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Prompt Queens
by Emily Dunbar & Hope Dunbar: songwriting & comedy
Prompt Queens is songwriting/comedy podcast. Every episode we write to a new prompt, play our songs, discuss songwriting and the creative process, and invite you to play along at home. Hosted by Emily Dunbar & Hope Dunbar.
Episodes
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Hot Dog City
This episode is packed with value. Why? Well, you get the prompt, you get two play arounds like us writing songs to the prompt...AND you get a brand new turn of phrase to incorporate into your daily life and what's not to love about that? Hot Dog City.
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Barnes and Noble
It's a brick and mortar book shop that is surprisingly busy for 2026 and the in-store Starbucks probably won't take your gift card. So we wrote about it.
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Rich Mullins
Our prompt for this week is a songwriter you may never have heard of. His name is Rich Mullins. He was a songwriter who died back in the 90s but before then, wrote Christian Contemporary Music and then went out on his own to write the real kinds of songs that felt more like him and we dive into…
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Grease 3
You know you want a third installment of the hit movie/musical, "Grease," so you're welcome, we started working on it ourselves. TUne in to find out which directions we both took in tackling the franchise in our very own ways. And then you get to working on all the different numbers that still…
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250
It's just a number. 250. Don't worry about it. Our prompt is 250 as in, "tell 250 friends you listen to this podcast." Next up? Grease 3. So silly. Thank you for listening. Love, Hope and Emily
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Special Delivery
Neither of us wrote about the stork so rest assured we went different ways on this one. Welcome back to Prompt Queens! We are so glad you stopped by and gave a listen. We encourage you to follow your own creativity and keep that writing up. Rest assured it's not always easy or perfect but getting...
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My boyfriend left me for the circus
Tale as old as time, am I right? My boyfriend left me for the circus. Tune in for this episode's romp beneath the Big Top and find out what happens when two scrappy songwriter take on the challenge of love vs. circus.
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Steve Winwood
Hello Prompt people! Yes, we WILL bring you a higher love and we will bring it to you today with our prompt, Steve Winwood. We are always glad to be back on the pod talking songs and life and what not. THis one features special surprise co-write guest, Hope's son, Sam Dunbar.
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Cornhole
Lawn games and cold beer a plenty in this episode. Let the summer begin! Our prompt was "Cornhole."
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Arrangement
We're back and loving every minute of it- including making this new episode just for you beautiful people. The prompt was "arrangement."
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Torch Song
OK so I forgot to load this episode cuz I got distracted. YOu wanna have way to get alert? Open Flame. So here we are writing songs to the theme "Torch Songs."
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Magic Words
Our prompt was "magic words," and then we were off to the races. Join Hope and Emily for another episode of Prompts and songwriting as we all navigate the waters of creativity together.
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e.e. cummings
Wherefore art thou, e.e. cummings? It's poetry and stuff and yes, you can blame Hope for this prompt. In Hope's defense, she was pressed for time. We wrote songs using the prompt, e.e. cummings and personally? I think we did a great job.
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Class You Would Only Audit
With this episode we decided to write songs to the prompt, "Class you would only audit." Did you ever audit a class in college? Neither did I. But it seemed like a cool thing cool people did who just loved learning. Well, we're making up for lost time and talking about the idea of auditing…
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Strawberry
It's us again. We're here. Emily and Hope Dunbar at your service serving up hot takes on new songs and also other stuff too. The prompt this week? "Strawberry." Enjoy. P.S. We think Thad did better this go around.
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Jingles
This is Hope and Emily coming at you from the jingle jangle advertising agency of your dreams. It's the Jingles episode. Join us this time where we pick two products each and write jingles for the accounts. We're in the advertising executive suite doing our best to up our sales and land the...
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Come a, come a, come a
THe prompt? A tried and true pop staple of a non-verbal song tool, of course. Come a, come a, come a. This is my interpretation of how to represent this thing in print and I did not look up any helps or guides. Shimmy shimmy don't worry about it. Listen in on this episode and how something so…
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Response Song to "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette
You oughta know. You oughta know that we'd like a chance to respond, please. And make it rhyme and put it out there to share with all of you. It's a response song. Listen to the source text and then respond. WE chose to respond to none other than Alanis Morissette's hit single, "You Oughta Know"...
