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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, f**k 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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Chilly Hawk: Ghost Town Clown

2026/10/01

Cat & Chilly are chillin on the Minnie Pearl in Pittsburgh at Diamond Beach chatting about the trappings of punkdom, working at a living history museum, exotic dancing, two stepping in circles, Texians and imaginal realms, moving into a ballpit full of cans, living with mystery dancing lights, learning that community is a long con, creating a road side attraction, the importance of different hats, selling tumbleweeds, being a train friend, learning softness and being down to clown till you're dead in the ground. Intro Nature Boys Outro Dusty Joy

A Chorus of Planets with Jonah

2026/09/22

Cat & Jonah are in the boat office at Diamond Beach chatting about growing up with a history buff father, going to arts highschool, the good old pager days, being a ninja juice commando, being a noisy night owl paper boy, being a suit kid, running away to Europe to escape a charge, creating a funky odd family as an 18 year old in Amsterdam, moving kids summer camp luggage for money, living in Thailand, returning to your root system, becoming engrossed in art and fabrication world, being in the rave scene, making a giant portrait out of used whip-its, partying with endangered cockroaches, becoming a literal tarot wizard, shedding the identity of drug and alcohol use, learning astrology and plugging into our collective story through therapy and astrology work. Intro Nature Boys Outro Matrix @blind_stallion_space_wizard for all your tarot & astrology needs

A Fondness for Bad Dogs with Gerty

2026/09/15

Cat & Gerty are on the Mississippi River chatting about being the straight edge roadie in Japan, running away to the big apple with yr skateboard, living under the radar, losing all your filters, going to carpentry school with dumpstered wood, barfing on villagers sandals in southeast Asia, having your motor problems solved through the power of flavor crystals, getting the boathouse for a $2 bill, and being forever grounded by living on the river. Intro Nature Boys Outro Uke of Phillips

Poppin' Off with Jess

2026/09/08

Cat & Jess are in South Minneapolis chatting about playing footsie with Mormon alt boys, discovering punk through Alkaline Trio, being a fellow myspace LoVeR, being an oldies radio dj and xeroxing their boobs, running away to Minneapolis to be a musician, writing a song for Red Bull, going on tour, making top dollar off poppers, accidentally c**k blocking, eating too many everclear cherries, moving to LA, doggy daycaring, being an extra in porn, wiping butts and caring for people, being an incredible schmoozer and only indulging in the right kind of cringe. Intro Nature Boys Outro Yoni Yum

Ripples, Rails, and Rivers with Bruce

2026/09/01

Cat and Bruce sit in camping chairs next to the mighty Mississippi River with the roaring cicadas for company and chat about being Pre-punk, marching in the '83 Mayday parade, apple harvest, dumpster diving, working with refugee populations in Thailand, moving to Laos, penpalling with Train Doc while helping formulate the most precious and coveted & Iconic CrEw ChAnGe, fighting against big hydropower in Southeast Asia, starting Black Butte Center for Railroad Culture from just a caboose in the woods, handling "right off the hill" trim scene oogle vibes, going on wacky river trips from the Mekong to the Mississippi for decades, and being as free range a punk as one can get. Intro Nature Boys Outro Charlie Parr

Allergic to Uniforms with Sandy

2026/08/25

Cat and Sandy are in North Minneapolis chatting about meeting on Earth day at age 17 in the suburbs outside Minneapolis, being a cool arts high school kid, working at the laundromat, being embarrassed by Dad's anniversary convertible, getting your mohawk revoked, finding nirvana fans on myspace, being a scenester, taking the census, having every classic millennial job, the apple store, American apparel, garage rock photographer, and frozen yogurt , bouncing between LA, SF, and MN, being in a punk band, getting gigs off craigslist, and finally taking screen printing serious becoming a truth lizard. Intro Nature Boys Outro Mika Miko

A Crafted Life with Amanda Lee

2026/08/18

Cat and Amanda are on the Mississippi River on a mosquito ridden sand dune chatting about growin up as a little weirdo near D.C., dodging lava cheese at Starbux, getting into trouble as a teen, becoming a wilderness therapy guide, making myspace friends, discovering the lesbian paradise of Kansas City, working at a Korean title firm, BEETS, being an underage bartender on probation, van/trailer/bus/truck life on the road for a decade, skiing accidents in Montana, buying a house, being too short for corn and too tall for blueberries, becoming a professional academic craftsperson without a bachelors degree, and having the courage to walk into the dark with your friends, knowing the end of the tunnel is always there. Intro Nature Boys Outro field recording of buds at beet harvest in 2018

The Joy of a Duck with Nope

2026/08/11

Cat and Nope are in the Bronx in New York City chatting about being an incubator baby, discovering DIY through dirt jumps in the woods, growing up as their mother's favorite person, being a sponsored child at riding on boards sideways, realizing there is money in dumpsters, painting houses, working at Pendleton, never trusting a lurker, working beets, becoming an old timey gutter yuppy, learning earth skills in the desert, riding TRAINS (duh), getting a Jetta off of Scruff, working for Big Motor, learning survival astrology, navigating the nuances of good old boy work places, workin' on trash trucks, becoming a marine mechanic, and living the boat dreams one hole in the hull at a time. Intro Nature Boys Outro Cloud Rat

