# Episode 8-Listening pt.2 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/supernova-support-7066478/episode-8-listening-pt-2 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/supernova-support-7066478/episode-8-listening-pt-2.md Podcast: [Supernova Support](https://stenobird.com/podcast/supernova-support-7066478) Published: 2025-01-03T23:32:43+00:00 Episode link: https://supernovasupport.substack.com/p/episode-8-listening-pt2 Audio file: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/154109497/52172ed6ecfb40db57cce18fcc4ec8d7.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/supernova-support-7066478/episodes/episode-8-listening-pt-2 Duration seconds: 4200 ## Resource In episode eight, podcast hosts and singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown look into the other side of listening; paying close sonic and emotional attention to what we hear in our own songs and those we love. They address classic pitfalls like self-doubt and judgement and offer the benefits of objectivity and discernment while identifying what makes a song work without falling for the fool’s gold of cookie-cutter hits. They perform and discuss original songs, Real Time and Last Year’s Christmas Tree in relation to the topic. Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally! Listen to Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com . * 26:40 Karen’s song, Real Time * 44:22 Katie’s song, Last Year’s Christmas Tree * Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify * Katie Phillips | Bandcamp * JOURNAL PROMPT: Who/what inspired you to become a singer/songwriter? If thinking of a specific artist, choose one song that moves you and identify specifically what elements bring the magic. *Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more! *Follow us on Instagram and Facebook *Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com . 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 1:30-3:30 pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who a… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/supernova-support-7066478/episodes/episode-8-listening-pt-2/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/supernova-support-7066478/episode-8-listening-pt-2.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.