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parker brown and phil griffin talk about their favorite songs and why they like 'em! this episode features radiohead and the watchhouse (formerly mandolin orange), respectively.

We talk about Ta-Nehisi Coates' book, a letter he wrote to his 15 year-old son about being black in America. You should read it too, probably. It's good.

Getting started with those most iconic of witches, the Sanderson sisters, The Witching Hour is discussing Hocus Pocus! Laura and Kendall question how magic works in the world, why we're shaming 16 year old virgins, and have a cackling good time as they figure out how to podcast! Oregon witches Kendall and Laura are evaluating representations of witches in media. Movies, TV, and books are all fair game on this podcast! Join them as they compare magicks, fashion, and storytelling during The Witching Hour. waste-division.org

riddy arman and me talk sadness, songwriting, & the 4th of the july in this ep and i don't fuck it up too bad. we had fun! and riddy sings a pretty song of hers. she's great. also cooper hijacks the interview for a bit like halfway thru @coopermalin on the graphic waste-division.org

For this episode Phil talks with Ash Nataanii, lead singer of Missoula band (Phil's fav MT group) FUULS. They talk about Ash's journey as a trans indigenous woman, they talk about grief & capitalism & dystopia, they crack jokes, they talk about Jewish mysticism, they get drunk. Don't miss this ep! End music by FUULS, with their track "Freudian Slurs" off their 2019 release About-Face. Follow @fuulsruuls on Instagram or look them up on Spotify or Bandcamp for more of their stuff! For more arty shit like this visit waste-division.org. If you're interested in supporting Waste Division financially visit our Patreon page. This helps us with operating costs so we can continue to supply you with good stuff like this! Podcast by Phillip Griffin. Graphic by Cooper Malin.

This is the podcast edition of our Sunday streaming show, Quarantine Daze. With a lack of concerts & other social gatherings we've decided to refocus our efforts on a regular stream featuring our friends, favorite local artists, and other movers/shakers in the Montana art community. Episodes include an interview section, a musical/poetical performance, and a gang bullshit session, usually in that order. For this episode we were stoked to have our activist friends Siesa Shuman & Jana Richter to talk about their experience organizing a vigil at Kirk's Grocery for George Floyd, and about broader issues of BIPOC experience in Billings. Then Isaiah Demontiney & Michael Birdinground present a beautiful poetry/noise piece. John "Bear" Birdinground tells an impassioned story about his experience growing up as a local native person. To finish we have a gang discussion, and end up drawing solid connections between indigenous & black experience in the modern American police state. Be sure to check out

This is the podcast edition of our Sunday streaming show, Quarantine Daze. With a lack of concerts & other social gatherings we've decided to refocus our efforts on a regular stream featuring our friends, favorite local artists, and other movers/shakers in the Montana art community. Episodes include an interview section, a musical performance, and a gang bullshit session, usually in that order. For this episode we were happy to have Wes Urbaniak drop in with his homemade guitar to play some fiery folk music. After that we have Maraud and Josh Paulson to talk about the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis & around the country, and we also talk about mental health & suicide. At the end we have a gang discussion. Special thanks to Tyson Kreiter for being our audio/visual tech guru and to Eric Toennis for his promotional efforts. To see more of our collective work visit waste-division.org! Graphic by Cooper Malin - find @coopermalin or @rustyfleece on Instagram to see more of his work or to contac

This is the first podcast edition of our Sunday streaming show, Quarantine Daze. With a lack of concerts & other social gatherings we've decided to refocus our efforts on a regular stream featuring our friends, favorite local artists, and other movers & shakers in the Montana art community. Episodes include an interview section, a musical performance, and a gang bullshit session, usually in that order. For this episode we were happy to have a convo with Shane De Leon, owner & manager of downtown art gallery/venue Kirk's Grocery, to see how the pandemic has effected the gallery & other aspects of his life. After that Chad Zigweid performs some of his melancholy singersongwritery tunes. He is joined by Ty Herman, the other guitarist in the band they call Bill Moved Away. At the end we have a decent gang discussion between all of us hangin--Shane, Chad, Phil, Ty, Becca, Jordan, and Tyson. Special thanks to Tyson Kreiter for being our audio/visual tech guru and to Eric Toennis for his promotiona

