Performance People
Oct 21, 2022
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Ben + Georgie Ainslie’s new podcast, Performance People sees the sport loving couple chat to high performance people in sport, entertainment, business and politics. Join the most successful Olympic sailor in history and his broadcaster wife for this four way conversation as they get the scoop on how to perform better as told by those operating at the top of their game and those who have been on the journey with them.
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