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Following a surprise summer episode, the 2 Girls are back with a breaking news podcast episode concerning Brier champion Darren Moulding.

The man with seven Brier appearances (four in the championship final) and three Grand Slam titles speaks exclusively with Lori and Mary about his decision, which comes deep into the 2023 off-season.

An ice technician who crafted a decorated playing career on the ice—Moulding also won the 2014 Canadian Mixed title—the 40-year-old isn’t shy about describing the last few years of competitive curling turmoil.

This is the 21st episode of the eighth season of the world’s most popular curling podcast. As usual, colourful images have been embedded in the media player to enhance your podcast experience.

Enjoy the episode and stay safe!

2 Girls and a Game: 2022 Brier Opening Weekend 

Glasses are sexy. Believe it. 

Lori and Mary return with episode 23 of season 7 and, after a brief rehash of Lori’s fun mixed curling weekend, we’re off with the curling chatter. 

Team lineup changes have been announced, and are discussed, including the popularity of the “adult conversations” phrase. And all hail Eve Muirhead’s glamour girls! 

Next up is the Brier in Lethbridge. With Mary’s agenda leading the way, The Girls discuss all things men on ice. Following that are some additional curling subjects. 

The episode closes with a 20-minute interview with Darren Moulding, the former Brendan Bottcher and current James Grattan team member now plying his trade out of New Brunswick. You won’t want to miss this one, folks. 

Enjoy the episode and stay safe.

Episode 13 of season 7 is a grab bag of curling stuff, ranging from two Mixed Doubles qualifiers—one in Canada and the other in Holland—plus the Canadian Seniors, John Morris and Australia, and SNL on the EasyToys scandal.

And that’s just the beginning. Later on, The Girls discuss STOH puzzles, Manitoba, event cancellations, COVID (of course), the next Slam, Bruce Mouat and Team Shuster aka The Guys Who Get To Do Way Too Much Fun Stuff.

Lori and Mary conclude with a few thoughts on their previous episode, which proved to be incredibly popular.

There’s one more episode before a holiday break ... please enjoy this one and stay safe!

In Episode 24 of season six, Lori and Mary dissect recent curling headlines—including the midway point of the men’s world championship—before settling in for an in-depth interview with their friend Darren Moulding, third for Brendan Bottcher’s Brier championship squad. 

Darren and the girls run through the Brier and his thoughts on the format before discussing his mixed doubles experience, where he reveals exclusive details on his back injury for the first time.

Thank you for listening and please enjoy the episode. Stay safe!

Musician and scholar Dr Sumathi Krishnan talks to host Pavan Srinath about what makes a great musician and performer. She discusses how the Carnatic classical music tradition approaches training and moulding a musician, and shares snippets from ancient texts as well as stories from the lives of many musicians. 

Dr Sumathi Krishnan is a musician, trained both in Carnatic classical music as well as Hindustani bhajans, and has been performing for over 18 years. She also is a researcher and teacher, who did her PhD on using Indian classical music Varnams for voice training and creativity. 

She was also a discussant on BIC Streams in September 2020, on The World in Carnatic Music.

BIC Talks is brought to you by the Bangalore International Centre. Visit the BIC website for show notes, links and more information about the guests. 

In the 11th Episode (Season 4) Lori and Mary tackle all the drama and controversy from the Canada Cup.  This is the first Season of Champions event and it did not disappoint.  Curling Canada introduced the 5 rock rule to the Canada Cup in addition to a new end by end timing system.  The girls chat with Darren Moulding, 3rd for Team Bottcher, to discuss his experience with the time clocks and how it impacted their team.  There was also some discussion on social media regarding ponytails and the girls weigh in with their thoughts.  Congratulations to Team Jones and Team Jacobs who emerged as the Canada Cup Champions.  Thank you to the sponsors: JetIce, Asham, CurlingZone and HardLine.  Thank you for listening and please enjoy the episode!

In this episode the girls have a great conversation with the very entertaining Darren Moulding (aka Wildman) from Team Alberta fresh off a silver medal finish at the Brier.  Darren fills the girls in on joining Team Bottcher last year mid season and the quick success they experienced.  Darren discusses his off season training, weight loss and tanning regime.  The girls ask Darren his opinion on the Olympic Trial process and the new system at the Brier.  Darren talks about his experience at this years Brier and what was the turning point in their week.  Darren and the girls discuss whether Team Bottcher has had "the talk" and speculate on the off season switch ups with the mens teams.  Lastly, the Brier awards are given for all the favourite categories! Lots of laughs in this episode! Please enjoy!

Andy Partridge of XTC and The Dukes of Stratosphear joins Simon and Brian for a conversation about the writing of some of his greatest songs, including 'Senses Working Overtime', 'Love on a Farmboy's Wages', 'Ballet for a Rainy Day', 'Scarecrow People' and 'Brainiac's Daughter' among many others. With his guitar at hand, Andy talks Sodajerker through his writing process in a way only he can!