Let’s welcome the newest show to join the Waste Radio podcast network! Game of Prose is a flash fiction competition podcast produced by Midnight Scario Productions out of Pittsburgh, PA. Episodes pit friends and co-hosts Alina Cross and Dave Zee against each other in a war of the words. Given a prompt, our formidable contestants get a week to prepare a piece of writing whether it be a short story, script, poetry, song, etc. A special guest judge each episode decides their fate! It's a throw-down for literary supremacy as Dave and Alina battle it out in round in the premier episode of Game of Prose! For more arty shit like this visit waste-division.org. If you're interested in supporting Waste Division financially visit our Patreon page. This helps us with operating costs so we can continue to supply you with good stuff like this!

For this episode Phil talks with Lenny Howes, who owns Ebon Coffee in downtown Billings, MT. They talk about education, capitalism, John Taylor Gatto, and more. End music by FUULS, with their unreleased track "Bloodmouth." Follow @fuulsruuls on Instagram or look them up on Spotify or Bandcamp for more of their stuff! For more arty shit like this visit waste-division.org. If you're interested in supporting Waste Division financially visit our Patreon page. This helps us with operating costs so we can continue to supply you with good stuff like this! Podcast edited & produced by Phillip Griffin. Graphic by Cooper Malin.

Show Notes For this episode of PT our formidable host travels to Long Beach, CA to visit with an exuberant singer living there. Lindsey and Phil talk about a buffet of subjects, from divorce to music philosophy to Compton and beyond. They giggle a lot. End music by Lenny Dufrain, with his unreleased track "Blame Me." Follow @lennydufrain on Instagram to stay up to date with Lindsey! For more arty shit like this visit waste-division.org. If you're interested in supporting Waste Division financially visit our Patreon page. This helps us with operating costs so we can continue to supply you with good stuff like this! Podcast edited & produced by Phillip Griffin. Graphic by Cooper Malin.

**ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED MARCH 6 2020** For this episode of Philthy Talk our host Phil travelled to LA to meet comic & filmmaker Jackson Banks. They talk about Jackson’s experience living in LA as a working artist, and about how he’s super perverted now because he was raised Morman. Phil conducts a decent interview despite Jackson’s best efforts. Show Notes Be sure to check out Jackson's Instagram page! @campyjacky Also if you're interested in supporting Waste Division financially visit our Patreon page. This helps us with operating costs so we can continue to supply you with good stuff like this! Podcast edited & produced by Phillip Griffin. Graphic by Cooper Malin. End music by Bust, with their song "Dark Party."

In this short ep Phil takes a second to collect himself and explore some thoughts about nature. Also includes a bit of "forest bathing" for your ears, complete with forest sounds, fire sounds, wind sounds, and bird sounds. Enjoy and stay tuned for more! We're still trying to figure out wtf we're doing over here at Waste Division. Notes Podcast produced by Phillip Griffin. Graphic by Cooper Malin. End sounds by nature. For more info visit www.waste-division.org Also if you're interested in supporting us financially visit our Patreon page. This helps us with operating costs so we can continue to supply you with good stuff like this! Otherwise leave us a review on iTunes or tell your friends. :)    

For this episode of Philthy Talk our formidable host travelled to a storage shed in North Hollywood to meet with Count Boogie, host of the Perverted Podcast and kinkster extraordinaire. They talk about Boogie's origins - him having been adopted & abused as a kid, running away, finding christianity & playing in christian bands & doing christian comedy (yes, that's a thing), getting married, and missing an important opportunity in radio. After all that crashed Boogie got into kink stuff when he was about 40 and seems to never look back. Boogie discusses his mental health struggles, economic struggles, and a bunch of other crazy shit. Show Notes Be sure to check out the Perverted Podcast! Julia Louis-Dreyfest 7.5 is right around the corner! Friday March 6 at Craft Local at 5:00pm in beautiful downtown Billings, MT. 13 bands and 4 visual artists for only $10 if you get tix early! For more info visit www.waste-division.org. Thanks to Dreyfest sponsors Bloom Montana and Imaginink for supporting DIY a

This episode of Philthy Talk features Abram Hagstrom, host of The Hinterlands Podcast. Phil and Abram talk about growing up, families, polyamory, Marxism, and a smidge of David Eisenstein, aaaand a bunch of other stuff. Show Notes Podcast edited & produced by Phillip Griffin. Graphic by Cooper Malin. End music by Panther Car, with their new song "Rainbows" off their new album Pomegranate. Available on bandcamp! For more wastey info visit www.waste-division.org !!! Also if you're interested in supporting us financially visit our Patreon page. This helps us with operating costs so we can continue to supply you with good stuff like this!

