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Punk Chores
While ”punk” is a lifestyle stemming from the wild ass music and mohawks from the early 1970s, in the last fifty odd years it has come to mean a lot more than describing a style of dress and music. Punk is an umbrella term for all of the growths sprouting out of ”do it yourself” outsider culture. House shows, stick and poke tattoos, riding freight trains, making zines, building boats to sail down the Mississippi, welding bike frames together, getting scabies from sleeping on a couch on tour…
Episodes
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Nature Boys History Museum with Suzanne Hogan
Cat & Suzanne chat about the old times at ye olde weed tree, playing in my favorite band ever, becoming a radio pro, being a bike mechanic, touring Japan…
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Jack of all Trees with Julien
Cat & Canadian Julien sit on the sailboat Sandpiper and talk about logging, cooking in restaurants, working in sugar shacks for the syrup lords, snowshoeing…
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Completely Unemployable with Cindy Crabb
Cat & Cindy talk about realizing punk is actually cool, weaving for a world class weight lifter, sifting through plastic cocktail swords, playing pots and…
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Twinkling Weirdos with Breakaway
Cat & Breakaway talk about growin' up in a small river town and making your own fun, working at Taco Johns, beets harvest, creating an empire of zines…
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You Don't Know Till You Know, You Know? With Caitlin Angelica
Cat & Caitlin reminisce about the ol' days in Minneapolis, being an underage bartender, battling falling knives and stolen tip jars at the collective cafe…
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Bingo! Dino DNA with Morgan
Cat and Morgan are at Diamond Beach punk rock marina in Pittsburgh talking about Morgan's time as a dinosaur mechanic, working at Burning Man, getting hit by a…
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Captain's Log Update
No interview episode this week, too haggard and wrecked from boat time. Tune in for my short update about the salty seas.
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Wonder in Laurelland with Laurel Coniglio
Cat & Laurel discuss working on the oldest short line train in the U.S., being destined to be a train guy by your ancestors, communicating with the dead …
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Paper Boys with Jimmy & Matt
Cat & Matt & Jimmy who work at The Book House in Minneapolis talk about the Rare Books biz, being a poet in south Minneapolis, how the rare book business…
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Young America Nowhere Bridge with Carhartt
Cat & Carhartt talk about hitchhiking, sleeping under bridges, being a little punker growing up in Wisconsin washing dishes, piling beets at the beet harvest…
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Rainbow Dolphin Splasm with Allie Morris
Cat & Allie have an unhinged conversation about growing up a Quaker, puking corn chips off boats, getting your boat anchor back from a wing nut live aboard…
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Jessie Smith and the Indecent
Cat & Jessie sit on a wooden platform in North Carolina and talk about being a living statue for money, riding trains in Canada, hitchhiking in South America…
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Under the Fist of the Diaper Police with Butch
Cat & Butch talk about diaper police, a fake British lady with a rotting off foot, getting your shoe sole sawn off by a train, Hurricane Helene super hero…
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Berry Madness with Meg
Cat & Meg sit in a garage and talk about working at girls rock camps, growing up in punk world in Tennessee, touring with no money, Iron Maiden in Costa Rica…
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Angle Grinder, Kidney Stone, Oil Pan with Gabriela Farias and Emma Törzs
Emma, Gabriela, & Cat battle helicopters, car alarms, and dogs barking (why do i keep trying to record outside?!) while discussing Gabriela's time working as a…
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Frozen Hearts with Ice Daddy Blake
Cat and Blake talk about what it's like to be the Original bequeather of the punk job "Ice Castles" to the Midwestern punks, working for friendly Mormons…
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Rikki's Modern Life
Rikki, Cat, and Colin chat about genital clams, noodle express, wild land firefighting, running away to a cult, lil' trimming weed, and some boat stuff! Intro…
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The Mouse in the Lard Jar with Bryan May
Bryan May , Bryan's babbling baby, and Cat Raia ramble about the Portlandification of our country, grieving dead friends, whether the kids are indeed…
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Barrel Rafts, Oogles, and Freezers Full of Elk Blood with Slim Flip
APOLOGIES TO THE PEOPLE WHO DOWNLOADED MY JANKY ACCIDENTAL POD DRAFT & also apologies for some of the volume inconsistencies. Listen to Cat & Flip discuss…
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Episode 1: Being a Labrat for Top Dollar with Emma Törzs
Fantasy author Emma Törzs is our first guest, sitting in the interviewer seat to ask host Cat Raia about her time doing pharmaceutical trials for money…
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Punk Chores Trailer
Punk Chores is an interview story podcast about DIY Punk culture hosted by Cat Raia. Punk Chores is all about our ridiculous roommates, preposterous jobs…