SportsSwimming

Swimmingpod

Stanley Ulijaszek

Swimming in the outdoors - lakes and lidos, rivers and oceans, especially the people that swim in them.

Music - 'Noe Noe', 'Aeronaut', ' Vienna Beat', and 'Watercool Quiet', from Blue Dot Sessions.

Episodes 22

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Aug 23, 2025 · 19 min
Kara Meyer, + POOL and New York City
Kara Mayer’s mission is to make river swimming around NewYork City safe and free. With her development of + POOL, a water-filtering floating pool for safe recreation in urban waters, she has ignited a series of policy changes that will open up access to the rivers for all New Yorkers. Thisis being trialled in the Summer of 2025, and the implications of her work for outdoor urban bathing are huge, in terms of policy, technology and knowhow. Her moto – perseverance– is one for all water quality advocates. In this podcast we discuss how the idea of the world’s first floating filtration pool came about, and how she has persevered in bringing this to fruition.
Aug 2, 2025 · 18 min
Grace Wright-Arora, on Water (In)Justice and the River Avon
Why we swim can often be political, and swimmer Grace Wright-Arora has completed research on pollution, activism and alternative water knowledges among users of the River Avon, near Bristol. Central to this work is understanding why people swim in the Avon, despite knowing of the often high risks of exposure to pollution and even infection there. This podcast is about her swimming experiences, how Conham river bathers navigate uncertainty and risk of exposure, and the politics of Avon River management.

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