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Punkast
by Punkast
Jessica Schwartz, Associate Professor of Musicology and Music Industry at UCLA, sets out to explore the meaning of punk through conversations with the people who shape, live, and remix it—musicians, videographers, cultural producers, and the academics who study it—while animating punk’s DIY creativity, resistance, and sense of possibility. Schwartz also co-hosts the Punk Scholars Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Viki Eagle (Sicangu Lakota) (Rez Metal) with Kristy Martinez (Guest Host)
“And she wore this Iron Maiden T-shirt and she wore these Navajo moccasins. And I was like, wow, that's like the coolest picture to this day that I think I've ever taken.” In recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day and the upcoming Native American Heritage Month, Punkast welcomes Kristy Martinez,...
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"Women in Punk" Part 2 (Punk@50)
“Because it was a do-it-yourself thing where we just rejected the norm and did our own thing.” In Part 2 of the Women in Punk panel, recorded live at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles as part of Alle gegen Alles. Punk@50, Jessica Schwartz continues the conversation with Pleasant Gehman, Jula Bell...
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"Women in Punk" Part 1 (Punk@50)
“It changed everything. All sorts of different art came out of it—the people that made the flyers, the people that wrote the fanzines, not just the bands.” Recorded live at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles as part of Alle gegen Alles. Punk@50, Jessica Schwartz moderates a Women in Punk…
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Luisa Rath-John + Ilka Erren Pardiñas (Goethe-Institut)
“Sometimes it’s actually quite okay to let go of this control … and to trust in the process and to trust in the people that you’re working with.” Jessica Schwartz speaks with Goethe-Institut Los Angeles director Luisa Rath-John and Ilka Erren Pardiñas about the making of Alle gegen Alles.…
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Tequila Mockingbird (Punk@50)
“For me, it’s always going to be about making sure that our legacies are honored and protected.” Tequila Mockingbird joins Jessica Schwartz for a conversation about bringing her Punk Museum into the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles as part of Alle gegen Alles. Punk@50. Tequila traces the relationships...
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Stella Stray Pop (KXLU)
In this episode: “Radio…really is a labor of love.” Jessica Schwartz and Tequila Mockingbird sit down with Stella of KXLU’s Stray Pop for a conversation spanning nearly five decades of independent radio, punk, and underground music in Los Angeles. Stella traces her beginnings at Loyola Marymount...
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Marie Arleth Skov and Maria Buszek (Unruly: The Body in Punk)
In this episode: We need to respect the scene and shine a spotlight on folks who were, in fact, laying the foundation. Jessica Schwartz speaks with art historians Marie Arleth Skov and Maria Buszek about Unruly: The Body in Punk, curated by Marie and currently on view at ARoS in Aarhus, Denmark....
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James Spooner (Afro-Punk)
In this episode: “A big part of finding your voice is being willing to be vulnerable and honest.” Jessica Schwartz speaks with filmmaker, artist, and writer James Spooner about Black punk, belonging, vulnerability, and the complicated work of finding—and trusting—one’s own voice. Beginning with...
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Chris Desjardins (The Flesh Eaters) | Part 2
In this episode: “We’ve turned out something I think that’s even stronger than what we did when we were younger.” In Part 2 of this conversation, Chris Desjardins (Chris D.) joins Jessica Schwartz and Tequila Mockingbird to reflect on creativity across a lifetime—moving among music, poetry,...
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Chris Desjardins (The Flesh Eaters) | Part 1
In this episode: “The punk stuff that was coming out of England really excited me.” In Part 1 of this conversation, Chris Desjardins (Chris D.) traces the evolution of the Flesh Eaters from the earliest days of Los Angeles punk through the band’s many incarnations. Moving through his encounters...
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Ellen Bernhard (PSN US)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: “It’s an interdisciplinary space where we all get together and talk about a variety…
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Caroline Collett (Writer)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: Jessica Schwartz speaks with writer Caroline Collett about the ways lived experience,...
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Tequila Mockingbird (Punk Museum)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: "To me, punk isn't just about a specific style. It's about a way of being." Jessica...
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Jack Grisham (TSOL)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: "I used to think that saying 'I don't have it' was a sign of weakness. When in…
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Jennifer Finch & Fat Mike — Live from the Punk Rock Museum (Punk Scholars Podcast)
Editor's Note (July 2026) Today we learned of the passing of Jennifer Finch. Rather than simply share the news, I wanted to make this conversation available again. Recorded live at the Punk Rock Museum during the 2025 Punk Scholars Network US conference, it captures Jennifer exactly as I remember...
