Listen – Misfit Stars

March 29, 2023March 28, 2023

“Survive to 75!” 👵🏻

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On this week’s episode: the vulnerable feelings that are inherent in creative work / being human; the unsolved mystery of decreasing life expectancy in the United States; a helpful perspective on the origins of America’s unique-in-the-world gun culture; a fiery conversation about what can be done about all the damn gun deaths; and a published poem by one of our very own Misfit Stars supporting members.

Here’s where to subscribe to James Turner’s (wonderful) newsletter: https://turnercreative.ck.page/one-creative-moment-signup

Here are ideas for what you can do right now to help combat our gun death epidemic: https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/firearms-what-you-can-do-right-now

Here’s Misfit Star Jennifer Henry’s wonderful new poem: https://www.consilience-journal.com/issue-12-excavate

🚨 Buy tickets for our Sacramento theater show April 22: https://bstreettheatre.org/music/shannon-curtis/

Listen to “Wouldn’t It Be Good”: https://songwhip.com/shannoncurtis/wouldnt-it-be-good

Listen to “Good to Me”: https://songwhip.com/shannoncurtis/good-to-me

March 22, 2023March 21, 2023

“Love the machine, hate the factory.”

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On this week’s episode: the fact that Fox News lies is (finally!) getting through to some of its viewers; how we’ve gotten the historical meaning of being a Luddite all wrong; how some revolutionary South Korean women aren’t smashing the patriarchy, but rather opting out of it; a helpful metaphor of entrepreneurship as a rigged carnival game; and how when things feel like they’re spinning out of control, they might actually be falling into place.

🚨 Buy tickets for our Sacramento theater show April 22: https://bstreettheatre.org/music/shannon-curtis/

Here’s that Cory Doctorow piece, which is well worth reading: https://doctorow.medium.com/gig-work-is-the-opposite-of-steampunk-463e2730ef0d

And here’s that piece in The Cut about South Korean women opting out: https://www.thecut.com/2023/03/4b-movement-feminism-south-korea.html

Listen to “Wouldn’t It Be Good”: https://songwhip.com/shannoncurtis/wouldnt-it-be-good

Listen to “Good to Me”: https://songwhip.com/shannoncurtis/good-to-me

March 15, 2023March 14, 2023

“I heart Lina Khan.” 🦸🏻‍♀️

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On this week’s episode: taking a win for human rights in Michigan; why the head of the Federal Trade Commission deserves a superhero cape; how the social construct of tipping sucks and everyone would be better off if we did away with it; the latest in how the worst people in America are trying to grab power by destroying people’s faith in our election system; and how sitting with the idea of death can be life-giving.

🚨 HEADS UP: the date for our Sacramento theater show has changed! It’s been moved one day back, to Saturday, April 22. Get your tickets here: https://bstreettheatre.org/music/shannon-curtis/

Listen to “Wouldn’t It Be Good”: https://songwhip.com/shannoncurtis/wouldnt-it-be-good

Listen to “Good to Me”: https://songwhip.com/shannoncurtis/good-to-me

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March 8, 2023March 7, 2023

“Get out of the whirlpool of doom.” 🌀

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“Get out of the whirlpool of doom.”

On this week’s episode: practical, call-to-action advice from a trans activist about how to stop being an unwitting spreader of fascist propaganda and actually make a difference; the ten stages of genocide — guess where we are in that progression here in the U.S.?; and how reclaiming our personal power invites peace in our spirits.

LINKS:

Listen to Wouldn’t It Be Good!

Find Emily Gorcenski here.

Donate to the Transgender Law Center here.

🚨 Buy tickets for our Sacramento theater show April 21: https://bstreettheatre.org/music/shannon-curtis/

Listen to “Good to Me”: https://songwhip.com/shannoncurtis/good-to-me

March 1, 2023February 28, 2023

“We all need to be more like Jimmy Carter.” 🙌

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On this week’s episode: how skepticism is abused by fascists to protect power structures that uphold their fragile wittle egos (poor babies); the four-day workweek revolution; how buses and trains and roads are all public transportation, and should all be free to use; and Jimmy Carter … what an absolute legend.

LINKS:

That fantastic Scott Adams-inspired essay: https://armoxon.substack.com/p/the-case-for-shunning

🚨 Buy tickets for our Sacramento theater show April 21: https://bstreettheatre.org/music/shannon-curtis/

Order our “Good to Me” book on Amazon (we get a small commission if you use this link to buy the book!): https://amzn.to/3WearA1

Listen to “Good to Me”: https://songwhip.com/shannoncurtis/good-to-me

February 22, 2023February 21, 2023

“Don’t put the baby in the CRISPR.” 🧬

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On this week’s episode: the healing magic of observing our feelings; how science busts the myth of a gender binary; the person we have to thank for ice cream; the two realities lived by immunocompromised and non-immunocompromised people; and the growth that can come with a narrowed focus.

Buy tickets to our Sacramento theater show April 21: https://bstreettheatre.org/music/shannon-curtis/

Link to order our “Good to Me” book on Amazon (we get a small commission if you use this link to buy the book!): https://amzn.to/3WearA1

Listen to “Good to Me”: https://songwhip.com/shannoncurtis/good-to-me

February 15, 2023February 14, 2023

“Ok, Einstein.” 🤓

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On this week’s episode: a fun fact about letters; the scientific discovery of a protein that might become a covid-killer; the benefits of free lunch; why and how we must all get invested in the human rights of transgender people; and transcendental inspiration from a total brainiac.

LINKS:

Buy tickets to our Sacramento theater show here!

WA State transgender protection bills: click to add your voice in support if you are a WA resident!

Here’s that excellent Jamelle Bouie op-ed on trans dignity.

Here’s where you can order our “Good to Me” book on Amazon (we get a small commission if you use this link to buy the book!).

Listen to “Good to Me” here.

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February 8, 2023February 7, 2023

“Fewer allies, more accomplices.” 🦸🏻‍♂️

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On this week’s episode: a win for racial justice in future presidential nominations; bad habits we need our journalists to break for the sake of democracy; free bus rides to the future; allyship as a near enemy; and the gifts of mistakes and closed doors.

February 1, 2023January 31, 2023

“What are we gonna do about the police?” 🚔

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On this week’s episode: some good, updated advice on how to use covid rapid tests; the shocking disparity in training hours required for various non-potentially-lethal professions as compared to those required for the police; in the wake of the murder of Tyre Nichols, a challenge for each of us to begin imagining how we build a safe, healthy society without police; and — oh yeah, one more item related to the police — how a pivotal study shows that power doesn’t corrupt, it attracts.

Tyre Nichols’s photography: thiscaliforniakid2.wixsite.com/tnicholsphotography

Listen to our new album: songwhip.com/shannoncurtis/good-to-me

Link to order our “Good to Me” book on Amazon (we get a small commission if you use this link to buy the book!): amzn.to/3WearA1

And here’s that covid rapid test article: www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/do-rapid-tests-still-work/

January 25, 2023January 24, 2023

“Let’s get more zen.” 🕉️

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On this week’s episode: the encouraging news about covid trends as we approach the pandemic’s third anniversary; a perspective-enhancing view on the population of planet Earth; why it matters for all of us that a small-minded, insecure, control freak, power-lusting, opportunistic governor is taking his state full authoritarian (did we overstate how reprehensible this person is? 😂); and a thought exercise to bring us a little closer to our understanding of ego.

Link to order our “Good to Me” book on Amazon (we get a small commission if you use this link to buy the book!): https://amzn.to/3WearA1

Listen to “Good to Me”: https://songwhip.com/shannoncurtis/good-to-me