Karen 1%
9 episodes
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Creator: Bassey Etim
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:
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...
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
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://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/
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://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/
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://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/
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://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/
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://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/
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://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/
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://www.instagram.com/therealbasseyetim/
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