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The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 64 with Kendra SheetzThis week we sir down with the amazing Kendra Sheetz! Kendra is a Chicago-based writer, photographer, and music lover. She owns and operates Bad Copy - a music site which covers Punk, Indie, Hardcore, and Alt bands. She runs a small PR company called Type A Promo, which aims to spread the word about amazing up-and-coming Punk bands. And she is the co-host of the enough. Podcast which discusses the darker side of the music industry, specifically abuse, assault, and harassment. She also spends her free time exploring and photographing abandoned structures across the country. Lea...
2023-04-1449 min
The Adulting Well PodcastIan MacKayeThis week we sit down with Ian MacKaye. Ian MacKaye! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-03-2346 min
The Adulting Well PodcastBrooks HarlanThis wee we have a wonderful conversation with War On Women's Brooks Harlan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-03-1747 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 61 with Daniel SeaThis week have a wonderful talk with Daniel Sea.Daniel Sea (he/they) is a trans non-binary actor, musician and artist. Sea has worked in film, theater and TV series. They played the first recurring transmasculine role on television, appearing from 2006-2009 as Max in Showtime’s The L Word. In 2022, he revised his role as Max for the current iteration of the L Word: Generation Q. They acted in films such as John Cameron Mitchell’s “Shortbus”, and Barbara Albert’s film “The Dead and The Living/Die Lebenden.”As a concept...
2023-03-0950 min
The Adulting Well PodcastMatt KreutzThis week with sit down with Matt Kreutz, the founder of Firebrand bread. Matt founded Firebrand with the goal of making a positive impact on his community by hiring homeless and previously incarcerated people. Firebrand was born out of Matt Kreutz's determination to make the best damn bread possible while building a business that helps people. His first job in a bakery at the age of 14. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-03-0247 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 59 with J. RobbinsNote from Pepper: This episode is special for me. J Robbins is my favorite producer and I never in a million years thought I would get the chance to have a conversation with him. Yay!Robbins began his career as a bassist for Government Issue, and has also led five of his own bands: Jawbox, Rollkicker Laydown, Burning Airlines, Channels, and Office of Future Plans. He was a touring bassist for Scream and played bass on the debut 7" from Jack Potential, which was issued by DeSoto Records in 1993. More recently he played bass in Report Suspicious Activity with Vic B...
2023-02-2350 min
The Adulting Well PodcastKim ColettaThis week we sit down with the amaizing Kim Coletta! Kim bought her first bass from David Grubbs (Squirrelbait, Bastro, Gastr del Sol) when they both attended college in Washington, DC. After graduating, much to her father's chagrin, she started Jawbox with J. Robbins and Adam Wade. Shortly after, Coletta founded DeSoto Records to put out Edsel and early Jawbox material. Although Jawbox took a long hiatus starting in 1997, they reunited in 2018 and have since toured the U.S. and Europe. All told, the band has played around 700 live shows. Coletta works as a fifth-grade English teacher when she's...
2023-02-1654 min
The Adulting Well PodcastZach BarocasThis week we sit down with the amazing Zach Barocas. Zach is best known for his drumming in Jawbox, The Up On In, and BELLS≥. He is currently at work composing material for his latest project, New Freedom Sound. Since 2001, he has served as editor and publisher of The Cultural Society, a primarily-poetry micropress. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, where they own a stationery store called Measure Twice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-0954 min
The Adulting Well PodcastGordon WithersThis week Kevin and Pepper talk with Gordon Withers! Gordon is a Post-Punk Cellist residing in the suburbs of Washington, DC. He plays cello with the J. Robbins Band, New Freedom Sound, Betwixt, and many others. He is best known for his cello tribute albums including Jawbreaker on Cello, Dark Side of the Moon on Cello, and Jawbox on Cello. In his “adulting” time he has a career in the tech industry helping nonprofits make strategic technology choices. Gordon became a hot sauce addict during the pandemic. https://www.gordonwithers.com/ Learn more about y...
