Steady State Podcast

Mar 01 2025 100 ep. 86 mins 4
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Reframing the popular, yet limited narrative about rowing culture by celebrating the expansive array of rowers, coaches, and coxswains in a podcast designed to savor real-life experience from launch to cox seat at every level.

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S6E5 - Cool Rowings: A Dynamic Concoction

Mar 01 2025 44 mins  
From primary school kids to octogenarians, Cool Rowings is introducing diverse populations to rowing in and around London. Founder Weininger Irwin – competitive and confident from a young age – has a community first approach, prioritizing fun and social interaction. And we hear from one of his rowers, 86-year-old Hazel Parkins, who took up indoor rowing after the death of her h

S6E4: Coach Cassandra Cunningham on Curiosity, Consistency and Growth

Feb 15 2025 52 mins  
Cassandra Cunningham, founder of P3 Physical Education, and coach with Endeavor Racing Alliance, has lived by the philosophy of ”prior proper planning.” So she knew it had to be the driving force behind her coaching, too. From walk-on at Sacramento State University, to National Team rower, to coach of all levels, Cassandra believes in the power of curiosity to drive success. Ou

S6E3: Lenny O'Donnell is Preserving Rowing History

Feb 07 2025 34 mins  
Holding an old canister in his hands, rower and documentary film producer Lenny O’Donnell’s heart skipped a beat when he read the hand-written note “Berlin 1936” on an old piece of athletic tape stuck to its lid. After decades of neglect, Lenny was entrusted to preserve and digitize it, along with boxes full of other historic photos, film, and ephemera documenting the Unive

S6E2: Blind Sculler Kate Lindgren Can See What's Possible

Jan 19 2025 47 mins  
When Kate Lindgren and award-winning coach Peter Forrest met at Peterborough City Rowing Club, it came with more than a few firsts for these two Brits. While they were both self-proclaimed “late onset rowers" – learning to row later in life – neither could have expected the partnership and bond they’ve forged. Inspired by Kate, whose blindness doesn’t even come close to

S6E1 - Behind the Lens: Row2k Founder Ed Hewitt

Jan 04 2025 49 mins  
In 1997, just 36% of adults went online. Websites from this era were known as "Web 1.0." Google didn’t exist yet. And a guy with information to share about Eastern Sprints decided to cobble together some HTML and get the word out. And so, row2k.com was born. Twenty seven years later, founder and owner Ed Hewitt joins us to talk about how his own rowing journey – from Atlantic C

S5E25: No Water? No Problem. Rower and Trainer Cassi Niemann Thrives in Albuquerque

Dec 07 2024 45 mins  
Cassi Niemann is the lead UCanRow2 Master Rowing Instructor, a competitive power lifter, and the owner of CASstrong, where she blends rowing with her expertise as a strength coach. She not only helps indoor rowers improve their skills and confidence on the machine, but also trains other coaches to effectively integrate rowing into a variety of fitness settings.

S5E24: Asheville's Rebel Rowing Set to Make a Comeback

Nov 23 2024 53 mins  
In 2024, Rebel Strength and Rowing was named to Entrepreneur magazine’s list of the top 150 independently owned and operated small businesses in the United States. Then in late September – like hundreds of other businesses in Asheville, NC – it was inundated by the flood waters of Hurricane Helene. In this episode, we talk with owner Adam Smith, and member Jason Mogen, about

S5E23: Nermine Khenefar: COVID, Kilimanjaro, and Crew

Nov 09 2024 35 mins  
Egyptian Nermine Khenefar found rowing in her 40s when, winded on her ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro, friend and explorer Omar Samra suggested she take up the sport to increase her aerobic capacity. After just a few years, Nermine is an avid masters rower and indoor rowing competitor who is seeking to row everywhere she travels and welcome visitors to row with her on the Nile in Cairo.

S5E22: Fusing Innovation and Tradition at the Head of the Charles

Oct 19 2024 42 mins  
Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Mass. is one of the jewels in the rowing crown. In our annual homage to this mega rowing event, we meet the leadership that makes it happen – new HOCR Executive Director Tori Stevens, and Director of Racing Brendan Mulvey. We find out their personal stories of involvement in sport, and what about this regatta attracts 12,000 athletes and a

S5E21: A Growing Network of Survivors Find Renewal on the Water

Oct 12 2024 38 mins  
Kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Beth Kohl, the President of Rowing Cares and Founder and Executive Director of Survivor Rowing Network; and rower, survivor and Pink Ribbon Row Seattle organizer Angie Gabel.