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Punk Chores

Cat Raia
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Punk Culture
Hustling In Punk Culture
Unconventional Jobs
Minneapolis
Asheville, United States
Guatemala
Community Living
Travel
Minneapolis, United States
Clinical Trials
DIY Punk
Brooklyn
New Orleans, United States
Biohazard Cleanup
Anarchism
Quetzaltenango (sheila)
Santa Domingo, Guatemala
Tattooing

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 ... more

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Latest Episodes

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... more

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 y... more

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 priv... more

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... more

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Recent Guests

Hillary Hibs
Guest; also identifies as Hibs during the interview
Community organizer; Goatscape leader
Episode: Leading with Curiosity with Hibs
Dan Nowhere
Guest host and guest on this episode
Freight-train rider, arborist-in-training
Episode: Happy Being Nowhere with Dan Nowhere
Tilly J. Lapidos
Designer and founder of Vers, cancer-inflected fabric upcycler, community spaces advocate
Vers Clothing for People / Vers BKNYC
Episode: New York City Fashion Freaks with Tilly J Lapidos
Doug Douger Dugger
New friend of the host, longtime punk and firefighter in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Fire Department
Episode: Arson in the Firehouse with Douger
Morgan P.
Minneapolis-based punk veteran with extensive DIY and touring background
Episode: You've Come a Long Way, Baby with Morgan P
Theresia Maria
Guest sharing her life story, sex work experience, and activism
Episode: Small Pain for Big Take with Theresia Maria
Kung Fu Jimmy
Friend in Kansas City featured on the episode
Independently active punk/artist
Episode: Grinding Organs with Kung Fu Jimmy
Katie Krulock
Nurse, photographer, and cancer survivor who was introduced as a nurse on the show
Nursing profession (ICU nurse, ER nurse)
Episode: Surviving in this Meat Suit with Katie Krulock
Kyle (Tron Kyle)
Musician and performance artist known as Emotron/Horse Breakfast
Horse Breakfast/Emotron
Episode: Magic Piss Breakfast with Kyle The Emotron

Host

Cat Raia
Host of Punk Chores; creator and main interviewer; central figure of the show

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 44 ratings
  • Great show!

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

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    The Inner Few
    United States3 months ago
  • 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 sad and harrowing, but never dull. The folks involved have strong ethical and aesthetic perspectives on how they want to live in the world, and it’s inspiring to hear these oral histories and deeply personal tales from humans trying to exist as humans within and against an inhumane and disempowering context.

    Trust me, stranger. It's great! You... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    CatsForHands
    United States5 months ago
  • Very great!

    Very great, good for the soul.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Eve(Berlin)
    Germanya year ago

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Listeners praise the show for honest storytelling and ethical, aesthetic perspectives on living with punk ideals.
The content is described as soul-nourishing and consistently engaging for fans of DIY culture.
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New York City Fashion Freaks with Tilly J Lapidos
Q: How did your early family background influence your path in fashion and community spaces?
Tilly describes Beetlefest and family involvement as a blueprint for melding performance, fashion, and community, which later evolved into her drive to create inclusive, hands-on spaces where designers can work collectively.
Happy Being Nowhere with Dan Nowhere
Q: How did you first get drawn into punk and activism?
The guest describes early exposure to DIY shows, a transition from being bullied in high school to finding community through skateboarding and punk, and then getting involved in animal rights and anti-war activism through campus and local networks.
Seeds in the Smoke Stacks with DJ Desert Rat
Q: What did being a punk look like for you during your adolescence?
It involved skateboarding, forming bands, and DIY shows, plus a stubborn rejection of mainstream norms, all driven by a desire to live authentically and on my own terms.
Still an Entity with Nikki
Q: How did you get into driving taxis, and what was that like?
She describes transitioning from hair to taxi dispatching in Asheville for steady income, sharing chaotic but memorable calls and the punk community that formed around the cab scene.
Still an Entity with Nikki
Q: What were your first jobs?
Nikki explains starting in the beauty industry as a hairstylist and later moving into independent contracting, highlighting how those early jobs shaped her skillset and career trajectory.

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What is Punk Chores about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A candid, culture-forward show centered on punk DIY life, community, and the myriad ways people make art, organize, and hustle outside traditional careers. Across conversations, hosts and guests trade intimate stories—from traveling by freight trains to operating DIY venues, running mutual-aid projects, and navigating health, housing, and work—highlighting resilience, humor, and subculture solidarity. Notable elements include a strong emphasis on mutual aid, nontraditional career paths, and the tension between punk ethics and mainstream systems, making it appealing to listeners who crave personal narratives, cultural critique, and behind-the-scenes looks at subcultures in motion. The format tends to pair long-form storytelling with reflecti... more

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Recent guests on Punk Chores include:

1. Hillary Hibs
2. Dan Nowhere
3. Tilly J. Lapidos
4. Doug Douger Dugger
5. Morgan P.
6. Theresia Maria
7. Kung Fu Jimmy
8. Katie Krulock

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