82: Tattoos

Alex Berg joins Jen this week to chat all things tattoo. With eight pieces and counting, Alex is no stranger to figuring out a design and where to put it, the tattooing process itself, and even a little tattoo regret. And while ink may be the sign of criminals and badasses in movies, Alex and Jen find it pretty run of the mill in LA. Heck, it may be even more common than they realize. After all, you never know what might be hiding under other people's t-shirts…

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Alex's recommendations: the the Hardcore History podcast, indie games, and skulls
Carl Zimmer's Science Ink has tons of cool science tattoos, including Alex's Schrödinger's Cat
John Irving's novel Until I Find You deals heavily with tattooing
The internet famous bad memorial wife tattoo that was fixed by a second artist
Scarification

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