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Episode 8: Ben Lovejoy - Part 1 Feb 02, 2019

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Mike interviews Ben Lovejoy, a creative director based in Boulder, Colorado. Recorded in Mike's studio in Boulder on January 30, 2019. Subjects include: growing up in Massachusetts, breakdancing, skateboarding, leaving high school early, working as a janitor, Innerskate 91, skate camp, the New England Hardcore scene, “friendship books”, Dave Schrieber, Tommy Guerrero and Jim Thiebaud, moving to San Francisco, screen printing skateboards, Ron Allen, Keith Hufnagel, Think Skateboards, Fausto Vitello, Craig Stecyk, EMB, House music, SF City College, photography, service bureaus.

Episode 9: Ben Lovejoy - Part 2 Feb 02, 2019

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Part two of Mike's interview with Ben Lovejoy, a creative director based in Boulder, Colorado. Recorded in Mike's studio in Boulder on January 30, 2019. Subjects include: Spacegallery, Robert Goldberg, starting an ad agency, tattoos, sobriety, meditation, Dharma Punx, Waldorf Roulette, Boulder, cycling, live speaking, “Scream to Meditate”, the Gaia network.

Episode 7: Rebecca Ashley Jan 09, 2019

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Mike interviews Rebecca Ashley, a tattoo artist based in Denver. Recorded in Mike's studio in Boulder on January 8, 2019. Topics discussed include: Growing up in rural Connecticut, drawing dragons, moving to Georgia, bias in teaching, Psycho Tattoo, Neurosis, heavy metal’s connection to classical music, getting started in the tattoo business, Pearl and Whole Foods, humility, making tattoo needles, working for drug addicts, traveling for tattoos, Todd Noble, Thomas Hooper, blackwork, Boulder, backpacking, tattoo exchange, patterns, tribal, Nalla Smith, spiritual tattoos, occultism, Buddhism, archetypes, psychedelics, motorcycles, tattooing at Sturgis, the zen of cycling, Coffin Cheaters, mountain living.

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Episode 6: Nani Chacon Jan 01, 2019

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Mike interviews Nani Chacon, a fine artist and muralist based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Recorded in her studio on December 14, 2018.

Episode 5: JP Rodman Dec 17, 2018

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Mike interviews JP Rodman, custom painter and fabricator based in Raton, New Mexico. Recorded in JP's showroom on December 12, 2018.

Episode 4: Sam Parker Dec 07, 2018

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Mike interviews Sam Parker aka CERO, a veteran graffiti writer and professional tattooer currently living in Broomfield, Colorado. Recorded in Mike's studio in Boulder, Colorado on December 5, 2018.

Episode 3: Killer Mike - Part 2 Nov 22, 2018

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Mike Giant interviews Killer Mike, a rapper/entrepreneur from Atlanta, Georgia. Recorded at Black Book Gallery in Denver, Colorado on March 6, 2018.

Episode 2: Killer Mike - Part 1 Nov 22, 2018

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Mike Giant interviews Killer Mike, a rapper/entrepreneur from Atlanta, Georgia. Recorded at Black Book Gallery in Denver, Colorado on March 6, 2018.

Episode 1: Phil Guy Nov 15, 2018

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Mike interviews Phil Guy, aka "Burrito Breath", a freelance illustrator from Akron, Ohio. Recorded in Mike's studio in Boulder, Colorado on October 25, 2018.

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