Lead climbing is back with a bang as we check out the winners from the Austria Summer Series. Alex Puccio is on an 8B role in America, James Pearson gets his second 9a and we check out a huge alpine link up.

This week Laura Rogora becomes the second woman to climb 9b with her quick ascent of 'Ali Hulk Sit Extension Total'. We see another tick for the 8C+ counter and a super hard multi-pitch gets climbed in a one day push.

This week we have seen comp climbing, sport and bouldering going OFF! Staša Gejo returns from knee surgery to send 8A+ and we get Hugo back on the show to talk about the upcoming climbing videos on EpicTV.

Alex Megos is back on the boulders as he puts up what could be the Frankenjura's hardest boulder problem. Teresa is back on the show as we round up all the climbing news from this week.

On todays news show Alex Megos shows the world his 'Brush Point' style, Hazel Findlay sends The Quarryman and we have a round up of all the hard climbing action from around the world.

Today we have a look at the second ascent of a potential 9b while Margo Hayes and Paige Claassen both send 9a. We continue our discussion on POC in climbing and look at Daniel Wood's recent apology.

This week Marine Thevenet does a rarely repeated 8B boulder in Chamonix and Jacob Schubert goes on a RAMPAGE in Magic Wood. We bring you a round up of the climbing news and discuss what a 'pod-marmot' would actually look like...

We start this week with the sad news of the death of French climbing star Luce Douady who tragically slipped and fell on an approach path. We bring you a round up of the climbing news from this week and the usual news show banter and weirdness...

On today's News Podcast we discover the latest sends from around the world and examine the issue of racism within the climbing community. With the events surrounding the Black Lives Matter protests, does the climbing industry need to change? As a media outlet we have a responsibility to access how our content could be more diverse and how it is perceived. We discuss some of the issues surrounding this most important of topics.

Welcome back to the EpicTV Climbing podcast! Laura Rogora becomes the first Italian woman to climb 9a+ by repeating the MONSTER Adam Ondra route 'Pure dreaming Plus'. Alex Megos goes on a sending spree and the Czech Republic HARDEST boulder gets climbed.