Conversation.Ink โ€” Every tattoo tells a story. Some of them are trying to heal you.

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Every tattoo
tells a story.
Some of them are
trying to heal you.

Conversation.Ink explores the science behind why tattoos affect us the way they do โ€” and how understanding that connection can change everything.

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Years Research
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Stories to Tell
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Conversation

Millions of people are using tattoos as a form of therapy โ€” intentionally or not. This is the conversation that helps them understand why.

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The Crawfish on My Leg โ€” Why I Started This Conversation

Ten years of research. A lifetime of being wired differently. A brother named Jonny who made everyone laugh. And a tattoo that changed everything. This is where Conversation.Ink begins.

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Dr. Larry Ziegler โ€”
the real-life Pretender
you've never heard of.

Neurodivergent polymath. Marine Corps Honorman. Doctor of Chiropractic. Entrepreneur. Researcher. The boy who read everything and was told he was lying about it. The man who has been broken and rebuilt more times than most people will experience in ten lifetimes โ€” and who got up every single time.

For ten years Larry has been quietly interviewing people about their tattoos and discovering something the scientific community hasn't connected yet. It's time the world heard it.

Doctor of Chiropractic USMC Honorman 10 Years Primary Research Neurodivergent Cum Laude Graduate
Larry's Full Story โ†’
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Often, especially when I'm alone and feeling peaceful โ€” if I see this tattoo I can hear Grandma sing. And I can smell the flowers.

โ€” Freya, age 19 ยท First Conversation.Ink Interview ยท 2015

Your tattoo has a story.
We want to hear it.

Every episode of Conversation.Ink begins with a photograph and a question. What happens next has the power to heal โ€” you, your audience, and everyone who has ever looked at their skin and wondered why it makes them feel the way it does.

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