Beneath The Skin

Scottish Tattoo History with Terry Manton

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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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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Jobstoppers with Joakim Steyls (@job.stoppers)

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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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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Tattooing and the American Far Right feat. Dr Claire Aubin

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
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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*UNLOCKED* What's In The Inks?

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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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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Australia's Tattooed Lady: Cindy Ray

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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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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Cash Cooper feat. Paul ‘Rambo’ Ramsbottom

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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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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Tattoo Mike Wilson: The Illustrated Man

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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The History of Tattoo Prices

On this weeks episode of Beneath the Skin we talked about the history of tattoo pricing
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Production by Thomas O'Mahony
Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art)
Intro music by Dan McKenna
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