Best Frank Roche Podcasts (2024)

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Season Finale - Re-capping 2023-24 with Heroux, Cullen and Fournier 59:22

2M ago59:22

59:22

This week's episode is our season finale. We recap and discuss the major stories from the 2023-24 season with Devin Heroux, and we follow-up with a panel discussion that includes John Cullen and Mike Fournier.

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A new Era for the Grand Slam of Curling 34:20

3M ago34:20

34:20

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.…

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Preview of 2024 Men's worlds with Mouat, Gushue and Hood 46:23

4M ago46:23

46:23

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.…

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2024 Brier Recap - McEwen and Harnden 36:47

4M ago36:47

36:47

On this week's episode we look back at the 2024 Brier with guests Mike McEwen and E.J. Harnden.

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2024 World Women's Curling Championship Preview 54:55

4M ago54:55

54:55

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).

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From the Hack - Scotties recap with Fleury and Karwacki, World Juniors chat with Myla Plett 26:04

4M ago26:04

26:04

This week's podcast includes interviews with 2024 Scotties champion Tracy Fleury of Team Homan, all-star alternate Krysten Karwacki of Team Einarson and Myla Plett who just led her team to a 4th place finish at the World Jrs and qualified Canada for the event in 2025.

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From the Hack - 2024 Brier Preview 1:18:17

5M ago1:18:17

1:18:17

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.

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From the Hack - 2024 Scotties Preview - Part 1 51:33

5M ago51:33

51:33

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).

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A conversation with World Curling Federation President Beau Welling 29:42

6M ago29:42

29:42

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.

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From the Hack - A conversation with Curling Canada's new CEO 29:29

6M ago29:29

29:29

In this week's episode, we chatted with Nolan Thiessen, the new CEO of Curling Canada. We cover several hot-button topics facing Thiessen and the team at Curling Canada.

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From the Hack - A "fantastic four" finish to 2023 51:32

7M ago51:32

51:32

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.

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Winning is fun - Glenn Howard and Kayla Skrlik discuss their recent titles on tour and more 41:09

7M ago41:09

41:09

On this week's episode, we are joined by four-time world champion Glenn Howard. We are also joined by Kayla Skirlik, who represented Alberta at the 2023 Scotties. Howard and Skrlik were coming off big wins on the World Curling Tour last weekend.

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Rockin' in Red Deer with guests Emma Miskew and Jacques Gauthier 31:23

8M ago31:23

31:23

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.…

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The Unknown Curling Fans has his say! 38:15

8M ago38:15

38:15

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.…

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Grand Slam season begins and a silver medal for Spain at the World Mixed 36:53

9M ago36:53

36:53

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 Sl…

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Season 9 Premiere - David Murdoch, St. Georges/Asselin 45:51

10M ago45:51

45:51

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-per…

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2022-23 Season Finale 1:12:50

1y ago1:12:50

1:12:50

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.

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End of season Roundtable with Cullen and Fournier 48:22

1y ago48:22

48:22

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.

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Discussing the World Wheelchair Championship and the Canadian Junior Championship 26:54

1y ago26:54

26:54

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.…

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Recapping the Men's Worlds with champ Bruce Mouat and Mike Harris + Laurie St-Georges. 47:30

1+ y ago47:30

47:30

On this week's peisode we chat with Bruce Mouat who won his first World Championship last week in Ottawa. Mike Harris joins us to recap the Men's Worlds and Laurie St-George discusses her new lineup for next season.

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Men's Worlds Preview, Reid Carruthers and Canadian Jrs Deschenes and Snyder 41:38

1+ y ago41:38

41:38

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…

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Brier champs Harnden and Walker + Colin Hodgson and our Women's Worlds Preview 1:16:46

1+ y ago1:16:46

1:16:46

On this week's episode we chat with EJ Harnden and Geoff Walker of the 2023 Brier champs, Team Gushue. We also chat with Colin Hodgson about his retirement from the men's game and Olympian Hans Frauenlob joins us to preview the 2023 Women's Worlds.

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Scotties champs Einarson and Birchard + Canadian curling legend Rick Lang 45:11

1+ y ago45:11

45:11

On this week's episode we welcome Kerri Einarson and Shannon Birchard fresh off their 4th consecutive Scotties title. We are also joined by Canadian curling legend Rick Lang, who coached Team McCarville to another close call at the Scotties.

