Episode Details

In season three’s first episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown unpack the idea of “spontaneous” creative growth. They review and celebrate the one year anniversary of launching their podcast and open mic for women and femmes, identifying how participation in a supportive community creates optimal conditions for artistic expansion, turning competition into companionship and inspiration.

Features original songs, The Ringer and I Need a Song in relation to the topic.

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Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.

* 25:48- Katie’s song, The Ringer

* 45:40- Karen’s song, I Need a Song

Episode Resources:

* Supernova Support website- Not So Open Mic and weekly online Song Salons

* Little Door- musician, writer, mom, brilliant creator of Little Door Substack.

* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram

* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram

* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp

* JOURNAL PROMPT: How have you experienced spontaneous growth within a community setting or seen it in someone else?

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IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?

Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1s