The most important job in the world needs a better soundtrack.

You're a music lover. You have kids. Somewhere between those two things, your playlist died. Punk Science is pirate radio for parents and their culturally fluent, fully weird little humans. The antidote to dumbed-down kid music and algorithmic culture. A weekly A-Side music podcast, playlist, and mini zine.  A deeper B-Side launches summer 2026.

Basically your resident fairy god DJ. A music supervisor and music psychology researcher with two decades in the music industry working with Alabama Shakes, SZA, DJ Shadow, Fred again.., Florence and the Machine, Dior, Nike, and Louis Vuitton. Three Gold British Podcast Awards. A Webby Honoree. A Cannes Lion Grand Prix. A Masters in music psychology. A biometric study with Brian Eno. A mother.

For all-ages of music lovers - toddlers, tweens, teens, and the grown-ups raising them. The kids aren't being talked down to. The grown-ups aren't being treated like delivery systems for someone else's playlist. Punk Science is built for listening out loud, together. The OG social media. If you've ever found yourself stabbing the skip button on yet another twee, annoying, or dull-as-dishwater kid song, this is for you. Research shows that families who listen out loud feel happier, hug more, and are less unhinged (yes, you too).

Kid music isn't a genre. It's a market opportunity dressed up as child safety. We pick real songs by real artists that work for the whole family.

We take lyrics seriously without being scared of them. This is a love letter to music, not a censorship filter.  No swearing beyond the odd damn and h-e double hockey sticks. Expect things like joint, high, and other words with more than one meaning. What's out: overt themes of violence, drugs, death, sex and language that punches down.

When you're up against poop jokes and princesses, the bar has to be high. That means thinking about what the music HAS, not just what it doesn't. Melody you can hum, hooks that stick, color that makes the room feel something, weirdness that delights, and the kind of staying power that means it's still in rotation in five years. Music is for real life, all of the ups and downs. We want songs you didn't know you needed, by artists worth knowing, that make life feel better.

Yes, but maybe not the kind you're thinking of. We teach the stuff most music lessons don't: who the artist is, what scene they came out of, the lore, why a song hits the way it does. Education by way of stories, culture, and music science.

One-third of new music on streaming services is AI-generated, and 97% of listeners can't tell. The algorithm doesn't care whether a human ever touched it. Punk Science is the opposite.

Yes. Music does what screens can't — fills a room without anyone having to look at it. Music turns car rides, school runs, bath times, and kitchen mornings into IRL connection through speakers instead of screens.