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The Edit Episode
We are in this to win this AND go in and review what we did with the winning the first time in order to see what could be improved, up-leveled, cleaned up, what have you, for next time. IT's the Season 4 Edit episode. We went back to Season 3 work and each picked something we thought would be…
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2026
Well I guess we're gonna call this episode 1 of SEASON 4! And I'm going to apologize that I seriously thought I had this all cued up but I didn't so it's a little late to the party, but aren't we all?
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Something Holiday
It's our Christmas episode that drops on Christmas Day 2025! We thought up something holiday and, it turns out, we were both thinking Christmas as our selected holiday. Thank you to all our faithful, funny, friendly listenership. We are so glad we got to share the songs and the songwriting with…
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Hello/Goodbye
And we're back and it's time for another Prompt Queens episode which means it's time for a new song and a new prompt. Today's prompt is "Hello/Goodbye." 2025 is winding down, we've made it smack into the final stretch and isn't that the time we start reflecting on farewells and greetings AND how...
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Madonna
Happy Thanksgiving!! It's a Thanksgiving miracle cuz this year you got two turkeys writing songs and sharing them on this podcast. Our prompt was MADONNA and we had a time getting into the groove. Listen in!
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Colorado
Hello again! Just a quick reminder that we'll be posting every other week for now just so we don't get behind on posts. We love you and thank you for listening. If you've been listening, you might already know that Hope and Emily love Colorado, have had lots of good times there and so, to honor…
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Colored Pencils
Hello Prompt Peeps! We're back. Thank you for your patience while we drove about and didn't write some songs because we got busy, but not we're back and we missed you and today's episode is "Colored Pencils." That's right. The school supply that, to parents everywhere, garners the response,...
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The NFL
The prompt today is "THe NFL" because you know us. We love sportsball. And this is our way to write the thing. The prompt's not the thing, the song's the thing. And we wrote two songs this week. What. Will. The. Dunbars. Do? Gotta listen to find out....
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Good Time Charlies
This prompt came from the previous episode when Emily said something about "good time Charlies" so there ya. And here we are. It's fall, it's already the back half of September and wow, the songs keep coming. Give this one listen, keep up the writing, thanks for listening, we love you all.…
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Autumn/Fall
Because we recorded this episode on the last day of August, we are feeling the pull for a change in the weather AND a change in the prompt. So this episode is brought to you by, AUTUMN/FALL. That's right. If you look in the back catalog you may find a previous episode with a "fall" prompt but…
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Willie Nelson REBOOT 2nd Attempt
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys OR podcasters who just barely know what they're doing. This is the repost of the previous episode that was experiencing technical difficulties. Willie Nelson is a dang American Treasure with a catalog of hits never to be forgotten. And then us…
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Muscle
Like the beach. Muscle Beach, but on a podcast, but not sweaty, but not in California, and not actual muscles. The prompt? Muscle. Cuz why? Cuz. Why. Not. Give a listen, feel inspired knowing if these two yahoos can crank out some songs, anybody can.
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Poem
Plath, Lorca, Whitman, OH MY! And now..the Dunbar sisters. Yes, indeed, 'tis POEM week and this is the poem prompt for the poem episode. We're back from summer break and diving into the deep end with this week's Prompt: Poem. Who didn't love the poetry portion of your beloved Literature classes?...
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Summer Vacation Announcement
Hope and Emily are taking a brief summer holiday and be back with a brand new episode August 17th. Hope has a new album, "Happily Ever Elsewhere," out on all streaming platforms August 1st if you are so interested. Thanks for being awesome. See you soon!
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4th of July
If you're lucky to have saved up enough PTO that you're still on vacation, we got you. This one's the 4th of July just two weeks after the federal holiday. The freedom train is still going. Listen in.
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Spinal Tap
Of course this one goes to eleven! Of course Hope and Emily are writing songs to the prompt, "Spinal Tap?" Tune in to find out what happens. And thank you for listening!!!
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Ed Sheeran
LUCKY EPISODE NUMBER 20 for Season three. I think they mean, it folks. You know we mean it when we ask Ed Sheeran to be our prompt and he totally said yes (Ok we didn't ask him, but still he would've totally said yes). Listen in as Hope and Emily take on a Pop songwriting master and try to walk...
