Depth Wish | Deep Water Ep1

About this episode

<p>Three years ago, travel writer Lydia Gard discovered freediving. An extreme and beautiful sport defined by one objective: to dive as deep as you can on one single breath. It soon became a calling. Then, she stumbled on a darker side of the sport. Rumours that a group of top divers were doping to go deeper.</p><br><p>To listen to all six episodes of Deep Water subscribe to The Observer where you can access all Tortoise Investigates series. It’s easy to subscribe: sign up on Apple or Spotify or directly at <u><a href="http://observer.co.uk/subscribe/audio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">observer.co.uk/subscribe/audio</a></u>, where you can use the code AUDIO50 for 50% off. </p><br><p>Reporter - Lydia Gard </p><p>Producer - Gary Marshall. </p><p>Music supervision and sound design - Karla Patella</p><p>Sound design - Rowan Bishop</p><p>Podcast artwork - Lola Williams </p><p>Fact checking - Poppy Bullard, Katie Gunning, Amalie Sortland, Madeleine Parr &amp; Jess Swinburne </p><p>Executive producer - Basia Cummings</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>