In this episode, my guest is Fanny, the creator of the Bangla Begum jewelry brand (high fashion jewelry, which tells the story of Fanny's life). If you don't know it, go check it out, it's really cool.
I wrote to Fanny after reading her newsletter where she recounted her crossing of the Dardanelles and where she explained that one way of finding herself had been to swim in open water.
A few months later, we found ourselves at the seaside in Marseille for the recording of Eau Libre. Of course, we take the opportunity to swim in the Mediterranean in tough conditions: 13 degrees and lots of waves in December.
It was a great moment behind the microphone listening to Fanny tell us about her adventures; and understand how swimming and open water became important to her. Some spoilers, this episode is for you:
- if you want to learn how to talk to jellyfish
- if you're looking for a way to radicalize your feminism
- if you've always dreamed of swimming in the fabulous swimming pool at Foro Italico
- if you really want to understand why swimming - especially in open water - is amazing
The main points of the episode:
2min40: presentation of Fanny and Bangla Begum
4min40: the swimming pool, studies: working on the body too
8min30: the triathlon and a first training course in open water
9min30: race in Italy “swim the island”
12min10: swim in Nice every day
13min15: the Monte Cristo race
15min30: the day I talked to the jellyfish
20min30: crossing the Dardanelles Strait: a legendary swim
31min30: swimming pool etiquette seen by Fanny in France, link with feminism
36min: lessons
39min: thrills and acceptance of racing conditions
41min10: Meditation and therapy
45min: swimming in a pool, and solving entrepreneurial problems
46min30: the dream collab
47min30: the true story of the JAR ring
48min40: Fanny's recos on cool books to read
- The swimmer, John Cheever
- Pondlife: a swimmer's journal, Al Alvarez
- Swimming home, Deborah Levy
50min45: the three closing questions
55min: how to successfully swim at Foro Italico
