Welcome to the Alchemy Podcast. Please be aware that this is not your regular freediving podcast. My name is Luca Malaguti, and I will be your host. I’ll travel the world to meet the top freediving athletes, coaches, trainers, and generally awesome human beings to pick their brains. We’ll sit down one-on-one, grab a beer or two, and dive into topics related to freediving, most people don’t want to discuss. We’ll chat about ego and freediving, sex, relationships, and self-love in the life of this sport and pain, suffering, and loss. We’ll be aiming for topics in conversations most people look to avoid, some are disturbing, yes, and some may disturb you. Freediving is a deeply mental and emotional sport, and so having the most experienced people opening up is incredibly valuable to all. 

I’d like to start by first thanking all the people that dedicated their time to joining this podcast. Sitting down with us, opening up on conversations, and just being real about things. 

In this first episode, we’ll sit down with Harry Chammas, a well-known freediver, UK national record holder, and much-respect coach based out of Dahab, Egypt. Harry runs his school Freedive Passion from there, where he specializes in teaching students the skills you need for real deep freediving. Make sure to give him a shout if you’re in Dahab. 

For the first episode, Harry and I will chat about what is this love, passion, and addiction for narcosis, the feelings of being really deep, and question "Why The F*** Go Deep"? We’ll also chat about psychedelics, out-of-body experiences, and how these are thought to be - by some - beneficially used in performance sports like freediving. 

Stay tuned and thanks for joining us.