Swim Brief News Roundup Trying a new non-guest show where I comment on some stuff in the swimming news. This week the revelations about Bill Wadley, ASCA's response, Klete Keller and the people bothering you about it and some compliments to Swimswam.

Plus, that Danish TV show everyone is talking about.

https://swimswam.com/olympic-gold-medalist-in-us-capitol-during-clashes-video-appears-to-show/

https://swimswam.com/bill-wadley-resigns-as-asca-ceo/

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Steve Schaffer is the Head Swimming and Diving Coach at Grand Canyon University. He joined me before the Christmas holiday to talk about what’s been going on at GCU through covid and some of the tough decisions.

We also touch on some personal changes he’s made. In the time since this podcast recorded, Steve celebrated losing 100 lbs since he started swimming again at the beginning of the pandemic:

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This week on the podcast I talk to Ricki Clausen. If that name is unfamiliar to you, I really hope you listen. Ricki is a coach I met during my time in Denmark, but we didn't really hit it off until I had one foot out the door back to the US

If you want to know what swimming is like in another country, if you're interested in hearing the strengths and weaknesses of another system, if you're interested in a discussion of professionalism in coaching, this is a podcast for you. Enjoy:

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This week on the podcast I got a really impressive guest. Megan Oesting is the brand new head coach of Swim MAC Carolina

Megan and I talk about the quick move from Iowa to North Carolina, Vinegar based barbeque and failing at our first big jobs. Enjoy:

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This week on the podcast I am pleased to welcome Katie Hoff Anderson and her husband Todd Anderson. Katie has a new book out called Blueprint, and she gets pretty personal about some of the ups and downs of her swimming career.

Todd was an elite athlete in his own right, and the two of them have launched a joint venture in the dryland/strength and conditioning space that takes a really holistic look at athletes.

Through Synergy, they are launching a virtual dryland program today! Listen here or subscribe on ITunes:

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Garrett McCaffrey joins for the second series. We talk covid, cookies and cream and wrestle with the consequences of having a disgraced mentor:

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Hey all, we’re back! Listen to the first podcast back with Nico Messer here or on ITunes:

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This week on the Swimbrief, Swimlikeafish’ Abbie Fish joins me to break down a couple of great swims from this past couple weeks conference action. We talk through Kieran Smith’s excellent 500 free and Erika Brown’s standout 100 freestyle:

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What was it like to be at Indiana at the dawn of the Ray Looze era? Where did I eat the best Danish æbleskiver of my life?

Those questions and more on this edition of the Swim Brief with Matt Leach, head coach of Washington State Swimming.

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Happy holidays, enjoy this podcast with Hannah Burandt. Hannah and I met last year, and since i’ve become a huge fan of what she’s doing. We talk about her journey to becoming the head coach of Cleveland State University, who mentored her and how along the way, and how she learned that too much was good enough:

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