2023-02-0247 min
The Adulting Well PodcastJon WursterThis week we sit down the amazing Jon Wurster! Jon is an American drummer and comedy writer. As a musician, he is best known for his work with Superchunk, the Mountain Goats, and Bob Mould.He is also known for appearing on The Best Show with Tom Scharpling. He's recorded and performed live with Jay Farrar, Ben Gibbard, Robert Pollard, Katy Perry, The New Pornographers, Rocket from the Crypt, Alejandro Escovedo, and R.E.M! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-2656 min
The Adulting Well PodcastMitch HobbsMitch was the mystery 2nd Guitar player on Jawbreaker Dear You tour. He's also a husband, father, and one of the nicest guys we know. Mitch talks about growing up in a Central Valley conservative house, hiding your devil music records, and answering the age old question: Who's that guy next to Blake? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-1953 min
The Adulting Well PodcastBrandon ChadwickBrandon began interviewing survivors of narcissistic and domestic abuse on his podcast, Narcissist Apocalypse in 2019, I began interviewing survivors of narcissistic and domestic abuse on my podcast, Narcissist Apocalypse. In that time, he’s published over 120 survivor stories, interviewed countless experts in the field, from therapists, to lawyers, to domestic violence advocates and agencies. Allowing his guests the space to tell their own story is unique in the podcast world of over the top interviewers. Brandon grew up in Toronto, Canada and loves all things punk. His show is the perfect example of DIY ethics and...
2023-01-1255 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 52 with Rich EganThis week we sit down with Rich Egan, founder of Vagrant Records, to talk about managing Jawbreaker in a pandemic, running a record label, being a young skater in Santa Monica, and much, much more!
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2022-03-2055 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 51 with Blake SchwarzenbachThis week we welcome Blake Schwarzenbach back to the show to talk about the pandemic, writing, the craziness of the past five years, Jawbreaker, and more!
Blake Schwarzenbach is an American musician. He is the singer and guitarist of Jawbreaker, and was also a member of Jets to Brazil, The Thorns of Life, and forgetters. He is known as the godfather of emo.
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2021-10-301h 00
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 50 with Kira RoesslerThis week we sit down for an amazing conversation with Kira Roessler.
Kira Roessler is a musician, singer, and two-time Emmy Award-winning dialogue editor. She is perhaps best known as the bassist for the influential hardcore punk band Black Flag during the 1980s.
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2021-10-2253 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 49 with A.C. ThompsonSeason 5 kicks off with our friend A.C. Thompson joining us once again. A lot has happened since the last time he was on. Covid, BLM Protests, The United States capitol attack... A lot. We talk about it all! A.C. Thompson is a staff reporter with ProPublica. His stories, which often examine the criminal justice system, have helped lead to the exoneration of two innocent San Francisco men sentenced to life in prison and the prosecution of seven New Orleans police officers. In addition to working as a print and web journalist, Thompson has reported extensively...
2021-10-1757 min
The Adulting Well PodcastBonus Episode! Death By IncarcerationDeath By Incarceration is a show about life behind bars. The USA is the only nation where a minor can be sentenced to die by incarceration before turning 18. A minor can’t vote, can’t serve in the military, can’t drink or smoke, but they CAN go to prison for the rest of their lives. Each week, hosts Luis "Suave" Gonzalez (Suave podcast/released lifer) and Kevin McCracken (Adulting Well podcast) will be joined by law-makers, community leaders, and the incarcerated as they shed light on institutions that viciously target and harm marginalized communities. From Crawlspace Media and DBI Me...
2021-06-081h 01
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 48 with Jackson Galaxy Popularly known as “The Cat Daddy,” Jackson Galaxy is the host and executive producer of Animal Planet's long running hit show “My Cat From Hell.” Jackson, an animal advocate and cat behavior and wellness expert, is also a two-time New York Times best-selling author with more than 25 years of experience working with cats and their guardians. He is on a mission to educate people about cats and deepen the human and cat bond, while reducing the number of animals that end up in shelters. Long before Jackson was known as “The Cat Daddy,” the working...
2021-01-251h 01
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 47 with Laurie RuettimannLaurie began her career began in 1995 as an HR assistant for Leaf Candy Company, providing operations assistance and recruiting services for an hourly workforce in a manufacturing environment that was heavily unionized and staffed with immigrants from war-torn Bosnia. Since those glorious days, she’s worked at Monsanto, Alberto-Culver, Kemper Insurance (out of business), and Pfizer. Even as her title and compensation grew, she hated her job. She became a writer, speaker, and podcaster as a result of the heartbreak and outrage she experienced throughout her corporate career. While she loves calling out boorish behavior, she is de...
