Jessica Schwartz, Associate Professor of Musicology and Music Industry at UCLA, sets out to explore the meaning of punk through conversations with the people who shape, live, and remix it—musicians, videographers, cultural producers, and the academics who study it—while animating punk’s DIY creativity, resistance, and sense of possibility. Schwartz also co-hosts the <a href="https://www.punkscholarsnetwork.com/about/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Punk Scholars Podcast</a>.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Jessica Schwartz, Associate Professor of Musicology and Music Industry at UCLA, sets out to explore the meaning of punk through conversations with the people who shape, live, and remix it—musicians, videographers, cultural producers, and the academics who study it—while animating punk’s DIY creativity, resistance, and sense of possibility. Schwartz also co-hosts the <a href="https://www.punkscholarsnetwork.com/about/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Punk Scholars Podcast</a>.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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June 26, 2026
Si Paton (Experimental Music)
<p><strong>Punkast </strong>is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration.</p><br><p>>>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday.</p><br><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><br><p>Experimental composer, improviser, and educator Si Paton joins Jessica Schwartz for a live conversation with UCLA students exploring listening, neurodivergence, improvisation, and the creative intersections of punk, noise, jazz, and DIY music cultures. Together, they discuss how musical communities emerge through collaboration, experimentation, and shared practices of listening, while reflecting on improvisation as both a creative process and a way of navigating the world.</p><br><p>The conversation also explores graphic notation, theatrical performance, ensemble composition, and Paton's research on developing shared musical languages across diverse musical traditions. Throughout, Paton reflects on the value of embracing uncertainty, making mistakes, and creating spaces where experimentation can thrive.</p><br><p>Si Paton is a composer, bassist, academic, and promoter. He completed his PhD at Birmingham Conservatoire under the supervision of Ed Bennett and Seán Clancy, researching composition for improvising large ensembles and the development of shared musical languages across different stylistic traditions. He previously studied electric bass and jazz composition at the University of West London with Paul Westwood and Eddie Harvey. Past projects include the prog-jazz group Selectric, punk-funk big band Pack of Wolves Arkestra, and the acoustic-grindcore suite Gillberg Variations. As an improviser, he has performed with Nils Økland, Steve Tromans, Chris Sharkey, Maria Chiara Argirò, Cath Roberts, and Apocalypse Jazz Unit. He is also the curator of Thinking/Not Thinking Fest, a three-day festival celebrating musical juxtapositions.</p><br><p>This conversation includes questions and contributions from students in a UCLA musicology course facilitated by Jessica Schwartz and was recorded in January 2024.</p><br><p><strong>Links + References:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/si_paton/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Si Paton - Instagram</a></p><p><a href="https://sipaton.bandcamp.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Si Paton Bandcamp</a></p><p><a href="https://sipaton.bandcamp.com/album/rejection-sensitive-dysphoria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (Bandcamp)</a></p><p><a href="https://soundandmusic.org/discover/composer/simon-paton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sound and Music (composer profile)</a></p><p><a href="https://apocalypsejazzunit.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apocalypse Jazz Unit (Bandcamp)</a></p><br><p><strong>Credits:</strong></p><p>Punkast is hosted and produced by Jessica Schwartz.</p><p>Editorial support: Arrow Avalon.</p><br><p><strong>Transcript:</strong></p><p><a href="https://sonix.ai/share/ViR9CQZ9nAgbFKDYd5p1uFXb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Audio-synced transcript</a></p><br><p><strong>Theme Music:</strong></p><p>Lady Bits, "Bitch-a-thon,"<a href="https://lady-bits.bandcamp.com/album/lady-bits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Lady Bits</a>.</p><br><p><strong>Related:</strong></p><p>Jessica Schwartz co-hosts the <a href="https://www.punkscholarsnetwork.com/about/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Punk Scholars Podcast</a>. </p><br><p><strong>Connect with Punkast:</strong></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7z5b8RMgRNi4KyGFGqyxF8?si=1ed945c4314a44a8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a></p><p>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/punkastucla/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> punkastucla</a></p><br><p><strong>Stay tapped in.</strong></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 18, 2026
Serafina Maxima (Photographer) + Arrow Avalon (Punkast Correspondent): ICE Out of Los Angeles
<p><strong>Punkast </strong>is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration.</p><br><p>>>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday.</p><br><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p><strong>ICE OUT OF LOS ANGELES</strong></p><br><p>'Fear literally controls people. It ruins ...it runs people's lives...the stuff of nightmares.'</p><p> </p><p> 'We can't really make progress without solidarity from men, from people of all ages, and from people all across the spectrum... </p><p> we just need solidarity across struggles and oppressions.'</p><p> </p><p> '...it's just really exciting to see what comes out of Los Angeles, like communities, you know.'</p><br><p>Punkast correspondent Arrow Avalon is joined by Los Angeles photographer, organizer, and community builder <strong>Serafina Maxima</strong> in a conversation exploring photography, punk, community, and the ongoing impacts of immigration enforcement in Los Angeles.</p><br><p>Known for her community-centered Photobook Meetups, Serafina reflects on photography as art, documentation, and activism while discussing the responsibilities that come with representing communities through images. Together, Arrow and Serafina explore local organizing, creative spaces, women in photography, and the role of cultural workers in preserving community histories.