Mike Giant Podcast

Mike Giant

mike@mikegiant.com

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Booking Overview

Mike Giant’s podcast books creative practitioners—mostly tattoo artists, photographers, and designers—and lets them go deep on craft, subcultures, and personal development through their work. It’s a strong fit for PR outreach targeting niche creative industries and founders/art-world figures who have a real practice story to tell.

Metrics

Episodes: 68

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

mike@mikegiant.com

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Host

Mike Giant - Mike Giant is the host and interviewer behind the Mike Giant Podcast. The show centers on in-depth conversations (and occasional related formats like lectures) with creative professionals, typicall...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:

Practicing creatives with a strong, identifiable body of work and an origin/learning narrative tied to subculture or craft (e.g., tattoo artists with established shop history; photographers with distinct aesthetic and series; graphic design/fine art studio founders). Credentials can be local-to-regional with a credible track record; major mainstream fame is not required if the guest is influential in their niche.

Required Achievements:

Has produced a recognizable body of work (e.g., tattoo styles/clients/conventions; photo series; published or exhibited design/art work), Demonstrates a clear craft philosophy or methodology (process/tooling/aesthetic framework), Operates within or contributes to a creative community (studio/community, apprenticeship networks, subcultural scenes)

Recent Guest Discussions

Nalla Smith - Tattoo Apprenticeship/learning Pathways, Tattoo Shop Culture, Style Evolution (blackwork/blackout), References In Tattoo/print/design, And How Women Have Influenced The Tattoo Business.

Jason Noto - Creative/technical Growth (including Computer Learning), Studio Collaboration, Publishing/showing Work, And Building An Audience Via Authentic Work.

Doug Cunningham - Career Path Through Skateboard/creative Commercial Work, Art Production And Process, Studio/community Workflow, And Balancing Personal Vs Commercial Output.

Bee Gats - Photographic Aesthetics (beauty Of Decay), Influences Across Music/editorial And Film/literature, Personal Background Shaping Subject Choices, And Building An Audience Through Authentic Work.

Recent Topics

Tattoo, Photography, Graphic Design, Fine Art, Printmaking

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Mike Giant Podcast

Episode 68: Nalla Smith

May 25, 2026

Mike Giant interviews Nalla Smith at his home in upstate New York. Recorded April 26, 2026. Topics discussed include: Learning how to tattoo from Nalla, informal apprenticeships, piercing at Body Manipulations (1989-1991), Daljeet’s on Haight Street, Freddy Corbin, odd jobs, Spaghetti Western, Greg Kulz/Erno’s, ReSearch/Modern Primitives book, Jaime Trujillo, Dave Lum, Realistic Tattoo/Ed Hardy, Tattoo City, Eddy Deutsche, Dan Higgs, Jef Whitehead, Dungeons & Dragons, Kevin Howard, Jap...

Episode 67: Morning Breath

April 30, 2026

Mike Giant in conversation with Morning Breath, the graphic design/fine art studio of Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto based in Brooklyn, New York. Topics discussed include: Working at Think Skateboards in the 1990s, vouching for Doug, Chris Cycle, Doug getting arrested painting freight trains, TMF crew night at Cafe Babar, Dave Schubert (Evade), punk fliers, drawing as a kid, access to surplus paper/pads, copying imagery from tv, Cholo culture, Teen Angels, Lowrider, making art for friends, ...

Episode 66: Bee Gats

March 03, 2026

Conversation between Mike Giant and photographer Bee Gats. Topics discussed include: photographic aesthetics, the beauty of decay, Estevan Oriol, Boogie, opening doors for the next generation, the Tulsa series by Larry Clark , The Americans, playing with cameras as a child, Kodak cameras, hip-hop album covers: Mobb Deep - The Infamous, Thrasher and Transworld magazines, discovering Big Brother at 13 years old, magazine shops, Life Sucks Die, While You Were Sleeping, Mass Appeal, F.E.D.S. an...

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