2021-01-1856 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 46 with Ferris Plock & Kelly TunstallTwo people able to paint like one, especially for an extensive period of time is a rare thing indeed. For over a decade Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock have been presenting elaborate stories of earthly conditions through mischievous characters representative of both their individual and collective imagination. While often playful in appearance, the sprawling, interwoven tapestries provide a more surreal glance into the intersection of dreams belonging to a soundly bonded couple, both creatively and emotionally. An ever-evolving dialogue between beauties and beasts and masculine and feminine, KEFE World is a chromatically vibrant place where fantasy is reality and...
2021-01-111h 08
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 45 with Jesse TownleyJesse grew up in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia. Upon discovering HC punk, he fully immersed himself in the mid-/late-'80s scene. He founded Philly Zine and moved to a squat at 51st and Baltimore in West Philly. By the late '80s he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he sang for acclaimed (and often chaotic) bands such as Blatz, The Gr'ups, The Criminals, and The Frisk. He was an elected member of the Berkeley Rent Board, he's run a record label, and much, much more! Too much to cover in one episode, tha...
2021-01-041h 14
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 44 with Amy Miller Amy Miller was one of Comedy Central’s “Up Next” comics for 2018, and was a breakout favorite in Season 9 of Last Comic Standing. Her Comedy Central Presents set has been viewed over 3 million times on Youtube and Facebook. She was also a featured comic on Viceland's Flophouse. On Last Comic Standing, Keenen Ivory Wayans said she had one of the “fiercest jokes he had ever heard.” Originally from the East Bay, Amy found her comedy chops in Oakland and is still a regular at the SF Punch Line and Cobb’s Comedy Club. Her material is personal, political, and 100...
2020-12-281h 04
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 43 with Terrie SamundraTerrie Samundra is a Director and Screenwriter whose debut feature KAALI KHUHI, a Netflix Original, was released internationally in October 2020. Samundra's short films ICE CREAM WALLAH, KUNJO and A SHORT TALE OF XUAN, have screened in film festivals internationally garnering accolades. She is a Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab alumna, a SFFILM/Kenneth Rainin Screenwriting fellow and alumna of the Sundance Women in Film Finance Lab. She has written extensively with her creative partner David Walter Lech on the screenplays KAALI KHUHI, WOMAN ON THE HILL, BETAMAX, WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY, and the episodic series THE BALLAD OF POO...
2020-12-211h 07
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 42 with Jane Kim Jane Kim served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing a diverse district in San Francisco, including the lowest-income residents and the wealthiest zip code in the City. Further, she represented a district absorbing close to 80% of all residential and commercial development in San Francisco. She is a member and top voter getter for San Francisco Democratic Party Committee in 2016 and 2020. Her landmark initiatives include leading San Francisco to be the first city in the nation to make Community College tuition-free for all residents; the Fair Chance Act (removing unnecessary barriers to em...
2020-12-141h 15
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 41 with Golden Bull Owners Mark Lynn, Jason Beebout, and Bill SchneiderOwning a bar during COVID: This week we talk past and present punk with Golden Bull Owners Mark Lynn, Jason Beebout, and Bill Schneider. Mark Lynn moved to Oakland in 1994. In addition to co-owning The Golden Bull, he also co-owns Bay Functional Fitness, a health, fitness, and wellness company. Bands: Dead Sound (with Bill), Dear County, and Arrica Rose and the …’s Bill Schneider moved to The Bay Area in 1987 from Santa Monica. Bands: Sawhorse. Monsula, Pinhead Gunpowder, Uranium 9v, Influents, Dead Sound, Coverups. Music stores: Black Market, Univibe, Univibe Drums, Broken Guitars. Currently: Touring...
