The Freedive Cafe Podcast
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The Freedive Cafe Podcast
The world's dedicated freediving podcast. Longform interviews with the deepest humans on Earth.
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#168 | Anna-Karina Schmitt | Sweet Water
Anna-Karina Schmitt is a German freediver based in Switzerland. Today we talk about the technicalities of diving in lakes and the challenges of living...

#167 | Juani Valdivia | Freediving Doctor
Jani Valdivia is from Peru and is based in Tampa, Florida where he works as a neurosurgeon.
He is also a member of the AIDA Science and Medical...

#166 | Marco Puliafito | Blue World Freediving
Marco Puliafito is from Sicily, Italy. He left an 18 year career at Pfizer pharmaceutical company to open Italy's first dedicated freediving training...

#165 | Jeroen MG Van Haudt | Freediving Medic
Jeroen is from Belgium. He is a passionate health-care provider working as an intensive care unit nurse, with a love for technical innovation, teachin...

#164 | Tea Košnjek | Deep Strength
Tea Košnjek is a kinesiologist and a strength & conditioning coach working with Olympic-level swimmers and freedivers around the world.
From poo...

#163 | Huang Hua Yang | Spirit of Depth
Huang Hua Yang is a former farmer and the deepest freediving athlete from the beautiful country of Taiwan. One of the deepest men in the world, he sha...

#162 - David Mellor - No Limits
David Mellor is an English freediver who started freediving at 49 years old and achieved the incredible goal of freediving to 100 metres, in competiti...

#161 | Marco Nones | Only One Apnea
Marco Nones is one of the most influential persons in the development of freediving on Egypt's Red Sea and a coach to some of the best freedivers in t...

#160 | Enchante Gallardo | Rise and Shine
Enchante Gallardo is a Hawaii born freediving athlete who has recently surpassed the 100m depth.
In this episode we discuss:
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#159 | Heike Schwerdtner | Static World Record
Heike Schwerdtner is a trainer of nurses from Germany and also the first woman to beat Natalia Molchanova's static apnea world record. A record that h...

#158 | Lotta Ericson | Freedive Dahab
Lotta Ericson is co-founder, owner and manager of Freedive Dahab, the longest established freediving centre in Dahab, Egypt. She has a deep history in...

#157 | Samo Jeranko | Coaching Deep Dive
Samo Jeranko is an elite freediver and top-level coach to freediving athletes, based in Slovenia. In this episode we take a deep dive into the coachin...

LOST EPISODE #2 | Johnny Sunnex
Originally produced between 2019 and 2021, the Lost Episodes of The Freedive Cafe were originally released as exclusive content for Patreon subscriber...

#156 | Stéphane Tourreau | Metre by Metre
Stéphane Tourreau is an elite level competitive freediver from France.
In this episode we discuss:
Stephane first appeared o...

#155 | Erika Schagatay | Science Deep Dive
Erika Schagatay PhD is a scientist based in Sweden and Dahab who focuses on researching freediving and apnea.
She first appeared on Episo...

#154 | Alenka Artnik | Purpose & Clarity
Alenka Artnik is the deepest female freediver in the world. Originating from Slovenia, she transformed her life and broke free of her old bonds to pur...

LOST EPISODE #1 | Davide Carrera
Originally produced between 2019 and 2021, the Lost Episodes of The Freedive Cafe were originally released as exclusive content for Patreon subscriber...

#153 | Kateryna Sadurska | Depth And Strength
Kateryna Sadurska is a world record holding freediving athlete from Ukraine. Kate joined me at The Little Blue in Dahab to discuss her amazing 2023, h...

#152 | Frank Pernett | Freediving Science & Physiology
Frank Pernett is originally from Colombia. He has been freediving his whole life and been involved in the deep freediving and freediving competition s...

#151 | Davide Carrera | Become Free
Davide Carrera was born in Turin in Italy and began freediving as a child during his summers spent in Leguria.
He has was part of the Wor...

#150 | Alexey Molchanov | Unlimited
Alexey Molchanov is a multi-world record holding and world record breaking freediving athlete and arguably the greatest and most consistent freediving...

#149 | Bevin Reynolds | Southern Star
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Bevin Reynolds is a competitive pool freediver with multiple national and African continental records.
Despite...

#148 | Shadi Türk | From War to Water
Shadi Türk is a Syrian former fixer and journalist who worked through 10 years of the terrible war in his home country. After reaching his breaking po...

#147 | Khaled ELGammal | Deep In Egypt
Khaled ELGammal is Egypt's deepest diver and the first to reach the 100m mark. Today we hear about how Khaled left a corporate life working in oil and...

#146 | Gary McGrath | Ascents & Descents
Gary McGrath is the deepest ever self-propelled freediver from the UK, claiming a national record of 112m in CWT at 2022's Vertical Blue competition....

#145 | Miguel Lozano | Deep Camp
Miguel Lozano is one of the deepest freedivers in the world. He first appeared on episode #67 of The Freedive Cafe podcast!
This intervie...

#144 | Stefan Randig | Living for Depth
Stefan Randig is a German competitive freediver based in Dahab, Egypt. He first appeared on episode #10 of The Freedive Cafe:
https://fre...

#143 | Jordy Duncan | Phoenix Rising
Jordy Duncan is not only my awesome co-host on the Freediving Journal News Dispatch, but an up and coming elite freediver in her own right.

#142 | Pete Botman | Master's Champion
Pete Botman is a Canadian/Dutch freediving athlete and instructor based in Dahab, Egypt. He is a 100m+ diver, multiple World Record holder in the CMA...

#141 | Tito Zappalà | Love & Freediving
Tito Zappalà is an Italian freediver and coach. He worked under the eye of Andrea Zuccari at Freediving World in Sharm el-Sheikh for five years before...

#140 | Ali Okab | Aqua Marina
Ali Okab is the boss and face of the world-famous Aqua Marina, located right at the Blue Hole north of Dahab, Egypt.
His restaurant is th...

#139 | Kateryna Sadurska | Fire And Water
Kateryna Sadurska is a multiple record holder and Ukrainian champion.
Kat has a background as a synchronised swimmer and even made it to the Ol...

#138 | Denis Grosmaire | Dancing With Sharks
Denis Grosmaire was raised in the pacific island nation of French Polynesia, travelling for island to island as a kid with his mom, growing up in the...

#137 | Bizo Silva | Lung Ultrasound, Squeeze and Lung Health
Bizo Silva is an Emergency Medicine physician practicing in a trauma center in Northern California, USA. He specialized in lung ultrasound in trauma....

#136 | Alex Llinas | Evolution
Alex Llinas is from Colombia and holds several national records. He dived his first 100m during competition at this years AIDA World Championships in...

#135 | Juani Valdivia | Freediving Medicine
Jani Valdivia is from Peru and is based in Tampa, Florida where he works as a neurosurgeon.
He is also a member of the AIDA Medical Committee, P...

#134 | Carlos Diezel | Dahab Freedivers
Carlos Diezel is a freediving athlete from Brazil and manager of the world famous Dahab Freedivers school in Egypt.
In this episode we di...

#133 | Rami Bladlav | Static Warrior
Rami Bladlav is a top level athlete in Static Apnea competing for Sweden. He is nearing the 10 minute breath-hold mark.
Today we talk about his...

#132 | Guillaume Néry | Time & Relaxation
Guillaume Néry is one of the most iconic figures in the freediving world. A World Champion, world record achiever and a filmmaker who has introduced t...

#131 | Lily Crespy | Water is the Teacher
Lily Crespy is a former molecular biologist turned freediving coach and instructor. She has represented France several times as an athlete in freedivi...