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Dive into the depths of the swimming with the Night Swim Podcast, hosted by former NCAA champion and Texas Longhorns standout Dax Hill and Bahamian Olympian, national record holder, and sommelier Elvis Burrows. When the pool lights go out, the real talk begins. Unedited and unrehearsed stories from Olympic trials, NCAA battles, training hacks, life after the lane lines, and epic pool-deck laughs. Elite swimmers. Zero filter. Perfect for masters swimmers, coaches, and swim nerds who live for chlorine.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Dax Hill and Elvis Burrows connect swimming technique and competitive culture to the institutional decisions affecting athletes.
Night Swim Podcast turns swimming's internal arguments into candid conversation. Dax Hill and Elvis Burrows move between technique, coaching, competitive mentality and the decisions shaping the sport, drawing on their own accounts of training and coaching while challenging each…
A B final is on trial, and your old heat-sheet opinions suddenly matter.
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A sprint phenom at the center of a widening coaching argument.
Men's ACCs feels less like a recap than a long argument about Max Williamson's sprint profile and Todd DeSorbo's coaching standards. Williamson is the clean center of gravity: a high school sprint phenom who went 41-0 in the 100 free, finished 42-0 at this meet, and brings a 140…
A sharp case for reading swim times in context, not as if the sport stayed the same.
The episode argues, plainly and with some force, that swim times only make sense when judged in the context of their era. It starts with freshman records and UT bragging rights, then turns to swimflation: older marks can look smaller until training habits, weight-room culture,…
A turns-and-relay rant with sharp edges.
This episode breaks down starts, turns, and relay exchanges, with most of the attention on Ilia's turn work. Dax and Elvis keep circling the same point: there is still speed left if those walls get cleaner, but even a strong swim can get exposed there.
A prickly debate about hypocrisy, shifting sentiment, and who gets a pass in swimming.
The episode keeps coming back to the same fault line: the Enhanced Games matter less than the way swimming circles hand out outrage. The hosts are most interested in hypocrisy, especially the gap between how insiders talk about their own and how they react when someone outside…
A blunt economics rant that turns swim-meet star power into a bigger argument about who gets paid.
Night Swim frames a China swim meet that pays athletes to show up as a sharper critique of how little elite swimming gives back to its stars. The hosts make that case with insider detail: the Michael Phelps stories, the deck chaos, and the blunt math around travel, fees, and a…
A loose insider conversation that ties swimming politics, money, and second chances together.
Night Swim starts with merch jokes and backstage drama, then settles into a pointed exchange about championship costs, what winning is worth, and why a program like UT can absorb the bill in a way schools such as George Mason or Georgetown may not.
A blunt argument about clean competition, loyalty, and who speaks for swimming.
Hunter Armstrong's move to the Enhanced Games gives the episode its clearest point of tension. The hosts keep circling the same hard questions: what it means for a swimmer to say he will compete clean, how money shapes loyalty, and who gets to define representation and authority…
An SEC recap that favors strategy and blunt perspective over results.
Night Swim treats men's SECs as a strategy conversation first and a results sheet second. The hosts keep circling back to coaching judgment, funding, and the practical edge it takes to win, with Texas and Auburn doing most of the heavy lifting in the argument.
Swimming talk from inside the lane lines.
Swimming talk with meet-level detail.
The hosts discuss the significant talent gap in NCAA swimming, analyzing why top teams like UVA and Texas dominate due to resources, coaching, and location.
Hosts Dax Hill and Elvis Burrows discuss the explosive cheating allegations involving Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, as detailed on his ex-wife's podcast.
Dax Hill discusses the importance of partying and mental release in swimming, arguing it prevents burnout and enhances performance.
Olympic swimmer and coach explores the psychological cost of elite performance.
Night Swim lands on a blunt college-sports fight.
The hosts talk through the shifting sentiment around the Enhanced Games.
Men's ACCs opens on Max Williamson.
It opens loose.
Night Swim starts in Shenzhen, where the hosts remember getting escorted out of a market by police after drawing too much attention.
Hosts Dax Hill and Elvis Burrows debate the rise of freshman records in swimming, with Dax sharing his experience breaking the quadrathlon record at UT.
Dax Hill and Elvis Burrows address a correction from the CSCAA regarding NCAA qualification rules, sparked by a DM they received.
The show moves from men's SECs into a broader argument about what really drives elite swimming.
The lifeguards are gone.
Technique turns into a character check fast.
Starts and turns are where this episode gets blunt.
Hunter Armstrong says he is joining the Enhanced Games and competing clean.
Two elite swimmers discuss a controversial false start at NCAAs and debate officiating in relay exchanges.
Two elite swimmers discuss a controversial false start at NCAAs and debate officiating of relay exchanges.
Hosts Dax Hill and Elvis Burrows discuss their busy lives and address comments from listeners who think they have no jobs.
The hosts discuss the reinstatement of Marshall University's women's swimming team after a brief cut, analyzing the speed of the reversal and the emotional response from other teams.
Swimmers discuss the irony of women's NCAA teams flying private jets while other programs face budget cuts.
Elite swimmers discuss the benefits of weighted pull-ups and other lifts for swimming performance.
Hosts Dax and Elvis introduce a special episode with three Black swimmers, including butterfly specialist Josh Liendo, for unfiltered swimming talk.
Elite swimmers discuss the concept of taper in swimming training, debating its scientific basis and sharing personal experiences.
Two former elite swimmers discuss controversial Olympic qualifying procedures and their impact on team selection.
Hosts Dax Hill and Elvis Burrows debate the effectiveness of the gallop stroke in freestyle swimming, sharing personal experiences and opinions.