The Deepest Breath

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

Society & Culture, Documentary, Tv & Film, True Crime, Film Interviews

4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, we are talking about the Netflix documentary “The Deepest Breath" out now on Netflix. Host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Laura McGann. Freedivers compete by swimming straight down to the deepests depths and back to the surface, all on a single gulp of air. Alessia Zecchini pushed herself to go down farther than any woman before. But she can’t do it without safety divers like Stephen Keenan, great divers in their own right tasked with rescuing competitors who blackout before surfacing. “The Deepest Breath” follows the pair’s growing bond on land and sea. But their quest for world records and championships will place them both in mortal danger. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched “The Deepest Breath" yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on.

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0:00.0	I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't make this up as the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind
0:19.9	your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.
0:23.2	On today's episode, we take a closer look at the Netflix documentary film, The Deepest
0:28.4	breath.
0:29.4	Fre diving is an extreme sport and
0:32.8	sports have extreme consequences.
0:36.8	Today we're talking to director Laura McGann.
0:40.4	Fre divers compete by swimming straight down to the deepest depths and back to the surface, all on a single gulp of air.
0:48.0	Alessia Zakini pushed herself to go down farther than any woman before. But she can't do it without
0:55.5	safety divers like Stephen Keenan, great divers in their own right tasked with
1:00.2	rescuing competitors who black out before surfacing. The deepest breath
1:04.9	follows the pair's growing bond on land and sea, but their quest for world
1:10.1	records and championships will place them both in mortal danger.
1:14.0	I was swimming as fast as I could. I need to see if they are alive. And I'm joined now by Director Laura McGann. Laura, welcome to you can't make this up.
1:35.1	Hey Rebecca, thanks so much for having me.
1:37.6	So how did you first hear about the story of Alessia Zakini and Stephen Keenan?
1:42.3	So I read about of Alessia Zakini and Stephen Keenan.
1:43.0	So I read about Alessia and Stephen in the Irish Times in July 2017.
1:49.0	So I didn't know what free diving was. I did have to Google what is free diving I was met by these like beautiful
1:56.8	Images and video of free divers you know human beings
2:01.8	behaving more like seals or dolphins under the water I'd never seen
2:05.4	anybody do anything like this before and it was also I didn't know this at the time but it was
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