Fish Out of Water: The SwimSwam Podcast – Episode 1

There are approximately 65 podcasts about serial killers. Lavar Burton has a podcast where he reads to not children, but adults. Podcast audio producers have launched their own podcasts, with their own audio producers, who have their own podcasts.

HOW CAN SWIMSWAM NOT HAVE A PODCAST?!

John Culhane has been a long-time contributor to the print version of SwimSwam Magazine, and earlier this year he presented us with a pitch for a podcast. The idea is to go beyond the news cycle, and dive deeper into the sport that we all love by interviewing the biggest names in swimming. And not just a post-race interview about splits and times, but a deep dive into the hottest topics of the day.

In the first episode of the new podcast, John chats with Olympic medalist Cody Miller, who won a gold medal as part of the American 400 medley relay and a bronze in the 100 breaststroke at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Listen to John’s podcast here:

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John Culhane is a professor of law and Co-Director of the Family Health Law & Policy Institute at Widener University Delaware Law School. Besides his work in education, he’s also a prolific author who has been a contributing writer for Slate Magazine, and whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the L.A. Times, the Miami Herald, the Huffington Post, Dissent Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Philadelphia City Paper, among others. He has been featured on a number of radio and television shows, including All Things Considered, Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, America Weekend, Press Play with Madeleine Brand, American Law Journal, Voice of America, Midday with Dan Rodricks, The Mitch Albom Show, and The Gil Gross Show.

John himself is a Masters’ swimmer, a self-described ‘swimming enthusiast,’ and was a captain of the men’s swim team at the College of William & Mary. He resides in Philadelphia with his husband and his twin daughters

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Silent Observer
5 years ago

Google music, I havn’t checked yet.. But that would be a great place to host this podcast too!

ERVINFORTHEWIN
5 years ago

Great podcast !!! thanks for doing this guys ….hope more will follow like this one . Cody is indeed very interesting to listen to ….

Theo
5 years ago

I love the idea of a Swimswam podcast and look forward to it growing, but 5 minutes in, I can’t help but feel like I’m sitting in on one of Professor Culhane’s lectures.

John Culhane
Reply to  Theo
5 years ago

Wouldn’t that be a good thing? Seriously, I hear you. I’ll get livelier for the next installment. Also, go to about the 7:25 mark, and you’ll get to hear what I think is a great interview with Cody Miller.

PumpUpTheVolume
Reply to  Theo
5 years ago

Great first guest and great to see SwimSwam re-enter the podcast fray. I did have a bit of trouble getting the Podbean app volume up high enough and hoping the apple podcasts version addresses that. And I echo Theo in that it did seem a bit, um, scholarly. Part of what makes Cody’s vlogs and podcasts great is the energy and the rawness. Great podcasts bring that energy. Otherwise it does risk becoming another KickSet which is also strong on content but a bit lacking on engagement. I’ll still listen though so thanks for doing it!

Swimnerd
5 years ago

You definitely Alec Scott from Palo Alto Aquatic Club on there

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Braden Keith

Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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