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Extreme swimming, Marina Hyde on a broken police force, and rude place names

Extreme swimming, Marina Hyde on a broken police force, and rude place names

Marina Hyde on why women can no longer trust the Met; extreme swimmer Lewis Pugh braves the coldest waters on Earth; and Tom Lamont discovers the pleasures and pitfalls of silly place names.

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January 21, 202344m 3sExplicit

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Show Notes

Marina Hyde on why women can no longer trust the Met (1m26s); extreme swimmer and ‘environmental diplomat’ Lewis Pugh braves the coldest waters on Earth (9m57s); and Tom Lamont discovers the pleasures and pitfalls of living somewhere with a silly name (25m19s).

Topics

Life and styleMetropolitan policePoliceClimate crisisSwimmingArcticAntarcticaEnvironmentGeographyHistory