The Lost Podcaster
Podcast Description
The Lost Podcaster—idle talk about weird things and cool stuff with crazy people. We dive into raw, honest conversations with everyday people doing unexpected, and sometimes misunderstood things, from strange jobs to personal battles and offbeat passions, no topic is too weird. This is where the unfiltered voices come to share their stories. One minute it’s deep, the next it’s weird, but it’s always real. If you’re into conversations that wander in the best possible way, you just found your people.
If you think you have a story to tell find me at IG:thelostpodcaster, or [email protected]
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Content Themes
This podcast dives into diverse themes such as personal recovery, unconventional careers, and eccentric interests, with episodes highlighting stories like a tattoo artist overcoming addiction and the unexpected journeys of everyday individuals.
The Lost Podcaster, idle talk about weird things and cool stuff with crazy people. Whether it’s one-on-one with Samantha on The Samantha Sessions, or Erick going solo down a philosophical rabbit hole, or raw honest talks with everyday people doing unexpected and sometimes misunderstood things. Strange jobs, personal battles, and offbeat passions. No topic is too weird. It’s always unfiltered, real, and unpredictable. One minute it’s deep, the next it’s hilarious, but it’s always authentic.
Find me on IG: @thelostpodcaster or email [email protected]
The Lost Podcaster: Austin Roberts: An American Tattoo Tradition
Tattooing has changed. The question is whether it has changed for the better.
In this episode of The Lost Podcaster, I sit down with tattoo artist Austin Roberts for a conversation about traditional American tattooing, apprenticeship, shop culture, and the growing gentrification of a craft that once lived largely among sailors, bikers, working people, outsiders, and neighborhood tattoo shops.
Austin has experienced different sides of the tattoo world, from working in traditional street shops and serving a formal apprenticeship to operating his own private, appointment-only studio. That gives us plenty to argue about, laugh about, and dig into.
We talk about what an apprenticeship is actually supposed to teach, how knowledge and traditions were once passed from one tattooer to another, the difference between traditional tattoo shops and today’s salon-style boutique studios, social media, changing attitudes toward craftsmanship, and what may be disappearing as tattooing becomes increasingly polished, expensive, professionalized, and removed from its working-class and countercultural roots.
This conversation was recorded as part of my research for Tattooing: An American Folk Art. A transcript of the interview will appear in the book, while the complete conversation is presented here as it actually happened, including the tangents, disagreements, stories, and bullshit that don’t always survive the printed page.
Real people. Real stories. The Lost Podcaster.
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