Physical Capital

When you think of swimming, what images come to mind? It doesn’t take long to see a row of athletes, lined up on the edge of the pool - slim, long, muscular bodies, swimming caps, goggles - ready to d...

26 Sep 202342min

Why do we swim? It’s not new, we’ve been swimming for 10,000 years… apparently. But why? We don’t live in the water and so what draws us to it? In this first episode of the podcast we explore the hist...

19 Sep 202321min

Welcome to Physical Capital. A series centered around the human relationship with swimming. What draws us to it. How do we use it, what do we gain from it… and what it can take from us. We’ll be look...

18 Sep 20234min

We find ourselves in 1810. The British heavyweight Champion, Tom Cribb, is defending his title against an American contender Tom Molyneaux. What is fascinating about this contest, is that the challeng...

15 Aug 202229min

Why do people want to buy, sell, bet on, and invest money into human beings for entertainment purposes? How has the status of the boxer developed throughout history? In the first episode of Physical C...

8 Aug 202219min

In Physical Capital we'll be exploring the origins of boxing and how it's been used for political and financial gain; as a source of national pride; a vehicle for propaganda and an expression of mascu...

22 Jul 20223min