee Burgess herself, who joins us for her first podcast interview since the news broke. We discuss how the decisio...
We are thrilled to be joined this week by EJ Harnden, giving us an exclusive first interview since the split with Brad Gushue and the team-up with Matt Dunstone. We run through it all here, from the last few weeks with Team Gushue and what led to the split to his palpable excitement to be joining Matt and Colton and perhaps most importantly, reuniting with his brother. We also discuss the emotional 2023 Brier Final, what he feels he can bring to a team as a veteran of the game, and Ryan Fry's wi...
It was a wild week in St. John’s and we talk to the man in the middle of all of it, Brad Jacobs. Brad joins us for an unfiltered and uncensored chat about everything at the Kioti National: making the final, the new direction curling is heading in and where it still has to go, and yes, we talked about the boos. Plus, Robbie and John break down their view on the memorable week that was and surprise, surprise, it’s yet another team change to go over as Team Dunstone announces the departure of BJ Ne...
We're back! And we're saying "mamma mia" for a few reasons this week, as we are wowed by the performances of Rachel Homan and Bruce Mouat in Nisku (and wowed by the beautiful Silent Ice Centre), we can't believe we are reporting on another team change as Derek Samagalski takes a step back from competitive curling, and we are very excited for next week's Kioti National in St. John's. And of course, we are also saying "Mamma Mia!" following Isabella Wranå and her team's phenomenal Grand Slam of Ka...
It's been a whirlwind of a few weeks in the curling world, as Brendan Bottcher makes his Team Gushue debut with an impressive performance at the Pan-Continental Curling Championships. We break that down and wonder what the future of that tournament holds, while also discussing some of the "concerns" fans have had online about the tournament not being televised. We also tee up the Co-Op Canadian Open which will go next week in Nisku, breaking down our favourites and introducing some of the new te...
We are trying our best to make this a bi-weekly podcast, but too much stuff keeps happening! So we are back again less than a week after our previous episode and Brendan Bottcher, the new second for Team Brad Gushue, joins us to discuss what went into making the decision to return to 4-person curling. We talk about his split from his old team, what the summer looked like for him, why the time was right to return to the game, and what he's most looking forward to with his new team. And, we ask th...
Who knew that it would only take two episodes before we had to record an emergency pod? With the full episode already in the can, Brad Gushue stunned the curling world by parting ways with second EJ Harnden and so the boys call an audible and get together to discuss that before getting into the episode as originally recorded. We are overstuffed this week as we break down the successful first Grand Slam for The Curling Group, the Hearing Life Tour Challenge, we discuss the Kevin Koe team change (...
Welcome to your new favourite podcast about curling! Robbie Doherty (Sportsnet) and John Cullen (Broomgate) will team up every two weeks to discuss the latest in curling news and gossip while delivering hot takes you can’t get anywhere else. They’ll also talk to your favourite curlers about everything that makes them tick, while also having a few laughs. Together, they are the Broom Brothers. On this debut episode, the BBs discuss some of the big offseason moves, the early season successes, and ...
