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Hi, everyone. It's Sophia. Welcome to Work in Progress.

Hello, Whipsmarties, back for another episode. This one is, I know I always say I'm excited,

but like I am so excited to have today's guest here. She is a recording artist that I love,

but also a person that I adore and that I am so inspired by. Today, we are joined by Merrin Morris. She has broken

boundaries, smashed records, and affirmed herself as a dynamic, vocalist, prolific songwriter,

show-stopping performer, all on her own terms. And she happens to be an incredible person in all of those

ways as herself in the world, as an activist,

as a mom, as someone who is not afraid to learn out loud. And I am so excited that she's here

to talk about her career, her songwriting, her history, her family, and her latest incredible EP called Intermission.

In a recent interview, Maran said that intermission is the distillation of the strangest year of my life.

I decided to hit the scariest reset.

I could have ever conceptualized and there is no looking back.

The lengths one will go to to feel joy again or sometimes desperate and terrifying

as I'll get out, but we deserve peace in this very short few trips around the sun. Here's my

heart journey and a gamut of emotions packed into five songs. I love this EP so much. I feel so

represented. I feel so heard. And I'm really excited to talk to

Maren today about her journey to write it. You know, her experience is becoming an advocate,

becoming a mother, going through a divorce, coming out. She has really been living so out loud

and so courageously. She has been standing up for people in every brilliant way that she can, from beating back

transphobia in the country community to standing up for black female artists in that industry

as well, and really for reminding all of us that it's never too late.

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