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Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

25. Scott Campbell. Tattooing PJs In Afghanistan After Operation Bulldog Bite. Experiencing Death is Like Chicken Pox. The Guy Who Wanted A Butterfly Tattoo. Grandma’s Pot Brownies. GM Workers Strike. Dadda Farts.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

Righteous Media | Bleav

Daily News, Veteran, News, Politics, News Commentary, National Security

4.6907 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Legendary tattoo trailblazer Scott Campell is more than an artist. He’s a storyteller, he’s an oracle, he’s an entrepreneur, he’s an innovator, he’s a tastemaker. He’s a father, he’s a traveler, he’s an activist. He’s a great American success story--and a true creative visionary. Starting at the lowest levels, sweeping floors and scraping to eat, he learned to become a master of the craft at Picture Machine, one of the oldest tattoo shops in California. He rose to become one of the most influential tattoo artists on the planet. Campbell built the legendary Saved Tattoo (@SavedTattoo) in Brooklyn and a client list that includes the most elite art and design and celebrity stars on the planet, like Marc Jacobs, Heath Ledger, Jennifer Anniston, Orlando Bloom and Penelope Cruz. And he’s also tattooed criminals inside a Mexican maximum security prison, working people all across America, and Air Force special forces pararescue PJ’s in Afghanistan after some of the fiercest fighting they’ve ever seen. He’s now at the forefront of marijuana innovation as the co-founder of Beboe (Beboe). Campbell has a wise and insightful voice that must be heard--especially right now. Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) sat down with him at the Classic Car Club (@cccmanhattan) in New York for the most interesting interview we’ve ever had on the pod. It’s one that spans elements of culture, art, business and politics. It’s a conversation that will definitely surprise and inspire you. And Rieckhoff digs into the most important and under-reported stories in America. From the GM workers strike, to the latest Democratic debate, to new tensions with Iran, to cuts to the military budget to pay for Trump’s wall, to Eli Manning’s benching by the New York Giants, Rieckhoff breaks it all down. If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. Download the new Angry Americans podcast for free now. And go behind-the-scenes with video of host Paul Rieckhoff interviewing recent guests including Scott Campbell, Chris Cuomo, Willie Geist, Wes Moore and Soledad O’Brien at AngryAmericans.us. Angry Americans is connecting, uniting and empowering people of all backgrounds nationwide. It’s changing the podcasting landscape. And it’s powered by Righteous Media.  Watch the Conversation: https://youtu.be/OOUTfop-0Hw

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Angry Americans.

0:16.5

Welcome to Episode 25.

0:20.4

I'm your host, Paul Reichoff. If you're not angry, you're not paying attention.

0:27.2

These are dangerous and precarious times in America, times that'll have an impact on our country and our world forever.

0:38.1

We have a dangerous and reckless president whose actions will have an impact on our country forever.

0:44.7

We're in existential battle that will determine the future and how and if our country continues to exist as we know it.

0:54.7

In many ways, America is in the fight of its life.

1:01.6

America is a street fighter.

1:08.4

And yeah, that's the street fighter video game. America's a street fighter. And yeah, that's the street fighter video game.

1:12.4

America's a street fighter.

1:14.2

Always has been, always will be.

1:16.5

America is scrappy.

1:18.0

America is crafty.

1:19.4

America is tough.

1:21.5

And America can take a punch.

1:23.7

Whether it's Pearl Harbor or 9-11,

1:27.1

America can take a hit, get up off the mat, rising up off the canvas, back from the brink, like The Undertaker, or like Tyson Fury in the fight against Deontay Wilder.

1:39.5

We rise up off the mat, encounter with a fireball, a leg sweep, or sometimes just a perfect block.

1:48.8

Yeah, America is a street fighter and one that's had a hell of a run.

1:55.3

But this year, and ever since Trump got elected, the hits just keep on coming.

2:01.9

Hit after hit, like haymaker punchers from a heavyweight boxer, or like bullets from a gun,

2:09.7

tearing into our body politic, punches and heat rounds, bruising the face of America and ripping

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