# I Begged Alex Honnold to Stop Climbing

An episode of [Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1756014574), 25 Feb 2026, 51 min.

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Hasan sits down with professional climber, Alex Honnold, to talk about what he’s actually afraid of, his most recent climb of Taipei 101, and, most importantly, how to upgrade his red carpet poses. Let's cut through the noise together. Go to https://groundnews.com/hasan to subscribe and get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage Plan, which breaks down to just $5/month with my discount. Taste the love all month at Whole Foods Market! Find exactly what you’re booking for at https://Booking.com. Book today on the site or in the app. 👉 Grab your free seat to the 2-Day AI Mastermind: https://link.outskill.com/HASSMINAFEB4 🔐 100% Discount for the first 1000 people 💥 Dive deep into AI and Learn Automations, Build AI Agents, Make videos & images – all for free! 🎁 Bonuses worth $5100+ if you join and attend YOU CAN WATCH ON CNN.COM/WATCH OR THE CNN APP. Listen to Alex's podcast Planet Visionaires here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLntzSqFB2HFzF1aqN1PhjvDWJCiZDbxMh Learn more about the Honnold Foundation here: https://www.honnoldfoundation.org/#mission Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam Executive Producer/Director: Tyler Babin Executive Producer/Showrunner: Scott Vrooman Producer: Kayla Feng Producer/ Writer's Assistant: Annie Fick Cinematographer: Austin Morales Editor: N/V Moore and Will Feinstein Talent Coordinator: Tanya Somanader Executive Assistant: Samuel Piland Thanks so much for listening to Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know. If you haven’t yet, now is a great time to subscribe to Lemonada Premium. Just hit the 'subscribe' button on Apple Podcasts, or, for all other podcast apps head to lemonadapremium.com to subscribe. That’s lemonadapremium.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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