Explore every episode of the podcast The Player's Experience

Join us as we chat in our final episode with Tessa Virtue. We chat about her Olympic journey success, community work and everything in between

Join us as we chat with TSN broadcaster and host, James Duthie. We talk about his broadcasting career, coverage on major events like the Master's and much more!

Join us as we chat with TSN broadcaster Lindsay Hamilton. We chat about her broadcasting and sport career, favourite moments, what it means to be involved with Special Olympics and more!

Join us as we chat with Todd Warriner about his hockey career, experiences on and off the ice along with his career in coaching.

We chat with 2024 OUA Women's Hockey Champion and 2025 Player of the Year, Carly Orth. We chat about her hockey career, favourite moments and more!

Join us as we chat with Paralympic Olympian, Tyler McGregor. We chat with Tyler about his injury, the road to recovery and his take on hockey, the sport and finding a new love on the ice overcoming obstacles.

Join us as we chat with current Toronto Maple Leaf player, Morgan Rielly as we chat about his time with the Leafs, a look at this season and his favourite moments.

Join us as we chat with former women's hockey player, member of the HHOF and GM of the Toronto Six Angela James. We chat about women's hockey, the development of the sport, favourite moments and more!

Join us in our 1st interview of 2023 as we chat with former Olympic Speed Skater, Denny Morrison! We chat about his career, favourite memories and what it's like to continuously see individuals break their own records in sport.

Season 2, Episode 9: Join us as we chat with Olympic gold medalist Emma Maltais who shares her story about Beijing, what it was like in the Olympic village and so much more!

Season 2, Episode 8: Join us as we chat with Olympic gold medalist and WWE HOFer, Kurt Angle! We chat with Kurt about his run at the Olympics dealing with a broken neck, his wrestling career, some of his favourite moments and who he thinks is the best wrestler at it today!

Season 2, Episode 7: Join us as we chat with NHL Alumni & 3x Stanley Cup champion, Craig Muni. Craig chats about his career, what it meant to win 3 Stanley Cups, playing with the Great one and some of his other favourite moments.

Season 2, Episode 6: Join us as we chat with NHL Alumni, Tom Fergus on his career, what it was like getting drafted and not knowing too many around him, his career in Switzerland and much more!

Season 2, Episode 5: Join us as we chat with former Canadian and pro soccer player, Alex Bunbury. Alex chats about his career, favourite moments and experiences while on the pitch, how soccer has impacted his life and much more!

Season 2, Episode 4: Join us as we chat with TSN Broadcaster Kate Beirness. We chat with Kate about her career, favourite moments in sport, her favourite athlete to watch and so much more!

Season 2, Episode 2: Join us as we chat with NHL Alumni, Jason York. Jason shares with us his favourite moments of his hockey career, some tips around the game, what it means to have someone in your corner in hockey and more!

Season 2, Episode 1: Join us as we chat with NHL Reporter, Frank Seravalli. Frank chats with us about his passion for hockey, his work around the 2021 NHL expansion draft and who he predicts will be in the Stanley Cup finals this year!

Season 1, Episode 67: Join us as we chat with Canadian Paralympian, motivational speaker and mental resilience coach. We chat about his career, how he overcame his injury, how to be the hero of your own story and more!

Season 1, Episode 66: Join us as we chat with another US Track Olympian heading to Tokyo, Javianne Oliver. Javianne talks about her journey in track, competing in Tokyo, what it will be like with very few fans in the stands and what she's looking forward to the most!

Season 1, Episode 65: Join us as we chat with upcoming Tokyo Olympian, Kaylin Whitney. We chat with Kaylin about her passion behind track and running, her excitement for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, what she's most looking forward to and what the biggest challenge will be and more!

Season 1, Episode 64: Join us as we chat with CFL Alumni and Grey Cup champion, Chad Owens. Chad chats about his career in the CFL after competing in the NFL, where the league stands currently, how much Toronto was home for him and his experiences around setting goals and winning the Grey Cup!

Season 1, Episode 63: Join us as we wrap-up our #SportIndustrySpeakerSeries with Laurenne Mercier, founder of Treadstone Sports. Laurenne chats about her passion for sports, breaking into the industry and wanting to create a legacy piece as well as some things she learned along the way.

Season 1, Episode 62: Join us as we chat with the Marketing and Communications Coordinator for the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL), Steph Coratti. Steph chats about her journey into sport, her time with the Guelph Storm, what she was able to learn along the way in the sports world and so much more!

Season 1, Episode 61: Join us as we chat with the manager of communications for the Toronto Argos, Chris Balenovich. Chris chats about his role, journey into football and his motives behind working in public relations. We also chat about his advice for the next generation of sport professionals and how to break into the industry.

Season 1, Episode 60: Join as us we chat with the Senior Coordinator of Season Ticket Sales & Service of the Peterborough Petes OHL team. Mike chats about breaking into the sports industry, how much an informational interview can be so valuable and much more!

Season 1, Episode 59: Join as us we chat with former captain of the TFC and MLS Alumni, Dwayne De Rosario! We chat about his soccer career, playing for his hometown team as captain, what the best Jamaican patty place is to go to in Scarborough and so much more!

