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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Wet World
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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The Cashmere Caveman
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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A Very Big Yellow Scaly Thing
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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Spoilt By Good Conditions
After another spectacular sunny swim, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about things you find in the bottom of swimming pools, draconian noticeboards and being number one.
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A Bit of a Swagger About Me
After a fully spring-has-sprung swim, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about dandyish herons, dog schlongs, the perfect swimmer’s body, and a fountain of filth.
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Woman in Midlife Advocates Angry Cold Water Swimming
After a mind-blowing blue sky & sunny swim, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about riotous middle-aged rebellion, and stage a fiercely-fought outdoorsy quiz.
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A Romantic Swim
After a ‘meniscus’ moment in the rainy reservoir, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about the sexy possibilities of cold water, middle-aged body modification, and a disturbing ice dive…
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I Believe I Stayed In Rather Too Long
After a drizzly and depressing six-degree swim Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about their non-scientific science experiment, history & hysterics, ‘non-nudes’, and the robot revolution.
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Icy Army of Ants
After a balmy 4.8-degree swim, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about wearing wetsuits backwards, stage a cold water safety quiz, and mull a £1.6 million purchase.
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A Really Good Flashback
Following a cold water entry experiment, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey come back from another chilly swim to wang on about glimmerings, The Really Cold Swim Championships, and wild swimming holiday adventures.
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A Terrific Cold Snap
In a brand new series, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy return from their coldest ever swim to wang on about breaking the ice, Marianne’s rogue route resulting in injury, new kit, and resolutions to buy no new kit.
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Christmas Special: Wangers Unwrapped
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.
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A Swim in Party Season is What You Need
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.
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A Monkish Swim
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.
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Sub-Ten Poetry and Bingo
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.
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Ice Drunk
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.
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A Fist of Crotch
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.
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Resting Bag Face
After another carpe diem swim, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about swimming in the dark, Christmas adverts and ICE MILES.
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A Buoy in the Stormy Seas of Podcasts
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.
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A Carpe Diem Swim
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.
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The Benefit of a Skins Dip
Has Dryrobe season begun? After a chilly swim, with mouths full of biscuit, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about stylish (and sturdy) kit, what to listen to during a swim (or a run), an intriguing casting call opportunity, and swimming with your mum.
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What a Glorious Feeling!
After a rainy swim, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about swimming friendships, romantic swimming, weight-bearing exercise, and drawing pin injuries – pinjuries? Marianne also manages to use the words ‘Plop’ and ‘Meniscus’ in the same sentence.
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The Bitterer The Medicine The Better It Is For You
After a cold swim and a flirtation with the after-drop, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about skinny dipping, celebrity guests and World Rivers Day.
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A Bit of Style in the Water
Post-swim, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about dream guests, a new wild swimming report, swimming art and naked swimming…
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Sharpen the Saw
Following an early morning swim, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about productivity, the return of the unique ‘pants-tarctic’ pelvic sensation, and waterlogged billionaires. Marianne also shares some hot-off-the-press career news…
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Nigella Season
After a dark evening ‘Michaelmas’ swim heralding the arrival of Autumn, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey wang on about booby swimsuits, Etsy gift-giving and the Rules of Saunas. Join them in this brand new series that slides into winter swimming…
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Flashety Tingles All Over
In a salty, sun-drenched holiday special, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about their respective summer breaks, and the places they swam. Subjects covered include protecting beach valuables, dancing with dolphins, the evils of jellyfish, weeds and sand.
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Wees in the Sea
Following a super-hot evening swim, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy return to wang on over mojitos, discussing lake redevelopment plans, the exclusive Serpentine Club, and why they are the Ant & Dec of the wild swimming world.
This is the last episode in the current series – Marianne and Beth will return in the Autumn with more wanging on about wild swimming. But watch out for a Holiday Special over the summer!
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A Jack Reacher Swim
After packing the bare minimum, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey get back from 1K in the water to rejoice in JOMO (Joy Of Missing Out), ponder the life-challenge of buying a good swimsuit, and the simultaneous temptation and impossibility of Canary Wharf.
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Sharp Light and the Smell of the Pond
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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A Four-Word Horror Story
Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey come back from ‘an Ibiza swim’ to discuss sun tan lotion, Guardian doom-mongering, Newfoundland rescues, and the Wickelfisch.
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Communing With The Birds
Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy return from their reservoir to wang on about failed holiday swims, a disturbing Alfred Hitchcock moment, and Beth’s new novel which is not about wild swimming. They also discuss their grand plan to swim a route in the shape of a penis.
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Gin O'Clock
A booze-fuelled episode, as Wangers Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy return from an evening swim and enjoy a tipple as they discuss seagulls, smooth jazz and gross lake slime.
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The Daring Frigidaires
Despite feeling ill, Marianne Levy braves the waters with fellow Wanger Beth Morrey, and afterwards they discuss celebrity lookalikes, sharks and cold water entry.
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Unicorn Time
After a stealth perfect swim, Wangers Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey talk about how to carve out moments for yourself, Marianne explains why the lake is her version of a Netflix Christmas movie smalltown boyfriend, and Beth invents a new term for pointless leisure time.
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Cormorant Up the Bum
Mumbling through mouthfuls of cake, Wangers Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy discuss celebrity spots, swimsuit envy and the wild swimming backlash.
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A Beacon Swim
Returning from a balmy 14-degree swim, Wangers Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey discuss Beth’s watery musical performance, manifesting good weather, swimming group names, and finally offer some not-very-apologetic corrections and clarifications.
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All Outdoor Swimming Is Wild Swimming?
Wangers Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy bring you a HOLIDAY SPECIAL, reporting back on their wild swims in Cornwall and France before moving on to debate exactly what constitutes a wild swim, and jubilantly discussing feedback from listeners.
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Sexy Coots
After a cold-water encounter with some amorous coots, Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey talk wild swimming snacks, Thames Water, and tips for newbie swimmers.
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The Silicone Skirt is Soft and Snug
Marianne Levy and Beth Morrey come straight in from a 10-degree swim to discuss bits of kit, body image and aggressive geese.
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