{"id":7018,"date":"2026-04-30T17:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=7018"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:55:39","slug":"are-middle-aged-punks-still-cool-w-j-hunter-bennett-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/are-middle-aged-punks-still-cool-w-j-hunter-bennett-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Are middle-aged punks still cool? w\/J. Hunter Bennett | A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The punks, despite all the best efforts of society and time, are still kicking around, and we love that for them\/us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on the pod, J. Hunter Bennett, author of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/62128\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/62128\">More Punk than the Public Library<\/a>,&#8221; joins Joe and Elly to talk about middle-aged punk life, starting a little free punk rock library during the pandemic outside his house on a well-trafficked corner of Chevy Chase, D.C., and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prefer an audio experience?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/microcosm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen to the episode on your favorite podcast app<\/a>.<br>Get the&nbsp;<em>People\u2019s Guide to Publishing<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, and the workbook&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/zines\/10031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>!<br>Want to stay up to date on new podcast episodes and happenings at Microcosm?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/r\/0EABB2040D281C9C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The punks, despite all the best efforts of society and time, are still kicking around, and we love that for them\/us. This week on the pod, J. Hunter Bennett, author of &#8220;More Punk than the Public Library,&#8221; joins Joe and Elly to talk about middle-aged punk life, starting a little free punk rock library during&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/are-middle-aged-punks-still-cool-w-j-hunter-bennett-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing-podcast\/\" title=\"Read Are middle-aged punks still cool? w\/J. Hunter Bennett | A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing Podcast\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,12,11,26,29],"class_list":["post-7018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-books","tag-business-of-publishing","tag-interviews","tag-podcast","tag-punk"],"my_excerpt":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The punks, despite all the best efforts of society and time, are still kicking around, and we love that for them\/us. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This week on the pod, J. Hunter Bennett, author of \"<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/62128\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/62128\">More Punk than the Public Library<\/a>,\" joins Joe and Elly to talk about middle-aged punk life, starting a little free punk rock library during the pandemic outside his house on a well-trafficked corner of Chevy Chase, D.C., and more.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Prefer an audio experience?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/microcosm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen to the episode on your favorite podcast app<\/a>.<br>Get the&nbsp;<em>People\u2019s Guide to Publishing<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, and the workbook&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/zines\/10031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>!<br>Want to stay up to date on new podcast episodes and happenings at Microcosm?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/r\/0EABB2040D281C9C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a>!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","my_excerpt_rendered":"\n<p>The punks, despite all the best efforts of society and time, are still kicking around, and we love that for them\/us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on the pod, J. 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