Ep. 34 Seat at the Table – LIVE – with special guest Gaelynn Lea!

09/15/23 • 70 min

It’s our “thunderous” August show under the tent! Special guest and musician Gaelynn Lea shares her journey from Tiny Desk Contest to Macbeth on Broadway and advocates for embracing accessibility culture. Lorna Landvik brings us the church bulletin bloopers that inspired her latest novel. Singer/songwriter Jaspar Lepak finds herself in the sliver of a moon. Silvia Pontaza does her best AI assistant in Spanish. And Sue Scott has a dialogue with a chatbot that reveals the racial and gender bias inherent in its programming.

Episode Details

Island of Discarded Women Episode #34 was directed and produced by Sue Scott
Cast: Lorna Landvik, Silvia Pontaza, Sue Scott & Jaspar Lepak
Written by Lorna & Sue
Special Guest & Musical guest is Gaelynn Lea
Original songs “Watch the World Unfold,” “I Wait,” “Perfect,” music & lyrics by Gaelynn Lea
Original songs “Something New,” “When I Was the Moon,” music and lyrics by Jaspar Lepak
ASL Interpreters: Micah Jane Draeger & Rosalinda Estrada-Alvarez
Live Real-Time Captioning by Erica Cook
Live Audio Engineering by Zach Thayer
Additional lighting and backstage assistance by Lexi Carlson
Photos by Bonni Allen
Live show master volunteer is Susanne Egli
Merch volunteer: Doug Anderson
Edited by Sue Scott
Mix & Mastered by Tony Axtell

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Episode Details

Island of Discarded Women Episode #34 was directed and produced by Sue Scott
Cast: Lorna Landvik, Silvia Pontaza, Sue Scott & Jaspar Lepak
Written by Lorna & Sue
Special Guest & Musical guest is Gaelynn Lea
Original songs “Watch the World Unfold,” “I Wait,” “Perfect,” music & lyrics by Gaelynn Lea
Original songs “Something New,” “When I Was the Moon,” music and lyrics by Jaspar Lepak
ASL Interpreters: Micah Jane Draeger & Rosalinda Estrada-Alvarez
Live Real-Time Captioning by Erica Cook
Live Audio Engineering by Zach Thayer
Additional lighting and backstage assistance by Lexi Carlson
Photos by Bonni Allen
Live show master volunteer is Susanne Egli
Merch volunteer: Doug Anderson
Edited by Sue Scott
Mix & Mastered by Tony Axtell

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Ep. 33 Endless Possibilities – LIVE – with guests Paula Poundstone & Jearlyn Steele!

It’s our June show outside on a gorgeous night! Special guest, the one and only Paula Poundstone subs in as our virtual assistant, tries to learn a lullaby and shares a never before told story! Musical guest Jearlyn Steele brings us songs and stories created with her grandkids. Leslye Orr invites us to see the world her way. Dae Yang celebrates her pending beautiful surprise baby. Zippy Laske with David Gerald Sutton reminds us that we are all mathematical miracles in a gorgeous new song. And Sue Scott prays that young girls looking into mirrors see endless possibilities!

Episode Details

Island of Discarded Women Episode #33 was directed and produced by Sue Scott
Cast: Dae Yang, Zippy Laske, Sue Scott & Leslye Orr
Written by Leslye, Dae, Zippy & Sue
Special Guest is Paula Poundstone
Musical Guest is Jearlyn Steele
Original Lullaby for her grandson, Segun, music & lyrics by Jearlyn Steele
Original song “You” music and lyrics by Zippy Laske with David Gerald Sutton on violin
Live Audio Engineering by John Robinson
Additional lighting and backstage assistance by Lexi Carlson
Mixed and Edited by Sue Scott
Mastered by Tony Axtell
Photos by Bonni Allen
Live show master volunteer is Susanne Egli
Producing Assistant is Kira Schukar

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Ep. 35 Cycle of Life – LIVE – with guests Pat Miles & Kelley Hunt!

Special guest Pat Miles learned a lot about what hadn’t been addressed after the sudden death of her husband. To help others avoid the same challenges, she shares her discoveries in her new book. We are standing up for women who are standing up with help from blues woman Kelley Hunt. Plus, Kelley sings about the light she sees in the future. AND with actor Dana Lee Thompson and a beautiful new song by Zippy Laske, we pay tribute to the stunning spoken word artist Brittany Delaney who left us way too soon.

Episode Details

Island of Discarded Women Episode #35 was directed and produced by Sue Scott
Cast: Dana Lee Thompson, Sue Scott & Zippy Laske
Written by Sue & Zippy
Special Guest is Pat Miles
Pat’s book: Before All is Said and Done, Practical Advice on Living and Dying Well.
Musical guest is Kelley Hunt
Original songs “Stand Up, Stand on the Side of Love,” and “Release and Be Free,” music & lyrics by Kelley Hunt.
“Bright Lights” music by Kelley Hunt, lyrics by Kelley Hunt and Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Original song “Good as Gold,” music and lyrics by Zippy Laske
Excerpts of spoken word poems performed by Dana Lee Thompson, were written by Brittany Delaney for IODW. Brittany can be heard performing the full poems in Episode 26, Episode 28 and Episode 32.
Live Real-Time Captioning by Erica Cook
Live Audio Engineering by John Robinson
Photos by Bonni Allen
Live show volunteers Susanne Egli and Carolyn Denton
Mixed & Edited by Sue Scott
Mastered by Tony Axtell