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The Curling Hotline
by The Curling Group
Curling broadcaster John Cullen hosts The Curling Hotline, the official podcast of The Curling Group and the Grand Slam of Curling. Join John every week for breaking news, the hottest takes in curling, and exclusive player interviews you can't get anywhere else. And YOU can call in! Got a question, hot take of your own, or a great story from your curling rec league? Drop us a line at 1-877-CURL-HOT.
Episodes
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Shannon Birchard, The Co-Op Invitational Dramas, New Stats, + MORE!
The Hotline is back after a wild week in Victoria at the first Slam of the year that saw multiple controversies spring up around the points system and celebrating made shots, and John breaks it all down. He also gives his overall thoughts on the winners Yannick Schwaller and Kerri Einarson, and...
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Co-op Invitational Preview w/ Taylor Reese-Hansen and Brent Laing
We are less than a week away from the first Grand Slam of Curling event of the season, the Co-op Invitational, and so John calls up Taylor Reese-Hansen, Victoria-based skip, to ask her about her thoughts on competing in her first-ever Slam and that Slam being on home soil. The two also discuss…
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Yannick Schwaller, Serena Gray-Withers, Arena Curling + MORE
John is joined this week by the newly-minted World #1 Yannick Schwaller, the first Swiss skip to ever top the table, and the two discuss what that means to the team, how they're approaching this quad, their two-coach system, and Curling Baby. And then John is joined by one of Canada's…
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Jordon McDonald, Alina Pätz, Rock League, New Rules, + More
The Hotline returns for your weekly dose of curling news and interviews, as John discusses the Rock League Season 2 announcement, the Korean Federation's decision to take Bo-bae Kang off of 4-player duty, and some World ranking changes before being joined by Jordon McDonald and Alina Pätz. Fresh...
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Joanne Courtney, Bruce Mouat, The Broadcast Team Announcement + More
It's the first full-length episode of the brand-new Curling Hotline podcast, and the phone lines are burning up! First, Joanne Courtney phones in to discuss her brand-new position on the TCG Broadcast Team, what she's most excited for in the booth, and some bold predictions for the season. And…
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Welcome to The Curling Hotline!
The podcast is BACK! We just have a different name, and different cover art, and it's just John now. He explains everything in this little teaser episode, which also explains the show's new and exciting format, which includes YOU! Give us a call on The Curling Hotline at 1-877-CURL-HOT and let us...
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Eve Muirhead is BACK!
Eve Muirhead is returning to competitive curling to play mixed doubles with Bobby Lammie, and she sits down with John to discuss it all. We learn why now is the right time, why she didn't keep playing with Bobby after they won the 2022 World Mixed Doubles championship, what drove her to want to...
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Lighting a Fire: Why Grant Hardie Left Team Mouat
We said we would only be back in case of emergency, and there's no question the #1 team in the world undergoing a change is such a case. Grant Hardie joins John to discuss shaking up the Scottish curling scene, as he moves to skip his own rink with Ross Whyte throwing fourth stone, and Robin...
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Putting a Bow On It
John and Robbie convene for one last time to do a final curling news round-up, and who knew we'd be talking about a May that would be this busy? Niklas Edin announces retirement, Brad Gushue heads south of the border, Australia nets its first-ever World Curling medal, and a bunch of team change...
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Heading South w/ Brad Gushue
It's an emergency podcast of sorts as we managed to snag a one-on-one with Brad Gushue, the brand new High Performance Director of USA Curling, on the eve of his first trip to the States in his official role. It was news that came as a bit of a shock to the curling world when it was announced...
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On the Mark w/ Ideson and Nichols
John is joined for a two-pack of interviews with two men who have had quite the last few months, Paralympic gold medal-winning skip Mark Ideson and Matt Dunstone's new second, Mark Nichols. Mark Ideson is up first, and him and John discuss why this Paralympics was the most memorable of his…
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Sweeping Changes w/ Pete Townshend
Now that the craziness from Rock League has died down, John and Robbie reconvene to discuss all the team changes they missed over the last few weeks. And there was a lot! From Mark Nichols joining Matt Dunstone all the way to the Middaugh family becoming a curling team, we talk through just about...
