{"id":8745,"date":"2013-10-08T17:58:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T21:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/?p=8745"},"modified":"2013-10-08T17:58:10","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T21:58:10","slug":"the-conversation-continues-oprah-winfreys-interview-with-diana-nyad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2013\/10\/the-conversation-continues-oprah-winfreys-interview-with-diana-nyad.html","title":{"rendered":"The Conversation Continues: Oprah Winfrey\u2019s Interview with Diana Nyad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Diana Nyad became the first person to swim without a shark cage from Cuba to Key West, Fla. at 64-years-old and will share her story in an exciting account of part two of \u201cSuper Soul Sunday\u201d airing on the Oprah Winfrey Network Oct. 13 at <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/files\/2013\/09\/0902_diana-nyad-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8724 alignright\" alt=\"0902_diana-nyad 2\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2013\/09\/0902_diana-nyad-2-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a>11:00 a.m. ET\/PT. It was Nyad\u2019s fifth time taking on the challenge that took 53 hours to complete.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The marathon swimmer attempted the quest in 2011 and in 2012 but failed due to severe weather restrictions and talks to Oprah about swimming from a spiritual perspective while detailing lessons learned while challenging her critics. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/own-super-soul-sunday\/Diana-Nyad-Responds-to-Cheating-Allegations\">Get a sneak peak of Nyad responding to cheating allegations.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nyad shares her passion for helping victims of Hurricane Sandy in her &#8220;Swim<br \/>\nfor Relief&#8221; event\u00a0in NYC that starts\u00a0on Oct. 8.\u00a0She will do laps in a\u00a0Manhattan pool outside of Herald Square\u00a0for 48 consecutive hours to raise funds. She will be joined by Richard Simmons, but it does not appear he will be swimming as he was dressed in Swarovski crystals, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>It was estimated her swimming will mount to 96 miles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2013\/10\/Nyad-and-Oprah.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8747\" style=\"width: 288px; height: 208px;\" alt=\"Nyad and Oprah\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2013\/10\/Nyad-and-Oprah.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><em>\u00a0Join the conversation on\u00a0 Facebook.com\/SuperSoulSunday or Facebook.com\/OWNTV.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diana Nyad became the first person to swim without a shark cage from Cuba to Key West, Fla. at 64-years-old and will share her story in an exciting account of part two of \u201cSuper Soul Sunday\u201d airing on the Oprah Winfrey Network Oct. 13 at 11:00 a.m. ET\/PT. 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