Physical Capital Human Resources

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’re releasing these as bonus episodes for you to dive deeper... This week it's Cullen Jones. Former USA competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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
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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 the podcast we explore the world of competitive swimming to better understand what it takes to be a competitive swimmer.



Hosted by Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell.



Episode guests:

Cullen Jones

Alice Dearing

Nick Hope
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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 really is - how can a swimmer's geographic location affect how far they can progress in the sport?



Hosted by Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell.



Episode guests:

Nick Hope

Shikha Tandon
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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 increased risk of drowning. But where has this dangerous myth come from? And how do we change this negative and often fatal narrative?
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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
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