The Careless Talk Climbing 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
  • E151: Kai Lightner -Comebacks, learning to work with the body you're in and climbing for change
    Jun 4, 2025 – 02:01:09
  • E150: Ben Norman and Cailean Harker - Route setting deep dive, grades in indoor climbing and the state of the industry
    May 28, 2025 – 02:46:30
  • E149: Aidan leaving Yosemite, new comp scoring and should sport climbers just bolt on resin holds
    May 21, 2025 – 01:37:27
  • E148: Eric Jerome - Searching for the best boulders, life lessons and working for KAYA
    May 14, 2025 – 02:20:30
  • E147: Katie Lamb, the first woman to climb V16...again.
    May 7, 2025 – 01:20:20
  • E146: Charlie Schreiber - Hot takes, life lessons and internet drama with one of the best hype men in the game
    Apr 30, 2025 – 02:37:37
  • E145: Will Anglin - Board climbing nerdery, Tension, what is training anyway?
    Apr 23, 2025 – 02:25:38
  • E144: Carlo Traversi - Motivation, Yosemite and developing the hardest V12s in the world
    Apr 16, 2025 – 02:17:38
  • E143: Allison Vest - Outdoor projecting, dealing with pressure and titanium tendons
    Apr 9, 2025 – 02:14:03
  • E142: Jonathan Sin - Trying to become a world cup climber after starting (relatively) late
    Apr 2, 2025 – 01:49:17
  • E141: Martin Keller - Defying aging and injuries to keep climbing harder than ever
    Mar 26, 2025 – 02:27:26
  • E140: Moral conundrums and hot takes special featuring Katie Lamb
    Mar 19, 2025 – 01:31:17
  • E139: The 9A tier list episode... and also shoes
    Mar 12, 2025 – 01:42:13
  • E138: Jesse Dufton - Overcoming degenerative sight loss to climb harder than ever
    Mar 5, 2025 – 01:36:26
  • E137: Jim Pope - Adventures, Comps and Mushrooms
    Feb 26, 2025 – 02:19:02
  • E136: Nathan Phillips - Climbing 8C+, crazy ideas and roasting Sam's climbing
    Feb 19, 2025 – 01:50:06
  • E135: Aidan's new hardest projects in Yosemite, and why he can't drag himself away
    Feb 12, 2025 – 01:22:56
  • E134: Katie Lamb - A great set of rambles with one of the world's best scalers
    Feb 5, 2025 – 02:45:01
  • E133: Matt Bird - Why does a climber need a manager? A little look into the shadowy world of athlete contracts.
    Jan 29, 2025 – 01:53:49
  • E132: Toby Roberts - Winning the Olympic gold, heavy training schedules and board climbing feats of strength
    Jan 22, 2025 – 01:47:50
  • E131: Paul Robinson - Last great projecting, taking control of your own narrative and Lucid Dreaming
    Jan 15, 2025 – 01:55:44
  • E130: Hamish McArthur - Climbing with spirit, Olympic pressure and turning climbing into a (very good) job
    Jan 8, 2025 – 02:07:41
  • E129: Farewell to 2024, our review of the year
    Jan 1, 2025 – 01:29:38
  • E128: The Christmas Special quiz! Featuring Sam Lawson and Billy Ridal
    Dec 18, 2024 – 01:43:16
  • E127: Stian Christophersen - Reducing time spent off the wall due to injury, injuries in general and the Climbing Bible
    Dec 11, 2024 – 01:58:26
  • E126: The training tool tier list episode
    Dec 4, 2024 – 01:34:34
  • E125: Ethan Salvo - Enjoying the present, sending hard and being content
    Nov 27, 2024 – 02:27:31
  • E124: Where is Aidan? Is climbing a sport? Can we liberate ourselves from our ego?
    Nov 20, 2024 – 01:28:24
  • E123: Solly Kemball-Dorey - The evolutionary missing link in British climbing?
    Nov 13, 2024 – 01:55:00
  • E122: A chat amongst the shipmates, Aidan, Soline and Seb
    Nov 6, 2024 – 01:08:16
  • E121: Xian Goh - How to get better without training!
    Oct 30, 2024 – 02:00:44
  • E120: Aidan the cabin boy lands on Martinique, destined for... The Dawn Wall?