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Rockin' Rock League
Rock League Season 1 is now in the books and John and Robbie sit down to discuss it all. We talk about Shield CC's big win, Typhoon's surprise run to the final, and recap some of the biggest surprises and disappointments on the ice this week. And of course we also talk about everything that was...
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Managing, Generally Pt. 2 w/ Howard, Rycroft, and Svae
In Part 2 of our chats with the Rock League GMs, John sits down with Maple United's Glenn Howard, Shield Curling Club's Carter Rycroft, and Northern United's Christoffer Svae. John starts with Glenn, who played in a pro league once and gets the inside scoop on how that compares to now and why the...
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Ready to Rock! (League) w/ Brent Laing and Nic Sulsky
We are just over a week away from Rock League's debut, and a lot of fans are asking about the rules and what exactly is going to differentiate Rock League as a live experience from curling events in the past. Thankfully, John sits down with The Curling Group's rules guru Brent Laing and the CEO...
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Swiss Bliss
John and Robbie are back together to discuss the recently completed 2026 Women's World Championships, and how impressive 23 year-old Xenia Schwaller and her Swiss rink's run to the title was. Rattling off 13 straight wins to capture the title, are they guaranteed to be the sport's next big thing?...
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Managing, Generally Pt. 1 w/ Muirhead, Lind, and Plys
The first of two episodes interviewing all six Rock League General Managers, John sits down with the GMs of the Alpine Curling Club (Eve Muirhead), Typhoon Curling Club (JD Lind), and Frontier Curling Club (Chris Plys) franchises to get the inside scoop on their respective clubs. Who is gonna…
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A New Sheriff In Town: A Brier Recap
The boys are back in town and there's a new badge on the Brier trophy as Matt Dunstone captures his first Brier title in St. John's. We recap all the action from Kevin Koe turning back the clock to Brad Gushue's emotional retirement, and we give Matt, Colton, and the Harnden brothers their…
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The New Slam Format Explained!
John is here to announce all the locations for next year's Slams, as well as to explain the brand-new Grand Slam of Curling format for the 2026-27 season. We have some new events, some new ways to qualify for them, and we have partnered with a slew of World Curling Tour events to bring a whole…
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The Bronze Age w/ Emma Miskew
It's the Bronze Age in the Homan Empire as Team Homan second Emma Miskew joins John for a wide-ranging interview that covers a variety of topics. We start with their big bronze medal win as Emma takes us inside the Team Homan camp and what it was like facing down 7 must-win games in a row at the...
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TWO TIMES!: An Olympic Recap
History was made in Cortina in the 4-person events as a whopping SEVEN players joined curling's prestigious "Double Gold" club, with Brad Jacobs finding his way atop the podium for Canada to become the nation's only two-time gold medal-winning skip, and Anna Hasselborg becomes just the second...
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The Boop Brothers: A Midweek Olympic Recap
We have reached the halfway point of the Olympic tournament for both men and women and John and Robbie are here to break down what has been an unexpectedly drama-filled affair. Rachel Homan stumbled out of the blocks but has been gathering momentum. Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, and the Swedes have...
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Bella-issima: An Olympic Mixed Doubles Recap
The Mixed Doubles tournament at the Olympics has concluded, and history has been made as Swedish siblings Isabella and Rasmus Wranå stand alone atop the podium at the end of a crazy and chaotic week in Cortina. Rasmus becomes the seventh curler to win a second Olympic gold, Sweden becomes the...
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Olympic Preview #6: GBR/CAN W & M
In our final preview of the Olympic curling event that gets underway this week, we bring it to the home front and look at Team Homan and Team Jacobs' chances in Cortina. Brad Jacobs will look to improve on last year's World Bronze and Rachel Homan is searching for her first success at the…
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Olympic Preview #5: KOR/SUI W, GER/SUI M
It's the last Friday before the Olympics begin and we have 8 more teams left to preview. In this 4-pack, we dig into two legitimate medal hopefuls from Switzerland in Team Tirinzoni and Team Schwaller, and two teams hoping to break through into the playoffs in Korea's Team Gim and Germany's Team...
