The Alborán · The Sessions
Our monthly podcast. Hosted by Alex Robinson.
What lives in this section
Twelve episodes a year, split four, four and four: four recorded from Bristol with visiting guests, four on tour across UK padel clubs, four on location worldwide, at the events and places that anchor the season.
Each episode is paired with a written companion piece in the publication. The recording catches the conversation. The writing makes the case for why it mattered. Listened to in order, the year reads as a single argument about where padel is going.
The Sessions is hosted by our editor, Alex Robinson, who does the listening while we do the writing; both halves go out together.
Read in The Sessions
The episodes so far
Episode Two · Jethro Binns →
Filmed on court at Padel4All in Lockleaze, Bristol, with Jethro Binns of Padel Levels, on UK padel's ratings problem.
Episode One · George Modler →
Filmed at the Padel World Summit in Barcelona, with George Modler of the Padel Directory.
See all nine pieces of Issue One →The B Side
The written companion to each episode, by Alex
The B Side №1 · Episode One →
George Modler at the Padel World Summit. 27 July 2026.
All of The B Side →Kit, from Episode Two
Preserva
The black cylinder on the floor in Episode Two is a ball pressuriser. Padel balls go soft long before they look worn, and this holds three of them at pressure between sessions. Aluminium body, charges over USB-C.
We bought ours. Nobody has paid for this and Preserva is not an advertiser. Andy Galt knows the founder, which is why we are telling you rather than leaving you to find out.
The other sections
The Sessions · Episode Two
Episode Two is live on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Coastal membership is free, and always will be.
Andy Galt & Alex Robinson, Editors