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The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast

by Sam Prior & Aidan Roberts

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E221: Ollie Torr - ARCing, coaching and making gains whilst watching Netflix

October 21, 2026 · 2 hr 36 min

Ollie is back, he's done a lot of work coaching Aidan in the past and he's one of the most knowledgeable coaches we've ever spoken to. He asked to be pre-warned of some of the things we were going to ask him about, presumably so he could…
E220: The most influential boulderer knockout tournament *Exclusionary criteria apply*

October 14, 2026 · 1 hr 41 min

If you only tune in every week to enjoy listening to our opening jingle then I must apologise as I am away at the moment and don't have a copy of it with me. I could download an old episode and rip it from there but I'm hungry and I want…
E219: Noah Wheeler - Board styling in Squamish, ego and sacking it all off to go play tennis

October 7, 2026 · 2 hr 2 min

If you go out and send a bunch of 9A boulders, we will probably ask you to come on our podcast where we will ask you about anything other than the 9A boulders you sent. There's an inherent contradiction here, I don't really know why we do…
E218: Michael Rosato - Tension, Board Lords, Bilbo vs Brad Pitt

September 30, 2026 · 2 hr 26 min

Much requested, Michael from Tension joined us this week. I sort of hoped this episode would devolve into a mudslinging match as we fought to shift the tiller of board climbing towards our respective visions of board utopia. As it turned…
E217: Jakob Schubert - Are the best climbers in the world lead climbers?

September 23, 2026 · 2 hr 4 min

At Glastonbury there is a legends slot on Sunday, I felt like we were doing something similar this week. One of the contenders for the tag of 'GOAT', Jakob has climbed top grade boulders and lead climbs, has got two Olympic medals as well…

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E216: Round Table - Benn's back! Catch up and rambling

September 16, 2026 · 2 hr 21 min

I spend a a day editing a podcast and then can't remember almost anything that was in it to write the description. I quite often have to click through it again to remember whichever 'unforgettable' moments there were to try and sell you…
E215: James Pearson - Finnish Line, Exodia and trips with kids

September 9, 2026 · 2 hr 33 min

James is back this week! I was tempted to release this split into two episodes because I think the discussion might appeal to different people. In the first half we talk about James going on adventurous trips with his kids and his ascent…
E214: Louis Parkinson & Joel Robertson will help you Get a Grip

September 2, 2026 · 2 hr 31 min

Description description description, Joel and Louis wrote a book, and that means there was immediately a potential for a symbiotic relationship with us on the pod. We like talking about the psychological element of climbing and they wanted…
E213: Charlie Schreiber - New coaching program, goal adjudication and climbing when time-poor

August 26, 2026 · 2 hr 13 min

Ah the episode description section. Every week I dread filling it out because it feels so superfluous to requirement but here we go again... Joining us this week is Charlie Schreiber (as you can see from the episode title), we talk about…
E212: CTCP X Backseat Climbing - Hot takes and strong opinions well defended

August 19, 2026 · 2 hr 24 min

Joining us this week are the cohosts of a rival British Podcast, Backseat Climbing. Originally they came to fame when they humorously slandered half of climbing on a subsequently deleted pod, but they meant well and a lot of water has…
E211: Ben Moon - The Moon Spray, the next step in the evolution of commercial boards

August 12, 2026 · 1 hr 40 min

Ben is back! Ben is very close to launching his new innovation, the Moonboard Spray. He even paid me to set it, but then he crumpled up my offering and launched into the bin and did it again with a completely different team. Why? What is…
E210: Jen Wood - Climbing 9a, running and mindless ARCing

August 5, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

Jen Wood comes to join us on the pod this week! Someone who used to compete on the World Cup boulder circuit with Aidan but they went in totally opposite directions at the end (not because of any personal beef I hasten to add) Jen has…

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About the show

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