Podcast
Wild Swimming Wangers
Writers Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey come to you fresh from a dip in their local reservoir, to discuss their wild swimming exploits.
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- Swimming chart
- #26
- Episodes
- 61
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 31 min
- On air since
- 2025
- Latest episode
- 6 days ago
Episodes
61 episodes, newest first
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29 min
The Curative Power of a Nice Swim
Season 5, Episode 5
Show notes
After a sightly chilly fifteen-degree dip, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about social anxiety, cocaine-addled shrimp, and the misfortune of being swallowed by a whale.
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32 min
I Feel Good When I Can Do Hard Things
Season 5, Episode 4
Show notes
After a very rainy swim, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about politics, poetry and pool parties.
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37 min
Swimgasm
Season 5, Episode 3
Show notes
After an autumnal October dip, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about birthday swims, Croatian currents and scary owls.
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27 min
Holiday Special Part 2
Season 5, Episode 2
Show notes
Because they have so much to wang on about, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey return for a second instalment of the holiday special to discuss French swims, listener summer swims and a buoyant swimming song.
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31 min
Holiday Special Part 1
Season 5, Episode 1
Show notes
After a long hot summer, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy reunited to wang about their holiday swims, slime in the Serpentine, and skinny dips.
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27 min
A Brain Bath
Season 4, Episode 12
Show notes
In the final episode of the series, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey record an episode live in the lake, as they wang on about noisy seagulls, sporty books and summer holidays.
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30 min
The Raging Horn for a Cold Plunge
Season 4, Episode 11
Show notes
After no swim at all, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy discuss Taffy Brodesser-Akner, swimming in the Seine, two-pieces and jellyfish.
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32 min
Heads Up Swimmers Or Heads Down Swimmers?
Season 4, Episode 10
Show notes
After separate swims, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about wild swimming horror movies, Harry Enfield’s ears and the mayor of New York.
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28 min
Opening The Floodgates
Season 4, Episode 9
Show notes
After their hottest ever swim, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about changing rooms, Paris plans and rampant consumerism.
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29 min
Will There Be Ice After The Apocalypse?
Season 4, Episode 8
Show notes
After a 23-degree 1K swim, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about Sea Lanes Canary Wharf, hate mail and body image.
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31 min
The Song of Angry Women
Season 4, Episode 7
Show notes
After a cold water fix, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about bikini buying, risk assessment and a gruesome true crime tale. Please note that Beth recorded this episode dressed as Mary Poppins. Expect some singing.
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33 min
Boinging About In The Surf
Season 4, Episode 6
Show notes
After Beth braves the waters alone, she and Marianne Levy wang on about one of the greatest wild swimming moments on TV ever, mind-boggling goggles, and being photographed in swimwear.
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32 min
Beneficial Afterdrop
Season 4, Episode 5
Show notes
In the show’s first ever remote record, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on in separate countries, discussing the heatwave, sea-swimming and fights at the lido.
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27 min
Diaphanous
Season 4, Episode 4
Show notes
After going it alone in the lake, Beth Morrey wangs on with Marianne Levy about an ecstatic union with the River Avon, feedback and tips from listeners, and an exciting new giveaway.
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30 min
A Woman Swimming in Urine
Season 4, Episode 3
Show notes
After a too-early swim, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about swimming in contact lenses, stone-skimming controversy, and a disturbing faecal incident…
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28 min
Am I Normal?
Season 4, Episode 2
Show notes
After a swim with a mysterious new wanging companion, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about Chanel beachwear, fantasy award ceremonies, press intrusion, and dark showering.
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31 min
Mermaid's Tears
Season 4, Episode 1
Show notes
After their first swim of the summer and a new series, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about storms, summer swimmers, nurdle-pickers, and the Mitford sisters.
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35 min
The Wet World
Season 3, Episode 11
Show notes
After a wintry Easter swim, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about solving the mystery of Marianne’s big fish, naked saunas, and the next generation of DryRobes.
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31 min
The Cashmere Caveman
Season 3, Episode 10
Show notes
After a choppy and chilly swim, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey return to wang on about great-crested grebes, the rashness of underwater proposals and Guy Ritchie’s massive tent.
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26 min
A Very Big Yellow Scaly Thing
Season 3, Episode 9
Show notes
After a ten-degree Spring swim, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about Hampstead Ponds huts, houses with swimming pools, and terrifying cryptids…
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