Podcasts

SwimSwam Podcast: Milo Cavic on How Aaron Peirsol Pushed Him to go for Gold

As Cavic walks to the ready room, he sees his childhood friend, Aaron Peirsol, who won a gold medal in the 100 back earlier in the meet…

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SwimSwam Podcast: Jessica Hardy on World Records in Practice w/ Soni, Efimova

Hardy claims to have never been beaten in practice by her USC breaststroke contemporaries and training partners: Rebecca Soni and Yulia Efimova.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Justin Wright on Following The Path of the Warrior

He was also very candid with us about his struggles through quarantine, and how he’d found inspiration from watching anime shows

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SwimSwam Podcast: Jason Pullano on How to Gamify Swimming

In this podcast, Jason turns a swim workout into a game of Super Mario Kart. He has an entire spreadsheet for how it works

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SwimSwam Podcast: Bobby Guntoro on Memories at NC State, Chasing Dreams at UNCW

With a combined team of 58 strong and a nice beach town to recruit from, it’s looking like part two of Guntoro’s American dream.

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SwimSwam Podcast: James Guy Talks British Relay Secret Sauce

Guy breaks down how the British team has built a culture of relay performance and putting an emphasis on medaling in as many as they can.

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SwimSwam Podcast: How Does Katie Hoff Build Swim Strength on Dry Land?

Not only has the world champ’s TikTok game been on point during quarantine, but she has also started a new swim-specific dryland program, Synergy Dryland.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Matt Grevers on Why Quarantine Will Benefit Older Swimmers

And as a fun tidbit, Grevers threw in the race that he thought felt the best over his entire career, which may surprise you.  

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SwimSwam Podcast: Dartmouth Swim on ‘The Zoom Call That Said it All’

when Dartmouth swimmers did get an audience with the school president via Zoom, the results were not what they were hoping for, to say the least.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Why Matt Biondi Almost Didn’t Go to the 1984 Olympic Trials

we didn’t realize that leading up to the 1984 Olympic Trials, Biondi didn’t see himself making the team and wanted to go camping with a friend instead

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SwimSwam Podcast: Dave Salo on How to Turn Science into Speed, and Make it Fun

We sat down with Dave Salo the guy who everyone wants to swim with because, let’s face it, he makes a boring sport fun. 

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SwimSwam Podcast: Michael Andrew on Paths of Growth During Quarantine

Andrew has been doing the majority of his training outside of the pool, including weight training, paddling in the ocean, and cycling

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SwimSwam Podcast: Missy Franklin, Hayes Johnson Talk Swim Joy in Summer League

We sat down with swimming power couple Olympic Legend Missy Franklin and Hayes Johnson to talk about one simple thing. Swimming joy. 

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SwimSwam Podcast: Mitch Dalton Plays ‘Spill Your Guts or Tweet Your Guts’

We ended with a game based off ‘Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts’. We each ended up tweeting once, and I have to say, Mitch’s tweet was pretty golden:

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SwimSwam Podcast: Trevor Freeland on Pride Movie, Swimming as a Black Man

Freeland was a member of the famed PDR Swim Team of Philadelphia coached by Jim Ellis in the 1980s that was immortalized in the Lionsgate film Pride.

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