Brendan Culllen: The Desert Swimmer

We sat down live with Brendan Cullen, a farmer from the Australian outback who took on one of the world’s toughest endurance challenges: swimming the English Channel.In this unscripted After Swim conversation, Brendan shares the full journey behind his book The Desert Swimmer. From growing up in the bush, to battling mental health challenges, to finding purpose through open water swimming.We explore what led him to take that first step, how he trained hundreds of kilometres from the ocean, and what it really takes, physically and mentally, to cross the Channel.This is a raw and honest conversation about resilience, identity, community, and the power of saying yes to something that feels completely out of reach.If you’ve ever wondered what’s possible when you commit to change, this one’s for you.