Grinding Teeth

About Grinding Teeth

On Grinding Teeth: A Podcast About The Creative Journey, host matt gahler sits down with artists to trace the full arc of their creative journeys, exploring the early experiences that shaped them and the paths that led to their current work.

Publisher

matt gahler

Category

arts · arts · arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Jan 2025

Latest episode

26 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

38 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Sept 2026

   Ryan Schulte

   This week on Grinding Teeth matt is in conversation with writer Ryan Schulte. Join them as they discuss 2000s fantasy as a gateway to literature, the challenge of writing about nature, interpersonal relationships as a foreground of writing, missing music as a tactile experience, and compartmentalizing work vs art.

2. 

   14 Aug 2026

   Alexander Shalom Joseph

   This week on Grinding Teeth matt is in conversation with poet/writer Alexander Shalom Joseph. Join them as they discuss creating stories alone in the woods, the never-ending tension between art and capitalism, and the conversation with your past self during the editing and revision process.

3. 

   3 Jul 2026

   Coma White

   This week on Grinding Teeth matt is in conversation with drag artist/B-movie Bimbo/Video Vixen Coma White. Join them as they discuss a mutual obsession with horror video box art, separating the art from the artist, and having the ideas but lacking the energy and drive to see the art through to fruition.

Who has been a guest on Grinding Teeth

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Chelsea Tanner
• Gus Morgan
• Molly Turner
• James Reilly
• Hunter Hodkinson

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

2,012

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

74

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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