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Peter Ekman (Architecture)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: "There is this specter of demolition that, in some ways, haunts the American city."...
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Liz Mason (Zines)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: "I make zines and jokes and have thoughts." Jessica Schwartz is joined by zinester,...
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Johnny Indovina (Human Drama)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: "Fulfill your purpose, do what you love…" Jessica Schwartz and co-host Tequila...
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Si Paton (Experimental Music)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: Experimental composer, improviser, and educator Si Paton joins Jessica Schwartz for a...
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Serafina Maxima (Photographer) + Arrow Avalon (Punkast Correspondent): ICE Out of Los Angeles
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: ICE OUT OF LOS ANGELES 'Fear literally controls people. It ruins ...it runs people's...
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Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: ‘There's no future unless you try and change it.’ Jessica Schwartz is joined by Sex...
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Corbett Redford and John Goshert (East Bay Punk)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: “I didn’t feel judgment. I felt more acceptance that I could be my strange self.”...
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Ran Zwigenberg + Mahon Murphy (Japanese Punk)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: “Distinguish themselves within Japanese society as being not part of the kind of...
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Pavla Jonssonová (Subcultures)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: “Like making something permanent, from impermanent to permanent. We managed to do...
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Jeff Hayton (Historian)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: “... Show the kind of global nature of punk… retranslated or rearticulated.” Jessica...
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Lesli Spivey (Deathrock)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: “You’re like a horror movie on stage… Said “Oh yeah? Look at us!”... The media...
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Reine River (The Anti-Club)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: “Anything goes kind of club… We had all kinds of different kinds of music… In order…
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Stephen DePace (Flipper)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. “This record that just was so amazing that it's stood the test of time… and, and it's influenced so…
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Helen O'Neill (Retail Slut)
Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: “Everything was just really based on music... Punk, ska, goth, New Wave... being...
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Punkast Is Back (Weekly)
Punkast is back—weekly. After years of building, recording, and collaborating, Punkast returns with a growing archive of conversations and a new rhythm: weekly episodes exploring punk in the historical present through critical inquiry, dialogue, and experimentation. We’re kicking things off this...
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Kristy Martinez with XTINE RECKLESS and TIFFANY YOUNG
PUNKAST BACK TO SCHOOL MINISERIES SPECIAL! “SoCal music spaces: Scene, Emo, and EDM” (part 3 of 3). “There’s more to us.. We all want to be seen, heard, and exist… The art you are creating is part of your soul.” Returning from spring break, we are back with the third and final part of our Back to...
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Kristy Martinez with XTINE RECKLESS and CELESTE
PUNKAST BACK TO SCHOOL MINISERIES SPECIAL! “SoCal music spaces: Scene, Emo, and EDM ” (part 2 of 3) Here at the Punkast, we're continuing our special summer-to-fall mini-series with guest host Kristy Martinez, a PhD Candidate in Musicology at UCLA , bringing special guests - per Kristy's...
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Kristy Martinez with JASE FELDER
PUNKAST BACK TO SCHOOL MINISERIES SPECIAL! “Alternative in the I.E. 2000s and more in the Inland Empire” (part 1 of 3) If you couldn't already tell by the title for Part 1, we, here at the Punkast, have a REALLY special summer mini-series for you! Your regular host, Jessica Schwartz, is handing…
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Paul Fields
'[Punk] is a music genre and a subculture and a whole way of living that is full of contradictions, hypocrisy…’ Does punk promote inclusion or exclusion? Violence or protection? And what about health, accessibility, self- and communal care? Join Jessica Schwartz and PAUL FIELDS for this special...
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Hudley Flipside
“For me punk rock is really the song.” For some, punk means destruction and revolt; for others, it means DIY and community. In this episode, Jessica Schwartz and Tequila Mockingbird are joined by HUDLEY FLIPSIDE to explore her perspective on punk garnered from her formative Flipside…
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Kounosuke (Ko) Kawakami
“Make festival, not war. Soul Beat Asia. In which what doesn't exist, we recreate together.” Join Jessica Schwartz in conversation with guest Dr. Kounosuke (Ko) Kawakami from Kurashiki University (Japan) that began as a talk, “The Punk Scene in Japan Today: Soul Beat Asia (World Music Festival...
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REPOST: Robby Krieger
"In 1967, Robby Krieger, the guitarist for L.A. band the Doors, wrote the hit single “Light My Fire” in the living room of his parents’ Pacific Palisades home. This week, nearly six decades later, the lyrics took on a disturbing resonance as the structure where the music originated burned to the...