2020-12-071h 00
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 40 with Chuck GoshertWhen Black Athletes drummer Rob Haight took him to see Black Flag at The Farm in 1984, Chuck knew he had found a home in the punk scene. In 1986 he started Poultry Magic with Benicia High pals Paul Curran, Cliff Helmholtz and Skot Pelkey, and lived the East Bay punk dream of playing Gilman for the first time in 1987. Through the 1980s and 1990s he went on to start or join a number of bands (including early Lookout band Monsula), worked security, live sound and the store at Gilman, and finally finished college after 7 years. He moved to Indiana to get a PhD in...
2020-11-231h 10
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 39 with Christian PiccioliniChristian Picciolini is an award-winning television producer, a public speaker, author, peace advocate, and a former violent extremist. After leaving the hate movement he helped create during his youth in the 1980s and 90s, he began the painstaking process of making amends and rebuilding his life. Christian went on to earn a degree in international relations from DePaul University and launched Goldmill Group, a counter‑extremism consulting and digital media firm. In 2016, he won an Emmy Award for producing an anti‑hate advertising campaign aimed at helping people disengage from extremism. Christian’s life since leaving the white‑...
2020-11-161h 08
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 38 with Cheyenne LoveCheyenne is the founder of Queer Wave Coffee. She is an industry legend who has been in the coffee industry for almost two decades.
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2020-11-091h 09
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 37 with Anna MerlanAnna Merlan is a New Mexico-born, Los Angeles-based journalist, specializing in subcultures, alternative communities, conspiracy theories, crime, belief, death, sexual violence and women’s lives. She is currently a reporter on the Features desk at VICE. She was previously a reporter at the Special Projects Desk, an investigative division within Gizmodo Media Group, a senior reporter at Jezebel, and a staff writer at the Village Voice and the Dallas Observer. Her work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, BBC Travel, Topic, and on the op-ed page of the New York Times. She has been accused of being both a li...
2020-11-021h 05
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 36 with Maggie FrelengMaggie Freleng is the host and producer of “Unjust & Unsolved” a popular new podcast about wrongful convictions. Formerly a Producer-at-Large for NPR’s Latino USA, she is an Adjunct Professor at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. She was an NPR Next Generation Radio fellow, mentor and 2019 Ford Foundation “50 Women Can Change the World in Journalism” fellow. Maggie was also a TV documentary host for VICE and Oxygen’s “The Disappearance of Maura Murray.”
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2020-10-261h 00
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 35 with Adam MyattAdam Myatt a.k.a. The Cat Man of West Oakland is not your normal crazy cat lady. After taking photos of West Oakland’s feral cat population for about a year, he found a litter of kittens that would change his life… The kittens would lead him to Ann Dunn, the founder of non-profit organization Cat Town. That meeting led Adam, Ann, and everyone in the Cat Town team, to open the Cat Town Cafe & Adoption Center… the first cat cafe, and open colony adoption center in the USA! Cat Town has had an amazing success in it’s e...
2020-10-191h 08
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 34 with Megan Lynn KottMegan has been working as a professional illustrator since 2006. In addition to creating beautiful watercolor pet portraits and traveling the craft fair circuit - Megan designs graphics, illustrations, and textiles for a variety of clients including Chronicle Books, Maximum Fun, Meowbox, and Tea Collection. When she isn't painting cats, she enjoys looking at animals in predicaments, drinking coffee, and sitting on her porch when the weather is pleasant. In addition to being an artist, she is a lifelong cat lover - her first word was "kitty." Her current work is created in Milwaukee, WI alongside her husband and 3 mischievous...
2020-10-1259 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 33 with Joseph Gervasi Joseph A. Gervasi's youthful punk projects included The Cabbage Collective,NO LONGER A FANzine, Philly Zine, and The Orgasmic Toilet Band. Non-punk later projects include Exhumed Films (www.ExhumedFilms.com) and his business, Diabolik DVD (www.DiabolikDVD.com). Joseph co-conceived The Valerie Project with Greg Weeks. It was a live musical accompaniment to the 1970 Czech New Wave film Valerie and Her Week of Wonders. Live performances were held in Philadelphia, MoMA in NYC, Jarvis Cocker's Meltdown Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in London, and around North America. A...
