Ep. 39 One Pie at a Time – LIVE – with guests Rose McGee & Favourite Girl!

08/09/24 • 82 min

Special guest Rose McGee, founder of Sweet Potato Comfort Pie, shares her life changing journey of offering comfort by delivering sweet potato pies to those affected by trauma around the country. Katy Vernon and her female powered band, Favourite Girl, empower and rock us! Plus, Katy sings personally about the mother she lost at 12 and her older brother who knows she’s still there. Storyteller Jen Santoro Rotty, with a new song by Katy, shares a powerful story of adoption, discovery and belonging. AND Shanan Custer & Sue Scott honor, celebrate and recapture flags!

Episode Details

Island of Discarded Women Episode #39 was directed and produced by Sue Scott
Cast: Shanan Custer and Sue Scott
Written by Shanan and Sue
Special Guest is Rose McGee
Musical guest is Katy Vernon and her band Favourite Girl: Allie Pikala – guitar, Barb Brynstad – bass, Alsye Emanuel – drums, Paul Odegaard – trumpet and Katy Vernon – vocals & ukulele.
Guest Storyteller is Jen Santoro Rotty
Original songs “Favourite Girl,” “Over and Over,” “Peter,” “Song for Jen” and “Shine,” music & lyrics by Katy Vernon.
Live Real-Time Captioning by Erica Cook
Live Audio Engineering by John Robinson
Production assistance by Lexi Carlson
Photos by Bonni Allen
Live show volunteers Susanne Egli & Doug Anderson
Mixed & Edited by Sue Scott
Mastered by Tony Axtell

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Episode Details

Island of Discarded Women Episode #39 was directed and produced by Sue Scott
Cast: Shanan Custer and Sue Scott
Written by Shanan and Sue
Special Guest is Rose McGee
Musical guest is Katy Vernon and her band Favourite Girl: Allie Pikala – guitar, Barb Brynstad – bass, Alsye Emanuel – drums, Paul Odegaard – trumpet and Katy Vernon – vocals & ukulele.
Guest Storyteller is Jen Santoro Rotty
Original songs “Favourite Girl,” “Over and Over,” “Peter,” “Song for Jen” and “Shine,” music & lyrics by Katy Vernon.
Live Real-Time Captioning by Erica Cook
Live Audio Engineering by John Robinson
Production assistance by Lexi Carlson
Photos by Bonni Allen
Live show volunteers Susanne Egli & Doug Anderson
Mixed & Edited by Sue Scott
Mastered by Tony Axtell

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Ep. 38 Making a Difference – LIVE – with guests Mary M. Tjosvold & Yemi Love

Special guest Mary Tjosvold, award-winning humanitarian and businesswoman, creates communities wherever she goes and credits the strong women in her life with inspiring her to walk through doors. Musical guest Yemi Love, shares her journey from Nigerian recording star, to life in Minnesota spreading love through every gorgeous song. Guest storyteller Stacey Dinner-Levin wishes caregivers could be seen as she navigates life with her adult autistic son. Dae Yang & Sue Scott, with a beautiful new song by Zippy Laske, celebrate the women who’ve encouraged them to take their hands off the handlebars.

Episode Details

Island of Discarded Women Episode #38 was directed and produced by Sue Scott
Cast: Dae Yang, Zippy Laske and Sue Scott
Written by Dae, Zippy and Sue
Special Guest is Mary M. Tjosvold
Musical guest is Yemi Love with Spencer Bradley on guitar
Guest Storyteller is Stacey Dinner-Levin
Original songs “Can you Love Me” and “Do You See Me,” music & lyrics by Yemi Love.
Original song, “Spread Love” by Timothy Levy
Original song “Strong Women” music and lyrics by Zippy Laske
Live Real-Time Captioning by Erica Cook
Live Audio Engineering by John Robinson
Production assistance by Kate Sandvik
Photos by Bonni Allen
Live show volunteer Doug Anderson
Mixed & Edited by Sue Scott
Mastered by Tony Axtell

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Ep. 40 Rallying to Win – LIVE – guests Mary Beth Yarrow, Rachel Kurtz, Jaspar Lepak & Kennadi Hurst with Tim Levy!

We are rallying with Hope and Joy to put this Woman in the White House with this music-filled evening full of motivation to Get Out the VOTE! Special guest, social and political documentarian Mary Beth Yarrow, shares her life’s journey that begins with jumping down a rabbit hole in 1968 for her uncle Gene McCarthy’s run for president and coming out a changed person. Musical guest Rachel Kurtz lets queer kids know that they’re all right with her in light of the anti-LGBTQ legislation across the country. Originally from Arizona, Jaspar Lepak sings a passionate plea to her home state to stand up and fight for her and vote for reproductive freedom for all. Zippy Laske has a powerful message for her young daughters in her heart-filled, “Hand in Hand.” Kennadi Hurst brings us to our feet in Tim Levy’s new song “JOY” written just for us for this upcoming election AND Kennadi implores us that NOW is the time to put a woman in charge! Plus, Silvia Pontaza & Sue Scott remind us that when women show up, shit happens! So Please VOTE!

Episode Details

Island of Discarded Women Episode #40 was directed and produced by Sue Scott
Cast: Silvia Pontaza and Sue Scott
Written by Sue Scott
Special Guest is Mary Beth Yarrow
Musical guests are Rachel Kurtz, Jaspar Lepak and Kennadi Hurst with Timothy Levy.
Original songs: “Gay Kids” and “Lioness” by Rachel Kurtz. “Arizona” by Jaspar Lepak. “Hand-in-Hand” by Zippy Laske. “The Ballad of the ERA” By Sue Scott & Jaspar Lepak.
“Joy” was commissioned by IODW and written by Timothy Levy. Performed by Kennadi Hurst & cast.
“Put a Woman in Charge” by Keb Mo’, Beth Nielsen Chapman & John Lewis Parker. Synchronization License granted by: Kevin Moore, Kebnote Music (BMI) c/o Concord Music Group, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Songs of Prismlight Music c/o Karen Schauben Publishing Administration and John Lewis Parker (BMI) c/o Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.
Thank you to ERAMN, Women’s March MN, UnRestrict MN & Gender Justice for sharing their Get-out-the-Vote goals on this show!
Live Real-Time Captioning by Erica Cook
Live Audio Engineering by Jared Johnson
Production assistance by Beth Desotelle & Terry Lynn Carlson
Photos by Bonni Allen
Mixed & Edited by Sue Scott
Mastered by Tony Axtell
Episode #40 opening: Excerpt from “Peter” by Katy Vernon with Paul Odegaard on trumpet, performed on our June 2024 show.

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