The Blue Room
The Blue Room
Podcast Description
A podcast about swimming in the great outdoors, the awe that brings, the amazing grass-roots community groups and buddies who swim and dip together, including the personalities in those pods and ties that bind us.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
Focuses on outdoor swimming experiences, community dynamics, and personal anecdotes with episodes highlighting themes like competitive swimming with Olympic athletes, such as Dr. Shane Gould, and community events like the TOSSA Cup that explore motivations and connections within swimming pods.
A podcast celebrating the joys of outdoor swimming and the incredible sense of community it creates. Join us as we explore the beauty and thrill of swimming and dipping, in ocean, rivers, and natural waters — often with friends and fellow enthusiasts. Each episode features inspiring interviews with diverse personalities and groups who share their passion for aquatic adventures, connection with nature, and the positive impact of swimming on health and well-being. Whether you’re new to outdoor swimming or a seasoned water lover, discover stories of friendship, resilience and shared experiences.
Mark Sowerby is The Blue Room's guest in this episode. Over a decade he swims the Ocean Seven, seven channels of water on five continents. The first channel (The English Channel) is achieved while he's at the helm of a successful start-up company. The rest of the channels become a form of therapy, recovering from the shock of a company going under which morph into the documentary 'Don't be Prey'. Mark attends a screening of the film in Hobart, and takes time out to speak with podcast host Sabra Lane.
Features:
Mark Sowerby, Don't be Prey.
Sabra Lane, podcast host and co-founder.
Themes:
Oceans Seven, inspirational swimming, courage, mental health, open water swimming, marathon swimming, ocean swimming, cold water swimming, English Channel, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, North Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, cookie cutter sharks, ”Don't Be Prey” documentary, Jeff Tseng, Michael Kim, Shelley Taylor-Smith, Des Renford.
Links:
https://www.dontbeprey.film/
https://openwaterpedia.com/wiki/Oceans_Seven
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