Love the voice of swimming on this episode. Rowdy Gaines is the best…so humble as stated by the host. I enjoyed the inside take of the production side that happens for viewers at home. If you love the sport of swimming this is a terrific podcast to add to your queue.

I started swimming as a kid after watching Janet Evans in ‘88 and have been in love with the sport ever since-still swim to this day and the water remains my happy place. I teared up listening to Rowdy describe his own swimming trajectory and his love for swimming and it comes through in the broadcasts. Totally the voice of swimming and an excellent embassador for the sport. Don’t listen to the haters-you guys rock!

So as a competitive swimmer, I LOVE listening to this podcast. I love how they bring in olympians, and it’s not like one of those things that are like yeah swimming this, swimming that, and I’ve been swimming for about 4 years, and this is VERY ACCURATE! Thanks! 🏊‍♀️

This podcast talks a lot about the technical part of swimming and I am a swim nerd so I find it interesting. It also talks a bit about the current events in swimming such as world championships which is also fun to hear about.

They get high level guests and work well as interviewers. Wish they addressed more of the management and future of the sport (ex. Trials cuts pod was really interesting, would love more on Safe Sport allegations, club growth and trends, etc) but guessing USA Swimming doesn’t want to look too closely at itself lol. Gotta get Weitzel back to talk about Teri again…yikes.

I enjoy this podcast. It can be a little boring at times but it is informational. It would be nice to add a segment about current swimming news.

I enjoy this podcast very much. As an aging, non competitive, swimmer, I especially enjoy the relatively free ranging conversations with high end athletes. I have other podcasts where I can get dry, highly technical information on a variety of sports. The Barbini/Beisel combo’s light banter and easy conversation with their guests makes for a pleasurable listening experience.

I love the new hosts of this podcast! Barbini and Beisel are natural podcasters who make the inside workings of swimming really interesting. I’ve looked for more Matt Barbini podcasts because it’s hard to believe he hasn’t been podcasting his entire life, but either way, I’m just glad I found this podcast which is now taken over first place for me over Bill Simmons, Pardon my Take, and essentially anything else I listen to.

This podcast is so interesting but they need to post more and about current topics

I listen to swimming podcasts to better understand my child’s favorite sport and to hopefully get some tips on helping them become a better swimmer. However, the few episodes I have listened to have been about transgender swimmers and feminism in the swimming world. There are plenty of places to learn about these issues but I didn’t think “USA Swimming” would be it. There are quite a few better options out there for actually learning about the sport.

This podcast could be interesting, but the conversations ramble and seem to be more focused on tangential topics of interest to the podcast host