Piercing Wizard Podcast

Episode 38 with a whole bunch of piercers. I sat down for lunch the day after Camp APP 2017 with Cale Belford, Becky Dill, Mic Rawls, Rivka Chavi, Kelli Zeien, Barron, and Seth Dietz for some burgers and conversation. Join in, burgers optional.

Episode 37 with Ana Laco of Badaku in Rijeka, Croatia. I got to sit down with Ana at the UKAPP conference and talk about life, work, and happiness. This was a great conversation for me and I hope some of you out there enjoy it as much as I did.

Episode 36 with Lola Slider of Forevermore tattoo & piercing in Glasgow, Scotland. We talk wrestling, anodizing, wrestling, instructing, and wrestling. Sorry about all the wrestling.

Episode 35 with Aaron Foster. Aaron was my apprentice for years. We recorded this episode just before he moved to Colorado for his new position at Sol Tribe in Denver. We talk about how I inherited him from another former apprentice and his progression from apprentice to piercer.

Episode 34 with Håvve Fjell, founder of the Norwegian Wings of Desire suspension team and Pain Solution group. Håvve is a pioneer in body suspension and performance art. We sat down at the BMXNET conference in Germany to talk about how they discovered their passion for body play and where it has taken them.

Episode 33 with Jason Heeney & Jess Farrar from the UKAPP seminars in Birmingham, England. We discuss Irish and British piercing, risky piercing trends, and how to grow your quality jewelry selection in a market slow to recognize it.

Episode 32 with Christina Blossey. Christina apprenticed under Brian Skellie and would go on to buy Piercing Experience in Atlanta, Georgia. We talk about how she has made the studio her own, why jewelry materials are such a big deal, and all while I make terrible puns involving the word "experience".

Episode 31 with Brian Skellie. Brian is a former APP President and the driving force behind the Statim sterilizer in the piercing industry. We talk about how Brian got started in body piercing and the logic behind piercing and safety.

Episode 30 with April Thomas and Bryan Thomas, owners of Born This Way body arts in Knoxville Tennessee. We talk about how they developed a killer business model and harnessed the power of social media to create one of the best studios in the U.S.

Episode 29 with Bethrah Szumski. Bethrah has worn many hats within the APP and within the piercing industry. Piercer, shop owner, jewelry distributor, APP secretary, APP president, educator. I tried to catch a little bit of that history. Enjoy.

Episode 28 with Mike Hill of Broad Street Studio in Bath, UK. I sat down with Mike at the UKAPP seminars and talked about his first time instructing a class and how he runs a fully disposable studio.

Episode 27 with Paddy Notts of Industrial Strength UK & Ashley Guntz of Neilmed Piercing Aftercare. We talk about how their companies fit into the body piercing industry and communities.

Episode 26 with Paul King and Dr. Matt Lodder. I sit down with two of our industries historians to discuss the matter of FGM (female genital "mutilation") laws in the United Kingdom and how it has affected the body piercing industry.

Episode 25 with Nicole Holmes, the founding and current president of the United Kingdom Association of Professional Piercers. We discuss how the organization started, and where it has gone since then.

Episode 24 with Jesse Villemaire of Thrive Studios and Progressive Mentorship. We talk about how we've changed in the industry and how to avoid burn out.

Episode 23 with Cale Belford of Piercing Emporium in Worcester, Massachusetts. We talk about the volunteering Cale does for the APP and her jewelry line Uzu Organics.

Episode 22 with Charlie LeBeau of the United Kingdom Association of Professional Piercers. We talk about their preparations for their upcoming seminars and how they manage their impressive growth.

Episode 21 with Luis Garcia. We sat down in Brazil to talk about the GEP conference and his new gold jewelry line called Singularity.

Paul Rainer of Bound for Glory in Staten Island, NY joins the show this week to talk about his Anatometal raffle grand prize win. Also, brunch.

Episode 19 with Brian Moeller from the Boston Tattoo Company. Brian comes back to the show to chat! We'll talk about how the studio environment you present helps determine what kind of clientele you get, and why Brian has decided to stop offering surface anchors.