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Wild Swimming Wangers

Sharp Light and the Smell of the Pond

Season 1, Ep. 14

Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy return from a hot ‘holidayish’ swim, to wang on about BBC Radio London, the middle of Lidl, and intermittent fasting. They also roundly condemn the pastime of coasteering, without any intention of trying it.

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  • 15. Christmas Special: Wangers Unwrapped

    33:22||Season 2, Ep. 15
    Following a bracing swim, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey exchange wild swimming Christmas gifts and wang on about voice-fame, festive swims around the country and New Year resolutions.
  • 14. A Swim in Party Season is What You Need

    29:17||Season 2, Ep. 14
    After a sunny circuit of the reservoir, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about social anxiety, full moon lady dips and Beth’s new career as a photo journalist.
  • 13. A Monkish Swim

    33:55||Season 2, Ep. 13
    After a silent circuit round the reservoir, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about Black Friday bargains and brain rot, adventuring (not coasteering), and Surfers Against Sewage.
  • 12. Sub-Ten Poetry and Bingo

    30:25||Season 2, Ep. 12
    After a sad solo swim, Beth Morrey returns to the studio to wang on with Marianne Levy about badges, royalty, and the logistics of posing with sheets of ice.
  • 11. Ice Drunk

    28:45||Season 2, Ep. 11
    Following a glacial seven degree swim, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about weeing (again), whiskey breathing, and why cold water helps with anxiety.
  • 10. A Fist of Crotch

    28:30||Season 2, Ep. 10
    After a bracing swim, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about swimming in shopping centres, sexy swimming in diplomatic dramas, and the unfathomable logistics of weeing in kit. 
  • 9. Resting Bag Face

    30:37||Season 2, Ep. 9
    After another carpe diem swim, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about swimming in the dark, Christmas adverts and ICE MILES.
  • 8. A Buoy in the Stormy Seas of Podcasts

    31:33||Season 2, Ep. 8
    After a chilly 10-degree swim, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about new kit, Keanu Reeves and Christmas. Oh, and haircuts - Marianne got one; no one noticed.
  • 7. A Carpe Diem Swim

    28:54||Season 2, Ep. 7
    After a dawn dip, almost in the dark, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about the magic (or otherwise) of learning to swim, matchy-matchy kit, and a very handsome fox.