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. 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.
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Episodes
7 days ago
7 days ago
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
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Tuesday 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
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Tuesday Jun 03, 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
Tuesday May 27, 2025
Tuesday May 27, 2025
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, fighting over Ice Logs, the tough job of being a friend boss over yr friends, med studies (yet again) & a lil cave talk.
I am soooooooorry about the weird AI voice editing I had to use to save this recording. I really hope it is tolerable.
Intro by Nature Boys
Outro by Granite
Tuesday May 20, 2025
Tuesday May 20, 2025
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 by Nature Boys
Outro by God Equals Genocide
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Tuesday 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
Tuesday May 06, 2025
Tuesday May 06, 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
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday 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.
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
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, frenetic hobbies and the beautiful wholesome friendships that make it all worthwhile.
Music by Breakaway