SWIMMING WITH THE POD

SWIMMING WITH THE POD


Latest Episodes

Ocean swimming... and biomechanics
February 27, 2024

Anthony Blazevich is a Professor of Biomechanics in the School of Medical and Health Sciences at Edith Cowan University. He is also the head of the Centre for Exercise and Sports Science Research, so

Ocean swimming... and connecting with blue spaces
November 30, 2023

Rebecca Olive is an ocean swimmer whose academic research explores the role of sport and leisure in human and environmental health. In particular, her work explores the practices and cultures of ocean

Ocean swimming... and culture, inclusion and society
October 26, 2023

Michelle OShea is a Senior Lecturer at Western Sydney University whose research interests dive into the areas of sport, culture and society, particularly with regard to swimming. She has looked into

Ocean swimming... and germs
September 05, 2023

Primrose Freestone, Associate Professor in Clinical Microbiology at the University of Leicester and science communicator, is an infectious diseases expert, and has dived into the debate of whether swi

Ocean swimming... and a healthy brain
August 05, 2023

Seena Mathew is Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. As a neurobiologist, she studies the effects of swimming on the brain, which are many! You can read her article in The

Ocean swimming... and swimmer’s ear
July 25, 2023

Episode 50! Swimmer's ear (acute otitis externa) is an outer ear infection that many swimmers will have had at some point in their lives. However, it turns out that you don't have to go swimming to ge

Ocean swimming... Alcatraz (part 2)
June 30, 2023

Rolf Hut is a hydrological scientist fromDelft University of Technology. Or perhaps he's better described as MacGyver scientist, attacking problems from different and interesting angles. One such pro

Ocean swimming... with Andy Donaldson
May 30, 2023

Andy Donaldson is a world-recorder holding open-water swimmer. In 2023, he is attempting to swim the Oceans Seven in one year, and is making a pretty good fist of it, having already swum the English C

Ocean swimming... Alcatraz (part 1)
May 07, 2023

Pedro Ordenes is an Alcatraz legend, having swum the famous route over 1000 times!! Pedro runs Water World Swim that organizes many swims in San Francisco Bay, California and across the world. I was l

Ocean swimming... with Peta Bradley, World Ice Swimming Champion
February 14, 2023

Peta Bradley is a member of the Australian ice swimming team that recently competed at the World Ice Swimming Championships in France. She competed in the 1000m, 500m, and 50m butterfly, bringing home