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Kerri'd Away: A Scotties Recap
We take a quick break from our Olympic Preview episodes to recap the 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, a tournament with a lot of drama as Kerri Einarson puts a cap on her quad with a fifth Scotties victory on the back of a shot that will go down as one of the sport's best ever. We discuss what...
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Olympic Preview #4: JPN/SWE W, NOR/SWE M
We are back to our regularly-scheduled 4-person team previews and this time around, we are covering two of the teams we think are the most intriguing in the field, and they're both from the same country: Sweden. Niklas Edin has had a very bumpy quad but he's the defending Olympic Gold Medallist…
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Olympic Preview #3: Mixed Doubles
John and Robbie attempt to do the most brave thing in the curling world: predict what will happen in the Olympic Mixed Doubles tournament. With an absolutely stacked field of Olympic medallists, World champions, and some of the best curlers in the world, it really feels like anything could…
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Olympic Preview #2: CHN/ITA W & M
We are back with our second of six Olympic preview episodes, and this time, we are chatting about 4 teams that are all coming into the Olympics with some question marks. Can the Chinese teams find consistency and repeat their Worlds performances from last year where they both made bronze medal...
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Olympic Preview #1: DEN/USA W, CZE/USA M
The 2026 Olympics are just around the corner and John and Robbie have you covered with the most EXTENSIVE previews you'll find anywhere in the curling media landscape. Over the next 3 weeks, we are going to go over every single team in these Games: how they've looked this season, what the experts...
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Sending Off the Slams w/ Ross Whyte
It's an old-school episode of Broom Brothers, as John and Robbie convene for the first half of the show to discuss a phenomenal week at the Crown Royal Players Championship in Steinbach, MB, where we saw an all-Scottish final on the men's side and a magical run for home team Kerri Einarson on the...
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Prepping for the Players
Happy New Year! Robbie and John sit down to run you through all the news of the last few weeks, including the Rock League date and venue announcements, all the happenings at the HearingLife Canadian Open in Saskatoon, and they get you ready for next week's Crown Royal Players Championship, which...
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From Lohja to Saskatoon
John and Robbie are back and lost in all the Canadian Olympic Trials hubbub was the fact that the European Championships also took place the same week! The BBs go through all the results there as it's a Swedish Sweep for Teams Edin and Hasselborg, before turning their attention to the upcoming...
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The Fourth and the First w/ Marc Kennedy and Paul Webster
John is joined by Marc Kennedy and Paul Webster as Marc heads to his Canadian curling record 4th Olympics and Paul heads to his first as a coach of a curling team and not as a Curling Canada employee. Marc is up first to discuss how it felt a bit different this time, why Brad Jacobs and Brett...
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The BBs On Trial(s)
Thankfully there's no judge and jury here but Robbie and John go long on the recently-completed Canadian Olympic Trials, with something to say about every team in the field. We discuss how Rachel Homan dealt with the immense pressure of being the top dog to find her way to Cortina, Christina...
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The Trials and Tribulations of Trials
John and Robbie are back and there's a ton in the curling world to discuss so we go long as we dive into Danny Casper's "upset" win at the US Olympic Trials, what it will take for him to win at the OQE, and what this might mean for John Shuster and Korey Dropkin's future. We also chat about the...
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The Next One w/ Xenia Schwaller
Joining us for her first-ever English podcast interview, Xenia Schwaller comes onto the program after qualifying in the last three Slams and with two straight semifinal appearances, catapulting her team into the top 5 in the world rankings and announcing their arrival as the game's next ones and...