    Oct 23, 2024 – 01:37:14
  • E119: Nathan Hoette - The mad Australian shoe scientist educates us ignorant fools about climbing shoes
    Oct 16, 2024 – 02:26:44
  • E118: Hoseok Lee - Moonboarding, The Korean climbing scene and rapid progression
    Oct 9, 2024 – 02:01:56
  • E117: Beth Rodden returns! - A light through the cracks and general natter
    Oct 2, 2024 – 02:05:25
  • E116: Jorg Verhoeven - Hold fabrication, comp reflections and mental wellbeing
    Sep 25, 2024 – 02:24:14
  • E115: A new Dread Pirate Roberts hits the high seas.... and also Ireland
    Sep 18, 2024 – 01:32:43
  • E114: Ross Fulkerson - Flow, Mindset and Prioritising adventure
    Sep 11, 2024 – 01:54:31
  • E113: Michaela Kiersch - Climbing elite level boulders and routes alongside a 'proper job' and sending V14 with a broken finger
    Sep 4, 2024 – 01:52:27
  • E112: Alex Puccio - Talking rocks, comps and impending motherhood with one of the all time greats of the game
    Aug 28, 2024 – 02:40:34
  • E111: Clem Lechap - Projecting tactics, team psyche and Smart Boards
    Aug 21, 2024 – 02:02:46
  • E110 - Aidan & Sam - The final Olympic wrap-up and ridiculous rambles
    Aug 14, 2024 – 01:30:10
  • E109: Matt Fultz - Sending multiple 8C+s, coaching, tactics and self-doubt
    Aug 7, 2024 – 02:24:18
  • E108: Molly Thompson-Smith - Qualifying and preparing for The Olympics!
    Jul 31, 2024 – 01:33:26
  • E107: Kyra Condie - Olympics, mindset and the supremacy of dank board training
    Jul 24, 2024 – 02:01:21
  • E106: Ben Bransby - Getting stronger in your 40s, ticking Stanage and making duct tape hold umbrellas
    Jul 17, 2024 – 02:22:01
  • E105: Sam & Aidan's Eras tour, genetics, asymmetrical edge controversies and grasshoppers
    Jul 10, 2024 – 01:43:13
  • E104: Tom Herbert- Supplements, fueling and nutrition tips from an elite climbing nutritionist
    Jul 3, 2024 – 02:38:32
  • E103: Sean Bailey - Cutting edge climbing, comps and grading
    Jun 26, 2024 – 02:04:35
  • E102: Ethan Pringle - Projecting, motivation, passion and social media rambles
    Jun 19, 2024 – 02:27:29
Recent Reviews
  • Missouri Choss
    Great podcast!
    Anyone still listening to that idiot steven dimwitt needs to check this one out. Don’t give your hard earned money to MAGAt scum.
  • Rabertron
    Deleted episode 41
    Fascinating Jenya’s episode is no longer here (it is still on other sites). Who are you protecting or appeal to here? Is it high grades and fame alone that garner your approval? Why not let her words stand on their own? A very dark look to protect predatory men this way.
  • free palestine bruh
    My favorite climbing podcast by far
    LOVE these boy’s easy going approach to interviews, excellent questions, and really insightful knowledge on the finer points of the sport.
  • Intrinsik Coaching
    I’m glad this exists
    Although the climbing podcast scene feels a bit inundated, this one really stands out for me. Aidan and Sam have been consistently getting unique guests on the show and striking a good balance between banter and thoughtful questions. Both hosts are skilled at knowing when to step back and just let the guest speak rather than interjecting too frequently.
  • dirtbag mustasche
    About climbing, but not about how to climb harder
    I personally have hard time listening to training contents on other podcasts. But I do like climbers chatting about climbing, like process of developing areas, history, and other personally significant topics. I especially enjoyed Dave MacLeod’s episode on burger patties/environmentalism episode, Tim Blake’s episode, and Dan Varian’s episode as well as Beth Rodden’s episode (quite possibly the best one yet).
  • Ontangledpaths
    Thoughtful and fun
    I've picked up and dropped at least a half dozen climbing podcasts, most after only a few episodes, but I've subscribed to this one (here and on Patreon) for six months now. The hosts are smart, congenial, and (especially for a climbing podcast) eloquent, to the degree that I'm happy to hear them take tangents into non-climbing topics, which is not something I can say about most climbing media, nice as those people might be. Try it!
  • 7687986
    🧇🧇🧇🧇
    Love the waffle
  • hellakman
    Turbo crimping
    Turbo crimping
  • frunkuhlunk
    rad people rad content
    yall, how rad is it to be able to hear from top climbers in the world talk with other top climbers in a casual, inviting format? the internet is awesome and so is this podcast.
  • Shmalts
    Big up
    Pretty sick Sam’s pregnancy
  • grubby baby
    Wow
    a podcast hosted by two people who seem genuinely more interested in the thoughts of their guests than in listening to the sounds of their own voices for an hour every week. a real anomaly among climbing podcasts. a triumph
  • itmann
    Great content
    Love the focus on hard outdoor bouldering.
  • NBardy
    This is it
    Need more
  • Dmmekdkekle
    Da best
    Already the best climbing podcast
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