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EPISODE · Sep 3, 2025 · 57 MIN

Janis Joplin

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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 Queens podcast is part of Airwave Media podcast network. Please get in touch with [email protected] if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Want more Queens? Head to our ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠, check out our⁠⁠⁠ merch store⁠⁠⁠, and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Queens podcast is part of Airwave Media podcast network. Please get in touch with [email protected] if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Want more Queens? Head to our ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠, check out our⁠⁠⁠ merch store⁠⁠⁠, and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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