Two women playing guitars outdoors in a garden, with a wooden fence and greenery in the background. One woman in an orange dress and denim jacket sings while the other woman in dark clothing plays the guitar.

episode 05

bargaining

season 2

season 2 - episode 5
bargaining

In season two’s fifth episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown discuss bargaining as a stage of grief and the subtle ways we spin our energetic wheels in a vain attempt to alter the past. They highlight self-awareness and kindness as we understandably try to avoid the pain of the present by bargaining for a better past or future.

Features original songs, Save the Day and End of the World in relation to the topic.

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Episode Resources

Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram
Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram
The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp
Why Don’t You Love Me No More, Bootleg Honey song on a City of Santa Rosa compilation album- The Out There Tapes
live song performances
17:44- Karen’s song, Save the Day
31:29- Katie’s song, End of the World
Creative prompt

Consider where you find yourself repeating “if only ____ then _____” in circumstances you’re grieving. Follow the logic to the end, writing the whole scene and see how that makes you feel.