Ashley and Carolina return home, and work to understand their new reality.

Note: this podcast includes explicit language and references to suicide and trauma.

This four-part series is an audio adaptation of the play Static: A Party Girl’s Memoir. Each episode starts with part of the play, performed by Ashley King as herself and Jaime Cesar as Carolina. Then, in the second half, learn more about this true story as Ashley talks to those who inspired the script.

Guest interview: Meg Wilcox interviews the one and only Carolina King.

Static is produced by Ashley King and Meg Wilcox, with support from Inside Out Theatre, Chromatic Theatre, and the Community Podcast Initiative at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada.

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Show notes:

(00:00) Audio drama: Static, part three

(24:19) Ashley King and Meg Wilcox chat & introduce guest

(26:28) Meg interviews Carolina King

(48:55) Reflections and episode wrap-up

Click here for a complete episode transcript.

If you or someone you know needs mental health support, visit:

Distress Centre 24/7 Hotline (Calgary)

9-8-8 Suicide Hotline (Canada)

Wanna Talk About It (US)

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Music licensed under SOCAN 22C license.

Royalty-free music: 

Anthem of Rain, Rock This House (Instrumental)

Maarten Schellekens, Salt Lake Swerve

Royalty-free sound effects from Pixabay

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Credits:

Static: A Party Girl’s Memoir

Written by: Ashley King

Ashley King: herself, Britney

Jaime Cesar: Carolina

Additional voices: Anton deGroot, Jaime Cesar, Kodie Rollan, Sabreena Shah Baigzada, Camille Craig, Javier Vialta, Jenny Yeung

Podcast sound design, editing & production: Meg Wilcox

Podcast voice coach: Michelle Brandenberg

Dramaturg: Kodie Rollan

Cultural dramaturg: Daniela Atiencia

Disability dramaturg: Jess Watkin

Director, stage version: Javier Vialta

Sound designer, stage version: Miranda Martini