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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Regular programming back Jan 6. Enjoy this weird little episode, i hope it sits comfortably like a big ol' plate of rice pudding, fruit soup, meat fondue, lefsa and pretzel salad (yes, this is the stuff I ate every Christmas my mom was alive. She made some weird stuff but it was fun) Love yall, see ya soon. <3Cat
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Cat & Katie sit in the squat palace and discuss being a god-squad ska keyboardist, living above a Pittsburgh pizza legend, becoming the accountant for the weird, learning about bolts and carpenter-ing, partyin' and falling through the sky in Europe, getting a stomach bug and floating down the Mississippi, denouncing college & christianity standing on a couch, taking your 8 month old baby on a crusty all-rain river trip, eating peanut butter naked on the house boat, breaking the glass ceiling at Bruegger's, buying multiple boats until finally making the dream come true of owning a punk rock marina.
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Lahar
Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
Cat & Alan are in Pittsburgh chatting about playing baseball, being Polish, figuring out that god is everywhere, being a crusty hippie, meeting your first PuNk, being a fruit & veggie co-op guy, moving to Albuquerque sleeping on the futon floor, house painting, getting cancer, and becoming totally dedicated to fighting death by incarceration & finding the humanity that's locked away.
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Close Prisons
Other music Weird Al, Russian MeatSquats, Birthday Party, Sugar Cubes
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Cat & Wes hang in Brooklyn and chat about a wild ass drug and rock n' roll child hood, skate ramp bedroom, being a lifeguard, cat sitting, working for peanuts in Bolivia, being an absolutely horrible breakfast waiter, "book selling", living in a homeless encampment, squatting in Oakland, punk shows on your bed, fighting old guys, feeding spaghetti to your dog, riding trains, spending all your money on tacos for your friend, having your mom quit for you, showing up to the fishing boat late, becoming an accomplished journalist and writer, and finding the career that doesn't exist.
Intro Nature Boys
Outro SemiHongo
Tuesday Nov 25, 2025
Tuesday Nov 25, 2025
Cat & Paulie sit in a park in Bushwick & chat about growing up in New Jersey, squatting in Philly and NYC, dog walkin', dumpstering pizza, carpentry, snow birdin', train ridin', hitchhikin', playing in punk bands, getting into sailing and squatting in boats, and TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED AND WHERE.
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Sub Rosa
other music by Beer Garden & Crybaby MacArthur thx to Remote Outposts blog
Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
Cat & Xristina are in Xristina's studio in Berlin chatting about doily jock straps, edible nipples, mycelium that eats plastic, clothing made out of mushrooms, larping, playforming, gaming, being an artist from a tiny Greek island, and figuring out how to outrun the plastic.
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Lazaro
Tuesday Nov 11, 2025
Tuesday Nov 11, 2025
Cat & Brandon chat about being a CaLiFoRnIaN turned prairie punk, harvesting wild rice, living out of a backpack, tanning hides, becoming an ethical landlord on accident, turning your attic into a climbing gym, slinging gems at the rock and gem shows, becoming a welder and fabricator, discovering Minneapolis, Battle Train, snow removal, making traditional drums, protest marching band, and dabbling in every damn thing you could ever even think of. Intro Nature Boys Outro Permanent Vacation
Tuesday Nov 04, 2025
Tuesday Nov 04, 2025
Cat & Michael chat mostly about puppetry and making art and being a creative weirdo in South Minneapolis!
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Soundtrack to BAAL (1970)
Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
Cat & Gina sit on the deck in Pittsburgh in July and chat about converting diesel buses to veggie oil, autonomous boat house community on the Mississippi, rescuing a famous painting from flood water, driving through a hurricane, controversial dog stories, working on the movies, boat robberies, intentional living on farmland, house painting, tour, and the hindsight to look back and see the special-ness of it all.
Intro by Nature Boys
Outro by Come Holy Spirit
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Cat & Big Dawg talk stealing at Micheal's, vet tech, having your clothes covered in shit at Fecal Manor, having your eye obliterated by a rubber bullet at a protest, building Ice Castles, driving Zamboni, Haunted Houses and general punk low livin' turned sober animal healing.
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Sneakin' Out