Shows
The ConversationThe Conversation: Russia-Ukraine conflict; Duke's impact on the OlympicsHawaiʻi's Ukrainian community prepares for an Independence Day festival; Author Todd Balf writes about how Duke Kahanamoku's Olympic performance changed the sports world
2024-08-2351 min
SwimOutHistoric swim storiesVicki delves into History in this edition and also finds swimmers who are making history today. She meets Sarah Thomas who made history most notably with her 4-way English Channel crossing. Anna Maria Mullally shines a light on Irish swimmers at the turn of the last century. Todd Balf, whose book Three Kings explores the lives of 3 unlikely Olympic heroes, tells us the stories he has uncovered. George Townsend looks at the history of river bathing in Oxford. Vicki and Kathryn Ferry discuss how Billy Butlin got involved in Channel relay races in the 1950’s. We also find out ab...
2024-08-2350 min
The SwimSwam PodcastThree Kings: Race, Class And The Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched The Modern Olympic AgeToday's guest on the SwimSwam Podcast is the author of "Three Kings: Race, Class And The Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched The Modern Olympic Age", Todd Balf. The acclaimed author discusses his inspiration behind this new swim story and the impact it has on the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
2024-07-0941 min
Get Hooked On Into A Binge-Worthy Full Audiobook Right Now.Three Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched the Modern Olympic Age by Todd BalfPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/756090to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Three Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched the Modern Olympic Age
Author: Todd Balf
Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Release date: July 2, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
For fans of The Boys in the Boat, and marking the 100th anniversary of the Paris Olympics, the never-before-told story of three athletes who defied the odds to usher in a golden age of sports Even today, it’s considered one of the most thrilling races in Olympic history. Th...
2024-07-028h 37Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceThree Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched the Modern Olympic Age by Todd BalfPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/756090to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Three Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched the Modern Olympic Age
Author: Todd Balf
Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Release date: July 2, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
For fans of The Boys in the Boat, and marking the 100th anniversary of the Paris Olympics, the never-before-told story of three athletes who defied the odds to usher in a golden age of sports Even today, it’s considered one of the most thrilling races in Olympic history. Th...
2024-07-028h 37
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceThree Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched the Modern Olympic Age by Todd BalfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/756090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched the Modern Olympic Age Author: Todd Balf Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 2, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: For fans of The Boys in the Boat, and marking the 100th anniversary of the Paris Olympics, the never-before-told story of three athletes who defied the odds to usher in a golden age of sports Even today, it’s considered one of the most thrilling races in Olympic hi...
2024-07-0203 min
Begin The Most Unforgettable Full Audiobook Today!Three Kings by Todd BalfPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/63578to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Three Kings
Author: Todd Balf
Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
Release date: 07-02-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Sports History
Publisher's Summary:
Even today, it’s considered one of the most thrilling races in Olympic history. The hundred-meter sprint final at the 1924 Paris Games, featuring three of the world’s fastest swimmers—American legends Duke Kahanamoku and Johnny Weissmuller, and Japanese upstart Katsuo Takaishi—had the cultural impact of other milestone moments in Olympic history: Jesse Owens’s podiums in Berlin and John Carlos’s r...
2024-07-028h 37Enjoy The Inspiring Full Audiobook Now, Curious Minds!Three Kings by Todd BalfPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/62004to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Three Kings
Author: Todd Balf
Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
Release date: 07-02-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Olympics & Paralympics
Publisher's Summary:
Even today, it’s considered one of the most thrilling races in Olympic history. The hundred-meter sprint final at the 1924 Paris Games, featuring three of the world’s fastest swimmers—American legends Duke Kahanamoku and Johnny Weissmuller, and Japanese upstart Katsuo Takaishi—had the cultural impact of other milestone moments in Olympic history: Jesse Owens’s podiums in Berlin and John Carlos’s r...
2024-07-028h 37Don’t Miss A High-Impact Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Three Kings by Todd BalfPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/63578to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Three Kings
Author: Todd Balf
Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
Release date: 07-02-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Sports History
Publisher's Summary:
Even today, it’s considered one of the most thrilling races in Olympic history. The hundred-meter sprint final at the 1924 Paris Games, featuring three of the world’s fastest swimmers—American legends Duke Kahanamoku and Johnny Weissmuller, and Japanese upstart Katsuo Takaishi—had the cultural impact of other milestone moments in Olympic history: Jesse Owens’s podiums in Berlin and John Carlos’s r...
2024-07-028h 37
franks audioThe Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas - Todd BalfThe Darkest Jungle tells the harrowing story of America's first ship canal exploration across a narrow piece of land in Central America called the Darién, a place that loomed large in the minds of the world's most courageous adventurers in the nineteenth century. With rival warships and explorers from England and France days behind, the 27-member U.S. Darién Exploring Expedition landed on the Atlantic shore at Caledonia Bay in eastern Panama to begin their mad dash up the coast-hugging mountains of the Darién wilderness. The whole world watched as this party attempted to be the fir...
