About this episode
Sinéad Kehoe is the founder of Wāhine Wai, a dippers' group in Wellington. In this episode we discuss eight swim books we've enjoyed, two swim songs, and two swim films: Lonely Planet's 'The Joy of Wild Swimming ', 2023. Anna Deacon and Vicky Allan, ' Taking the Plunge: The Healing Power of Wild Swimming for Mind, Body and Soul' , 2019, Black & White Publishing. Nina Mingya Powles. ' Small Bodies of Water .' 2021, Canongate Books. Ingrid Horrocks. ' Where We Swim .' 2021, Te Herenga Waka University Press. Annette Lees. ' Swim: a Year of Swimming Outdoors in New Zealand .' 2018, Potton & Burton. Julie Otsuka. ' The Swimmers '. 2022, Penguin. Tracey Baumann and Emma Levy. ' The Swim Mastery Way. ' 2024, InHouse Publishing. Lynne Cox. ' Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer. ' 2004, Harcourt. Louden Wainwright III, ' The Swimming Song '. 1973. R.E.M. ' Nightswimming .' 1992. ' The Swimmer ' (film), 1968. ' Kim Swims ' (documentary), 2017. * Support the podcast via Patreon.com/SwimChats Follow Swim Chats on Instagram Hit 'Follow' so you don't miss an episode. Thanks for listening! :-)