Season 1, Episode 58: Join us as we chat with former Team Canada and CWHL hockey player, Kelly Terry. We chat with Kelly about her career, passion for hockey, becoming a Doctor of Physiotherapy and more!

Season 1, Episode 57: Join us as we chat with the man behind the mic at Leaf's games, Mike Ross. Mike shares his journey into announcing, what it's been like to go from covering Senator games to Leafs and his look at the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Season 1, Episode 56: Join us as we chat with former Canadian tennis pro Daniel Nestor on his career, favourite moments and experiences. Daniel chats about his Olympic experience, playing in different countries, his involvement with Motionball and so much more!

Season 1, Episode 55: Join us as we chat with former Argo, TiCat and Rough Rider...Shane Herbert. We chat about his journey through the CFL, what it was like to play on both sides of a heavy rivalry, his mentorship advice and more!

Season 1, Episode 54: Join us as we chat with The Bob Father, Bob MacKenzie on his illustrious broadcasting career with TSN. We chat about getting into broadcasting, what some of the best sport events he got to cover over the years included, his work on the Special Olympics Canada Champions Network and more!

Season 1, Episode 53: Join us as we chat with Canadian Olympic rowing gold medalist, Marnie McBean. Marnie chats about her rowing career, friendship with the late Kathleen Heddle her work with Special Olympics and much more!

Season 1, Episode 52: Join us as we chat with former MLB and Blue Jays pitcher, Casey Jannsen. Casey chats about his time in Toronto, going from starter to reliever, what the game looks like today and his favourite experiences of his time in the show.

Season 1, Episode 51: Join us as we chat with NBA TV & Raptors Reporter, Savanna Hamilton. We chat with Savanna on her journey into basketball, playing for Ryerson while taking sport media. How it's been to be able to represent the Toronto Raptors over the past few years and her take on the trade deadline last week.

Season 1, Episode 50: Join us as we chat with 2x Olympic gold medalist, Alexandre Bilodeau. We chat with Alex about his career, journey through the Olympics, what family means to him as well as his induction into the Canada Sport's HOF.

Season 1, Episode 49: Join us as we chat with Canadian Olympic Skeleton Racer & host of The Amazing Race Canada about his journey through the Olympics, what it was like to represent Canada and the feeling that Vancouver brought. We also chat about his induction into the Manitoba Sports HOF and what it's like to host The Amazing Race Canada.

Season 1, Episode 48: Join us as we chat with WNBA player, Kayla Alexander. Kayla chats about her journey through basketball, what it meant to represent BLM during the bubble, how women's sports is continuing to evolve and more.

Season 1, Episode 47: Join us as we chat with NHL Alumni Theo Fluery on his journey in the NHL, what it was like to win the Stanley Cup, the experiences that you strive for in hockey as well as the stories that took place off the ice.

Season 1, Episode 46: Join us this week as we talk about some legacy pieces of the Edmonton Oilers with former head of equipment, Barrie Stafford. Barrie shares what it was like to work during the Gretzky, Messier, Coffey era and getting to work alongside the late Joey Moss. As well, he chats about post career in NHL Alumni relations and more!

Season 1, Episode 45: Join us this week as we chat with Canadian Olympian, Motivational Speaker and Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame Mark Tewksbury. Mark shares what it was like to get into swimming, his experiences around coming out as gay, his motivation to further the sport's world and inclusion for athletes and more.

Season 1, Episode 44: Join us as we chat with Olympic snowboarder, Mercedes Nicoll on her journey through the Olympics, her passion for hitting the slopes, what it was like to battle injury challenges and the determination to place at 4 Olympics.

Season 1, Episode 43: Join us as we chat with NHL Alumni Andy Delmore on his career in the NHL, what it was like to battle in the AHL and fight to the NHL as well as the North American game compared to the European game. Andy also shares his favourite moments and challenges from throughout his career.

Season 1, Episode 42: Join us as we chat with Canadian Olympic Sprinter Aaron Brown on his career thus far, what it was like to race against Usain Bolt, what his favourite event to compete at has been and more.

Season 1, Episode 41: Join us as we chat with Ailish Forfar about her career in the CWHL, a look at the NWHL, her work in sport journalism and what the future of women's hockey looks like.

Season 1, Episode 40: Join us as we chat with Sportsnet and Blue Jays reporter, Shi Davidi. Shi chats with us about his work in sport, what it's like to be able to report for an MLB team, his favourite stadiums, experiences, and more!

Season 1, Episode 39: On this week's episode, we chat with Olympic gymnast, Kyle Shewfelt on his career, what it was like to compete at the Olympics and Commonwealth games, challenges he had to overcome and more.

Season 1, Episode 38: Join us as we chat with former MLB player, Todd Stottlemyre. Todd chats about his experiences in the show, what it was like to play with the Jays including his famous Game 4 story. Todd also talks about what he had to overcome from his childhood and his new book which highlights everything we chat about and more!

Season 1, Episode 37: Join us as we chat with TSN host and Raptors commentator, Rod Black. Rod chats with us about his work in broadcasting, what it's been like to work in sports, his profound inspiration to be part of the Special Olympics movement and more. He also has a great impersonation of his friend, Mike "Pinball" Clemons you won't want to miss!