We hung out with Lee Hennessy and his goats (aka The Girls) at Moxie Ridge Farm in Argyle, New York. We chat about his journey to being a first generation farmer, how he started making goat cheese and the 90s dance music he plays for his animals. Then we head to Australia to talk with Scarlett of Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers. She shares her thoughts on the local punk scene, plays some live songs off their new EP and reveals her favorite meal on the road.
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When Lee Hennessy talks about farming, he talks about choosing happiness. For years he had been living in LA, working in media and Hollywood and advertising and hating it. He figured joy would come once he became successful enough. But one day, he just couldn’t anymore: “I was miserable. So, eventually, I was like, ‘What if I focused on happiness first, and then worried about success afterward?’” He’d always loved animals and the idea of farming. So he put all his money into learning about agriculture, worked on some farms, and then started his own: Moxie Ridge Farm in Washington County, New York.