Rebekah updates everyone on her time spent away, and shares her priorities moving forward, including with this podcast. 

Rebekah sits down with Tahira West and the two talk about Tahira's experience growing up in America as a black woman from Trinidad/Tobago and the differences between those two cultures, about writing (and dating) as a single mother, the joys of living in multi-cultural communities, and about how we need to name what's going on if we're going to fix it, whether that be interpersonally or societally.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ty Bush returns to the pod to discuss the events of recent weeks with Rebekah, who has a lot of thoughts. The two discuss the insurrection, polarization and how to hear and value where the “other side” is coming from, how to avoid dehumanization, censorship, and THE ALGORITHM and technology. It’s a lot, frankly, but it’s fascinating stuff. We’re living through some major historical events right now and we had to talk about it before diving into the new season of interviews.

Rebekah and some friends "got together" to record these songs one weekend. Due to the time constraints, it feels like a live performance (complete with a weird buzz on the first verse of Sister Winter) which is appropriate since ideally, hopefully, the Holiday Jam Session will be a live show in the future. Merry, Baby (by Rebekah Kay): guitar and vocals by Rebekah, hand percussion by Phil Lofton It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (traditional): guitar and vocals by Rebekah, electric guitar by Dustin Sendejas, Rhodes by Bethany Johnson Sister Winter (Sufjan Stevens): guitar, vocals and synths by Rebekah, hand percussion by Phil Lofton 'tis the damn season (Taylor Swift): guitars and vocals by Rebekah, drums and vocals by Steffen Yazvac Holding on to Hope (by Rebekah Kay): guitar, vocals, and "beats" by Rebekah, synths by Bethany Johnson Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland): guitar and vocals by Rebekah, piano by Bethany Johnson, electric guitar by Dustin Sendejas

Rebekah and some friends "got together" to play some tunes and chat about various holiday and winter related things.  Songlist: Merry, Baby (by Rebekah Kay): guitar and vocals by Rebekah, hand percussion by Phil Lofton It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (traditional): guitar and vocals by Rebekah, electric guitar by Dustin Sendejas, Rhodes by Bethany Johnson Sister Winter (Sufjan Stevens): guitar, vocals and synths by Rebekah, hand percussion by Phil Lofton 'tis the damn season (Taylor Swift): guitars and vocals by Rebekah, drums and vocals by Steffen Yazvac Holding on to Hope (by Rebekah Kay): guitar, vocals, and "beats" by Rebekah, synths by Bethany Johnson Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland): guitar and vocals by Rebekah, piano by Bethany Johnson, electric guitar by Dustin Sendejas

Some deleted scenes that didn’t make it on their original episodes for whatever reason. Clip 1: being yourself around your parents, Ty Bush Clip 2: elementary crush, Juddson Updike Clip 3: faith, body, and patriarchy, Elizabeth Armstrong Clip 4: images as placeholders for emotion, John Davey Clip 5: broadway play idea, Juddson Updike Clip 6: on being bi, Jenna San

Rebekah sits down with author MJ Corkern to talk about her new novel Hurricane Season, and the two connect over growing up in Purity culture, reading Tarot, and being writers who like to listen to things rather than read them.  Follow MJ on Instagram and buy her book HERE. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Due to a last minute opportunity to write some music in collaboration with a visual artist, Rebekah will be pressing pause on Prose and Songs this week.

Rebekah and her old pal John Davey talk about the building blocks of identity, the superpower of recreating the self that creative people often have, and accepting the external changes that are a part of life. Visit johndaveysings.com to find all of John’s music to stream or purchase! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The episode for today is pushed back to tomorrow! Stay tuned for my convo with John Davey.