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Ocean swimming... and The Memory Pool
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Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Jan 10, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Therese Spruhan must be one of Australia's experts on the cultural impact of the swimming pool. Her recent book, The Memory Pool, is a fabulous nostalgic anthology bringing together reflections on the childhood swimming pools of 28 Australians including Trent Dalton, Leah Purcell, Shane Gould, Bryan Brown and Merrick Watts. You can taste the hot chips, smell the chlorine and feel the burning concrete. For many kids, the local pool is a place of imagination, freedom, friendship and romance.
Therese is also the author of Swimming pool stories, a blog to which every Australian swimmer should subscribe!
We had a lovely chat at Therese's new local pool, the Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre in Petersham, about all things swimming pools. You can hear kids splashing in the background, but also the occasional flight overhead and a little bit of wind - it's very real! I've left it long, so put the kettle on, go for a drive or a long run, and dive into the memory pool!
Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License:
Memories - Sevnth
Memory - Aaron Weisflog
:memory - Elttob
Memory - Majin Bu
Sapphire - Tobu
Therese is also the author of Swimming pool stories, a blog to which every Australian swimmer should subscribe!
We had a lovely chat at Therese's new local pool, the Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre in Petersham, about all things swimming pools. You can hear kids splashing in the background, but also the occasional flight overhead and a little bit of wind - it's very real! I've left it long, so put the kettle on, go for a drive or a long run, and dive into the memory pool!
Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License:
Memories - Sevnth
Memory - Aaron Weisflog
:memory - Elttob
Memory - Majin Bu
Sapphire - Tobu
Released:
Jan 10, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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