Three years ago travel writer Lydia Gard discovered freediving almost by accident. It’s an extreme and beautiful sport defined by one simple objective: to dive as deep as you can on one single breath. Record holders are now routinely diving to more than 120 metres, pushing the sport and their bodies to find out what’s humanly possible.
Through her coach, Lydia was drawn into a small but fanatical community of competition athletes all united in their drive for depth, and that’s where she stumbled on a darker side of the sport. Rumours swirled that a group of top divers were doping to get deeper, faster.
As the community began to turn on each other over the allegations, one prominent diver decided to take the law into his own hands. A secret sting operation was meant to put an end to the problem by bringing the alleged dopers out of the dark, and into the light. But the issue hasn't gone away. And now, a lot of people who’ve been too scared to speak up, are ready to talk.
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专辑简介：
中国鬼故事的历史文化源远流长。“鬼”的俗言在一代代世人心里扎下了根，怕“鬼”的意识让人警醒，不怕“鬼”的意识则教人勇敢。主播为大家整理出了上百个诡异离奇的民间鬼故事，故事中人物之间的纠葛、纷争、冤仇 ...... 其实就是人间世态的某种折射。
主播简介：
雨田故事——喜马拉雅独家签约主播，靠着低沉磁性的声音，代入感极强的演播方式，短时间内收获几十万的忠实粉丝，第一部作品《灵异鬼事》专辑更是获得6000多万次的收听量。有了前面的身经百战，这部新作《民间鬼故事》将会更加出色！
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肥宅老司機，兩個肥宅，誤入叢林變成了老司機，深入民間地下遊樂園，從中港澳台到越泰，就跟著我們一起，嘿嘿嘿～
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