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Steady State Podcast
by Steady State Network
From indoor rowing and flat water masters, beach sprint and ocean adventures, let’s explore rowing culture.
Episodes
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S7E20 - Shane Farmer: The Humble Dark Horse
From teaching the fundamentals to chasing peak performance, Shane Farmer has helped countless rowers become fully competent on the erg through Dark Horse Rowing. But Dark Horse didn’t begin with a grand plan—it started when Shane, then a Concept2 Master Instructor and CrossFit coach, couldn’t…
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S7E19 - Recovery on Water: A Boatload of Community
What happens when breast cancer survivors find their way into a boat together? At Recovery on Water, the answer is a powerful community where rowing becomes a source of strength, connection, and possibility. ROW gives breast cancer patients and survivors of all ages and all stages a chance to...
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S7E18: Yaz Farooq on Leadership and Legacy
It's Fall semester at the University of Wisconsin, 1984. The United States, just weeks before, had won the first-ever W8+ Olympic gold medal at the Los Angeles Games. And a 5’4” freshman named Yasmin Farooq walks on to the Wisco crew as a coxswain and wonders “Can I win an Olympic medal, too?”…
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S7E17 - Xeno Müller: Rage and Resilience
It started with blasting tennis balls past the baseline and wanting to make frothy puddles from his single. And then a 12-year old Xeno Muller began to learn to focus his strength, passion, and rage. It led him to an undefeated college career at Brown, three Olympic appearances (including two...
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S7E16: Love your club. Row somewhere else. Tell a new story.
Explore why some of our best rowing experiences happen beyond our boathouses—and why seeking out new boats, waters, people, and challenges doesn’t have to mean leaving your club behind. We share some of our own adventures outside the usual club routine, then talk with Rachel Egner, Jenny...
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S7E15: Special Episode - Liv Carlson Takes the Mic
When Vashon Island Rowing Club junior rower Liv Carlson was asked to interview someone they admire for a school project, they chose Steady State Podcast co-host Tara Morgan. The result? A thoughtful, wide-ranging 10-minute conversation that traces Tara's rowing journey—from learning to row in...
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S7E14: Getting Into the ErgZone with Thais Camilo
Like millions of CrossFit athletes, Thais Camilo thought of the indoor rower as just one stop in a workout: hammer through a fast 500 meters, then move on to the next movement. Everything changed when her husband, Gabriel, became interested in structured indoor rowing training. Together, the two...
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S7E13: Jimmy Germano’s Coxswain Clinic
Jimmy Germano coxed the U.S. Jr. M8+ to gold at the World Rowing Junior Championships in 2005, but he swears it was sheer luck – being in the right place at the right time with a great crew and a “fake it ‘til you make it” attitude. More than 20 years later, motivated to help others hone their...
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S7E12 - Jak Kazmarek: The Comeback Before the Crossing
Long before Jak Kazmarek joined Team Moar Than Us for the World’s Toughest Row Pacific, there was a moment when survival – not ocean rowing – was the goal. They made the phone call home: “The doctors don’t think I’m going to make it. You need to be on the next plane.” Years of surgeries and...
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S7E11: Performance and Longevity with Naturopath Megan Roark
When Megan Roark first learned to row at 12 years old, she couldn’t have known the sport would one day shape not only her athletic identity, but her approach to medicine. Years later, through her training and practice as a naturopathic doctor, Megan has come to appreciate rowing not just for its...
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S7E10 - Ruben Rapi: Use These Four Ways to Grow Your Club
Rowing has a way of getting into your system and shaping everything that comes after. For Ruben Rapi, that started when he was seven years old in Greece, and led him all the way to the U23 Swedish National Team. But it was stepping away from elite competition that gave Ruben a new perspective on...
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S7E9: Martin Helseth on Filthy Fjords and the Future of Stewardship
Martin Helseth has always been drawn to the water. As a kid in Norway, he spent as much time beneath the surface as he did on it—free diving from a boat his father built, discovering a sense of calm and freedom below. Not long after, he found that same feeling in a rowing shell, first picking up...