A Platter of Portals with Mary Mack

2026/08/04

Cat & Mary are in Pittsburgh chatting about being a child in Texas, drawing nature at a young age, discovering punk through Sassy magazine, having punk pen pals, letterpress printing, moving to Germany, being a radio DJ, booking DIY cutie pie music for years, becoming a prolific printmaker, working at a book store, moving to Canada, and experiencing work as a "mezze platter" of creative and satisfying gigs. Intro Nature Boys Outro Zeitgeist

No New Episode, Still on the River, Tune in Next Week

2026/07/28

Hey! If this publishes it means I got nothing for ya this week. Sorry babes! Return for a scheduled pod episode next Tuesday ! -Cat

Seeds in the Smoke Stacks with DJ Desert Rat

2026/07/21

Cat & DJ Desert Rat are in Pittsburgh chatting about being a high school drop out, being a queer non binary egg, living in a "lighthouse town", living in "Indyucky", working for your mom at Whimsy, touring Europe as a teenager, using book your own f*****g life, getting arrested for byrning fl@gs, painting the KFC, becoming the victim of the war machine's poison boomerang effect, and responding to the new need that came from becoming disabled by becoming a psychologist and therapist Intro Nature Boys Outro Banquet Years

Leading with Curiosity with Hibs

2026/07/14

Cat & Hibs are in Pittsburgh chatting about having absent parents, accidentally working leatherwork sewing for a naz* motorcycle gang, being an under tatted punk able to drift in and out of different circles, getting pregnant, having a traumatizing young adulthood, riding trains out West, gathering skills on your tool belt, trying to marry a Canadian, weed world, developing kinship networks and always having a culture shifting agenda, trying to show your neighbors they're actually social*st, running a non profit of goats, being an adventure punk, getting paid to lurk, watching out for the culture cops, and always leading with curiosity. Intro Nature Boys Outro Chevrolet Pile

Happy Being Nowhere with Dan Nowhere

2026/07/07

Cat & Dan Nowhere are in his "trash shack in trash woods" hidden amongst the leaves chatting about being from a disc jockey family, having to try to sweet talk the cops, surviving Catholicism, getting caught skating, getting sucked into trick of private art school, working at ROSS Dress for Less, DIY shows in Portland, animal liberation activism, almost dying on yr bike, riding trains in the States AND Australia, having way too many hobbies, becoming mesmerized by squat culture, dissecting lies your teacher told you, and finding space, home, and a challenging but fulfilling work environment through landscaping in the sky with chainsaws. Intro Nature Boys Outro Crimpshrine

New York City Fashion Freaks with Tilly J Lapidos

2026/06/30

Cat & Tilly are in Bushwick on the backroom couch at Vers chatting about Tilly's experiences growing up working Beatles Fest for their parents, being a theatre kid in Jersey, having a Burner sibling with two crazy buses, working for a magazine before even starting college, having homo erotic hockey player wrestling neighbors, having the one crazy house by all the frats, going to fashion week, creating one of a kind transcendent fashion collections, getting fired from Beacon's Closet for some b.s., getting to know the party / club kid scene in NYC, being told to design problematic socks, and creating a dream store bringing community together to clothe itself. Intro Nature Boys Outro Deadname

The True Meaning of Hobo with Fox

2026/06/23

Cat & Fox are in Pittsburgh chatting about playing on the railroad tracks, having a punkle Steve, gettin peed on cuz jellyfish, turning from a Korn head into a punker, knowing how to find punks, being anti-car but hitchhiking incessantly, riding trains all over the place, doing porn, having scary pot farm experiences, meeting multiple wizards, herb school, surviving being the "token queer", being a gargoyle, planning a retirement community for punks and weirdos, and learning the true meaning of the word hobo. Intro Nature Boys Outro Burning Kitchen

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4.9 out of 5

47 reviews

★★★★★

Corncobgooddog 2026/09/02

Big fan

I’ve listened to every episode and I freaking love it. Interesting people with great stories and the casual back and forth style without like scriptin...

★★★★★

m. mcgovern 2026/09/01

Love this podcast!

Honestly Im so often inspired by the host and guests of this podcast. Keep up the great work!

★★★★★

AprilleT 2026/08/03

Awesome

First heard Punk Chores when Cat interviewed Cindy Crabb. Been listening ever since. Always an interesting chat with punks, weirdos, freaks and punk a...

★★★★★

The Inner Few 2026/04/21

Great show!

Show is a great confluence where punk and personal stories meet! Had to have a creator like this in our city!

★★★★★

CatsForHands 2026/03/04

Skilled story tellers telling great stories

This is a podcast made by someone who is really great at telling stories and great at helping others share their stories. It is often funny, sometimes...

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