This week, we conclude our two-part series on the Calgary bubble by focusing on how it will impact players. Our guests include Marc Kennedy of Team Jacobs who could be in the bubble for as much 5 or 6 weeks. Laura Walker who is a new Mom and could be in the bubble for two events or more. Mike Fournier who has yet to play a game this season yet might be selected to represent Quebec at the Brier as the province’s highest ranked men’s team. Jill Brothers of Nova Scotia who might have to miss as many as 4 weeks of work if she were to win the right to represent her province at the Scotties. Our final guest this week is Tabitha Peterson of the U.S. who was selected by USA Curling to represent her country at both the 2021 Word Women’s Championship and the 2021 World Mixed Doubles .  

This week, From The Hack kicks off with a look into the “business” side of the Calgary bubble announcement. Three interviews are featured – former national team athlete and current Curling Canada staffer Nolan Thiessen, Carson Ackroyd of Tourism Calgary, and Winnipeg Free Press scribe Mike McIntyre, who attended the NHL's west bubble in Edmonton. The episode then concludes with a key stateside chat with USA Curling’s Phill Drobnick.

Up first on this week's episode is Olympic figure skater Meagan Duhamel who joins us to discuss the recent Battle of the Blades competition and why she decided to donate her winnings to the Sandra Schmirler Foundation. Next are Nathan Young and Lauren Rajala, two of the young athletes who repped Canada at the last Youth Olympic Winter Games. Finally, Scotland/GBR legend, and Olympic silver medalist David Murdoch shares the latest from the U.K.’s pandemic-wracked curling season.

In the first part of this special two-part episode, ten high-performance competitors describe how their season has been shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the difficulties they’ve faced this season.