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Punk Chores

Punk Chores

By: Cat Raia
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 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. Our culture is kept alive by the myriad of hustles we’ve cobbled together to avoid commitment to careers allowing for giant swaths of time to travel, make art, fuck around, find out. Punk jobs exist in the yellowy amber goop Venn diagram of craigslist, word of mouth and sheer luck. Sometimes well paid, sometimes not. Disgusting, terrifying, monotonous, or mind boggling but above all, good for stories. So grab your lighter, re-associate with your cat you haven’t seen in 6 months since working on a weed farm and buckle up. It’s time for your punk chores.Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
Episodes
  • Under the Fist of the Diaper Police with Butch

    Under the Fist of the Diaper Police with Butch
    Jun 17 2025

    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 efforts, punk rock & mutual aid in Asheville,

    bears, alligators, rats, doggies, donkies, kitties, oh my!

    GET A KITCHEN JOB, BE NORMAL!

    Intro by Nature Boys

    Outro by Swamp Ape
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Berry Madness with Meg

    Berry Madness with Meg
    Jun 10 2025

    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, the seasonal gig of "Cranberries", poison ivy on your junk, and becoming a law wizard when your former boss is trying to fuck you over.

    Intro by Nature Boys

    Outro by Liar Mute

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Angle Grinder, Kidney Stone, Oil Pan with Gabriela Farias and Emma Törzs

    Angle Grinder, Kidney Stone, Oil Pan with Gabriela Farias and Emma Törzs
    Jun 3 2025

    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 welder for Burning Man, trimming weed, and becoming a bio designer working with mycelium in the Netherlands. Not to mention her bad things come in threes story about an angle grinder to the face, a kidney stone at the Burn, and a ripped up oil pan whilst hauling DJ gear through the rain. Yehaw.

    Intro by Nature Boys

    Outro by The Mall
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    1 hr and 5 mins
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