Broken Oars Podcast: Episode 54: The Bank Holiday Coronation Special! - a podcast by brokenoarspodcast

from 2023-04-30T18:44:08

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Welcome back to Broken Oars Podcast Coronation Special - special because we say nothing, literally nothing, about the coronation.

There is only one King - he's called Tom: he's got the hair, he's got the chin and by God he's got the 2k score too. When Charlie boy can tick any of those three boxes, come back to us and we'll talk.

Instead, hear us roar about:

Rowing in movies and why the epic nature of the sport has never been successfully translated to the screen; what happens when Nicolas Cage takes it on (he produces The Boy in Blue and does his own sculling); is the fact that rowing can only ever be itself the reason why movies and books about rowing can only describe it by analogy; how much introspection do elite athletes have, and is this why Redgrave's Homeric against-all-odds journey and success was rendered in prose that's a guaranteed cure for insomnia while Foster's 'Four Men in a Boat' got closer to the realities of fitting athletes and personalities into boats; the return of Mark Hancock to rowing at TURC; why waiting for coaches to praise you is like waiting for societal and cultural change in Great Britain (it hasn't happened for 1000 years, stop holding your breath); why rowing with women civilises men and why women move the boat better, or at least get in its way less - which leads to better outings; and Lewin and Aaron's recent trip to Lake Bled for a paddle together for the first time in a decade ...

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