The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast

The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast

Sam Prior & Aidan Roberts

Episodes 201
Avg. Duration 1h 54m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (84)
Since May 2022
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
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100%
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About This Podcast

Aidan Roberts and Sam Prior host this climbing-themed podcast that kind of goes where it goes. Lots of tangents and rambles as well as hopefully thought provoking questions. Sometimes it's very focussed on climbing, sometimes climbing barely comes up. The guests tend to be elite level climbers, but we often willingly get lost in the weeds and end up wildly off-topic. If you're enjoying our podcast and would like to support it: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823

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Recent Episodes

E202: Tristan Chen - Recovery, pottery and the similarities between bouldering and birding

Jun 10, 2026 2h 10m

Long overdue, but we managed to get Tristan on the podcast. We've wanted him to come on for a long time. Tristan is a really strong climber from the south east who also has a witty and dry sense of…

E201: Yannick Flohe - Big sends, big downgrades, let's sort this mess out

Jun 03, 2026 1h 53m

Yannick did it! I've been saying for a while we need to see some 9As get downgraded (and potentially some 8Cs/8C+s upgraded) and Yannick has helped to get the ball rolling. He's always fun to talk…

E200: 9A boulderer draft, Squamish and chat

May 27, 2026 1h 45m

It's our 200th episode! To celebrate we're doing absolutely nothing out of the ordinary! Just Aidan and I this week, chatting about Squamish, media we've watched, some stats from the pod and we play…

E199: Natalia Grossman - Success, setbacks and prioritising mental health

May 20, 2026 1h 53m

This week we were joined by four time overall boulder world cup winner Natalia Grossman. Natalia is in the thick of an unfortunate set of injuries, having initially ruptured her ACL she now has…

E198: Sam, Aidan & Katie - Pride, confidence, projects and hypotheticals

May 13, 2026 2h 8m

We had a great time doing 75% of a round table. Alas no Benn this time, but Katie has done a hard new boulder in Yosemite so that gave us something to talk about. We got to talking about confidence…

E197: Connor Herson - Quick ascents of the hardest trad routes in the world, drifters escape and trad style/ethics

May 06, 2026 2h 8m

We had a great time chatting to Connor for this week's episode. I feel like you have to really make waves in the Trad world for us to know that much about you and Connor has done just that. After…

E196: Jana Švecová - 8C first ascents, Terranova and injury comebacks

Apr 29, 2026 1h 32m

Jana Švecová joins us this week! We've been trying to get this sorted for a while so glad it finally came together. Jana is a super impressive climber, and has climbed multiple 8C boulders (she…

E195: Yosemite season round up, news and desert island boulders

Apr 22, 2026 1h 32m

This episode is just the home team having a bit of a round up. We talk about Aidan's yosemtie season and I push a little harder to get his thoughts behind how it all went than I normally do. Then we…

E194: Bruce Zou - The first Chinese person to climb 8C talks barefoot sends, quick progression and grade chasing

Apr 15, 2026 1h 56m

This week we had a great time chatting to Bruce Zou. Bruce is a very charismatic chap who is incredibly passionate about his climbing. He has climbed up to 8C and has also developed an affinity for…

E193: Max Milne - Winning the PCL, campusing The Ace and injury comebacks

Apr 08, 2026 1h 27m

*Warning the sound quality in the first 5 minutes is pretty dodgy but improves after that :)We had one of our favourites back on the pod for this week's episode! Max Milne has recently won the new…

E192: Round Table - We've got to talk about Ondra and D&D alignment chart

Apr 01, 2026 1h 50m

A round table with Benn and Katie again this week. We had to talk about Ondra a bit because he's been busy! Then the main goal was to fill out a D&D style alignment chart we stole from Reddit. We…

E191: Allison Vest - Climbing 'big boy' boulders and the work behind the success

Mar 25, 2026 1h 52m

Fan favourite Allison is back on the pod this week! Thankfully Allison had a phenomenal run of form recently, culminating in some big sends, namely The Mantra, a three move V14 on tiny crimps, and…

E190: Keenan Takahashi - 10 seconds of fear a year, the pros and cons of large egos and getting distracted by trees

Mar 18, 2026 2h 6m

Keenan is back! A pod favourite for sure and someone Aidan has spent a lot of time with over the past few years. Keenan has been putting up more incredible first ascents, which we chat a bit about,…

E189: The Pro Climbing League, tactics and general chat

Mar 11, 2026 1h 27m

We got stood up! Some say we should send links and reminders to our guests but we've never bothered before, and now it's cost us! So Aidan and I just chatted happily amongst ourselves. Largely about…

E188: Round Table - Anecdotes, talking points and ramble shambles

Mar 04, 2026 2h 3m

A bit of a messy round table for you this week. A few decent talking points hidden away amidst a mess of off-topic rambles and general merriment. I hope you get something out of it, they're…

E187: Zach Galla - An incredible run of form, discussions on mindset, physicality and confidence

Feb 25, 2026 2h 17m

Wow, what form Zach Galla is in! Recent sends of Hypnotised Minds, Devilution, Return of the Sleepwalker and Shaolin, could be the most impressive run of ascents ever recorded. We really wanted to…

E186: We're back! Life updates, outdoor comps and climbing à la Netflix

Feb 18, 2026 1h 31m

We're back! Just the reunited home team this week. Shockingly we hadn't spoken that much for a month so we had quite a lot to catch up on. Aidan is hard focussed on his 6 degrees project but has also…

E185: Talking with a climbing CEO, Ged from the Hangar offers his views from the other side of the aisle

Feb 11, 2026 1h 31m

So, I never intended to make this episode. When I did the episode with independent gym owners I felt like I should probably reach out to a CEO of a chain gym for comment. I should have, but I didn't.…

E184: Aidan does an 'ask me anything' hosted by Katie Lamb

Feb 04, 2026 1h 42m

It's the 'Sam can't record anything this week' special! Where one of the knights of our round tables Katie hosts an ask me anything with questions from our Patroons (Patreon members). If you want to…

E183: The independent climbing gym special featuring Blocfit, Gym Sen and Rise

Jan 28, 2026 2h 1m

Hello all, I come to you with a different offering this week. There's no Aidan this week, it's just me chatting to three different independent climbing gym owners in London. Sounds a bit niche but I…

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How many episodes does The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast have?

The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast has published 201 episodes since May 2022, covering topics in Education, Hobbies.

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The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 54m.

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