The Broad Beta Podcast
The Broad Beta Podcast and BroadBeta.com are spaces to openly share women’s and genderqueer experiences of climbing, skiing, and other mountain adventures, from the ordinary to the heroic. Our contributors tell stories that foster wildness within, and outside, ourselves. Through these stories, we hope to inspire and empower anyone who listens. Cover photo by @nathannorby of co-founder Jeannie Wall.
Podcasting since 2022 • 35 episodes
The Broad Beta Podcast
Latest Episodes
Roswitha McIntosh: From Hitler's Germany to Squaw Valley Ski Patrol - A Story
In this episode you'll hear 93-year-old Roswitha "Ros" McIntosh read her story, which was originally published on the Broad Beta website in May of 2025 (check it out h...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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Kate Kelleghan: Triple Crown Queens - An Interview
Kate Kelleghan is on the cutting edge of big wall speed climbing, and this spring she and Laura Pineau became the first female team to complete the Triple Crown in Yosemite. The Triple Crown consists of climbing El Capitan, Mt. Watkins, and Hal...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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Jenna Malone: Hara Hachi Bu - A Story
The story on today's episode was written and read by Jenna Malone and published on the Broad Beta website in February of 2025 (originally published in The Avalanche Review 43.3). Check i...
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23:00
Steph Abegg: Information Sharing in the Climbing World - An Interview
Steph Abegg has become well known in the alpine climbing world for her detailed trip reports
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Season 4
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Episode 29
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44:21
Szu-ting Yi: Redefining Ambition - An Interview
Szu-ting Ye, known as Ting Ting in the climbing community, moved to the US from Taiwan to attend grad school in computer science in Philadelphia. During grad school, she discovered trad climbing at the Gunks, which changed the trajectory of her...
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