WHATS GOOD INTERNET this month's guest is the delightful and charming Raquel Namuche who I met because she yelled at me on the street and we've been friends ever since. We talked about her childhood in Lima and Queens, getting into punk at ABC

Mimi Thi Nguyen (The Gift of Freedom)

Mar 31st, 2021 1h 43m

Heavy hitter alert. This month I talked to artist, activist, scholar, illustrious zine maker, and my very old friend Mimi Thi Nguyen about coming to the US as a refugee as a child; getting into punk through Maximum Rocknroll; falling out of lov

Erin Yanke (It Did Happen Here)

Feb 25th, 2021 1h 14m

Erin Yanke fuckin rules. I asked her on the show to talk about her incredible podcast, It Did Happen Here, but we also touched on her band Noxeema, the film she worked on, Arresting Power, growing up in Humbolt and the Bay, interning at NPR, an

Elizabeth Whitney (Enliven Studios)

Dec 29th, 2020 1h 26m

This month I talked to Elizabeth Whitney, my dear friend in New York who is an empowerment, sex, and wellness coach and the only person I've ever seen wear a Supreme fanny pack on her waist. Imagine the freedom! We talked about being born into

Marissa Chavez (Official Bootleg)

Nov 30th, 2020 1h 53m

Talked on the phone with my cool friend Marissa Chavez from Austin, TX, about her wild childhood, her outlaw family, dropping out of high school to sell weed, oogling around the American West trying to find the best heroin, getting sober, stayi

Kelly AH (Visceral Jewelry)

Oct 30th, 2020 1h 10m

Me and my best friend in Pittsburgh talked about pervy cassingles, finding a sense of safety from dysfunction in punk, the growth of the harm reduction movement from illegally distributing narcan to now, her cool and political statement jewelry

Jolie M-A (Ribbon Stage)

Sep 29th, 2020 1h 33m

This month I talked to my friend and yours, Jolie M-A! We discussed her freak on a leash childhood in Miami, discovering punk through Facebook stalking older kids she had a crush on, Gina Gershon in the movie Bound, her time working posting bai

Ana Armengod (De Rodillas)

Aug 25th, 2020 1h 42m

This month I talked to Ana Armengod about growing up in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, MX; her wild adolescence in Mexico City; distributing anarchist propaganda on Warped Tour; dealing with deportation from the US and the arbitrary violence and cruelty of

Nick Anglin (Black Young and Educated)

Jun 26th, 2020 32m 22s

This month I talked with Nick Anglin of Black Young and Educated, about Civil Saturdays, BYE’s ongoing Saturday afternoon protest against PA Section 508 which gives police discretion to use lethal force when they “perceive danger,” organizing i

Paula Martinez (Demystification)

May 25th, 2020 1h 59m

In early March I interviewed Paula Martinez of Demystification Zine and now I can whisk you away to a time before we were all sheltering in place. Paula rules and her zine Demystification rules, and she talked to me about her Harmony Korinne ch

Jimmy Webb (I Need More)

Apr 20th, 2020 1h 2m

What is there to say about Jimmy Webb that hasn’t already been said in one of his countless profiles, anecdotes, eulogies? I figured it would be good to let Jimmy speak for himself. One thing that really stood out to me was Jimmy’s fond recolle

Tay Simms (TAZ)

Mar 31st, 2020 1h 11m

This month I talked to Tay Simms (of TAZ, Terrorist, Twisted Thing, Penis Boys) about growing up in an immigrant neighborhood in Ottawa, dropping out of high school, having an FBI snitch infiltrate the punk house, grief and loss, the gig as col

Krystyna Fox Bonus Episode !!!

Feb 27th, 2020 22m 21s

AYYE here's a bonus episode since I didn't have a chance to edit the full one this month. Krystyna talks about famous punks she's met. It's quick and cute and very funny. Sorry I belched in the intro. If you haven't heard the real episode with

Krystyna Fox (Peace Talks)

Jan 28th, 2020 1h 6m

This month I had the pleasure of interviewing native-Pittsburgh freaker Krystyna Fox of PEACE TALKS one of my favorite Pittsburgh bands! We talked about growing up in Pittsburgh, her many KISS uncles (and one VENOM aunt), being punk/staying pun

Atiya Jones (Atiya Jones)

Nov 26th, 2019 1h 27m

WHATS GOOD INTERNET. This month I talked to Atiya Jones about growing up in Brooklyn, Pitbull, what it means to really LIVE in a place, where to get good oxtail in Pittsburgh, Wildfang (sponsor us), not all art being for all people, MUCH MORE.

Sarah Elaine Smith (Marilou Is Everywhere)

Sep 27th, 2019 1h 37m

WHATS GOOD this month's podcast guest is Sarah Elaine Smith, author of Marilou Is Everywhere. We talked about high school literary magazines, Pander Zine Distro, playing trombone, getting two MFAs, teaching middle school kids, and a bunch more.

Asher Waite-Jones (Riverdale Legal Services)

Aug 28th, 2019 1h 14m

WHATS GOOD this month on the podcast I talked to my sister-wife Asher Waite-Jones about being a homeless teen, identifying more with punks than queers, loving and leaving his hometown of Pittsburgh, and his qualms with the representation of the

Maddy Court (Xena Worrier Princess)

Jul 25th, 2019 59m 14s

This month I sat down with Maddy Court aka @xenaworrierprincess and we talked about feeling awkward at parties, writing vs being a writer, distrust of magicians, her advice zine series, signing a book contract, etc etc etc. Please listen! Maddy

Ali Donohue (Fleabite)

Jun 27th, 2019 52m 53s

WHAT’S UP this month I got to talk to Ali Donohue of Fleabite, Waxahatchee, etc about contested geographic region Central Jersey; her ska origins; getting turned gay by Ladyfest; Solfeggio frequencies; staying grounded on tour; making music vid

Sue Johnson (Sue Johnson)

May 24th, 2019 1h 15m

WHAT’S UP this is episode 31 of Radio Harvester. A good number. On my 31st birthday I got my ear pierced at the Queens Center Mall. This month’s guest is queer filmmaker Sue Johnson, who I met at a screening of Off Course, a 15 year retrospecti

TESTING

May 17th, 2019 32s

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Shani Banerjee (Empty Beings)

Apr 24th, 2019 1h 18m

WHATS GOOD this month I talked to Shani Banerjee, Pittsburgh wildass and singer of Empty Beings and Maenads, about growing up in Pittsburgh's Bengali community, hanging out at bars with her bluegrass dad, finding punk, escaping an abusive relat

Gina Favano (Come Holy Spirit)

Mar 26th, 2019 1h 14m

This month on the podcast we sit down with Gina Favano of Come Holy Spirit to talk about growing up in South Philly, discovering she was adopted, moving to the Misfits home town, driving around the country like a maniac, the Sopranos, chronic i

Margaret Cross (Goldengrove Jewelry)

Feb 22nd, 2019 1h 7m

This month I sat down with my old friend Maggie to talk about growing up in Queens, discovering punk through TRL, dealing with grief through an artistic practice, parenting, and a bunch more. She is such a delightful person and I'm so glad to k

Tamara Santibañez (Discipline Press)

Jan 24th, 2019 1h 28m

This month I sit down with my old friend Tamara Santibañez to talk about growing up in Athens, GA, getting into punk, discovering her queerness, getting into tattooing, connecting with Chicanx culture, being an artist, prison abolition work, ru