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Window
"Be the window, not the light." THat's what we always say over here at Prompt Queens, but also we didn't actually say that at all during this episode, but it was implied because the prompt is WINDOW, y'all. Listen in as Hope and Emily bring new work to every episode. Remember, the prompt's not…
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Raise A Glass
This is "Raise a Glass" two ways. Hope and Emily take the prompt in two very different directions and invite listeners to take the prompt and make it their own. Listen in to this new installment of two songwriters just hashing it out for better or worse week after week in service to the work.…
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Drought
Don't worry. The rains of songwriting land gently on this podcast field, but even so, Drought was the prompt. Listen in as Hope and Emily talk about the prompt, share their new songs and also ramble about other stuff in a reasonable fashion.
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Postcard
Welcome to this week's romp into prompts! The prompt is "Postcard" and so we wrote some songs. Keep an ear out for a future episode featuring a guest!! Remember back in the before times when we sometimes had guests On? We are looking into the future and we see one. Stay tuned and thanks for...
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Impressionism
Marching Band, Memorial Day, Grilling, Frisbee, rain, life, Monday, cornhole, possibly burning the house down, federal holidays and the prompt was IMPRESSIONISM. This is our first recording back since before our California trip. We love you, thanks for listening, write a song from the prompt...
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Punk
The prompt is PUNK. We did not discuss the ins and outs and even what that prompt meant, we just showed up with the songs we wrote just like every other week. This is us and this is punk and it doesn't get more punk than us (JKJKJKJK, yeah it does we are squares, as the kids say).
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One Line Chorus
The girls tackle a structural prompt this week with the very elusive, "One line chorus." But what does that even mean??? You're gonna have to tune in to find out! Thank you for listening and for being so awesome. You're like a snappy One LIne Chorus of a person (and that's good thing). High five!
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Wilco
If Jeff and the boys over at Wilco pull a hammy (or multiple hammies) preventing them from being the stellar alt country band we all know and love, don't worry, we'll just write the songs for them while they heal. Yes indeed, my friends, Hope and Emily try their best Jeff Tweedy impressions on…
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Glitter
OH Ok. Now it's Glitter. Last week I bumbled and jumbled and got a little confused, but I've had a good night's sleep and now, friends and dreamers, this week it's GLITTER. Take a stardustified ride with Hope and Emily and see what they do with this week's prompt, THEN, write your own song to...
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New Mexico
OK this is the right one. New Mexico. Emphasis on the NEW. Sorry that I posted the wrong one got myself all over the place. And now it's New Mexico. Everything's new here.
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The 18th Century
You get 100 years to choose from, so EMily and Hope wrote these songs. Tune in to hear how the blank page is hard, oxygen is real, and we have lots in common with our friends and neighbors from the 1700s. And then write your own. High five.
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Murder Ballad
Hello!! What will happen this time? Will Emily have to call in at the end of the episode to be there for the goodbyes? Will Google finally offer us a super sweet sponsorship deal? Will Hope and Emily write and share two new songs to the prompt 'Murder Ballad?' Yes. That last one is a yes.
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Rascal
Rascal is the prompt today and who knows what's gonna happen but probably raccoons will knock over your trash cans (energetically speaking). Write one yourself. Thank you for listening!
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FERN
Emily's love of houseplants is the inspiration for this week's episode. The lush green of the foliage really comes out in the chorus, ya know? Tune in and find out what happens next on this week's installment!
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Lionel Richie
The data shows that whenever we have a prompt that mentions a truly successful songwriter, more of you tune in. NO, Mr. Richie did not have time in his busy schedule to come out and do the show with us, but don't worry. We wrote his songs for him.
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Prompt Queens is songwriting/comedy podcast. Every episode we write to a new prompt, play our songs, discuss songwriting and the creative process, and invite you to play along at home. Hosted by Emily Dunbar & Hope Dunbar.
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Emily Dunbar & Hope Dunbar: songwriting & comedy
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Prompt Queens is songwriting/comedy podcast. Every episode we write to a new prompt, play our songs, discuss songwriting and the creative process, and invite you to play along at home. Hosted by Emily Dunbar & Hope Dunbar.
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