Janis Joplin

Queens Podcast

Comedy, History

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

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 advertising@airwavemedia.com 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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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.1	Okay, Nathan, I have a confession.
0:07.3	I have been living in my earbuds lately because Audible just dropped a brand new pride and prejudice and it is everything.
0:17.1	Same. And not just any audiobook. This is an Audible original performed by a full cast. It's intimate, vibrant, modern, and it's got an original score by a Grammy-nominated composer. Honestly, it feels like Bridgerton meets Broadway in my headphones.
0:34.1	And let's give this cast their flowers. It stars Marisa Abella from industry as
0:41.7	our girl Elizabeth Bennett, Harris Dickinson as Mr. Darcy, and Lynn Close herself the icon as
0:49.0	Lady Catherine DeBerg. Like, hello. Yeah, and when I tell you, Marisa Abella brings you right inside
0:56.1	Lizzie Bennett, stubborn, brilliant, messy little brain. It's like a sipping tea with her while she's
1:02.7	side-eyced Darcy. Mm-hmm, exactly. And before enemies to lovers was the whole
1:08.8	romantic genre that it is today.
1:11.6	There was Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy, one of the greatest romances of all time, y'all.
1:17.3	Whether it's your first time or your 50th trip to Longbourn, this fresh modern take will have you falling in love with Austin's classics all over again.
1:27.1	So listen to the new Pride and Prejudice at audible.com slash Jane Austen. That's
1:32.0	audible.com slash Jane Austen. Hi, this is Katie. And this is Nathan. And you're listening to
1:38.2	Queens Podcast, the show about women in history.
1:56.6	Music women in history. Oh, Nathan, won't you buy me a Mercedes band?
2:01.6	Don't have enough money.
2:03.6	Nathan, won't you draw me a picture of Mercedes bands?
2:09.6	I love that.
2:12.6	Is this season eight or is the season nine?
2:15.6	I think it's season nine.
2:21.1	Season, do we just stop counting now?
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