Sammie Downing

Sammie Downing is an author and poet based out of Denver, Colorado. This week's episode explores Sammie's ideas of living authentically through her playlist of movie scores and indie rock tinged love songs. Liv and Sammie chat about traveling, coming out and Sammie's transformative summer at age 14 spent at an all girl's camp in upstate New York. Music featured on this week's playlist include songs by Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, The Still Tide, The Staves, Starship and many more.  This week's music spotlight features the Denver, CO based outfit, The Still Tide.

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“My Gay Playlist & Stories From Outside the Closet” explores the lives of LGBTQIA+ identified people and their allies. During each episode, singer-songwriter-storyteller and host, Liv Lombardi, chats with musicians, writers, actors, comedians, and advocates from all over the world about their coming out stories and the music that shapes their journeys. For Liv, “coming out” is an act of honesty that we all undertake when we decide to live life as authentically as possible. It's a decision we make everyday. To start, we ask this: What are your stories and what are your songs?