The Blue Room

Meet the Weedy Seadragons

This is family. Meet the Weedy Seadragons of Kingston Beach, where swimmers become buddies, form life-long friendships and many feel this tribe is family. The Blue Room

Swimmer and artist Catherine Stringer

The Blue Room's Sabra Lane joins artist & swimmer Catherine Stringer in her studio for a chat about her art and swimming. An exhibition of Catherine's work is about to op

Whaley excellent! Talking the Blue Room with whale scientist Dr Vanessa Pirotta

Dr Vanessa Pirotta spends a lot of her time in The Blue Room, or what she calls our Blue Backyard. As a kid all she wanted to do was to become a dolphin trainer - she's n

Bitten not beaten: Joanne Norman on being the first Australian Woman to achieve the Oceans 7

The Blue Room's Sabra Lane interviews marathon swimmer Joanne Norman on becoming the first Australian woman to complete the Oceans Seven Challenge. What makes Joanne's st

That's how I pray; singers Vika and Linda Bull on swimming and their song 'That's How I Pray"

Pop divas and sisters Vika and Linda Bull have just been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, released a new album "Where do you come from", are currently on a national t

BONUS: Cold water shock, depression, swimming v medication an interview with Dr Heather Massey

Dr Heather Massey is a marathon swimmer. She's also a researcher at the University of Portsmouth’s Extreme Environments research group in the UK. She's just recruited peo

Talking the Big Blue in the Blue Room with author and ocean-lover Tim Winton

Australian author Tim Winton joins the Blue Room podcast host Sabra Lane for a long chat about his obsession with the ocean. Tim is admired the world-over for his salt wa

Why a humble Tasmanian Swam the Freedom Swim

Join The Blue Room for an inspiring chat with Tasmanian swimmer Brett Stephenson as he recounts his journey to complete South Africa's renowned Freedom Swim. Brett shares

Mark Sowerby, Don't be Prey!

Mark Sowerby is The Blue Room's guest in this episode. Over a decade he swims the Ocean Seven, seven channels of water on five continents. The first channel (The English

Coledale Oysters at Coles Bay Devil Swim

The Blue Room visits the 2026 Devil of a Swim, relocated this year from Bicheno to Coles Bay. Also visiting the tourist hotspot, the Coledale Oysters from NSW. The Oyster

Discovering ocean pools and historic lidos; fitness, fun and friendship

The Blue Room's guest is Alison Orme and what has become 'a highlight of her life'. What started as a simple invite to friends to swim in some of Sydney's spectacular oce

The Kingston Swim Pod; how to become confident in ocean swimming

It's a question pod host Sabra Lane is often asked; how to you become confident to swim in the open water? The Blue Room joins the Kingston Beach Surf Life Saving club in

The Kingston Beach Sea Hags and Chat stroke

Five years ago, a group of women waded into the cold waters of Tasmania and found something much bigger than a swim. Meet the Kingston Beach Sea Hags: a bold, joyful comm

Meet Miu; the Sydney marathon swimmer making history

At just 20 years old, Miu Tanaka is balancing university life in Sydney with record-breaking achievements in marathon swimming. The elite open water swimmer has already s

The Desert Swimmer: how Brendan Cullen overcame depression and found joy in marathon swimming

Brendan Cullen works on an outback sheep farm near Broken Hill in NSW. In 2015 he sought help at the local hospital, not knowing what was wrong with himself. He was diagn

Inside the campaign to Save Phillip Pool

Save Phillip Pool is a Canberra community group that's just had a big win. The ACT government has backed down on plans to replace a 50m outdoor pool with a 25m one. Canbe

The Salty Bitches

The Blue Room is on tour visiting Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula during Christmas 2025. And what better way to experience the coast here than swim with the famous Salty B

Alyssa - the Iron Pot Champ!

The Blue Room is back for another season, to talk with swimmers and dippers about the joys of getting into the ocean. They're all inspiring stories, about overcoming chal

Bonus Episode: Dr Rip - Professor Rob Brander on rips and staying safe at the beach and in the water.

Rob Brander is Dr Rip - he's a coastal scientist at the University of NSW in Sydney. He's been educating beachgoers and kids about the surf for more than 25 years. He's w

Bonus: The Bondi Swim Circle - a show of support for the Jewish Community

A special episode of the Blue Room, recorded days after the terror attack at Bondi Beach. Three days after that, Bondi swim clubs held a swim circle - to remember the dea