The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast

LOVE these boy’s easy going approach to interviews, excellent questions, and really insightful knowledge on the finer points of the sport.

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.

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).

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!