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S7E8: Crews, Code, and the Rise of RegattaCentral
Before RegattaCentral became the go-to platform for regatta registration, it was just an idea sparked by an Ohio State alum and rowing coach who saw a better way. We talk with founder and president Steve Lopez about his lightbulb moment in 1999 that brought rowing and early internet technology...
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S7E7 - Cillian Mullen: “There's Always Gonna’ Be a Way”
In 2021, then high school junior Cillian Mullen was at a pivotal moment — navigating his identity, the college recruitment process, and transgender athlete policies. Five years later, his journey has taken him to the U19 and U23 national teams, twice each, and the University of Washington. We…
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S7E6 - Club Spotlight: Ann Arbor Rowing Club
Head to Michigan for our semi-regular club spotlight series to get to know Ann Arbor Rowing Club. We talk with masters rower Francine McBride about being a rower Mom, and the early days of the club in the 1980s; fundraising and marketing chair Andrea Danz about setting the groundwork for…
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S7E5 - Leadership on the Lake: Matt Knifton and Texas Rowing Center
Mention Texas and you might picture the Wild West — flat, dusty highways, and tumbleweeds rolling by. But head to Austin, tucked into the Hill Country, and you’ll find something different. Right in the heart of the city flows Lady Bird Lake, a stretch of the Colorado River that has become a daily...
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S7E4 - Katie Weber: Reclaiming the Athlete Within
Katie Weber was at home on the soccer field and basketball court. But after a brain cancer diagnosis and multiple surgeries left her balance impaired, the athletic identity she’d always known felt suddenly out of reach. For years, she searched for a way back. That path led her to Seattle-based...
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S7E3 - "Quit Last" Says Marnie McBean
Three-time Olympic gold medallist Marnie McBean is one of the most decorated Canadian rowers of all time, and a driving force in our sport’s history. She’s been a mentor and leader for generations of athletes and now she’s also serving her country as a Senator in the Canadian Parliament, bringing...
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S7E2 - Coach Nicki Plucinksi: "First, Do What’s Hard"
Nicki Plucinski discovered rowing as a teenager in Victoria, Australia. Though “woefully uninformed” going into her first 2k race, Nicki’s effort caught her coach’s attention and that day left a lasting impression. Nearly 30 years later, Nicki has turned that early experience into a mission. She...
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S7E1: Rowfluencers: Expanding the Reach and Impact of Rowing
Maurice Scott has been on a personal mission to be a face of positive change in the world of rowing. From beginning with zero Instagram followers, to the 2025 launch of Rowfluencers – what he calls the "#1 Rowing Talent & NIL marketing agency in the World" – Maurice has sought to uplift the sport...
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S6E22: Grumpy Ribs and Twingy Backs with Physical therapist Lisa Lowe
We first met physical therapist Lisa Lowe in fall 2020 when she applied for and received one of our changemaker scholarships that allowed her to attend a US rowing conference. We checked in with her a year and a half later for a season three episode to talk about Lisa's experience with rehab...
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S6E21 - Lasting Legacy: 60 Years of The Head Of The Charles Regatta
In 2025, the Head of the Charles regatta celebrates 60 years - so we thought it was a perfect opportunity to reflect and look ahead at this event that brings together thousands of rowers and fans to the shores of the Charles River in Boston. We’re incredibly honored to talk with D’Arcy MacMahon,...
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S6E20: How Sue Ryan Reclaimed Her Body with Rowing
Sue Ryan came to rowing through her journey as a breast cancer survivor, and she’s embraced the sport as both a challenge and a source of community. We talk about how the sport helped her move past childhood trauma, how it has shaped her cancer recovery, and the ways she’s found strength on and…
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S6E19 - The Business of Rowing: Inside RITA's Vision for the Sport
Think of all the companies represented in your boathouse. Maybe it’s boats manufactured by Vespoli, Pocock, or Hudson, and ergs and oars by Concept2. Maybe your coach keeps communications going using iCrew, or you open up the ErgZone app for training workouts. All of these companies – and nearly…
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S6E18: How IRC Pulled Off the Biggest LTR. Ever.
Indianapolis Rowing Center was like lots of other clubs, running several small Learn to Row sessions each year but struggling with retention. Then IRC rower, coach, and brand new Board member Lisa Stickley proposed something big. Really big. She wanted to develop a new type of introduction to...
