Karen 1% – Details, episodes &amp; analysis

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Ep 4. What Liars Are For

Season 1 · Episode 6

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 • Duration 37:35

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

Season 1 · Episode 5

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 • Duration 48:20

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

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, June 13, 2023 • Duration 50:10

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

Season 1 · Episode 3

Tuesday, May 30, 2023 • Duration 29:17

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

Season 1 · Episode 2

Tuesday, May 16, 2023 • Duration 37:50

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

Season 1 · Episode 1

Monday, May 15, 2023 • Duration 01:34

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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