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A Whole New Worlds
John and Robbie are back to discuss all the goings-on in the curling world over the past few weeks, with a focus on the changing format of the World Championships announced 10 days ago. We also dig into Jordon McDonald and Selena Sturmay winning the Pre-Trials and get the fans potentially riled…
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Chattin' With a Captain #6: Chinami Yoshida
It's finally here! Our chat with the sixth and final Rock League captain and third for Team Loco Solare, Chinami Yoshida! John sits down with Chinami for a chat about how she started playing for Loco Solare, how famous she is in Japan, the difference between Japanese and Canadian curling fans…
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Two Tournaments, One Winner...and One Blank
John and Robbie are back to recap a busy couple of weeks in curling (at least for the Canadian teams) as we go back-to-back in London and Calgary for the AMJ Masters and PointsBet Invitational. And wouldn't you know it, the same teams won both, as Matt Dunstone and Rachel Homan plant an early…
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In the Winner's Circle w/ Matt Dunstone and Danny Casper
It's a double dose of victory on the pod this week as John is joined by the two big winners at the AMJ Masters last week: Tier 1's winning skip Matt Dunstone and Tier 2's conqueror, Danny Casper. With Matt, we hear about how things are starting to gel with EJ Harnden at the second stone and how…
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Summer News and Season Views
Season 2 of the Broom Brothers is HERE and we have a brand-new weekly format we are rolling out starting NOW! One week, your faithful Broom Bros John and Robbie will sit down and discuss all the important curling news of the day and give our opinions on all the happenings of the curling world…
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Rules and Goals w/ Brent Laing
As promised on the John Morris draft episode, Brent Laing from the TCG Competition Committee joins the pod to tell us all about what the Competition Committee has been up to over the last few months. We discuss some potential rule and format changes on the horizon from finding ways to shorten the...
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The GSOC Wheelchair Invitational Special w/ Jon Thurston and Chrissy Molnar
John is pleased to be joined by two curlers who will be playing in the upcoming GSOC Wheelchair Invitational and two Paralympic hopefuls, Jon Thurston and Chrissy Molnar. Coming from opposite ends of the spectrum with Jon being a 12-year veteran of the sport and Chrissy just getting into it…
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The AMJ Masters Live Draft w/ John Morris
John Morris teams up with John Cullen for the first-ever World Cup–style "pot draft" ahead of the AMJ Masters this September in London. Just like in soccer, the top 16 seeds are split into four pots, and names are drawn to decide who battles who at the season's opening Slam. Which group will…
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Chattin' With a Captain #5: Rachel Homan
John sits down with Rachel Homan, the two-time defending world champ and captain of one of Canada's Rock League teams. There's lots to discuss after a busy summer as Rachel talks about preparing for an Olympic year, how Tracy Fleury has been such a great fit for her as a skip, and whether or not...
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Chattin' with a Captain #4: Korey Dropkin
John sits down with Korey Dropkin amidst his preparation for the US Pancontinental Playoff to discuss the US talent pool, the potential changing of the guard after this quad, how winning a spot at the Olympics in Mixed Doubles has allowed him to play more free, and the secret to the success he…
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Chattin' With a Captain #3: Bruce Mouat
John sits down with the "Europe 1" captain Bruce Mouat for a chat about a home Rock League tie for his team in Scotland, preparing for the Olympics, how much longer he's intending to play, and how you improve on one of the best seasons of all-time. We also discuss whether or not the Scottish...
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Chattin' With a Captain #2: Alina Pätz
John sits down for the second of his series of interviews with Rock League captains, this time with six-time World Champion Alina Pätz. Alina discusses what's in the water in Swiss Curling, how famous she is in Switzerland, what the Olympic year means to her, women in sports, and how she is…
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Chattin' With a Captain #1: Brad Jacobs
It's the first in our summer series here on the Broom Brothers, as John plans to sit down with every Rock League captain over the course of the next six weeks, with an episode slated to release every Thursday. First up, it's one of the Canadian captains, Brad Jacobs! Brad shows up with the Brier...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Curling broadcaster John Cullen hosts The Curling Hotline, the official podcast of The Curling Group and the Grand Slam of Curling. Join John every week for breaking news, the hottest takes in curling, and exclusive player interviews you can't get anywhere else. And YOU can call in! Got a question, hot take of your own, or a great story from your curling rec league? Drop us a line at 1-877-CURL-HOT.
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Curling broadcaster John Cullen hosts The Curling Hotline, the official podcast of The Curling Group and the Grand Slam of Curling. Join John every week for breaking news, the hottest takes in curling, and exclusive player interviews you can't get anywhere else. And YOU can call in! Got a question,...
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