Joe Kowan: How I beat stage fright

Humanity’s   sense of fear served us well as a young species trying to avoid being eaten   by beasts. But it’s less wonderful when that same visceral, body-hijacking   sense of fear kicks in in front of 20 folk-music fans at a Tuesday night   open-mic. Palms sweat, hands shake, vision blurs, and the brain says RUN: it’s stage   fright. In this charming, tuneful little talk, Joe Kowan talks about how he   conquered it.

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