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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
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Episodes
  • The Mouse in the Lard Jar with Bryan May

    The Mouse in the Lard Jar with Bryan May
    May 13 2025

    Bryan May , Bryan's babbling baby, and Cat Raia ramble about the Portlandification of our country, grieving dead friends, whether the kids are indeed "alright", squats, punk houses, mutual aid, sleeping in closets, viral patches, drinking pee for fun and for survival, and the true story/ urban legend of the mouse in the lard jar.

    First half of the episode has an awake baby, second half, white noise machine and a napping baby.

    Intro by Nature Boys

    Outro by Bagheera

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Barrel Rafts, Oogles, and Freezers Full of Elk Blood with Slim Flip

    Barrel Rafts, Oogles, and Freezers Full of Elk Blood with Slim Flip
    May 6 2025

    APOLOGIES TO THE PEOPLE WHO DOWNLOADED MY JANKY ACCIDENTAL POD DRAFT & also apologies for some of the volume inconsistencies.

    Listen to Cat & Flip discuss freight train riding, floating on the Mississippi on homemade rafts, oogle livin' and the most disgusting dump run ever.

    intro by Nature Boys

    outro by Mischief Brew
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode 1: Being a Labrat for Top Dollar with Emma Törzs

    Episode 1: Being a Labrat for Top Dollar with Emma Törzs
    Apr 28 2025

    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. Hijinks ensue.

    Intro music by Nature Boys.
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    56 mins

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