Episode 53 with Becky Dill of Cold Steel America in San Francisco. Becky and I are co-instructing a class on piercing young minors at the 2018 APP conference so I figured we could record our first meeting while we plan it out. We discuss our opinons on appropriate ages to pierce minors, and how we incorporate this specialty service into our shops.

Episode 51 with Jim Sens of High Priestess Piercing in Eugene, Oregon.

Jim is a long time piercer working at High Priestess, one of the industry's largest companies of high end piercing studios. Jim talks about what its like to manage a high volume shop, the importance of having a life outside of work, and how he performed over 200 piercings in a single day at work!

Episode 48 with Lee Horton of Legacy Tattoo & Piercing in London, Ontario.

Lee is a talented piercer and laser tattoo removal technician from Canada. We talk about boh of his professions, preparing a studio walk through video for APP membership, and the frustrations of a piercer trying to do their best in a market full of ...not the best.

Episode 47 with Buonantuono of Black Lotus Tattoo Gallery & Body Piercing in Hanover, Maryland. Matt was kind enough to host one of my seminars at this his shop and I was blown away by how nice it was. We talk trends in body piercing and chat about our jewelry preferences.