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The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 101 - City vs Country

Thu, 06 Mar 2025

Back again for another week of the podcast and this week we are talking City vs Country Teams. Would it work as a concept? And we discuss the contribution country clubs and programs have made to the Australian team over many years.


We read out a listeners email, and discuss the importance of knowing you've worked hard and can be proud of yourself.


We talk cyclones, retired swimmers, song of the week and a whole lot more


The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 100 - TOP 10 Greatest Swimmers of ALL Time List

Thu, 27 Feb 2025

They said we wouldn't make it, but we are here this week as The Shannon Rollason Podcast records it's 100th episode.


To mark the special occasion we have enlisted the help of podcast favourite and one of Australia's best coaches Justin Rothwell to help us go through the Top 10 Greatest swimmers of ALL time as per an article that Shannon stumbled across recently. The list is up to November 2023, so excluding some of our current superstars.


From 10 to 1, we go through the very best, and have some healthy discussions around how the list could look a little differently if we put ours together.


Set of the week is back and of course song of the week. Great episode to bring up 100


Thanks to all of our listeners for sticking with us and making 100 episodes possible


The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 99 - 25 Years On From Sydney (What's Different)

Thu, 20 Feb 2025

This week on the podcast we go back 25 years to 2000 and compare the coaching, the athletes and so much more to the now in 2025.


What has changed?


What has stayed the same?


We look at interesting trivia from the year 2000, as well as set of the week and your favourite, song of the week.


 


All that and a whole lot more


The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 98 - With Kirsten Thomson

Thu, 13 Feb 2025

This week on the podcast we are joined by special guest, Olympian from Sydney 2000 and CEO of NSW Swimming Kirsten Thomson.


In this podcast we discuss Kirsten's amazing swimming career and her Olympic experience, as well as challenges she faced in the pool along the way.


We discuss her transition out of the pool and her decision to become CEO of NSW Swimming.


We talk about what she's proud of so far, what we can all do better, keeping coaches in the sport and a whole lot more.


Kirsten also takes the wheel for Set of the week, Quote of the week and Song of the week, it's a great chat with an amazing leader in our sport. Don't miss it


The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 97 - We Are Sorry

Thu, 06 Feb 2025

This week on the podcast Shannon and I apologies to our loyal listeners for not getting all of our facts right on the topics we discuss, as we are inundated with correction messages from the previous weeks podcast.


Shannon learns what Chat GPT and DM stands for, as well as his Beef of the week and no its not just with his cockatoos outside ruining his tree lol


Set of the week is back, we read out one of our listeners DMs with an interesting story to go with it and Chat GPT gives us the top 5 toughest races to do on a swimming program.


Song of the week and plenty of laughs 


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