> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://see-saw.fun/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # podcast: friends of punk this week on the best of 2025 - URL: https://see-saw.fun/podcast-friends-of-punk-this-week-on-the-best-of-2025/ - Published: 2025-12-30T20:56:38.000Z - Updated: 2025-12-30T20:56:59.000Z - Description: Musicians, writers, and homies gather round the podcast to share their favorite punk things of the year. - Author: Evan Minsker - Tags: podcast [Punk This Week](https://see-saw.fun/tag/podcast/) *is see/saw’s free weekly podcast from co-hosts Evan Minsker and Nina Corcoran—a discussion of the latest and greatest in the world of punk rock. Usually, we talk about six new punk records we’re loving from the past week.* This time, we welcome friends of the podcast to share their favorite punk things of 2025\. We hear from Tyler Fassnacht ([Baby Tyler](https://nightbellrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sucker-with-a-dream?ref=see-saw.fun)), Martin Douglas ([Trick Bag](https://trickbag.substack.com/)), [Jim Fair](https://www.instagram.com/dogwithamullet/?ref=see-saw.fun) ([Positive Thinking](https://positivethinkingpgh.bandcamp.com/album/the-power-of?ref=see-saw.fun)), [Jael Holzman](https://bsky.app/profile/jael.bsky.social?ref=see-saw.fun) ([Ekko Astral](https://ekkoastral.bandcamp.com/?ref=see-saw.fun)), David Anthony ([Former Clarity](https://www.formerclarity.com/?ref=see-saw.fun)/[Ritual Cross](https://ritualcross.bandcamp.com/album/ritual-cross?ref=see-saw.fun)), [Shauna Boyle](https://www.instagram.com/iwannabeyourmod/?ref=see-saw.fun) (Leatherman/Cable Ties/Lothario), [Lucy Isadora](https://www.instagram.com/likls/?ref=see-saw.fun) (Big Clown/Hammer and the Tools), [Zach Mitchell](https://www.instagram.com/jorty%5Fspice/?ref=see-saw.fun) (Big Clown/[Machine Duplication Recordings](https://mdrobserver.substack.com/)), Sydney Salk ([Van Goth](https://www.instagram.com/vangothrocks/?ref=see-saw.fun)/[Compilation Nation](https://compilationnation.substack.com/)), Drew Ailes ([Citric Dummies](https://citricdummies.bandcamp.com/album/split-with-turnstile?ref=see-saw.fun)), and [Waylon Thornton](https://ghosthousecandymountain.bandcamp.com/music?ref=see-saw.fun). Discussed: [The all Roy cut of *Kermit’s Swamp Years*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kq4dyujuPE&ref=see-saw.fun), [Cruelster](https://convulserecords.bandcamp.com/album/make-them-wonder-why?ref=see-saw.fun), [Science Man](https://scienceman.bandcamp.com/album/monarch-joy?ref=see-saw.fun), [*Shouting Out Loud*](https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/audrey-golden/shouting-out-loud/9780306835902/?ref=see-saw.fun), [Fugitive Bubble](https://sorrystaterecords.bandcamp.com/album/what-will-happen-if-we-stop?ref=see-saw.fun), Skull Fest in Pittsburgh, [PUP](https://puptheband.bandcamp.com/album/who-will-look-after-the-dogs?ref=see-saw.fun), [Lambrini Girls](https://lambrinigirlsband.bandcamp.com/album/who-let-the-dogs-out?ref=see-saw.fun), [AXON](https://notfortheweakrecords.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-2?ref=see-saw.fun), Gonerfest in Memphis, [R.M.F.C.](https://rockmusicfanclub.bandcamp.com/album/ecstatic-strife?ref=see-saw.fun), [Eddy Current Suppression Ring](https://eddycurrentsuppressionring.bandcamp.com/album/shapes-and-forms?ref=see-saw.fun), Big Clown and the Memphis all stars covering “Memphis Creep” in front of Eric Oblivian, [Wesley & the Boys](https://wesleyandtheboys.bandcamp.com/album/rock-roll-ruined-my-life?ref=see-saw.fun), [Nape Neck](https://napeneck.bandcamp.com/album/the-shallowest-end?ref=see-saw.fun), [Pig Kiss’d Emporium](https://www.instagram.com/pig%5Fkissd%5Femporium/?ref=see-saw.fun), [Mississippi Records’ Arthur Russell comp](https://www.mississippirecords.net/catalog/p/mrz-106-arthur-russels-italinan-pop-singles-collection?ref=see-saw.fun), a mix of [Ten Star tracks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfZFslUV8U0&ref=see-saw.fun), and [Yuasa-Exide](https://apesanctuary.bandcamp.com/album/hyper-at-the-gates-of-dawn?ref=see-saw.fun). Remember to grab [a copy of see/saw’s best punk records of 2025 broadsheet](https://see-saw.fun/see-saws-top-54-punk-rocknroll-records-of-2025-a-zine/) and listen to a [playlist](https://see-saw.fun/best-of-2025-playlist-103-favorite-punk-songs/) featuring 103 punk favorites from the year. See ya again in 2026! ![young kermit and the boys kick back in the swamp](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/ca/31caa30b-1a72-4fa1-a48d-e09f6cd6259f/content/images/2025/12/kermits-swamp-years.png) prospective desktop background from Kermit’s Swamp Years (2002) ![Sydney Salk's mix picks to click in 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/ca/31caa30b-1a72-4fa1-a48d-e09f6cd6259f/content/images/2025/12/RenderedImage-1.jpeg) Sydney Salk's mix picks to click in 2025 --- Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “[Needs](https://nightbellrecords.bandcamp.com/track/needs?ref=see-saw.fun)” off their [self-titled album](https://nightbellrecords.bandcamp.com/album/baby-tyler-band?ref=see-saw.fun). Thanks to [Waylon Thornton](https://ghosthousecandymountain.bandcamp.com/music?ref=see-saw.fun) for the bumpers. Thanks to [Tyler Nickell](https://www.tylrnckll.com/?ref=see-saw.fun) for the podcast’s artwork. Find *Punk This Week* on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/punk-this-week/id1765148130?ref=see-saw.fun), [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/4SexvJTLIAaEQf2VdE6bti?si=6d3f1be3a71a466c&ref=see-saw.fun), [Amazon Podcasts](https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a93cd3cd-c53a-4559-b4d7-534b2ad544e3/punk-this-week?ref=see-saw.fun), and on any podcatcher via this [RSS link](https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66cde779407cbc46095b4e06?ref=see-saw.fun). Find Nina Corcoran on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/nina%5Fcorcoran%5F/?ref=see-saw.fun), [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/ninacorcoran.bsky.social?ref=see-saw.fun), and [Twitter](https://x.com/Nina%5FCorcoran?ref=see-saw.fun); find see/saw on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/see%5Fsaw.fun/?ref=see-saw.fun) and [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/see-saw.fun?ref=see-saw.fun). Have a question you’d like to hear addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Join us on the see/saw [Discord](https://discord.gg/CHBEwmPSKB?ref=see-saw.fun) or email us: [see-saw@see-saw.fun](mailto:see-saw@see-saw.fun). *Punk This Week* is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please [consider a subscription](https://see-saw.fun/punk-this-week-podcast-the-best-punk-records-of-2025/#/portal/) if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the pod!