Back On The Grind

"We're very obsessed with soup"

Trashboat And The Ambush join Pepe for a fun & lighthearted conversation largely centered around setting up DIY shows. First they start off with stories about punk pits…

"You are in a capacity where you don't have eminent domain over nothing in your life, EXCEPT how you respond and that's the only thing you really have."

Pepe talks with Tray Johns who was sentenced to…

Je-C (Days N Daze / Escape From The Zoo) & his wife Veronica (Escape From The Zoo) come on the show to talk about relationships, relapse & the X-Files. They share some laughs, shed some tears & also …

"If I let myself be available to be happy, most of the time it does happen."

Pepe connects with Mitchell "Trash" Gray as they discuss their prison experiences, exploring their broken places & their in…

Folk Punk Dad talks with DIY musician, zine writer and full time traveller, Average Joey. It's a wide ranging conversation with a theme flowing around toxic capitalism & the potential for collective …

With the holidays among us we thought it would be good to talk about loneliness. Loneliness can show up in many ways & some may be unexpected (like Pepe discovered while making this episode). We shar…

Folk Punk Dad aka Will talks with songwriter, rapper, spoken word poet & all around great human, Myles Bullen. The conversation revolves heavily around the concept of community - what it is, how to f…

Check out the poll results in the Spotify show notes to see if listeners think Johnny Hobo was good or bad overall.

Johnny Hobo & The Freight Trains can be viewed as a single project or part of a larg…

"It's hard not to love Mothman"

The Swamp Rats join us and talk about Mothman, anxiety, always being on tour, the music they perform and more. After the interview we play their song Butcher's Knife.

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A listener asks how we deal with procrastination & another asks about our interests outside of this podcast/music. We also talk about the feeling of not having enough time in your life & offer a new …

Pepe & Folk Punk dad reconnect after not doing an episode together for a few months. Then we hear from various bands that performed at this years Compost Heap festival as they answer questions from F…

"I'm continually fighting against living a regular life. That's led me to some really bad decisions at times but, it's also been the best decision of my life."

Rapper, folk & punk musician Ceschi (pro…

"After a 6 month long tour...I was drinking an awful lot, I put no light into the world at that time & when I got home I tried to kill myself & failed. That was the thing that struck me sober, that w…

"When I'm writing music & lyrics, the best thing I can do is just empty my head...that's the best way to make art that is authentic."

In this episode Pepe talks with John Warmb of the band Rent Strike…

While Folkpunk Dad is away on tour & unable to be in the studio, we're airing an older interview Pepe gave 1 week before he went to prison in 2019. Pepe talks about originally facing 10 to life, the …

"There's moments where I feel like all the good songs are written...I'm able to look at my friends who are writing amazing songs & are filled with love & gratitude & I feel, well maybe there's some h…

Pepe is trying to show up for people in his life that are currently facing challenging times. Him and Folk Punk Dad discuss what this means and how you can actually do it. Then they talk about how sh…

"Nothing had ever spoken to me before I got into music...The first 16 years of my life...I was just faking my way through it all."

We bring you closer to Mike Miller of Endless Mike And The Beagle Clu…

Listener feedback, the married life & the early days...Pepe discusses opening an illegal venue, the origins of the DIY Bandits, meeting a young Pat The Bunny & Folk Punk Dad points out the many aspec…

"We have to think about music as a physical touch. It moves from my mind, through my body, through the string and then to you."

We bring you closer to independent rapper, P.T. Burnem' ptburnem.bandcam…