2 Girls And A Game - Curling Podcast

With the Olympic Trials being the largest event held in Canada for the last four years, the girls decided to do more frequent recaps throughout the week.  This episode (PART 1) covers the opening weekend, their road trip to Ottawa and watching live Wednesday and Thursday at the Canadian Tire Centre.  They focus on noteworthy games and moments, the standings, how their trials picks are faring and other highs and lows up until this point and of course, some insights and observations!

In this latest episode, the girls preview the upcoming Roar of the Rings Canadian Olympic Trials.  They analyze each team, how they did during the fall spiel circuit and what chances they have to win the event.  They rank them according to 3 categories: playoff bound, middle of the road or drinking in the patch.  You do not want to miss the excitement the girls have for the trials, including an insomnia induced poem "T'was the Night Before Trials!"  We also spoke to some fellow curlers to hear who they are picking and cheering for! Enjoy!!

In this latest episode the girls discuss the recent Boost National GSOC, the new requirements necessary to take a 5th player to the Olympics and the US Olympic Trial process and winners.  Then the girls interview Julie Tippin, recent winner of the Road to the Roar, about their experience in PEI.  We discuss her team and coach, how they felt heading into the RTTR and what their thoughts are going forward to Ottawa for the Olympic Trials.  We end the interview with a fun game called "either, or" to see Julie's preferences on various items.  Enjoy!

In this episode, the girls recap the Road to the Roar which took place in Summerside, PEI.  They discuss some of the controversial decisions: not to show the RRTR in its entirety, the pool format which created a log jam of tiebreakers and how that was handled, and not allowing the teams to wear their own uniforms.  The girls revisit their picks and discuss the surprises and disappointments of the week.  They celebrate the successes of Team McCarville, Team Morris, Team Tippen and Team Bottcher as they win their way to the Olympic Trials.  There is a new segment being introduced called "Ask the Girls" where they discuss the importance of the draw and getting off to a good start.  Lots of laughs as usual, especially when the new commercials comes up in conversation!

In this EXTRA extra long episode the girls recap the Masters GSOC, they review the Men of Curling Calendar with their very candid and live reactions and have a great chat with Olympic Silver Medalist and World Champion Richard Hart.  We ask questions about the Olympic process, make our pre-trial picks and do a rapid 10 series of questions.  

In this episode the girls interview a very candid and introspective Pat Simmons.  We discuss winning his first Brier, becoming Team Canada and Kevin Koe's announcement that he was leaving the team.  We relive the Cinderella story of Pat winning the Brier again the following year after switching positions with John Morris mid Brier.  Also we discuss the pressures of medalling at the World Championships, team dynamics and break ups, and new beginnings with his young team and their successful start of the season. 

In this fun bonus episode the girls catch up on some gossip and stories before the next slam.  Some of the other topics are ideas for how to keep more curlers involved in the game, the importance of having a 5th player these days, and what's happening with the etiquette in curling?  They take a look at the Olympic Trial Team Tracker and see how the trials and pre trials teams are preforming.

In this bonus episode, the girls have Gerry Geurts, president of Curlingzone, return to discuss all the recent approved changes by the World Curling Federation.  We highlight the extra team at the Worlds and the new playoff format, a new World Series of Curling and the 5 rock rule and strategies to deal with it.  We discuss where all these changes leave Tier 2 players and will Canada ever hand pick their Olympic representatives.  Finally we turn to some early observations of this season and whether a slow start will impact the confidence of the trials teams.

In this episode the girls recap the Grand Slam of Curling's first event of the season, the Tour Challenge.  We track how the Canadian Olympic Trials and Pre-Trials teams fared, analyze the finals for both the Tier 1 and Tier 2.  We discuss our recent trip to the Oakville Curling Club and our experiences interviewing some of the games biggest stars!  Lots of fun stories to share!

In this episode the girls catch up on all the off season curling news including fun tidbits about the players and what's new on the tour.  We discuss the Everest Curling Challenge and debate on whether gender played a role in the final outcome.  We are still excited about our interview with Amy Nixon and chat about what she had to say!

In our season opener, we interview a very candid Amy Nixon about her curling career, the highs and lows.  We discuss her Olympic experience, Scotties accomplishments, balancing a family and her career as a lawyer.  We ask her thoughts on her former skips and ask about her decision to retire before the Olympic cycle ended.

ICYMI - Season opener from 2016!  The girls discuss off season antics, training and catch up on all things curling!

In this past episode recorded in September 2016, the girls conducted their first interview with the ever entertaining Mike Harris.  The discussion included Mike's experience at the Olympics, coaching Team Tom Brewster and his thoughts on various curlers.

In this episode the girls wrap up the season recapping the World Mixed Doubles, Champions Cup and World Seniors.  They give out "awards" for a variety of curling related topics: best shot, breakout team, memorable moment, team to watch for next season, best coaching, most improved player, biggest breakup, player of the year and more!  We give our take on the Mean Tweets that were read by the curlers on the Sheet Show.  Lastly, we look back on our second year of the podcast and relive some of our favourite memories. (should mention that when we discuss three ways, we are referring to three way interviews!)

The girls take a road trip to the Players Championship in Toronto.  They were able to ask some rapid fire questions with Ben Hebert, Cathy Overton Clapham, Jim Cotter and Pete Steski.  Lots of observations about the behind the scenes shenanigans and their very late night.  They discuss the latest "Sheet Show" and decided to do their own impersonations of some of their favourite players.  Also ran into a fan of our show and did a fun interview with her!

In this episode the girls along with special guest, Gerry Geurts discuss the recent Men's World Championships and Team Canada's dominant performance.  We discuss Team Sweden, Team USA and Team Scotland in further detail.  Other topics for this episode include results from the mixed doubles Nationals, Gerry's thoughts on some recent team changes and new Scotties and Brier format.  Lastly, Gerry breaks down the race to direct Olympic Trials and pre-trials berths and what to watch for at the Players Championship this week!

In this episode, the girls discuss the outcome of the Women's World Championships and the dominating performance of Team Canada.  They also take a closer look at Joanne Courtney and her journey with this team.  Other topics in this episode include the timing and format of the Elite 10 and Team Carruther's new commercial.

The girls along with special guest, John Epping analyze the week at the Brier.  Thoughts about the incredible final and storybook ending, semi final strategy, surprises and disappointments during the week, rowdy spectators, injured players and Brier awards.  We also do an interview with John about his season and ask his opinions on some of the shake ups that have happened in the last couple weeks.

In this episode, the girls discuss all things Scotties - from the thrilling final game between Manitoba and Ontario, relegation, hot shots, Amy Nixon's sudden retirement announcement and so much more

In this episode, the girls address the recent email from the coach of Team Epping, a disclaimer to all the elite level teams and the agony of the post playdown shuffle.  We also discuss the final Brier provincial playdowns and who we think will make the playoffs at the Scotties.