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2023 Brier Preview - Part 2 1:08:21

1+ y ago1:08:21

1:08:21

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).

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2023 Brier Preview - Part 1 52:01

1+ y ago52:01

52:01

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

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The Finale 41:06

1+ y ago41:06

41:06

There is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the story. Frank Hebert The Postcardist Podcast: February 2, 2018 to February 23, 2023 This is where we stop the story.By Frank Roche

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Melissa Reed Has 12,000 Postcards to Send 1:15:27

1+ y ago1:15:27

1:15:27

I talked with Melissa Reed about postcards, letter writing, and how she has accumulated 12,000 postcards at her house in Italy. And she wants to send them to people.By Frank Roche

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Dojo Rise, Kid Kapichi, Revenge Wife, Nice Guy, The Well Pennies, The Lovedogs, Cobain Jones, Dennis Commetti. - BlueDeck: Independent Music 38:13

1+ y ago38:13

38:13

Dojo Rise - Long Enough Kid Kapichi - Party at No.10 Revenge Wife - Disco Christmas Nice Guy - Everything That You Asked For The Well Pennies - Christmastime The Lovedogs - Jump Cobain Jones - Coming in from the Cold Dennis Cometti - Bloke on the Run Spotify playlist Mentioned in this episode: Support the show…

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The Kynd, Elizmi Haze, Shambolics, Sophie Li, The Cabarats, HI SIENNA, Jodie Lo, Connie Miles. - BlueDeck: Independent Music 39:03

1+ y ago39:03

39:03

The Kynd - Whispers & Tones Elizmi Haze - Waste No Time Shambolics - What's Going On In Your Head Sophie Li - For Crying Out Loud The Cabarats - Don't Know Why HI SIENNA - Enter Disco Jodie Lo - Perpetually Confused Connie Miles - No Way Spotify playlist Mentioned in this episode: Support the showBy Phil Coyne

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Lottie, CRUZ, The Mercians, Natalie McCool, overpass, Circa Waves, The Clockworks, ADMISSIONS, Coastal Fire Dept., Baronette. - BlueDeck: Independent Music 53:01

1+ y ago53:01

53:01

Lottie - Many Kinds of Love https://twitter.com/Lottiesmuso https://www.instagram.com/lottiemusicx/ https://www.facebook.com/LottiesMusic CRUZ - California https://twitter.com/band_cruz CRUZ (@band_cruz) • Instagram photos and videos https://www.facebook.com/people/CRUZ-band/100083001083953/ The Mercians - Little Shaw Lane https://twitter.com/TheMe…

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Albert the Basset Hound and Postcard Design Inspiration with Magda from Travel Trinkets Canada 45:32

1+ y ago45:32

45:32

Maggie and I talk about her prolific set of postcard designs at Travel Trinkets Canada. We, of course, also talk about Albert Pickle the 3rd, her very handsome Basset Hound, who is featured in a recent collection. You can find Travel Trinkets Canada on Etsy by clicking here. And you can find Magda's work on Instagram here. And as a bonus, you can s…

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BlueDeck Ep. 057 - The King Rooks, Hardwicke Circus, Citylightz, James Willows, Christy Myers, Sophie Dorsten, String Factory, KNACKERED. 1:05:02

1+ y ago1:05:02

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The King Rooks - Where'd You Go Baby https://twitter.com/TheKingRooks https://www.facebook.com/thekingrooks https://www.instagram.com/thekingrooks/ Hardwicke Circus - The Colour in Everything https://twitter.com/hardwickecircus https://www.facebook.com/hardwickecircus https://www.instagram.com/hardwickecircus/ Citylightz - I Swear https://twitter.c…

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European and Canadian Curling Club Championship Recaps 35:19

1+ y ago35:19

35:19

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.

1+ y ago22:13

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Red Rum Club - The River - http://twitter.com/RedRumClub Now We Can Talk - Nova - http://instagram.com/nowwecantalk Driftwood - Headphones - http://twitter.com/musicdriftwood Cadence - You - http://instagram.com/we.are.cadence Calum Bowie - Sunset Town - http://twitter.com/calumbowiemusic Support the show by signing up to be a BlueDecker with a mon…

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