Tattoos: Not Just For Dirtbags Anymore

Before Facebook and MySpace, before even Friendster, there was SixDegrees. Dive in today to learn about the first social media site, that was a few years too early.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

8 tracks were during vinyl, but preceded cassettes. Why? So people could listen to their music on the go. Check out this antiquated medium today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the most famous fictional character in the world, and for good reason. More than a hundred years on, Arthur Conan Doyle’s 60 Holmes stories are still in print and he is the most portrayed human literary character in history.See omnystudio.com/listener f ... Show More

A 2022 YouGov study suggested that 26% of British people have at least one tattoo, a statistic which reflects just how the perception of tattoos has changed over the years. They used to be reserved for subcultures, but are now very much in the mainstream, and seen as a positive w ... Show More

Greg and Bella are joined by award-winning Biology teacher Miss Wilsher for a lesson all about tattoos!By looking at how a tattoo works, we'll find out about the different layers of your skin and how pain works; we'll also hear about the chequered history of tattooing and it's an ... Show More

J'ai enregistré un épisode de podcast pendant que je me faisais tatouer pour la première fois. Il y a maintenant 2 semaines, Inès et moi, on s'est faites tatouées. Ines est une habituée, ça doit être son 15ème.. Personnellement, c'était mon premier. On en parlait depuis..plus d'u ... Show More

There are many common misconceptions and misunderstandings about Tattoos. They can act as a window into the social economic and cultural issues of a period of time. Britain was in fact the 'land of the painted people' with tattooing going further back into our history than many p ... Show More

“As ancient as time, as modern as tomorrow.’ Why have tattoos been reinvented in so many cultures - and with so many different meanings - throughout history? And yet, tattooing is constantly portrayed as a new ‘thing’, when tattoos were just for criminals or sailors. Far from tru ... Show More

Jessica is a survivor of child molestation and human trafficking, who found her calling helping other survivors transform painful reminders of their past into symbols of hope. Her nonprofit Atlanta Redemption Rink, and their network of 80 tattoo shops across the country, have hel ... Show More

Mike Soria from Angels and Kings Collective Tattoo Studio joins the show with Scott Darling to talk about what it's like being a tattoo artist. We get into how he started tattooing for a career, the craziest place he has ever put a tattoo on a customer, the overhead costs to owni ... Show More

Los primeros europeos que llegaron a las islas del Pacífico quedaron asombrados al ver a hombres y mujeres con la piel cubierta por sofisticados tatuajes. 

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