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Nunavut skip has plenty of Scotties material for popular curling podcast

"Lots of people like different parts of it. Some people like the interviews with the players, some people just like us talking," said Nunavut skip Lori Eddy about her curling podcast
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Nunavut skip Lori Eddy is pictured here in the team's draw against Chelsea Carey and Team Canada, a match that is certain to feature on the next Scotties episode of Eddy's podcast.

If Team Nunavut skip Lori Eddy seems like she’s great behind the mic during media scrums at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, then it could be because she has some experience holding the mic and asking the questions. 

Eddy is the co-host of a curling podcast she started back in 2018 with co-host, former teammate, and friend Mary Chilvers. 

Chilvers and Eddy played together at the Scotties in 1997, with Team Ontario, where they lost the final game to Saskatchewan’s sweetheart Sandra Schmirler. 

“We just have tons of history and we've been best friends since,” said Eddy. 

The two knowledgable curlers talk about the game, the community, and whatever else they are interested in for colour on 2 Girls and a Game, which is approaching 95 episodes and five seasons and boasts a whopping 120,000 downloads.

“[We] decided it would be something fun to do, a little hobby and it's really taken its own way,” said Eddy. “It's just us talking our normal stuff that we like to talk about, so the fact that people would want to listen in on that, I think it's really hilarious, but we love doing it.”

Eddy and Chilvers do their own breakdowns for tournaments, travel to cover games, talk to players, and even speculate on upcoming championship results — including the Scotties this week.

“We've had some really neat opportunities that have come from it. We've got media credentials so we can go to the big events and talk to all the players,” said Eddy. “We met Darren Moulding, who plays with Brendan Bottcher, and he invited us to go to Hollywood for a summer spiel with him and his friends and that was really hilarious.”

Being both media and a professional player has created a kind of surreal experience for Eddy.

“At the beginning of the week [at the Scotties], I didn't know how to handle it because I'm like, 'wait a minute, I'm used to asking the questions, what is happening here?'” laughed Eddy.

2 Girls and a Game is certainly a passion project that Eddy enjoys doing, but it also a way for her to keep her knowledge of the game, as a professional curler, continually sharp.

“It definitely helps [my game] because we literally watch every game that's ever been on television, because we want to be in the know when we're discussing what's happening on the podcast, said Eddy.

Having put up a good performance at this year’s Scotties — defeating Team Northern Ontario in an impressive upset and taking Team Canada and Chelsea Carey to a tenth end that finished so close it needed a measurement — Eddy is confident that the next episode of 2 Girls and a Game will be plenty interesting. 

“When we get home, we're definitely going to break down the Scotties,” said Eddy. 

Chilvers is ready to give her perspective, being at home watching the tournament on television, and Eddy will certainly have a few things to say about being here on the ice. 

“It actually should be a really fun episode. We're a little worried it might be about three hours long, though,” she joked. 

Anyone interested in tuning in to 2 Girls and a Game can do so through the podcast’s website, and Eddy keeps the podcast’s Twitter and Facebook updated.

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