2020-10-051h 09
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 32 with Hannah ShawThis week we have a great conversation with Hannah Shaw. Hannah is a kitten rescuer, humane educator, and New York Times bestselling author who has dedicated her life to finding innovative ways to protect animals. Her project, Kitten Lady, strives to create global change in the way we perceive and treat the tiniest and most vulnerable felines. http://www.kittenlady.org/
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2020-09-281h 16
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 31 with Blake Schwarzenbach (recast)We're celebrating finally getting the whole Jawbreaker trio on the show by recasting our Chris and Blake episodes. Enjoy.
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2020-09-221h 15
The Adulting Well PodcastREPOST: Episode 7 with Chris BauermeisterKevin and Joshua sit down with Chris Bauermeister (Jawbreaker) to talk about getting into punk music, toy stores, tattoos, mental health, his work at the Thurston County Food Bank, and a lot more.
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2020-09-141h 12
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 30 with Adam PfahlerThis week sit down with Adam Pfahler to talk about his first bass guitar, drumming, covid, Jawbreaker, and much, much more!
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2020-09-071h 14
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 29 with Dan O'MahonyThis week we sit down with Dan O'Mahony. Dan is a musician, writer, and political activist from Orange County, California. He is currently the singer for Shiners Club, and the Host of Dan O Says so, a video interview show featuring guests from the punk community. (which Kevin highly recommends) Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxpct260T9e11WnmGtBlIA In the 1980s, O’Mahony was the lead singer for hardcore straight edge band No For An Answer (NFAA). The band is credited with being one of the cornerstones of the straight edge move...
2020-08-301h 10
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 28 with Janelle HessigJanelle Blarg (otherwise known as Janelle Hessig) is a Bay Area writer, cartoonist, and humorist, best known for her contributions to small press and punk communities. Janelle's Tales of Blarg helped define east bay punk fanzines in the '90s and beyond. Cartoonist, writer, riot grrrl muse, and one-woman laff factory, Janelle's work can be found in subversive materials hidden under your mattress or hung on your shitty teenage bedroom wall. She's been a touring drummer, a pop culture journalist, and the marketing director for Last Gasp. Her work has appeared in comics ant...
2020-08-101h 00
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 27 with Christian Joy and Jason GrisellThis week we sit down with Christian Joy and Jason Grisell, probably the two coolest people we have ever talked to.
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2020-08-0353 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 26 with Ian MacKayeThis week we sit down with Ian MacKaye.
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2020-07-271h 15
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 25 with Dave from DopeyThis we week have a great conversation with Dave from Dopey podcast. Dopey is an American self-help and comedy podcast about personal experiences of substance abuse and addiction. The show is anonymously hosted by Dave, a recovering addict based in New York City, and was formerly co-hosted by Chris, a fellow addict and graduate student from Boston, Massachusetts. Dave has described the show as being about "drugs, addiction, and other dumb shit." Initially conceived as a show about the humorous side of addiction, specifically excluding stories about recovery, the focus has changed over time, especially...
2020-06-2959 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 24 with Daryle Lamont JenkinsThis week we welcome back Daryle Lamont Jenkins to talk about the anti-facist movement, One People's Project, we live stream the President's empty concert, ask "why now?", and, much, much more. https://onepeoplesproject.com/
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2020-06-2258 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 23 with Chris SharyThis week have a wonderful conversation with artist Chris Shary. This Northern California drama teacher is one of the most prolific punk rock artists since Raymond Pettibon. He has most recently worked with artist such as 7 Seconds, Teenage Bottlerocket, and Old Man Markley, but most importantly, Chris Shary has been the go-to artist for Descendents/ALL since 1991. Shary might not have invented the Milo logo, but in his long run with the band, he has made it into something all his own while staying true to its original spirit. We chat with Shary from his Stockton, Calif...
2020-06-151h 08
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 22 with Megan March and John No (STREET EATERS)This week we sat down with Megan March and John No from the band STREET EATERS. STREET EATERS are a truewave/punk band from Berkeley, CA. Active since 2008, they have extensively toured North America and Europe with bands like SCREAMING FEMALES and FORGETTERS, playing everything from steamy midwest basements and smoke-filled Serbian squats to four experimental/ambient sets at the Portland Art Museum and multiple nights at the Fillmore Ballroom supporting JAWBREAKER. They have released several EPs and three well-received full length albums on both continents, including their most recent LP The Envoy - a concept album based...
