Bonnie Tsui, Author of ‘Why We Swim,’ Visits Inside With Brett Hawke Podcast

Bonnie Tsui, Author of ‘Why We Swim,’ Visits Inside With Brett Hawke Podcast

On the newest episode of the Inside with Brett Hawke Podcast, the two-time Australian Olympian and host welcomes Bonnie Tsui for an interview. Tsui is the author of the book, “Why We Swim,” a tremendous work which examines the various reasons individual become involved in the sport. The 2020 publication, which is available here, offers a variety of perspectives on swimming, and Hawke speaks with the author about the book and several other topics.

During the interview, Hawke and Tsui obviously discuss the book and its different chapters and stories. But Hawke and Tsui also discuss topics that did not make it into the final version of the text, and further explore Tsui’s swimming background, her relationship with the sport and take time to compare open-water swimmers and pool swimmers.

From GoodReads, Tsui’s book is described in this manner: “Why We Swim is propelled by stories of Olympic champions, a Baghdad swim club that meets in Saddam Hussein’s palace pool, modern-day Japanese samurai swimmers, and even an Icelandic fisherman who improbably survives a wintry six-hour swim after a shipwreck. New York Times contributor Bonnie Tsui, a swimmer herself, dives into the deep, from the San Francisco Bay to the South China Sea, investigating what about water – despite its dangers – seduces us and why we come back to it again and again.”

Since launching his podcast, which features more than 200 full episodes and a greater number of clips from interviews, Hawke has become an elite interviewer who provides insight into the sport of swimming. His podcast is available here.

Swimming World and the International Swimming Hall of Fame are official partners with the Inside with Brett Hawke Podcast, with the collaboration focused on promoting the sport and its athletes.

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