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Karen 1%


9 episodes


Full cast Science fiction Serial Audio Drama


Synopsis:

Join Karen, a new government Agent, as she balances ambition and her morality in 2040s Brooklyn. Unraveling the conspiracy that links her cases, Agent Karen James and her team investigate secrets that could change what it means to be human. Told in music and prose, this audio journal from a young Black scientific agent just might hold the keys to our future. Or, at least, to “Karen 1%” New Episodes released bi-weekly on Tuesdays. K1% is a member of the Faustian Nonsense Network.


Format: Audio Drama

Continuity: Serial

Writing: Scripted

Voices: Full cast

Genres: Science fiction

Framing device: Journal or Log

Maturity: Mature

Creator demographics: / BAME/BIMPOC

Character demographics: / BAME/BIMPOC

Content warnings: / Explicit language / Sexual content / Violence

Country of origin: United States

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Episodes:

A Brief Hiatus...

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0400

Now that I have unveiled the sunlight in your prayer, the dwindling that has left you there lost and very scared...

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Ep 6. The Space Man

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 04:00:00 -0400

Karen and Marcia go out for a drink. Charlie and Col. Eddie endure grueling training for a trip to a secret experimental space station.

Featuring:

Kathryn Allison as Karen

Emily Wolfe as Marcia

Cassidy Andrews as Jennifer

The song "In My Dying Days" is by Sleep Station and performed with Kathryn Allison

Scene music from DJ John Swan

Creator and Writer: Bassey Etim

Produced with Ken Rich at Grand Street Recording in Brooklyn

Our theme song "I'll be Fine" is by Electric Century

Member of the Faustian Nonsense Network

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Ep 5. The Scientific Method

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 04:00:00 -0400

Simon believes scientists are trapped in a prison of their own design. Elba malfunctions. The Brooklyn Field Office touches grass.

Featuring:

Kathryn Allison as Karen

Emily Wolfe as Marcia

Featured Sound Design: Cai Gwilym Pritchard

The song "Fallen" is by Sleep Station and performed with Kathryn Allison

Scene music from DJ John Swan

Creator and Writer: Bassey Etim

Produced with Ken Rich at Grand Street Recording in Brooklyn

Theme song: Mikey Way and David Debiak - Electric Century

Member of the Faustian Nonsense Network

https://twitter.com/karenonepercent

https://twitter.com/BasseyE

https://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/

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Ep 4. What Liars Are For

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

Member of the Faustian Nonsense Network

https://twitter.com/karenonepercent

https://twitter.com/BasseyE

https://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/

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Ep 3. Red Flowers, Brown Skin

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

Member of the Faustian Nonsense Network

https://twitter.com/karenonepercent

https://twitter.com/BasseyE

https://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/

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Ep 2. Hello, My Friend

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

Member of the Faustian Nonsense Network

https://twitter.com/karenonepercent

https://twitter.com/BasseyE

https://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/

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Ep 1. As If She Were Organic

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

Member of the Faustian Nonsense Network

https://twitter.com/karenonepercent

https://twitter.com/BasseyE

https://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/

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Ep 0. Milton's Lament, A Prologue

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

Member of the Faustian Nonsense Network

https://twitter.com/karenonepercent

https://twitter.com/BasseyE

https://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/


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KAREN 1% Trailer

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

Member of the Faustian Nonsense Network

https://twitter.com/karenonepercent

https://twitter.com/BasseyE

https://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/

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