Podcast

Wild Swimming Wangers

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Sports, Swimming

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

  1. 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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    29 min
  2. 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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    32 min
  3. 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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    37 min
  4. 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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    27 min
  5. 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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    31 min
  6. 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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    27 min
  7. 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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    30 min
  8. 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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    32 min
  9. 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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    28 min
  10. 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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    29 min
  11. 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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    31 min
  12. 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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    33 min
  13. 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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    32 min
  14. 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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    27 min
  15. 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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    30 min
  16. 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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    28 min
  17. 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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    31 min
  18. 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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    35 min
  19. 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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    31 min
  20. 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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    26 min