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From the Hack

Frank Rochwww.si.com
From the Hack is your number one source for curling news, interviews and features.
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Episodes

A new Era for the Grand Slam of Curling

This episode focuses on the recent announcmeent that the Grand Slam of Curling was sold to a new entity called The Curling Group. I chat with Nic Sulsky, a key member of The Curling Group about their plans for the Slams moving forward and with Olympic gold medalist Marc Kennedy about what impact this new era for the Slam might have on the players.

Apr 18, 202434 min

Preview of 2024 Men's worlds with Mouat, Gushue and Hood

This week, we preview the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship by interviewing Bruce Mouat and Brad Gushue who faced each other in last year's final and are both back for another crack at a championship. We also chat with the skip of a Team New Zealand that has been on an interesting curling journey this season, to say the least.

Mar 27, 202446 min

2024 World Women's Curling Championship Preview

On this week's podcast we preview the 2024 Women's Worlds with guests - Alina Paetz (SUI), Rachel Homan (CAN), Anna Hasselborg (SWE), Tabitha Peterson (USA), Jen Dodds (SCO) and Jess Smith (NZ).

Mar 13, 202455 min

From the Hack - 2024 Brier Preview

In this year's Brier preview we welcome the two brads, Gushue and Jacobs along with Mike McEwen, Ben Hebert, Matt Dunstone, Aaron Sluchinski and Tyler Tardi.

Feb 28, 20241 hr 18 min

From the Hack - 2024 Scotties Preview - Part 1

In Part 1 of our 2024 Scotties preview we are joined by - Jenn Jones, Sarah Wilkes of Team Homan, Clancy Grandy (BC), Kate Cameron (WC), Danielle Inglis (ON) and Heather Smith (NS).

Feb 11, 202452 min

A conversation with World Curling Federation President Beau Welling

On this week's episode, we chat with Beau Welling, president of the World Curling Federation. We discuss many of the sport's hot-button topics. I also ask the world-renowned golf course designer if the sport of curling ever comes up in his conversations with Tiger Woods.

Jan 26, 202430 min

From the Hack - A "fantastic four" finish to 2023

In the final episode of 2023, we chat with Olympic gold medalist Marc Kennedy, Laura Walker of the #1 ranked mixed doubles team in the world, Alyssa Nedohin from the reigning Canadian U18 and U21 Canadian champs Team Plett, and we are also joined by Northern Ontario curling upstart Deanna Chilton.

Dec 23, 202352 min

Rockin' in Red Deer with guests Emma Miskew and Jacques Gauthier

On this week's episode we are joined by Emma miskew of Team Homan and Jacques Gauthier of Team Kevin Koe whose teams each won the tour event in Red Deer las weekend. Our discussions touch on many topics including Miskew's work with curling's developing player's association and Gauthiers transition from skip to second.

Nov 23, 202331 min

The Unknown Curling Fans has his say!

On this week's episode, my guests are Olympian Hans Frauenlob, who joins us to recap an exciting and controversial 2023 Pan-Continental Championship and Mike Fournier, who recently penned a blog in the persona of the "Unknown Curling Fan", which received a lot of attention in the competitive curling community.

Nov 10, 202338 min

Grand Slam season begins and a silver medal for Spain at the World Mixed

On this week's episode, we hear from Karlee Burgess of Team Jennifer Jones. Karlee won her first career Grand Slam last week in Niagara Falls. Our second guest this week is Olympic gold medalist Ryan Fry who now coaches Italy's Team Retornaz. We discuss the Italian team, currently ranked second in the world and recap their win at the first Grand Slam of the season. We end this week's episode with Sergio Vez who skipped Team Spain to a silver medal at the 2023 World Mixed Championship....

Oct 29, 202337 min

Season 9 Premiere - David Murdoch, St. Georges/Asselin

In the Season 9 premiere, we welcome David Murdoch, the new Director of High Performance at Curling Canada. We also chat with Laurie St. Georges and Felix Asselin who will represent Canada at the 2023 World Mixed Curling Championship. The duo recently won a mixed doubles event and they also have several events planned with their respective four-person teams in what will be a very busy season.

Sep 15, 202346 min

2022-23 Season Finale

On the 2022-23 season finale, we are joined by Devin Heroux of CBC Sports, 2021 Brier champion Brendan Bottcher and Phill Drobnick of USA Curling.

Jun 11, 20231 hr 13 min

End of season Roundtable with Cullen and Fournier

This week, we recap the 2022-23 season with John cullen and Mike Fournier who have both curled at the elite level and are also well-known for their work in covering the sport through their blogs, podcasts and other platforms.

Jun 01, 202348 min

Discussing the World Wheelchair Championship and the Canadian Junior Championship

On this episode we are joined by Mark Ideason who recently won a silver medal at the World Wheelchair Curling Champonship and his teammate Gil Dash who recently also won his 4th Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship. We are also joined by Myla Plett, a young lady who has already won three Canadian titles; a U20 title and two U18 titles.

Apr 29, 202327 min

Men's Worlds Preview, Reid Carruthers and Canadian Jrs Deschenes and Snyder

On this episode we preview the Men's Worlds with Olympian Hans Frauenlob who will be calling some of the action for the World Curling Federation TV. We then have an insightful conversation with Team Einarson coach Reid Carruthers. Last but not least, we catch up with Emily Deschenes and Asutin Snyder a few weeks after they represented Canada at the 2023 World Junior Championships.

Mar 30, 202342 min

2023 Brier Preview - Part 2

On Part 2 of our 2023 Brier preview our guests include - Brad Gushue (CA), Marc Kennedy (WC1), JD Lind (WC3), Jacques Gauthier (BC) and Mike McEwen (ON).

Mar 02, 20231 hr 8 min

2023 Brier Preview - Part 1

In Part 1 of our 2023 Brier preview we chat with Bj Neufeld (MB), Tyler Tardi (AB), Tanner Horgan (NO) and Nathan Young (NL).

Mar 01, 202352 min

European and Canadian Curling Club Championship Recaps

On this week's episode we take a look back at the 2022 European Championships with winning skips Madeleine Dupont of Denmark and Bruce Mouat of Scotland. We also chat with Greg Baldson who led his team to a title at the 2022 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championship.

Dec 02, 202235 min

Recapping the Pan-Continental Championships with guests - Jess Smith (NZ) and EJ Harnden (CAN).

On this week's episode of the From the Hack podcast we recap the first-ever Pan-Continental Championships held last week in Caglary. Our firs guest is Jessica Smith whose team earned New Zealand's first ever invite to the World Women's Championship after finishing 5th in Calgary, less than two after after being diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. Our other guest this week is EJ Harnden of Team Gushue who won the men's event at the Pan-Continantels. Harnden, discusses the even in Calgary and his tr...

Nov 09, 202249 min

From the Hack with guests, Miskew, Menard and Frauenlob

On this week's episode we welcome twelve time Grand Slam winner Emma Miskew, 2022 World Mixed champion Jean-Michel Ménard and Olympian/curling broadcaster Hans Frauenlob who helps us preview the upcoming Pan-Continental Championship.

Oct 26, 202249 min

From the Hack - American Curling Woes

This week we take a deep dive into two major issues that are currently the focus of the U.S. curling community. Our guests are Monica Walker, Jen Nguyen and Bryan Pittard of the DEI Task Force, Kristen Conrad of the Grand National Curling Club and USA Today's Nancy Armour who has been reporting on the Yates Report and its fallout in both the U.S. soccer and curling communities.

Oct 20, 20221 hr 21 min
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