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The Alborán · The Sessions

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.

Bristol

Four episodes a year, with visiting guests.

UK tour

Four episodes a year, recorded at padel clubs around the country.

On location

Four episodes a year, at the events and places that anchor the season.

Read in The Sessions

The Alborán · 1st July 2026

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 →

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The Sessions · Episode One

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See you at the club. — Andy Galt & Alex Robinson, Editors