Ep. 103 - New Years 2024: A Retrospective ft. Kiera Battles

BrownTown on BrownTown. BnB audio engineer Kiera Battles is back
with her behind-the-scenes insights on the podcast as the team
discusses the episodes of 2023. Last year brought the
continuation of the Whiskey and Watching series, a host of
episodes surrounding the 2023 Chicago Municipal Elections, a
resurgent discussion of #NoCopAcademy in the midst of the
#StopCopCity struggle in Atlanta, and plenty of reflective
conversations on the podcast, SoapBox at large, and the direction
of the movement media ecosystem. For better or worse, here's to
2024!


With 17 total full episodes, 2023 brought 15 guest episodes (6
repeat guests; 8  with 2+ guests), only 1 with no guests,
only 2 virtual recordings, 6 series-type episodes, and 2 bonus
episodes. In addition to the breakdown, BrownTown chops it up
about recording in different locations before settling into the
new SoapBox office, their favorite episodes, and their hopes for
2024. Originally recorded December 19, 2023.


Transcription available here!


GUEST: Kiera Battles is the BnB audio engineer
and a music industry hopeful. Starting on the stage with choir
and orchestra and later transitioning to life behind the scenes,
music has always been with her. She began her audio journey
during her junior year of high school as part of a vocational
program to later get her BA from Columbia College Chicago in
Interdisciplinary Studies focusing on Audio Arts with a
concentration in live sound as well as Music Business. She
continues to work in the audio and business side of the industry
while earning her MA in Music Business at Berklee College of
Music to later gain the tools and knowledge to start her own
company.


 


CREDITS: Intro music from Clocks by Jahzzar;
outro music from the hip-hop instrumental work of Bulasound.
Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. Episode photo by Aidan Kranz.
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