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In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women’s sports, declared he was now living as a man. Around the same time, the celebrated British field athlete Mark Weston, also assigned female at birth, announced that he, too, was a man. Periodicals and radio programs across the world carried the news; both became global celebrities. A few decades later, they were all but forgotten. In The Other Olympians, Michael Waters uncovers, for the first time, the gripping true stories of Koubek, Weston, and other pioneering trans and intersex athletes from their era.

The Water Society is a podcast about people on the water, sharing stories told by clam shack managers, owners of fancy boats, harbormasters, swimming instructors, seaweed harvesters, worm diggers, delivery drivers, mailboat captains, tall-ship crew, vacation home caretakers, ferry drivers, competitive rowers, and everyone in the extremely diverse world of people who are gravitated to this special, sometimes-inhospitable, and adventure-inspiring element we all so deeply depend on. Podcast extras and more about Anne Bryant can be found at www.thewatersociety.com

Casual conversations with waterpeople discussing one of the most fragile environments on the planet, where the land meets the sea and how it can impact our lives, our community and grow our culture for positive change.