Season Three Episode 5

Janis Joplin Episode 5: Shaking Off the Feds, Hustling the Locals, and Kicking the Habit

As Janis continues to find herself in her pre-fame days, she flirts with romantic relationships with both men and women, winds up under FBI surveillance, hustles pool in New York City, and works to create her own mythology. But the biggest struggle she faces is her increasingly deadly drug habit.

SOURCES

Janis: Her Life and Music, by Holly George-Warren

Powell St. John Interview (It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine)

O Janis (Texas Monthly)

Jae Whitaker (JanisJoplin.net)

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