The Songs of a Showgirl

The word of the night is LARP: Live Action Role Play. Finding a space where you can be more yourself than not is important and tonight, we talk about what that looks like through the song Lost Boys by Phoebe Bridgers.

Anxiety. The state of mind that is so demanding that facts may not matter. But what if instead of needing answers, we really need clarity?

As a fellow sassy communicator, Sabrina Carpenter takes us through a hardship using sarcasm not to mask her feelings but perhaps to survive the depth of the emotions she feels in the song Such A Funny Way.

What is it about tribes that they get to witness us in a different way than, say, your co-workers, your parents, or maybe people you used to call tribe? Castle on the Hill explores the importance of tribes and how the tribe can shift over time.

Season 2 premieres with a new artist coming to the podcast. As a former Taylor Swift collaborator, Florence + The Machine brings high energy to a song celebrating the end of a difficult time with the hit "Dog Days Are Over". Stepping into this song took me back to my own dog day and allowed me to define the end of that day in a very specific way.

Surprise! It's Train's Version! A song covered by Taylor in 2010, Drops of Jupiter explores going out into a cosmic journey and finding out what you've learned along the way.

The Archer! Redux. A Sagittarius coded song about what it means to "be too much" but really, it's just the sun shining.

Age ain't nothin' but the amount of years on this planet. Nothin' New and talking about age. It's not defining.

Cleaning up bottles and sweeping up the glitter on New Year's Day. After the celebration comes the work, right?

We end the month with Begin Again. What it feels like to walk into a beginning after letting go of the past. It's not what you think.