A Good Day To DIY
Podcast Description
“A Good Day To DIY” is an interview-style podcast hosted by Alex and Lucy. It’s for and about people in DIY punk and hardcore who love Star Trek. It celebrates the diversity of the Trek universe through exploring what Trek means to different people in the global punk community. This podcast is for fans of loud music, a broad range of sci fi and fantasy, and hearing nerdy strangers info dump about their special interest areas.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on the intersection of DIY punk culture and the Star Trek universe, with episodes discussing topics such as the significance of Trek in the punk community, exploring unique interpretations of Star Trek concepts, and how the ethos of punk resonates with the themes found in Star Trek. For example, Episode 2 features a conversation with Brian Cullen about deep sea trekking, punk rock culture, and higher education perspectives.

“A Good Day To DIY” is an interview-style podcast hosted by Alex and Lucy. It’s for and about people in DIY punk and hardcore who love Star Trek. It celebrates the diversity of the Trek universe through exploring what Trek means to different people in the global punk community. This podcast is for fans of loud music, a broad range of sci fi and fantasy, and hearing nerdy strangers info dump about their special interest areas.
Send us an email! –> [email protected]
Today is a deep dive/info-dump special with Lucy talking about their special interest area: soil and compost. How long can you stay awake for?
Discussions covering but not limited to:
Solar punk, soil punk, and a… secret third thing
Europunk and mosh shorts
Fluff fest (RIP)
Gladiators (RIP)
Inclusion and meaningful accommodation
Steam punk vs diesel punk
Kes, our lady of nitrogenated soil (RIP)
Friends don’t let friends have un-pissed-on compost <3
Do politicians dream of electric sheep?
Unusual ways to absorb more b12
The capitalism of solar panels
The logistics of Dyson spheres
Terraforming gone wrong
What it feels like to see dawn on another world
Why one Voyager probe simply isn’t enough
Referenced:
- Under a banished sky fest
- South London Scum gig collective
- The Trek Cruise (again)
- GreenGirlLeah
- https://tractorbeamearth.substack.com/
- Charles Dowding
- The wonderful Liz Argall, Vince, and https://ngombor.org/
- The Light Eaters book
- Gaia’s Garden book
- Caitlin Doughty

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