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S6E17 - Oceans of Purpose: How Jordan Hanssen Found Meaning Through Rowing
Like plenty of other college rowers, Jordan Hanssen felt he had more to prove on the water. So after graduation he committed to training with a goal of making the National Team. But when he spotted a flier in the boathouse challenging rowers to take on an ocean, the trajectory of his rowing…
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S5E16: Send it! With RCRC’s Lea Park-Kim
Lea Park-Kim wanted to row in college, but realized she couldn’t give it the time and dedication she wanted. For her it was all or nothing so she stepped away to focus on academics. Several years later, with her professional life on track, she found her way back to the water. Today Lea is a...
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S6E15 - A Brain Injury, An Erg, and a Stubborn Will to Keep Going
Carolyn Webster-Stratton had been an active masters rower when she flipped over her handlebars while out for a bike ride in 2013. She can’t remember the first two weeks after the accident, but clearly remembers doctors painting a grim prognosis of her future with a traumatic brain injury. With a...
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S6E14: Tap Into Your Potential with Cara Stawicki
Cara Stawicki won gold in the Lightweight Women’s pair at the 2019 World Championships, but as a high school swimmer, a walk on to Lehigh University’s rowing program, and even as she moved into international competition, Cara struggled with confidence. A well-meaning phrase: “you have so much...
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S6E13 - Coastal Rowing Pioneers: Ben Booth and Mark Oria
Dive into the world of coastal rowing and beach sprints with guests Ben Booth and Mark Oria, co-authors of the new book 'Ride the Waves: A Complete Guide to Coastal Rowing and Beach Sprint.' Our conversation delves into the unique aspects and growing popularity of coastal rowing, training tips…
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S6E12 - A Long Talk's Proven Formula: Information + Empathy = Action
A Long Talk About the Uncomfortable Truth was developed by two black fathers in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, during a moment of national reckoning. There was a collective national and international outcry, but there was also a gap between intention and action. People wanted to...
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S6E11 - XULA Rowing: Confident to be a Leader Among HBCUs
At the heart of New Orleans, at Xavier University of Louisiana, two coaches decided to challenge tradition—by bringing an elite sport to an unexpected place and building something that had never existed before: the first co-ed rowing program at a Historically Black College and University. Xavier...
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S6E10 - Matriarchs of Whitemarsh: Celebrating 20 Years of Leadership and Legacy
As part of our semi-regular club spotlight series, we head to Conshohoken, Pennsylvania to get to know Whitemarsh Boat Club. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, we check in with Linda Chisholm and Jane Voss – two of the club's Founding Mothers – about the early days of getting the club off...
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S6E9: The Ocean is Calling Oar the Rainbow
On June 7, 2025, Oar the Rainbow will be one of just five teams losing sight of shore for an unsupported, human-powered, 2800-mile row from Monterey, CA to Kauai, HI. The team, – including the first out transgender person to row across the Pacific – are about two years into their planning and...
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S6E8 - On Course: Rowing STEM with Coach Neil Bergenroth
Neil Bergenroth is an educator and rowing coach whose work with kids has developed successful rowers and students for nearly 40 years in his adopted hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma and across the country. Neil’s Rowing STEM curriculum introduces kids to concepts like data analysis, graphing,...
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S6E7 - Rowing's Cultural Connection for Pacific Islander Youth
At Peninsula Community Rowing Club, Tongan American coach Anthony Heimuli is making an impact in his San Francisco-area rowing community, providing young athletes a deeper understanding of community and self. And with his eyes set firmly on the 2026 Youth Olympics and 2028 Olympic Games, Anthony…
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S6E6 - GB Olympian Caragh McMurtry: Advocate for Neurodiverse Athletes
Olympian Caragh McMurtry gives an unflinching look at living and rowing with a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder, a follow-on diagnosis of autism, and struggling to fit the standard mold in the GB system. Now retired from rowing and at the helm of Neurodiverse Sport, Caragh champions other...
