The Nugget Climbing Podcast

I very much enjoy this podcast. I am a avid climber of 16yrs so obviously a climbing podcast would appeal to me. But I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the depth of this podcast. Steven continually digs deeper to find more meaning in people, places, and conversations. I appreciate that it’s not just a echo chamber but at times this podcast has challenged me in climbing as well as my deeper beliefs. Keep doing what your doing and I will keep listening.

As a healthcare professional, listening to the medical misinformation in this show made me have serious doubts about the veracity of the rest of it. Too bad; seemed like it had potential.

I’ve started writing and deleted this review a few times. Steven, I just want to start by saying you are loved and I hope you are doing okay. I’ve really appreciated the conversations you’ve had in the past. I want to explain why I am changing my review to one star and cancelling my patreon subscription, at least for the time being. I think you dropped the ball as a voice for inclusion in climbing on episode 245. I don’t think you deserve pushback for where you’ve arrived in your own beliefs, and I hear what you are saying about trade offs in a two party system even if I disagree strongly with where you’ve ended up. As a podcast host and someone who has a powerful voice in the community, when you decide to talk about politics and platform someone who is pro Trump you have a responsibility to talk about how a trump administration would impact the people in the climbing community. Part of the platform trump ran on is limiting access to gender affirming care and trans exclusion in sports. Having this discussion without even a nod towards that was doing this community was a disservice. I feel the need to let you know that and to vote with my dollar. I don’t think you personally agree with a lot of what Kaizen was saying about the Trump’s claims about the election or abortion (can you imagine saying to your female climbing friends “just move to another state”?) but you did him and Donald Trump a huge service by amplifying their talking points and messages and their success will hurt this community and many others.

If you enjoy lots of whining in vain about your injuries or inability to get stronger this is the podcast. There are many better climbing and training podcasts available with solid information and interviews.