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Episode 381

On Marathon Swimming Across the Great Lakes for LGBT YouthLine with Lev Goldberg

August 3rd, 2026

35 mins 59 secs

Season 4

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About this Episode

In this special edition, we sit down with Lev Goldberg, best known on social media platforms as Lev Swims Lakes, to discuss his journey to marathon swimming across the Great Lakes in an effort to raise money for LGBT YouthLine. We bring you a deeper conversation where we discuss how his identity as a trans man shaped his dive into the pool and more. How can someone swim for 24 hours straight? Listen to this episode to hear Lev's harrowing adventure of how he swam across Lake Ontario last September and his plans to swim across Lake Huron this coming week. If you want to support his swim and donate to LGBT YouthLine, please visit his website www.levswimslakes.ca or visit https://www.youthline.ca/ to donate directly to LGBT YouthLine.

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