Podcasts by Wild Swim Podcast
Swimming tales of adventure! From lidos to lakes, rivers to the sea, this podcast celebrates the joy of swimming in the great outdoors.
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Alice Vodden: Outdoor Swimming and Public Health from 2022-04-12T16:53:58
Alice joins me to speak about her Masters in Public Health, and the important role she believes that outdoor swimming could play in this area. Like many swimmers I’ve heard about the personal benef...
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Kerry Andrew: SKIN from 2022-02-11T18:38:52
Author Kerry Andrew joins me to talk about SKIN, a story of mystery, myths and – of course – swimming. SKIN follows the journey of eleven-year-old Matty. Joe, father to Matty, has disappeared, and ...
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Swimming during a pandemic from 2021-07-07T17:10:40
COVID-19 put many things on hold, including swimming, with many people unable to access the water. So what’s it been like for wild swimmers? In this episode I speak to swimmers about their experien...
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Lenka Janiurek: Watermarks from 2021-04-30T15:42:40
Lenka Janiurek joins me to discuss her memoir “Watermarks: Life, Death and Swimming”, and shares how water and swimming empowered her to write about her remarkable life. We talk about how swimming ...
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Jo Jones: If you never try, you’ll never know from 2021-03-16T19:13:18
In 2020, Jo Jones took on the Bristol Channel, following in the footsteps of Kathleen Thomas, the first person to cross the channel almost 100 years earlier. But things didn’t go to plan, and with ...
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Your first outdoor swim from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you're thinking of going for your first outdoor swim, it can seem pretty daunting. In this episode I talk about how I overcame my fears and got in the water for my first ever outdoor swim, plus ...
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P B Hughes: Courage from cold water from 2020-12-03T16:49:40
P B Hughes is a cold water swimmer and poet from London. In this episode she describes the courage needed to attempt cold water swimming, and observes that this courage is something she’s been able...
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Tamsin Calidas: I am an island from 2020-07-22T18:21:17
Tamsin Calidas followed her dream of moving from London to a remote Scottish island. Relocating and adjusting to island life wasn’t without its challenges, and Tamsin shares how sea swimming and fi...
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Shannon Keegan: In search of Memphre from 2020-06-30T08:37:27
Shannon Keegan has a personal relationship with Lake Memphremagog. It’s the place that inspired her to take part in her first open water swim event, and where she caught the wild swimming bug, so i...
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Swimming the Golden Gate Bridge to Alcatraz from 2020-05-13T16:58:47
I share my once in a lifetime experience of swimming from the Golden Gate Bridge to Alcatraz. Not quite the route of the legendary swim from the prison, but close enough (I’ll have to go back one d...
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Sara Barnes: Winter swimming from 2020-02-26T16:50:09
Lake District swimmer Sara Barnes shares why winter swimming means so much to her. Sara started cold water swimming as therapy and as way to continue to experience her beloved Lake District landsca...
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Matt Williams: Swimming the Lakes from 2019-11-22T17:29:18
Adventurer Matt Williams on his incredible challenge to be the first person to swim every lake in the Lake District! Matt shares his feelings ahead of the challenge – and how he needs more socks! T...
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Swimming the Dart 10k from 2019-10-11T17:37:35
My experience of my first marathon distance swim, swimming the Outdoor Swimming Society’s Dart 10k from (very early!) start to finish. I got really lucky with perfect conditions that definitely mad...
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Training for the Dart 10k from 2019-09-08T15:39:24
With the Outdoor Swimming Society’s Dart 10k event a week away, I share how I’m feeling ahead of the event and my training story with all the ups and downs of training for the longest swim I’ve eve...
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Simon Griffiths: Training for swim events from 2019-08-08T21:34:12
Simon Griffiths is the founder of Outdoor Swimmer magazine. He takes part in swimming events around the world and this summer he’s planning a 21km swim along a lake in Sweden. In this episode, Simo...
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Karen Smith: The power of community from 2019-07-14T20:18:56
Karen Smith is a strong advocate for the positive effect that swimming can have on mental health and believes learning to swim has changed her life.In this episode, Karen talks about the community ...
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