This episode of Philthy Talk features Mark Parker, a top-tier lawyer in MT and also a great conversationalist (also a deadhead). They talk about law & technology, business, Missoula philosopher Albert Borgmann, intellectual property law, getting your shit together, Rastafarians on the Billings South Side, and a bunch of other stuff. Thanks to Mark for his time! Show Notes Podcast edited by Phillip Griffin. Graphic by Cooper Malin. End music by Panther Car, with their new single "Lull." Available on bandcamp! For more wastey info visit www.waste-division.org !!! Also if you're interested in supporting us financially & subscribing for quarterly independent art deliveries visit our Patreon page. This helps us with operating costs so we can continue to supply you with good stuff like this!

On this episode of Philthy Talk Phil sits down with writer and outdoorsman Stephen Brown to talk about his memoir Amongst the Eyes and Sage. After growing up in a wealthy part of Denver, Stephen decided to take off to Red Lodge, Montana to settle down and live a life less concerned with city struggles. Now armed with his training in creative writing, he seems to have a lot of material to write about. They talk about toxic masculinity, environmentalism, class & identity, apex predators, and a bunch of other stuff. Show Notes Podcast edited by Phillip Griffin. Graphic by Cooper Malin. Intro music by Brian Nichols. End music by FUULS, with their new song "Nosferrotten," off their EP About-Face, which you can (and should) check out wherever you get music. For more info visit www.waste-division.org Also if you're interested in supporting us financially & subscribing for quarterly independent art deliveries visit our Patreon page. This helps us with operating costs so we can continue to supply you with

Overview For this episode Phil talks over the phone with the makers of a new documentary called Dosed, which follows the journey of an opioid addict, Adrianne, as she recovers from trauma & addiction thru psychedelic therapy using magic mushrooms and iboga. They discuss the challenges of finding Adrianne treatment, and the effectiveness of psychedelics in helping their friend deal with heavy psychological & physical issues. Eventually the film crew and Adreanna found themselves deep inside an underground culture long neglected by mainstream medical institutions - just in the nick of time. Dosed will be screened in Billings, MT as part of the Montana International Film Festival on Friday 9/20 at Arthouse Cinema and Pub. 4:30-6:00pm. Come hang out! www.dosedmovie.com www.mintfilmfestival.org www.arthousebillings.com Also available on Apple Podcasts & other streaming services! Notes Podcast produced by Phillip Griffin. Graphic by Cooper Malin. Intro music by Brian Nichols. End music by Megag

We're trying a new thing, Waste Hangs, where we feature places we like to hang out at. This one features kitchen and dining sounds from The Dixon Merc, a Sunday brunch spot/slice of heaven in the middle of nowhere, opened up by a close Wastoid, Laura. Cooper and Phil bullshit about art, running a communist restaurant, taking care of a baby, and other wastey shit. Notes Podcast produced by Phillip Griffin. Graphic by Cooper Malin. For more info visit www.waste-division.org Also if you're interested in subscribing for monthly independent art deliveries visit our Patreon page. This helps us with operating costs so we can continue to supply you with good stuff like this!

BEHOLD! The second part of this year's Dreyfest podcast. Give a listen to see who you'll be into at this year's fest, and get some info on where everyone's playing! SEE YOU AT DREYFEST Notes Music from this year's Dreyfest musicians. For more info visit www.waste-division.org !!! Also if you're interested in subscribing for monthly independent art deliveries visit our Patreon page. This helps us with operating costs so we can continue to supply you with good stuff like this! Podcast produced by Phillip Griffin & Mary Kate Teske. Graphic by Cooper Malin.