Sep 11, 20269 min
Doing research is like swimming in custard. That’s the take-home from Maddalena Borsato in this podcast. She is a researcher in aesthetics at the University of Gastronomic Science, Pollenzo, Italy, and she combines...
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Swimmingpod
Hosted by Stanley Ulijaszek · sports · EN
About this Podcast:
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.
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What is Swimmingpod about?
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.
Who hosts Swimmingpod?
Swimmingpod is hosted by Stanley Ulijaszek. The show has published 82 episodes to date.
What has Swimmingpod covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Swimming in Custard, with Maddalena Borsato and Stanley Ulijaszek" (11 September 2026, 9 minutes), "Rebecca Olive, Researching Urban Swimming in Australia" (10 August 2026, 27 minutes), and "Swimming at Murder Central with Stanley Ulijaszek, in Australia and the UK" (17 July 2026, 20 minutes).
How often does Swimmingpod publish?
Swimmingpod publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 22 minutes across 82 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Swimmingpod?
Booking probability for Swimmingpod is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Swimmingpod requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Swimmingpod's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Swimmingpod?
The strongest fits for Swimmingpod are Fitness, Golf & Recreation. Swimmingpod has a sports audience.
About the host
Stanley Ulijaszek hosts Swimmingpod, a sports podcast with 82 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Aug 10, 202627 minDr Rebecca Olive is Vice Chancellors Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Her research explores how every-day, recreational sport and leisure activities are experienced through cultural...
Jul 17, 202620 minMurder doesn’t often feature in swimming. In this podcast, two places are linked through this theme: Ballarat and St George’s Lake, in Australia, with Wallingford and the River Thames in Oxfordshire, in the UK. Both...
Jul 16, 202615 minSwimming is in the DNA in Australia. Even in inland places, lakes, human-made and natural, form ideal swimming places. Human-made lakes include dammed waterways for reservoirs and goldmining works in mid- to...
Jul 7, 202620 minBefore the pandemic, some friends in Metz, a mid-sized city in France, near Strasbourg, were looking for somewhere to swim outdoors. The Moselle River flows through Metz, on its way to the North German wine country...
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Jun 26, 202632 minDr Romy Martinez is a Paraguayan singer, researcher, and ethnomusicologist, with two award-winning albums with the Purahéi Trio, including Songs by the Riverbanks , inspired by river landscapes and cultural exchange...
Jun 12, 202616 minLaura Reineke is triple crown swimmer from Henley, UK, completing the Santa Catalina channel swim, the English Channel and the 20 Bridges swim of Manhattan Island. Locally, she is a Henley Mermaid, a group that swims...
May 20, 202630 minSimon Griffiths is the author of Swim Wild and Free: A PracticalGuide to Swimming Outdoors 365 Days a Year , and founder of Outdoor Swimmer magazine . He is a life-long swimmer, swims year-round in the Thames and...
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Toby Robinson, Olympian Marathon Swimmer, Paris, and Bringing Swimming back to the Thames in London
Mar 23, 202620 minToby Robinson is an international swimmer, representing England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and Great Britain at the Paris Olympic Games 2024. He is passionate about swimming, especially in open water. He is a...
Mar 18, 202618 minSwimmingpod celebrates its 5th birthday, with guests Helen Edwards, Tom Kearney, Anette Frisch, Charlotte Sawyer, Tess Bird, Vera Prokopieva, and Carl Tysom. 65 episodes, covering styles and cultures of swimming in the...
Mar 3, 202620 minSian Richardson is founder of the Bluetits Chill Swimmers, a social enterprise that has gone global. In this episode of Swimmingpod, Sian talks about how she got into winter swimming events and about Bluetits in Tallinn...
Feb 23, 202617 minJames Bethell is a Lord of the British realm. A former Health Minister and member of the House of Lords. He is a passionate open water swimmer, whose passion has extended to bring open water swimming back to the River...
Dec 16, 202518 minA warm June, 2025; a similarly warm June 2020, but in very different circumstances, both times greeting the solstice sun with a swim. Five years since the pandemic, Stanley Ulijaszekreflects in this podcast on summer...
Dec 8, 202530 minDaniel Allen-Hörnfeldt and Elvira Lundgren swim in Umea, Sweden. A place known for its magnificent wilderness, green and blue spaces, and swimming and winter swimmingscene. They run a very successful local winter...
Nov 26, 202532 minIn this episode of Swimmingpod, Stanley Ulijaszek is with cake and pastry specialist Susanna Bowers, swimming at the London Fields and Brockwell Lidos , and eating cake and pastries at Pophams Bakery, Maya’s Bakehouse...
Nov 17, 202522 minSwimming and cake is a natural combination for many outdoor swimmers. In this episode of Swimmingpod, food expert Susanna Bowers joins Stanley Ulijaszek in Oxford to explore both. They swim at Port Meadow from the Dodo...
Oct 17, 202531 minI never expected to suffer from leptospirosis, although I know that it is a risk. A comment I sometimes hear from passers-by while swimming in the river is “you know you can get Weil’s Disease, don’t you?” My internal...
Oct 10, 202527 minAmelie Schlemmer swims in Vienna. She is co-founder of SVDK – Swimmverein Donaukanal – the Donaukanal (Danube Canal) Swimming Club. This was founded in 2020 by four students of the Social Design program at the...
Sep 27, 202514 minThe volcanic Lake Bullen Merri is in Victoria, Australia, cloverleafed in shape. A little over two and a half kilometers across. Swimming here, Stanley Ulijaszek was struck by its deep history, and the history of the...
Sep 18, 202522 minMike Lapworth was the inspiration for my 65 swims at the age of 65 years. He had swum 50 swims at the age of 50 years. Hywel Davies I have swum with across the years, having met while swimming the length of the...
Recent guests
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Rebecca Olive
Vice Chancellors Senior Research Fellow, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
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Helen Edwards
columnist at Marketing Week, teaching Fellow at London Business School, Director of Passionbrand, Flourish & Flow Wellness
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Sian Richardson
Blue Tits Chill Dippers Community
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Richard Flint
Technical and Commercial Lead for Physical Security, National Speakers Association
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