2020-06-011h 06
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 21 with Dunstan Bruce (Chumbawamba)This week we sit down with Dunstan Bruce. Dunstan is an English musician and filmmaker who is perhaps best known for his work with Leeds-based anarcho-pop band Chumbawamba, of which he was a founding member.
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2020-05-211h 12
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 20 with James TracyThis week we sit down with No Fascist USA author James Tracy. James is an author from the San Francisco Bay Area specializing in cities, hidden histories and social movements. He is the co-founder of the San Francisco Community Land Trust and is active with Jobs With Justice. Tracy also is an adjunct Instructor in the Labor & Community Studies Department of City College of San Francisco. https://jamestracybooks.org/
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2020-05-1256 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 19 with Crystal MoselleThis week we had an amazing conversation with filmmaker Crystal Moselle. Cyrstal is a New York based director best known for her Sundance, Grand Jury Prize award winning documentary, The Wolfpack. In the past she was a producer on the critically acclaimed documentary film, Excavating Taylor Mead. In the last decade she has been working with short-form storytelling for publications such as Vice, Nowness and The New York Times, where she created a series called "Something Big, Something Small," featuring talent such as Pharrell Williams and Shepard Fairey. Later collaborations with Pharrell included, “Meet the Bae’s,” a series profil...
2020-05-0558 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 18 with Dani Burlison Dani Burlison is the creator/editor/author of “All of Me: Stories of Love, Anger and the Female Body” (PM Press, 2019), “Dendrophilia and Other Social Taboos: True Stories,” a collection of essays which first appeared in her McSweeney's Internet Tendency column of the same name, and the “Lady Parts” zine series (available at Pioneers Press). Her short story collection “Some Places Worth Leaving” will be published by Tolsun Books in February 2020. Dani has been a staff writer at a Bay Area alt-weekly, a book reviewer for Los Angeles Review and a regular contributor at Yes! Magazine...
2020-04-2846 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 17 with James Spooner This week we sit down with James Spooner. James owns and operates Monocle Tattoo. Being a vegan for over twenty years, he pioneered a vegan tattoo procedure in Los Angeles in order to be consistent with his politics and lifestyle. He describes himself as a pretty literal tattooer. “I’d be happy tattooing portraits, pictures of animals, and pretty ladies all day everyday”. One of his favorite things about tattooing is challenging clients to be more creative with their ideas. “You want a song lyric? Let’s illustrate the song instead! You want a bible ve...
2020-04-2054 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 16 with Matt NathansonThis week we have a great talk with Matthew Adam Nathanson. Matt is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock and roll music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic and electric guitar, and has played both solo and with a full band. His work includes the platinum-selling song "Come On Get Higher". https://mattnathanson.com/
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2020-04-131h 00
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 15 with Michelle Cruz GonzalesMichelle Cruz Gonzales was born in East LA in 1969 but grew up in Tuolumne, a tiny California Gold Rush town. She started her first band in that small town at the age of fifteen and moved to San Francisco two years later. She played drums and wrote lyrics for three bands during the 1980s and 1990s: Bitch Fight, Spitboy, and Instant Girl. Michelle is the author of The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band
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2020-04-0553 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 15 with Father Greg BoyleThis week we did something a little different. We interviewed Father Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries. While he is not a grown-up punk kid, he is a grown-up we respect on many levels. His lifetime commitment to helping people who are in the margins is truly an inspiration. Big thanks to Father Greg for coming on! We hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed the interview. In the face of law enforcement tactics and criminal justice policies of suppression and mass incarceration as the means to end gang violence, Father Greg and parish and...
2019-06-1939 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 14 with Ella Bass This week we talk to Ella Bass about being on Top Chef, playing football, and much much more. Ella Bass is a student, chef, and athlete. She appeared in Season 2 of Top Chef Junior and lives in Philadelphia, PA with her family.
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2019-04-2922 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 13 with Miriam Klein StahlThis week we talk to Bay Area artist Miriam Klein Stahl about punk rock, teaching, resistance art, and much, much more. Miriam Klein Stahl is an artist, educator and activist and the New York Times-bestselling illustrator of Rad American Women A-Z and Rad Women Worldwide. In addition to her work in printmaking, drawing, sculpture, paper-cut and public art, she is also the co-founder of the Arts and Humanities Academy at Berkeley High School where she’s taught since 1995. As an artist, she follows in a tradition of making socially relevant work, creating portraits of political ac...
