• S1E8: The Price is White
    Aug 2 2022

    In this episode, we welcome you to the only game show where America's most privileged people can speculate on what America's most marginalized people need! Listen in as our contestants debate how to get more Black people to climb, what role climbing gyms play in social issues, and what climbing gyms can actually do to address racism.

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    18 mins
  • S1E7: Walls are Meant for Colonizing
    Mar 11 2022

    What is climbing culture, really? For this episode, we sit down with Kris Hampton to dissect what climbing media says about what climbing culture values, who it chooses to uplift (or not uplift), and whether walls really are meant for climbing.

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    28 mins
  • S1E6: When You‘re Black on Belay, Part II
    Dec 22 2021

    For the second part of this series, we sit down with four Black climbers to discuss their experiences in the climbing community, how isolation affects them, and what they think it’ll take to make climbing more accessible.

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    26 mins
  • S1E5: When You‘re Black on Belay, Part I
    Nov 23 2021

    Many know about Bear Grylls’s popular survivalist show “Man vs. Wild,” but not as many know about Bear’s Black brother—Gold Grylls—and his respective show, “Black Man vs. Wild.” Tune in as Gold Grylls deliberately ‘strands’ himself in homogenous, whitewashed locales and manages to get through the day without losing his shit—all to provide practical advice for Black people who may find themselves in similar situations unexpectedly.

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    4 mins
  • S1E4: Tales from the Crag
    Oct 31 2021

    On this Halloween special, we present three terrifying tales that are sure to make you shake in your harness. Listen with the lights off, if you dare.

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    15 mins
  • S1E3: Now That‘s What I Call Racism!
    Oct 5 2021

    Why were no Black people freeing El Cap in the '60s? Well, they were still thinking about a different kind of freedom.

    We sit down with James Mower to discuss how racism isn't just a burning cross, and how systemic racism has affected climbing's development in America.

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    30 mins
  • S1E2: The Great Equalizer
    Aug 10 2021

    Have you ever heard someone say "sports don't discriminate"? What about "anyone can just go climbing"? In this episode, we attempt to find out how easy it truly is to get into the sport of rock climbing. We chat with Mike Manuel and the climbing community at large to discuss access, wealth disparity, and whether our sport truly is 'the great equalizer.'

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    28 mins
  • S1E1: I'm Not Racist, My Best Square is Black!
    Jun 2 2021

    On June 2, 2020, #BlackoutTuesday began in protest of the numerous police killings of unarmed Black people, and what resulted was one of the most pervasive forms of social media advocacy...but did it actually further the cause for Black lives? We sit down with Dom Davis and the climbing community at large to discuss performative allyship—its efficacy, purpose, and whether authenticity matters in the fight for progress.

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    31 mins