Courtney Marie Andrews: The Silver Lining of Suffering
Send us a textCourtney Marie Andrews, critically acclaimed singer-songwriter & poet joins Katie Pruitt to talk about her non-conventional upbringing in Phoenix Arizona & her personal journey to self actualization. Andrews admits that her life has been a series of "fumbling into adventures." Before she even conceptualized a music career she busked on the corner & took greyhound buses from city to city purely for the experience of it, explaining that the only real pay-off was "the woman crying in the front row." In this episode we talk about the spiritual practices that keep her centered, how tragedy & suffering gives us perspective & why being kind is the most important accolade of all.
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Izzy Heltai: Four Dimensional Trans Man
Send us a textIndie Folk Singer-Songwriter, Izzy Heltai joins Katie Pruitt in her living room for a candid conversation about gender identity, mental health & trans representation in the media. Growing up Trans in the early 2000’s in Massachusetts didn’t come without its fair share of struggles for Heltai but with it, he’s gained patience, a strong sense of self & a seemingly massive amount of empathy even for the people who have hurt him. Join Pruitt & Heltai on this week's episode as they dive into why positive Trans representation is essential for oppositional parties to see trans people, not as some controversial label, but as the individual human beings they truly are.
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Adia Victoria: How the Blues fights Bigotry
Send us a textAdia Victoria, acclaimed blues singer-songwriter from South Carolina joins Katie Pruitt live at Park City Song Summit to discuss a range of topics from her upbringing in the Seventh Day Adventist Church to how she discovered the power of her voice through Blues music. Adia credits her fearlessness of speaking out to Blues artist's from the past such as Ma Rainy, Bessie Smith & Skip James who sang about liberation, often at the risk of death. In this episode Pruitt & Victoria dive into power structures within organized religion, cognitive dissonance vs. true allyship & how the blues continues to be a powerful tool to fight bigotry.
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SG Goodman: Granny Magic
Send us a textSG Goodman, prolific singer-songwriter from Western Kentucky chats with Katie Pruitt about forging her own spiritual path through intention & curiosity. Goodman jokingly describes herself as "spiritually curious" when combining old traditions with modern rituals. Whether she's sneaking into Saint Patrick's Cathedral to light a prayer candle or writing in her journal to usher in the new moon, she always makes it a priority to ground herself. In this episode we dive into Goodman's upbringing in the Baptist church, the reasons prayer & meditation can add years to your life & why forgiveness is so powerful.
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Amy Ray: When The Ice Storm Comes
Send us a textAmy Ray, solo artist as well as one half of the Grammy Award Winning band "The Indigo Girls" joins Katie Pruitt in candid conversation about their shared Southern-Queer identities. They delve into the history of the south as it pertains to white southerners acknowledging a dark past & discuss the importance of humanizing those you don't agree with. Join us, as Pruitt & Ray contemplate the importance of spirituality as a tool to help us access the lighter side of humanity.
The Recovering Catholic explores the idea of God from different perspectives. Hosted by singer-songwriter Katie Pruitt, this podcast is a discussion about faith, creativity, artistic expression, and identity. Katie and her guests, who range from musicians and comedians, to academics and religious leaders, discuss reconciling religious upbringing with personal truth and what it means to be spiritual in the modern age. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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