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Talk Gnarly To Me

by Julia Biddle & Steph McMillan

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EP18: Spooky Sh*t Happens: Mountain Bike Crashes, Injuries & Close Calls

October 23, 2026 · 49 min

💀 Crashes, injuries, and those inevitable “oh shit” moments—we’re diving into the scary side of mountain biking for this Halloween edition of Talk Gnarly To Me! Steph and Julia talk about how crashing changes as you gain experience, the…
EP17: Witch Please, You Belong Here: Imposter Syndrome & Finding Your Place on the Trail

October 16, 2026 · 47 min

🚵‍♀️ Don’t Be Scared: Taking Up Space on the Trail 😬 It’s Not Always the Trail That Scares You — Sometimes the real fear is slowing everyone down, getting left behind, or feeling like you don’t belong. Turns out, the mental game off the…
EP16: Racing Can Be Scary | Sunrise Enduro, 1st Place & a Gnarly Crash | MTB Race Recap

October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

EP16: Racing Can Be Scary | Sunrise Enduro, 1st Place & a Gnarly Crash | MTB Race Recap 🚵‍♀️ Pre-Riding Sunrise Enduro — We break down the Sunrise Enduro course, scope out the technical stages, and try to figure out what we're getting…
EP15: Scared of E-bikes? Don't Be | MTB Skills & Confidence

October 2, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

🚵‍♀️ TOP TAKEAWAYS 🚲 E-Bikes Aren’t Cheating — They’re an Access Layer E-bikes can remove the fitness bottleneck so you can spend more time riding, learning, and progressing. More laps = more practice = more skills. Math we can get…
EP14: MTB Trip Recap: We Left the Desert… and Things Got Gnarly

September 25, 2026 · 41 min

*BUY A JERSEY HERE* 🚵‍♀️ TOP TAKEAWAYS🌵 We escaped the Arizona desert for a weekend of new trails. We swapped our usual terrain for unfamiliar trails, a change of scenery, and a much-needed reminder that sometimes the best thing you can…

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EP13: Failure & Getting Out of a Funk

September 18, 2026 · 45 min

*BUY A TGTM JERSEY HERE* When Your Ride Is Trash… But Maybe It’s Not Your BikeSome rides are epic. Some rides are humbling. And some rides have you sitting in the parking lot afterward wondering if you have ever actually known how to ride…
EP12: Would You Rather (MTB Edition)

September 11, 2026 · 52 min

Would You Rather: Mountain Biking Edition Julia and Steph keep things light in this playful mountain biking conversation, trading trail updates, crash recovery context, and a long run of ridiculous "would you rather" scenarios. It is a…
Ep11: Fear vs. Intuition

September 4, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

Fear, intuition, and how to tell the difference on the trail Steph and Julia break down how fear shows up in mountain biking, why it changes as your skills grow, and how intuition can feel a lot like fear in the moment. They get specific…
EP10: Motivation w/ Jayde Hirniak

August 28, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

Motivation, mountain biking, and staying consistent Steph and Julia sit down with archaeologist and postdoc researcher Jayde Hirniak for their first interview episode, and the conversation turns into a real talk on motivation, confidence…
EP9: What's In All These Bags?!

August 21, 2026 · 54 min

Talk Gnarly to Me: What’s in our mountain biking bags Steph and Julia do a full bag dump of their mountain biking gear, comparing what actually lives in their ride bags, what’s purely emergency backup, and what they keep carrying even…
*BONUS* Mini-Episode with Shawn Stenmark

August 18, 2026 · 14 min

Showdown Bikes for Kids with Shawn Stenmark This mini episode of Talk Gnarly to Me introduces Shawn Stenmark and the upcoming Showdown Bikes 4 Kids race at Usery Park in Mesa AZ. Shawn explains how the event supports FE Racing and Bikes 4…
EP8: MTB Trips (we suck at geography)

August 14, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

Mountain Biking Trip Favorites, Bucket List Destinations, and a Few Geography Detours Julia Biddle and Steph compare favorite mountain biking trips, the kinds of terrain they love most, and the destinations they still want to ride. They…

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About the show

Welcome to Talk Gnarly To Me. We're Julia and Steph, two Arizona desert riders who willingly spend our free time bouncing through rock gardens, debating bike setups, and making questionable decisions in the name of progression. This podcast is for anyone who loves mountain biking, technical terrain, and the stories that come with it. We'll be talking trail wins, trail fails, gear, confidence, fear, crashes, line choices, desert riding, and whatever mountain bike rabbit hole we're currently obsessed with. No pro tips from elite racers. No pretending we've got it all figured out. Just two women who love riding tech, love talking about it, and somehow always have something to say. So grab a post-ride beverage, clean the dust off your shins, and join us. This is Talk Gnarly To Me.