2019-04-0954 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 12 with Patrick O’NeilPatrick O’Neil is the author of the memoir: GUN, NEEDLE, SPOON (Dzanc Books, 2015), and another version in France under the title HOLD-UP (13e Note Editions, 2013). His writing has appeared in numerous publications including: Juxtapoz, Salon, The Weeklings, The Fix, After Party Magazine, The Nervous Breakdown, and Razorcake.
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2019-04-0357 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 11 with Daryle Lamont JenkinsOn this episode Kevin and Joshua sit down with Daryle Lamont Jenkins and talk about punk, fighting Nazis, his work with One People's Project, Antifa, and much, much more.
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2019-03-0557 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 10 with Gabe MelineThis week we sit down with Gabe Meline to talk about writing zines, booking Green Day in High School, the Sonoma county fires, and more!
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2019-02-2656 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 9 with A.C. ThompsonThis week we sit down with ProPublica staff reporter A.C. Thompson. His stories, which often examine the criminal justice system, have helped lead to the exoneration of two innocent San Francisco men sentenced to life in prison and the prosecution of seven New Orleans police officers.
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2019-02-181h 02
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 9 with Larry LivermoreThis week we sit down with Larry Livermore and talk about his childhood in Detroit, wandering America, Lookout! Records, what he's up to now and so much more!
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2019-02-111h 07
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 8 with Blake SchwarzenbachWe sat down and had a conversation with Blake Schwarzenbach from Jawbreaker We discussed being the new kid all the time, art, music, cats, parents, low points and high points. It is well worth a listen. We expected more from him. We got it and then some.
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2018-11-061h 14
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 7 with Chris BauermeisterThis week, Kevin and Joshua sit down with Chris Bauermeister (Jawbreaker) to talk about getting into punk music, toy stores, tattoos, mental health, his work at the Thurston County Food Bank, and a lot more.
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2018-10-291h 12
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 6 with Cynthia ConnollyThis week we talk to Cynthia Connolly about her early punk days in LA and Washington DC, publishing books, photography, working with Maximum Rock 'n Roll, meeting the Mackaye family, growing up with a single mom, and continuing to create rad things.
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2018-10-221h 06
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 5 with Emily FlakeThis week we talked with Emily Flake and had a lot of laughs, got insights into her life, creative process, what she’s up to next, and general shenanigans. Her cat liked us, obviously.
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2018-10-181h 15
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 4 with Alejandra del Pinal This week Kevin and Joshua talk with Alejandra del Pinal about her work with Punks with Lunch, the Homeless Youth Alliance, becoming a punk, Powerviolence, Los Crudos, and so much more! Alejandra del Pinal was born in Guatemala and raised in the East Bay. She grew up in the Bay Area punk scene and ended up booking and becoming co-head booker at Gilman when she was 18. She formerly worked as a cook at high end restaurants and changed career paths to work with marginalized communities in a harm reductionist ca...
2018-10-101h 00
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 3 with Walter GlaserWe're back! This week Joshua and Kevin chat with Walter Glaser about becoming a punk, workaholics, Maximum Rocknroll, The Clash, his current work at UCSF helping people find jobs, and so much more.
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2018-10-0259 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 2 with Martin SprouseThis week we talk to Martin Sprouse about writing zines in the 80s, writing for Maximum RocknRoll, starting a publishing company, resistance art, the difference (and similarities) between punks and hippies, and so much more!
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2018-08-1459 min
The Adulting Well PodcastEpisode 1 with Tracey Helton MitchellPlease welcome our first guest, Tracey Helton Mitchell. Tracey has dedicated her life to the care and treatment of heroin users. Tracey entered school through an ex-offender’s program where she earned a bachelors of business administration and masters of public administration. In addition, she is a certified addiction specialist and supervisor. She was featured in the movie Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street. She has also been featured by CNN, Anderson Cooper, Vice, NPRs fresh air, the Huffington Post, and the New York Times. She is the author of “The Big Fix: Hope Afte...
2018-08-071h 07