Karen 1%

Ep 4. What Liars Are For

Bassey Etim — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 04:30:00 -0400

Karen meets a mysterious girl at a party, Simon installs the final piece of Elba’s consciousness.

Featuring:

Kathryn Allison as Karen

Emily Wolfe as Marcia

Jaclyn Seelagy as The Mysterious Girl

Scene music from DJ John Swan and Ken Rich

Featured Sound Design: Cai Gwilym Pritchard

Creator and Writer: Bassey Etim

Produced with Ken Rich at Grand Street Recording in Brooklyn

The song "Liars are For" is by Sleep Station

Theme song: Mikey Way and David Debiak - Electric Century

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Ep 3. Red Flowers, Brown Skin

Bassey Etim — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 04:00:00 -0400

Karen considers her past in a new light, Marcia’s first mission ends in bloody disaster.

CW: Violence, Offensive Language

Featuring:

Emily Wolfe as Marcia

Kathryn Allison as Karen

Scene music from DJ John Swan and Ken Rich

Creator and Writer: Bassey Etim

Produced with Ken Rich at Grand Street Recording in Brooklyn

The songs "The Frustration of Leaving" and "Hell Has Come With Me" are by Sleep Station

Theme song: Mikey Way and David Debiak - Electric Century

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Ep 2. Hello, My Friend

Bassey Etim — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 04:00:00 -0400

Karen discovers that Simon Zoller, the scientist hired to build an artificial intelligence flight machine, has instead constructed a sentient mechanical woman named Elba.

Featuring:

Kathryn Allison as Karen

Emily Wolfe as Marcia

Scene music from John Swan

Creator and Writer: Bassey Etim

Produced with Ken Rich at Grand Street Recording in Brooklyn

Additional Sound Design by Cai Gwilym Pritchard

The songs "Hello" and "Land and Come for Us" are by Sleep Station

The Karen 1% theme "I'll Be Fine" is by Electric Century

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Ep 1. As If She Were Organic

Bassey Etim — Tue, 30 May 2023 02:00:00 -0400

Karen believes powerful forces are plotting to bury her work. She promises to tell the truth, to lay bare the extent of her manipulation and selfishness. Simon teaches Karen about love.

The song "Karen 1%" is by Sleep Station.

Featuring:

Kathryn Allison as Karen

Emily Wolfe as Marcia

Scene music from John Swan

Creator and Writer: Bassey Etim

Produced with Ken Rich at Grand Street Recording in Brooklyn

The Karen 1% theme song "I'll Be Fine" is by Electric Century

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Ep 0. Milton's Lament, A Prologue

Bassey Etim — Tue, 16 May 2023 16:00:00 -0400

In our crowdfunding promotion for the series, Milton discovers the “Karen 1%” audio, and shares it with Marcia. He introduces Karen in pursuit of someone, and a promotion. Karen takes down a sexual abuser, but not before stretching her legal and moral authority.

CW: Sexual Violence

The Karen 1% theme song "I'll Be Fine" is by Mikey Way and David Debiak from Electric Century

"I Wanna Be More" is written by Bassey Etim, composed by John Swan, and performed by Kathryn Allison.

Featuring scene music by Ken Rich

Creator and Writer: Bassey Etim

Principal Musician: David Debiak

Produced by Ken Rich at Grand Street Recording in Brooklyn

Scene music by John Swan

with Emily Wolfe as Marcia

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KAREN 1% Trailer

Bassey Etim — Mon, 15 May 2023 09:00:00 -0400

Coming May 30, 2023, Karen 1% is an audio drama about a woman who is absolutely killing it at work, and destroying herself in the process. From scientists falling in love with their own AI to secret space flights gone off-the-rails, Agent Karen James is on the case.

This trailer features:

Kathryn Allison as Karen James

Sleep Station and Kathryn Allison performing: "Fallen" and "In My Dying Days"

Bassey Etim: Narration

Cai Gwilym Pritchard: Sound Editing

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