Episode 64 - David Kosins and Joshua Womack join the Upper Bench to talk schvitzing in general and the Cleveland Schvitz in specific. We learn how they discovered sauna and what their current practices are like today. And we also compare the Schvitz to Banya and Sauna.

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GUEST LINKS

https://joshuawomack.com

CONTENTS

00:00 Intro and catching up

04:23 David's sauna story (Detroit schvitzs, LA schvitz, trip to Finland, Banya5 in Seattle, etc.)

22:01 Josh sauna story and book (Cleveland Schvitz and Soul Space)

29:09 Eero: NYC bathhouse, growing up with public sauna

30:48 David's sauna build

38:04 Josh's regular sauna location (Soul Space)

42:39 Schvitz vs Sauna vs Banya: Differences and Similarities