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LXVswim
Dec 23, 20241 min read
SWIMMINGPOD – SARAH GILES, ON OXFORD, SWIMMING AND INEQUALITY
Listen here Sarah Giles lives and swims in open water in Oxford. She is Programme Development Manager at SportExcel UK, a sports...
LXVswim
Dec 10, 20241 min read
SWIMMING IN OXFORD WITH STANLEY ULIJASZEK
Swimmingpod podcast here There is a strong tradition of outdoor swimming in Oxford, probably many traditions. And many notable people...
LXVswim
Sep 22, 20241 min read
SWIMMINGPOD – STANLEY ULIJASZEK AND SWIMMING IN THE SHIRE
This podcast is about swims in the Shire - Tolkien’s Oxfordshire. I have no idea if Tolkien was a swimmer, but there is plenty of...
LXVswim
Apr 23, 20234 min read
SWIMMINGPOD - POOP POLLUTION POLITICS BY STANLEY ULIJASZEK
The gorgeous rivers of England are sick, and I am sick too. Of the politics, of the discharges into the rivers. Of the effluent, both...
LXVswim
Mar 10, 20232 min read
SWIMMINGPOD – THE SERPENTINE SWIMMING CLUB AND THE INTERNATIONAL MARATHON SWIMMING HALL OF FAME
In May 2022, the Serpentine Swimming Club was inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame – IMSHOF in short. This is a...
LXVswim
Sep 9, 20222 min read
SWIMMINGPOD – JULIET TURNBULL AND ‘OPEN WATER – SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE’
It is September, and time to take stock of the summer season of open water swimming. While countless thousands have enjoyed the water...
LXVswim
Aug 18, 20221 min read
SWIMMINGPOD - WILD OPEN SWIM, WITH KATH FOTHERINGHAM, FIONA UNDRILL AND DARRIN ROLES
The Wild Open Swim Blog is the organised work of Kath Fotheringham, Darrin Roles and Fiona Undrill. This now sits under the Swim Oxford...
LXVswim
Jul 13, 20222 min read
SWIMMINGPOD - TESS AND JUDY BIRD, SWIMMING IN CONNECTICUT
Conversations that flow through the water, from mother to daughter and back again, almost dream-like. In this podcast I am in...
LXVswim
Feb 14, 20223 min read
SWIMMINGPOD - DYLAN FRIEDMANN AND A YEAR OF SWIMMING AND DIPPING DAILY IN LAKE ONTARIO, CANADA
If you want to find Dylan Friedmann on a cold, cold, Toronto winter’s morning, it’s quite easy in some ways. First get up before dawn,...
LXVswim
Jul 19, 20214 min read
SWIMMINGPOD – KELP FOREST DIVING IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH BEN COUSINS
Ben Cousins is 72 years old and is passionate about the ocean – he has surfed it, swum in it, and now free dives in and around the ocean...
LXVswim
Jun 4, 20215 min read
SWIMMINGPOD – BERLIN SWIMMING SPREE - CAITLIN KRAEMER AND SWIMMING IN THE CITY
Berlin is many cities at once, all in progress. Caitlin Kraemer knows many of these cities, but the one she is interested in from an...
LXVswim
May 17, 20214 min read
SWIMMINGPOD - ANNA DEACON AND ‘TAKING THE PLUNGE’
Anna Deacon is a photographer of considerable repute, her work appearing in a who’s who of UK journalism – The Times, The Guardian, The...
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