Poe and Nyad

Celebrate Poe

English - November 12, 2023 03:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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This episode deals with two long-distance swimmers - Diana Niad and her 121+ mile swim from Cuba to Key West, and a far lesser known (but also impressive) swim by Edgar Allan Poe across the James River for approximately 6 miles (when he was a teenager.) The episode ends with a conjecture on what Poe might have been from an athletic perspective.