It's the Simple Show. You've got episode 86. I'm Tishawksdenwriters, and on the Simple Show,

we've been talking about books, travel, and life at home in the past, but in this one,

we're ending our summer series, where we're departing from our usual topic and diving into

something a little different as we hear from entrepreneurs, artists, and creatives as they let us peek behind the curtain and learn more about what they do. In this episode,

I'm talking with Liz Weiss, a singer-songwriter. She's a gospel, soul, and R&B artist from

Portland, Oregon, who loves storytelling. She's gone from behind the scenes in the film and video

world to right behind the mic now. It was a line of work

she really got into accidentally almost. Growing up, she always thought she'd be in film,

not in music. Liz talks to me about the heart behind what she does, what motivates her,

the risks she's taken, moving across the country, why she's choosing to record on her own terms,

even with its limits.

She's got the heart and soul of a preacher, so you just might find yourself saying amen a few

times in this episode. Welcome to women's work. I would love for the listeners to know a little

bit more about your backstory and how you began your work because you're a

singer-songwriter, but I don't know, it's always interesting to hear how that ends up happening.

Can you tell us more?

Yeah.

So, I mean, I'd have to go back all the way to like 11 years ago.

I had some pretty serious health issues and I didn't really think that I would live past the age of 19.

And as my health progressively got worse and worse, I started to kind of lose that hope.

But I had enough hope to make a list of things and list of dreams that I would like to

accomplish if I were to live past the season. And so I made this bucket list and there, the top

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