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Bruce Duff
“The music of which there was supposed to be no rule book, suddenly had a rule book…” So, what are these rules, how do they impact creativity, and how do musicians, producers, and artists, more broadly, continue to push the limits in Los Angeles’ dynamic DIY musical subculture? Join Jessica...
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AdobePunk: Behind the Scenes
This “Behind the Scenes” episode is the final episode in the PUNKAST/Adobe Punk: the concert Mini-Session Interview series. It features Jessica Schwartz in conversation with Theresa Chavez, Gabriel Garza, Dorothy Hoover, and Sage Lewis, who discuss their inspirations and contributions to Adobe...
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AdobePunk: Jimmy Alvarado
Jimmy Alvarado has been active in East L.A.’s underground music scene since 1981 as a musician, backyard gig promoter, writer, poet, bouncer, flier artist, photographer, podcaster, and historian. He has authored numerous interviews, articles, and shorts spotlighting the East Side scene, and an...
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AdobePunk: Teresa Covarrubias
Teresa Covarrubias was born and raised in the Boyle Heights section of East Los Angeles and became the lead singer for The Brat, a Chicano punk rock ensemble (lead guitarist Rudy Medina, and alternate lead and rhythm guitarist Sidney Medina) originating from the barrios of East Los Angeles,...
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AdobePunk: Lisa Fancher
Lisa Fancher’s venerable Frontier Records celebrates 44 years of independence, its initial releases include debut albums by the Circle Jerks, Adolescents, TSOL, China White, Christian Death and Suicidal Tendencies. Two decades after this impressive string of hits, Frontier discovered Portland’s...
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AdobePunk: Mike Watt
Mike Watt is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded and played bass guitar for the rock bands Minutemen, Dos, and Firehose. He began a solo career with the 1994 album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?, and has since released three additional solo albums. He is also the frontman for the...
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AdobePunk: Jesse Velo
Jesse Velo co-founded Los Illegals in the late 1970’s. Jesse says, “With our backs against the wall, facing an impenetrable, almost segregated Hollywood industry, we partnered with radical elements and (OSF) nuns of the Catholic church to co-found Vex, the first alternative music and art space in...
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AdobePunk: Nina Diaz
Nina Diaz (co-songwriter and musician/performer) made her theatrical debut in 2019 as part of The Neighborhood Band in About...Productions’ Evangeline, the Queen of Make Believe. Now off-stage, Nina has co-written with Theresa Chavez the punk songs for About...Productions’ 2022 premiere of Adobe...
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AdobePunk: Mini-Session Interviews
Introducing…. a PUNKAST mini-series: Adobe Punk: the concert, Mini-Session Interviews In this introductory episode, Jessica Schwartz (Punkast host/producer) and Theresa Chavez (About Productions, Adobe Punk co-creator) discuss their unique collaboration that produced mini-session conversations…
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Felix Alanis
"I owned a record store and all of a sudden I had a record. You know, why is RF7 anything? The only limit is what you put on yourself." Join Jessica Schwartz and Tequila Mockingbird as they speak with FELIX ALANIS - singer-songwriter of RF7 and founder of Smoke 7 Records - about paving a DIY punk...
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Prof. George Grinnell
“So, what does it mean to speak about punk pedagogy?” asks Prof. George Grinnell on his Punk Pedagogy website. Check out this episode (and, of course, the website linked below), to hear Prof. Grinnell share his educational provocations -- with insights on punk and settler colonialism, punk…
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Mike Dines + Russ Bestley
Lots of new PUNKAST content is coming soon! In the meantime... It’s here… the Punk Scholars Podcast! Co-hosts and producers, Jessica Schwartz (UCLA) and Paul Hollins (Bolton), set out to explore the seemingly paradoxical role of punk (and punks) in the academy and break with oft-generalized...
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Pleasant Gehman & Theresa Kereakes
Join Jessica Schwartz in conversation with Pleasant Gehman and Theresa Kereakes, as they discuss their pivotal roles in the early LA punk scene and the importance of recognizing the LGBTQIA+ foundations of punk subculture and communicating such significance across generations. Known for their...
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Jessica Schwartz, Associate Professor of Musicology and Music Industry at UCLA, sets out to explore the meaning of punk through conversations with the people who shape, live, and remix it—musicians, videographers, cultural producers, and the academics who study it—while animating punk’s DIY creativity, resistance, and sense of possibility. Schwartz also co-hosts the Punk Scholars Podcast.
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