It's our painful pleasure to welcome Jonnie Frederick, owner of Electric Empire Tattoo in Butler, Pennsylvania--and chosen family of The Swearapist. Jonnie and Lisa talk about their history, the deeper-than-skin culture of tattoo, "ink therapy," marriage counseling, and a bunch of other random shit while Jonnie tattoos our host.

Check out Electric Empire on social media:

https://www.instagram.com/electricempiretattooinc/

https://www.facebook.com/p/Electric-Empire-Tattoos-100047641164391/

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