Divas, Ingénues & Vixens Podcast

Welcome to Kansas City-the town I love!

As the world arrives for a summer of soccer, music, theatre, festivals, and celebration, Divas, Ingénues & Vixens is kicking off a special June series exploring the people, places, and experiences that make Kansas City unforgettable.

In this episode, Amity takes listeners on a musical journey through the city with a simple challenge: Plan Your Route.

Inspired by memories of her grandfather, the streetcar, and a lifelong love of Kansas City, Amity explores how music helps us experience a city—not from the interstate, but from sidewalks, neighborhoods, parks, and unexpected encounters.

Plus, a conversation with Heidi Markle, organizer of Make Music Day KC, about the global celebration that transforms Kansas City into one giant stage on June 21.

Whether you're a lifelong Kansas Citian, a first-time visitor, or one of the thousands of international guests arriving this summer, consider this your musical welcome basket.

Ride the streetcar. Follow the music. Discover the city.

Because the best routes through Kansas City are rarely the ones we plan.

They're the ones we find by listening.

What if listening is more than hearing?

This week on Divas, Ingénues & Vixens, Amity explores the art of listening—how attention, curiosity, and presence shape the way we experience music, sound, and one another.

Inspired by Sound Mandala, an immersive sonic experience coming to Kansas City's Unicorn Theatre, this conversation with creator Tom Mardikes and collaborator Jacob Souders asks a deceptively simple question:

What happens when listening becomes the art form?

 

 

Tickets available at purchase.UnicornTheatre.org

This week on Divas, Ingénues & Vixens, Amity journeys into the world of The Alchemist with Lauren and Taylor of Apothogothic for a sensory exploration of pilgrimage, intuition, flamenco, Andalusian music, and the fragrance Santiago.

Inspired by Paulo Coelho’s beloved novel and a fantastic playlist, this immersive episode blends literature, scent, music, memory, and storytelling into a journey about longing, destiny, and the search for meaning.

Featuring:
✨ passages from The Alchemist
✨ flamenco and Andalusian musical influences
✨ a guided “Listen While You Smell” experience
✨ reflections on pilgrimage and transformation
✨ and the beginning of a mysterious summer arc still unfolding

The treasure was real.
But so was the journey.

Three women.
One band.
A thousand harmonies between them.

Lauren Flynn, Tiffany Smith, and Aubrey Dykeman of OLIVIA FOX join Amity Bryson for a conversation about harmony, collaboration, women supporting women, and the courage to keep creating.

In this episode of Divas, Ingénues & Vixens, we explore the meaning behind “We Are OLIVIA FOX,” the beauty of collective artistry, songwriting, vulnerability, and the power of finding your voice inside a community.

Plus: a spotlight on the Lyrical Belles songwriter series at Knuckleheads in Kansas City.

It sounds simple—until you hear it.

In this Season Two premiere of Divas, Ingénues & Vixens, Amity Bryson invites you into a listening experience that goes beyond music theory and into something deeper: how rhythm shapes the way we move, decide, and feel.

Through a guided listening moment, the pulse of 2 and 3 becomes more than sound—it becomes identity.

Where do you crave certainty?

Where do you resist it?

And what happens when you finally hear the difference?

Framed through the lens of the Diva, the Ingénue, and the Vixen, this episode opens Season Two with a question that lingers long after the music stops.

And for those ready to go deeper…

the Velvet Circle is open.