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S6E5 - Cool Rowings: A Dynamic Concoction
From primary school kids to octogenarians, Cool Rowings is introducing diverse populations to rowing in and around London. Founder Weininger Irwin – competitive and confident from a young age – has a community first approach, prioritizing fun and social interaction. And we hear from one of his...
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S6E4: Coach Cassandra Cunningham on Curiosity, Consistency and Growth
Cassandra Cunningham, founder of P3 Physical Education, and coach with Endeavor Racing Alliance, has lived by the philosophy of "prior proper planning." So she knew it had to be the driving force behind her coaching, too. From walk-on at Sacramento State University, to National Team rower, to…
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S6E3: Lenny O'Donnell is Preserving Rowing History
Holding an old canister in his hands, rower and documentary film producer Lenny O’Donnell’s heart skipped a beat when he read the hand-written note “Berlin 1936” on an old piece of athletic tape stuck to its lid. After years in storage, unseen for several decades, Lenny was entrusted to restore…
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S6E2: Blind Sculler Kate Lindgren Can See What's Possible
When Kate Lindgren and award-winning coach Peter Forrest met at Peterborough City Rowing Club, it came with more than a few firsts for these two Brits. While they were both self-proclaimed “late onset rowers" – learning to row later in life – neither could have expected the partnership and bond...
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S6E1 - Behind the Lens: Row2k Founder Ed Hewitt
In 1997, just 36% of adults went online. Websites from this era were known as "Web 1.0." Google didn’t exist yet. And a guy with information to share about Eastern Sprints decided to cobble together some HTML and get the word out. And so, row2k.com was born. Twenty seven years later, founder and...
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S5E25: No Water? No Problem. Rower and Trainer Cassi Niemann Thrives in Albuquerque
Like many athletes sidelined by injury, Cassi Niemann turned to rowing to see what her body could handle. After walking on as a freshman, she found strength in the community her Georgia Tech crew provided. Cassi never could have known then that her trajectory was about to drastically change.…
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S5E24: Asheville's Rebel Rowing Set to Make a Comeback
In 2024, Rebel Strength and Rowing was named to Entrepreneur magazine’s list of the top 150 independently owned and operated small businesses in the United States. Then in late September – like hundreds of other businesses in Asheville, NC – it was inundated by the flood waters of Hurricane…
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S5E23: Nermine Khenefar - COVID, Kilimanjaro, and Crew
Ever dreamed of rowing on the Nile? Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro? Competing in the World Rowing Indoor Championship? Egyptian Nermine Khenefar found rowing in her 40s when, winded on her ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro, friend and explorer Omar Samra suggested she take up the sport to increase her…
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S5E22: Fusing Innovation and Tradition at the Head of the Charles
Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Mass. is one of the jewels in the rowing crown. In our annual homage to this mega rowing event, we meet the leadership that makes it happen – new HOCR Executive Director Tori Stevens, and Director of Racing Brendan Mulvey. We find out their personal stories…
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S5E21: A Growing Network of Survivors Find Renewal on the Water
Kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Beth Kohl, the President of Rowing Cares and Founder and Executive Director of Survivor Rowing Network; and rower, survivor and Pink Ribbon Row Seattle organizer Angie Gabel. The Survivor Rowing Network is on a mission to create more opportunities for...
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S5E20: Finding a Deeper Connection to the Water with Coastal Rowing
Once upon a time, way back in 2020, we thought of rowing in a very particular way: flat water, racing shells, and seeking the perfect stroke. As coastal rowing and beach sprints has gained some traction here in the U.S., we’ve broadened our understanding and definition of rowing to bring these...
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S5E19: Allies with Oars Goes Coastal at Race Around The Rock
After six months of training, Steady State Network’s Allies with Oars’ first coastal – and first international – race is a wrap! Two Allies With Oars mixed 4x+ crews spent the better part of Aug. 25, 2024 circumnavigating an 88k course around Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, for Race…
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S5E18: Club Spotlight - Salt Spring Island Rowing Club
As part of our semi-regular club spotlight series, we cross the northern border into British Columbia, Canada to learn more about Salt Spring Island Rowing Club. Steady State Network's own Allies with Oars crews were just on the island for the Club's 88k coastal rowing regatta – Race Around the...
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