ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Pirate Radio for the Tattooed & Restless
Pronounced 'marked' - MRKD™ is a tattoo related podcast all about the passions, the marked men and women of tattooing pursue beyond the tattoo machine. The stuff that keeps us inspired, balanced, and ultimately makes us better tattooists - and how these interests feed into our creative processes, perspectives, and careers.
They’re professional-but-personal conversations that I hope will inspire, educate and most importantly entertain you.
Pronounced 'marked' - MRKD™ is a tattoo related podcast all about the passions, the marked men and women of tattooing pursue beyond the tattoo machine. The stuff that keeps us inspired, balanced, and ultimately makes us better tattooists - and how these interests feed into our creative processes, perspectives, and careers.
They’re professional-but-personal conversations that I hope will inspire, educate and most importantly entertain you.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 16 days
Average audio length:
54 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
16 episodes
since July 17, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
It's a word every outsider loves to hate. But, I'd argue that, in an unregulated craft, some gates are the only thing keeping standards from collapsing.
Tattooing doesn’t belong to any single artist. None of us “own” it. But that doesn’t make it a free-for-all either. Tattooing is a culture and a s…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
A warning shot for anyone who’s starting to feel like tattooing is becoming a perfectly lit factory.
On the surface, the craft has never looked better. Open Instagram and within seconds you’re hit with flawless blends, razor lines, and photos that look like product ads. Everything is crisp. Everyth…
A reality check for anyone doom-scrolling their way into believing the craft is finished.
Everywhere you look, someone’s yelling “it’s over.” Blogs, podcasts, Instagram celebrities, TikTok prophets—same recycled headline: the end of tattooing. And I can’t help thinking… I’ve heard this song before.…
A blunt look at what happens when machines stop being “a future thing” and start rearranging the present.
AI is here. And in the short term, it’s going to shake the world—because a lot of people are about to try getting rich by replacing humans wherever they can. Jobs will disappear. Efficiency wil…
Rich Harris isn’t selling shortcuts. He’s building a system.
We start with an unexpected blueprint: sports biographies. Not the highlight reels, the grind. The training blocks. The boredom. The sacrifice. Rich reads athletes the way tattooers should study tattooing: as a long game of discipline, pr…
Tattooing doesn’t stand still, even when we do. A long-term view on staying curious, avoiding dogma, and building a career that lasts.
I talk about tattoos a lot. I’ve written about them in my Total Tattoo column for over a decade now. A lot has changed in that time. I’ve talked about tattooing int…
"You can't outwork the stress of that kind of job."
In this engaging conversation, Joe Swanson, a former California Highway Patrol officer and tattoo artist, shares his unique experiences and insights on the intersection of law enforcement and tattooing. He discusses the challenges of stress and me…
In this episode of MRKD, Paul and Liam Hunter go deep into the realities of being a tattoo artist. From physical health and yoga to mastering techniques and color theory, they cover the grind that keeps tattoos looking real and artists staying sane.
They tackle imposter syndrome, online criticism, …
In this episode of MRKD, Paul and Dave dive into the mess social media has made of the tattoo world. With influencers, viral trends, and attention-grabbing gimmicks taking center stage, authentic tattooing is being treated more like a performance than craft.
They break down the tension between stay…
Joshua Black is a tattooist from Baltimore, now working out of Gypsy Skull Tattoo in Hanover, Pennsylvania — a shop run by Brian Fuentes.
His decision to finally start his journey into tattooing came at a time when he wasn’t even certain he’d be able to walk that path. Literally. Stuck in a hospita…
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