Olympic swimmer and KCRW commentator Diana Nyad. At this very moment, she is attempting to swim from Cuba to Florida at the age of 61, without a shark cage. A little bit crazy? Perhaps. Inspirational? You’d better believe it.

https://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/08/nyad.swim.103.mile/index.html

Here’s a link to our page on Diana, called Swimming the Dream. https://www.kcrw.com/etc/diananyad

She’s currently on hiatus from her weekly KCRW commentary, called The Score, as she’s been spending all her time training for this incredible feat. https://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ts