Ethan Gregory Dodge sits down with Milwaukee tattooer Julio Ávila about his start in tattooing and how his career brought him to the 408.

Julio lives up to the stereotype of a storied tattooist with some truly wild stories. In fact, he just published a book detailing many of them. Support him by picking up a copy 👇🏻

⁠Tales of a Tattoo Apprentice by Julio Ávila⁠

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Shoutouts

🎨 Logo by the incredibly talented ⁠⁠Tessia Spisak⁠⁠

🎵 Theme music by ⁠⁠mint.beats⁠⁠

🎙️ Produced by ⁠⁠Ethan Gregory Dodge⁠⁠

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