We kick off a brand-new season of Queens Podcast with the one and only Janis Joplin—Port Arthur’s wild child who became a 1960s rock legend. From awkward high-school years in segregated Texas to discovering the blues, to fronting Big Brother & the Holding Company, bringing down the house at Monterey Pop, and flying into Woodstock by helicopter, Katy and Nathan trace the meteoric rise—and heartbreaking fall—of a woman who refused to shrink herself. Expect Texas gossip, bisexual chaos, and the usual Queens Podcast charm

Time stamps:

00:00 Welcome to Queen's Podcast

03:02 Introducing Janis Joplin

08:47 High School Struggles

13:57 College and Early Music Career

17:07 San Francisco and the Hippie Movement

24:27 Return to Texas and Attempt to Get Clean

25:53 Big Brother and the Holding Company

29:27 Peggy: The Villain or Friend?

33:00 Monterey Pop Festival and Rising Fame

38:23 Woodstock

42:20 The Downward Spiral

45:07 A Glimmer of Hope in Brazil

47:38 Final Days and Legacy

Sources:

Birth chart: https://astro-charts.com/persons/chart/janis-joplin/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/22/janis-joplin-teenage-traumas-little-girl-blue

https://sharpscript.net/usecases/rockstar-files/dead/joplin/

She dares to be different: https://www.michaelcorcoran.net/she-dares-to-be-different-janis-at-ut-1962/

Monterey fest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1zFnyEe3nE

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