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A podcast about the history of everything told through the history of tattooing.
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In this week's episode we are joined by Dr. Aaron Deter-Wolfe, Dr. Gino Caspari, and Danny Riday to discuss their groundbreaking new research into the tattoos on the Pazyryk mummies.
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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin, we're joined by laser removal specialist and owner of JHB Removals, Jordan Butler to talk about how exactly laser removal works, and so much more.
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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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On this week's episode of Beneath the Skin, we're discussing the history of tattoo schools.
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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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On this week's episode of Beneath the Skin, we're discussing the creeping wave of AI in tattooing, is it good or is it the end?
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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin we're joined by artist Briony Godivala to discuss her fascinating project The Inked Link
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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin, we talked about the history of tattoo stencils
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Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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On this episode of Beneath the Skin we are joined by tattooist and educator Tanya Buxton to talk about her work as an artist, as well as her work as founder of the Mastectomy Tattoo Alliance.
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Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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On this episode of Beneath the Skin we talked about British tattooist Charlie Dick and his time tattooing while interned in a Nazi prisoner of war camp in Poland during WW2.
Stay tuned to the end of the episode to hear a rare brief interview with Charlie
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Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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On this week's episode of Beneath the Skin, we're joined by Dr. Ole Wittmann to talk about early German tattooist Christian Warlich, as well as his unique Warlich rum brand
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On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin we're joined by writer, journalist, and all round brilliant person Alice Snape to discuss the shocking Eunuch Maker case, as well as her work in the TattooMeToo movement.
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On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin we're joined by the wonderful Terry Manton to talk about Scottish tattoo history and his work as a tattoo historian
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Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin we're joined by Joakim Steyls, the photographer behind the incredible Jobstoppers project to discuss his work and what a jobstopper means in 2025.
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On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin we're joined by historian Dr. Claire Aubin to discuss tattooing among the American far right.
Dr. Aubin is the host of the newly launched podcast This Guy Sucked, a show where historians and scholars explore guys who sucked throughout history.
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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
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On this episode of Beneath the Skin we spoke to Dr. John Swierk about his recently published research into what really is in tattoo inks.
The paper is Kelli Moseman, Ahshabibi Ahmed, Alexander Ruhren, and John R. Swierk "What’s in My Ink: An Analysis of Commercial Tattoo Ink on the US Market". Analytical Chemistry 2024 96 (9), 3906-3913. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c05687 and is attached below.
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Intro music by Dan McKenna
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On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin we're joined by returning guest and friend of the pod MJ Forrest to talk about the world famous Cindy Ray (real name Bev Nicholas)
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On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin we're joined by Paul 'Rambo' Ramsbottom to talk about the legendary British tattooist Cash Cooper.
Paul is the owner of Rambo's Tattoo Parlour and Rambo's Tattoo Museum in Manchester's historic Northern Quarter and recently published his phenomenal book on Cash Cooper AVAILABLE HERE
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On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin we're joined by Ethan Hill to discuss the famous Tattoo Mike Wilson
Ethan is a photographer and filmmaker producing an upcoming documentary about the life of Tattoo Mike Wilson
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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin we talked about the history of tattoo pricing
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Intro music by Dan McKenna
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On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin we talked about early British tattoist Tom Reilly
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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin we're joined by Archaeologist, Researcher, and returning guest, Benoit Robitaille, to discuss his studies of pre-modern tattooing tools, his research on Otzi the Iceman, and his current work uncovering the hidden histories of the tattooed mummies of the central Peruvian coast.
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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
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Intro music by Dan McKenna
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