</p><br><p>The conversation also addresses ICE-related violence, protest, policing, and the ways fear, documentation, and collective memory shape everyday life in Los Angeles. As part of an ongoing Punkast project examining punk, community, and responses to immigration enforcement, this episode highlights lived experiences, grassroots organizing, and the importance of creating spaces for connection and solidarity.</p><br><p><strong>Arrow Avalon</strong> is a Punkast correspondent + guest producer as well as a photographer, musician, promoter, and UCLA undergraduate whose work explores punk, photography, community, and social justice in Los Angeles.</p><br><p>Recorded May 2026</p><br><p><strong>Links + References:</strong></p><p>Serafina Maxima: IG @f1lmfomo</p><p>Arrow Avalon: IG @arrow.avalon</p><br><p><strong>Credits:</strong></p><p>Punkast is hosted and produced by Jessica Schwartz.</p><p>Correspondent: Arrow Avalon</p><p>Editorial support: Arrow Avalon– audio editing, episode notes, and audio-synced transcript.</p><br><p><strong>Cover Photo:</strong></p><p>Gregory Bojourquez</p><br><p><strong>Transcript:</strong></p><p><a href="https://sonix.ai/share/8NGrK8qSR6Wyh2EMGNjZF7Ug" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Audio-synced transcript</a></p><br><p><strong>Theme Music:</strong></p><p>Lady Bits, "Bitch-a-thon,"<a href="https://lady-bits.bandcamp.com/album/lady-bits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Lady Bits</a>.</p><br><p><strong>Related:</strong></p><p>Jessica Schwartz co-hosts the <a href="https://www.punkscholarsnetwork.com/about/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Punk Scholars Podcast</a> on the Punk Scholars Network. </p><br><p><strong>Connect with Punkast:</strong></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7z5b8RMgRNi4KyGFGqyxF8?si=1ed945c4314a44a8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a></p><p>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/punkastucla/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> punkastucla</a></p><br><p><strong>Stay tapped in.</strong></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 12, 2026
Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols)
<p><strong>Punkast </strong>is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration.</p><br><p>>>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday.</p><br><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>‘There's no future unless you try and change it.’</p><br><p>Jessica Schwartz is joined by Sex Pistols bassist and songwriter Glen Matlock in a conversation recorded in London at Oxford Circus. Together, they reflect on the political and cultural conditions that shaped the emergence of punk in 1970s Britain—from economic decline and social unrest to questions of identity, community, and change.</p><br><p>Matlock discusses the early days of the Sex Pistols, London's music and style cultures, the role of Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's shop, and the relationships between punk, politics, and everyday life. In addition, he reflects on Brexit, nationalism, cultural memory, and the ways people continue to search for belonging and possibility through music and collective action.</p><br><p>Glen Matlock is a musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Sex Pistols. He co-wrote many of the band's best-known songs, including “Pretty Vacant,” and contributed to the music of “Anarchy in the U.K.” Beyond the Sex Pistols, he has performed with Rich Kids, The Faces, and numerous solo projects. A lifelong songwriter and performer, his work continues to draw on influences ranging from early rock and roll and British mod culture to soul, rhythm and blues, and jazz.</p><br><p>Recorded at Oxford Circus, London, United Kingdom, in December 2019.</p><br><p>One of the earliest interviews recorded for Punkast, this conversation captures a moment when debates around Brexit, nationalism, and cultural identity were reshaping public life in Britain, while reflecting on the histories and conditions that helped give rise to punk decades earlier.</p><br><p><strong>Links + References:</strong></p><p><a href="http://glenmatlock.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glen Matlock</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@glenmatlockofficial" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glen Matlock - YouTube</a></p><p><a href="https://www.sexpistolsofficial.com/bio/glen-matlock/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glen Matlock - Sex Pistols | The Official Website</a></p><p><a href="https://us.rocket88books.com/products/i-was-a-teenage-sex-pistol-paperback" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol (Paperback)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD2bJQS6Xn4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Was A Teenage Sex Pistols (Trailer)</a></p><br><p><strong>Credits:</strong></p><p>Punkast is hosted and produced by Jessica Schwartz.</p><p>Guest produced by Tequila Mockingbird.</p><p>Editorial support: Arrow Avalon– audio editing.</p><br><p><strong>Cover Photo:</strong></p><p>Danny Clifford</p><br><p><strong>Transcript:</strong></p><p><a href="https://sonix.ai/share/bDip6XJ2ochbo1vkXJBwmFjQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Audio-synced transcript</a></p><br><p><strong>Theme Music:</strong></p><p>Lady Bits, "Bitch-a-thon,"<a href="https://lady-bits.bandcamp.com/album/lady-bits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Lady Bits</a></p><br><p><strong>Related:</strong></p><p>Jessica Schwartz co-hosts the <a href="https://www.punkscholarsnetwork.com/about/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Punk Scholars Podcast</a> on the Punk Scholars Network.</p><br><p><strong>Connect with Punkast:</strong></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7z5b8RMgRNi4KyGFGqyxF8?si=1ed945c4314a44a8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a></p><p>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/punkastucla/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> punkastucla</a></p><br><p><strong>Stay tapped in.</strong></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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