Sink or Swim - Part I

Sydney holds a strong identity as the capital of sandy shores, ripper waves and thefinest swimmers in the world. But this idealistic depiction of a devoted swimmingculture doesn’t connect to many locals like Angelica who has never learned how toswim. Come and join Angelica on her personal quest to overcome the deep blue waters.Along the way, she talks with her local community of Blacktown. A part of Sydneythat lacks the postcard beaches whilst the limited swimming spots fail to meet thegrowing demand. This week’s episode of All the Best is the first episode of a 3-part series called “Sinkor Swim”. A podcast hosted by Angelica Ojinnaka Psillakis and produced by ImpactStudios, located at UTS. You can listen to the full series at Impact Studio’s officialwebsite: https://impactstudios.edu.au/sinkorswim/   Sink or Swim is a UTS Impact Studios production. It is written and produced by Angelica Ojinnaka-Psillakis and Britta Jorgensen.   Audio editing by Britta Jorgensen and Celine Teo-Blockey. Additional support from Jane Curtis and Tamson Pietsch.    The executive producers are Olivia Rosenman and Sarah Gilbert.  Sound design by Melissa May. The theme song is Beaming by Friday.    Podcast artwork and graphic design by Alexandra Morris.  Research by Jackie May. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.