SWIMMING WITH THE POD
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Ocean swimming... and biomechanics
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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)
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
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