2022-06-039h 19
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting showMom And Dad Are Fighting: Don't Be So Bossy EditionSlate's Allison Benedikt and Dan Kois talk about new changes with the SAT with author Todd Balf, and discuss Sheryl Sandberg's "Ban Bossy" campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2014-03-1338 min
Don’t Miss The Award-Winning Full Audiobook Now, Thriller Fans!The Last River by Todd BalfPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/70985to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Last River
Author: Todd Balf
Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 07-09-12
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 12 ratings
Genres: Asia
Publisher's Summary:
The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la is a breathtaking account of the ill-fated October 1998 expedition of an American whitewater kayaking team who traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of rivers." For Wick Walker and Tom McEwan, extreme whitewater pioneers, best friends, and trip leaders, the...
2012-07-095h 44Discover This Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook — Perfect Between Meetings.The Last River by Todd BalfPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/70985to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Last River
Author: Todd Balf
Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 07-09-12
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 12 ratings
Genres: Asia
Publisher's Summary:
The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la is a breathtaking account of the ill-fated October 1998 expedition of an American whitewater kayaking team who traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of rivers." For Wick Walker and Tom McEwan, extreme whitewater pioneers, best friends, and trip leaders, the...
2012-07-095h 44Indulge In A Unforgettable Full Audiobook On Your Commute.The Last River by Todd BalfPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/65079to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Last River
Author: Todd Balf
Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 07-09-12
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 12 ratings
Genres: Water Sports
Publisher's Summary:
The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la is a breathtaking account of the ill-fated October 1998 expedition of an American whitewater kayaking team who traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of rivers." For Wick Walker and Tom McEwan, extreme whitewater pioneers, best friends, and trip leaders...
2012-07-095h 44
Discover The Spellbinding Full Audiobook Now, Story Seekers!The Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas by Todd BalfPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160704to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas
Author: Todd Balf
Narrator: Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
Release date: September 3, 2003
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3
Genres: History & Culture
Publisher's Summary:
“Commit yourself to the Virgin Mary, for in her hands is the way into the Darién—and in God’s is the way out.” The Darkest Jungle tells the harrowing story of America’s first ship canal exploration across a narrow pi...
2003-09-039h 25
Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in History, The AmericasThe Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas by Todd BalfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160704 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas Author: Todd Balf Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 3, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: “Commit yourself to the Virgin Mary, for in her hands is the way into the Darién—and in God’s is the way out.” The Darkest Jungle tells the harrowing story of America’s first ship canal exploration across a na...
2003-09-0310 min
Listen to the Best Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas by Todd BalfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160704 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas Author: Todd Balf Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 3, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Commit yourself to the Virgin Mary, for in her hands is the way into the Darién—and in God’s is the way out.” The Darkest Jungle tells the harrowing story of America’s first ship canal exploration across a na...
2003-09-0310 min
Discover The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Uplifting!The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la by Todd BalfPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238221to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la
Author: Todd Balf
Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris
Format: Abridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2000
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4
Genres: Essays & Anthologies
Publisher's Summary:
The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la is a breathtaking account of the ill-fated October 1998 expedition of an American whitewater kayaking team who traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of rivers." For Wick Walker and Tom McEwan, extreme whitewater pioneers...
2000-09-125h 45Absorb A Sensational Full Audiobook On Your Commute.The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la by Todd BalfPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238221to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la
Author: Todd Balf
Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris
Format: Abridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2000
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4
Genres: Travel Tips
Publisher's Summary:
The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la is a breathtaking account of the ill-fated October 1998 expedition of an American whitewater kayaking team who traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of rivers." For Wick Walker and Tom McEwan, extreme whitewater pioneers...
2000-09-125h 45Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Literature, Essays & AnthologiesThe Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la by Todd BalfPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238221to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la
Author: Todd Balf
Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris
Format: Abridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2000
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4
Genres: Essays & Anthologies
Publisher's Summary:
The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la is a breathtaking account of the ill-fated October 1998 expedition of an American whitewater kayaking team who traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of rivers." For Wick Walker and Tom McEwan, extreme whitewater pioneers...
2000-09-125h 45Access Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Learn Something New, Travel TipsThe Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la by Todd BalfPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238221to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la
Author: Todd Balf
Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris
Format: Abridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2000
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4
Genres: Travel Tips
Publisher's Summary:
The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la is a breathtaking account of the ill-fated October 1998 expedition of an American whitewater kayaking team who traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of rivers." For Wick Walker and Tom McEwan, extreme whitewater pioneers...
2000-09-125h 45