Physical Capital

Nov 21 2023 14 ep. 3
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Much more complicated than a mere history of... This series is centered around the human relationship with swimming. What draws us to it. How do we use it, what do we gain from it… and what it can take from us. We’ll be exploring swimming through the prism of ‘Physical Capital' - discussing the physical attributes that can give you an advantage in the water and how they’ve been used to achieve greatness and how they can be affected and influenced by politics, geography and the unequal distribution of resources. Hosted by Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Early access to Physical Capital episodes are available to Human Resources + subscribers on apple podcasts. Subscribe now for your free trial

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Bonus Ep 2: Alice Dearing

Nov 21 2023 35 mins  
In creating this series we've been privileged to speak to some incredible swimmers including; Seren Jones, Alice Dearing and Cullen Jones. All with their own stories and rich, unique relationships to swimming and the water. In a series like this, we can’t always use every part of an interview, but we felt like these interviews were too good not to be heard in full, and so, we’r

Bonus Ep 1: Seren Jones

Nov 14 2023 38 mins  
In creating this series we've been privileged to speak to some incredible swimmers including; Seren Jones, Alice Dearing and Cullen Jones. All with their own stories and rich, unique relationships to swimming and the water. In a series like this, we can’t always use every part of an interview, but we felt like these interviews were too good not to be heard in full, and so, we’r

We Know Why We Swim

Nov 08 2023 28 mins  
Welcome to the final episode of this series of Physical Capital. We’ve explored the human relationship with the water. What draws us to it. How we use it, what we gain from it… and what it can take from us. We’ve looked at swimming from multiple angles and hopefully, painted a near complete picture of the sport. If you’ve made it this far, thank you so much for joining us

Women in the Sport

Oct 31 2023 21 mins  
You enter the pool. You front crawl, freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, or butterfly your way from one end to the other… and back again. It’s not complicated and essentially, swimming is the same for most people, right? Well, no. Like any sport there are many factors that divide how different genders enter the pool. In this episode of the podcast we explore what it's like fo

Physical Capital - Mind And Body

Oct 24 2023 25 mins  
Our Physical Capital - the physiology we have at our disposal - can only take you so far, when races are won and lost by milliseconds, small adaptations can be the difference between a place on the podium or not. In this episode, we explore how the physiology of your body can give you an advantage in the sport of swimming and we shine a light on the impact swimming can have on yo

Swimming Beyond the Pool

Oct 17 2023 24 mins  
Open water swimming is on the rise and has been for the past few years but what’s the pull and why do people do it? In this episode we’re exploring what open water swimming is, how it makes you feel, how people can get involved and what the benefits are of swimming in open water. Episode guests: Jack Hudson Alice Dearing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi

Race in the Pool: Blackness and Swimming

Oct 10 2023 44 mins  
It is a widely perpetuated stereotype that Black people can’t swim. On paper, the statistics appear to back-up this perceived notion. Sport England reports that 95% of Black adults and 80% of Black children in England don’t swim, with very similar statistics within Asian communities; and according to the World Health Organisation, people from ethnic minorities are at an increas

The Politics of Swimming

Oct 03 2023 32 mins  
Swimming as a sport is well and truly international. As we heard in the last episode, swimmers and teams from all over the world compete. But in order to compete at the highest level, athletes need the right resources…and the one thing about resources the world over, is that they are not equally distributed - in all areas of life, swimming being no exception. And so the question

Swimming for Sport

Sep 26 2023 42 mins  
When you think of swimming, what images come to mind? It doesn’t take long to see a row of athletes, lined up on the edge of the pool - slim, long, muscular bodies, swimming caps, goggles - ready to dive into the water and RACE. Getting to this level doesn’t happen overnight, those athletes have been training - day and night - for years to get to that point. In this episode of

Why Do We Swim?

Sep 19 2023 21 mins  
Why do we swim? It’s not new, we’ve been swimming for 10,000 years… apparently. But why? We don’t live in the water and so what draws us to it? In this first episode of the podcast we explore the history of humans in the water to get an idea of why we do it. Hosted by Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell. Episode guests: Bonnie Tsui, Why We Swim Learn more about your ad c