LIVE Show + Podcast!
We had a very special night for our Music & Stories Edition on March 12th!
THANK YOU to these rock stars: Jennifer Grimm, Ann Reed, Courtney Yasmineh, Zippy Laske and SingHers with Thomasina Petrus, Gwen Matthews & Kathleen Johnson + special guest, Yemi Love!
We are moving to Crooners!
ALL of the Details coming SOON!
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Amplifying Women’s Voices through powerful storytelling, original music & passionate conversation!
Latest Episode Release!
Ep. 30 Choosing Joy – LIVE – with guests Roxane Battle & The OK Factor!
December episode coming soon!
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Most recent Podcast Episodes
Ep. 29 She is Fierce – LIVE – with guests Marcie Rendon & Jaspar Lepak
Special guest, writer Marcie Rendon, highlights the brilliance and resiliency of native people through her mystery novels and a...
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Ep. 28 Resilience – LIVE – with guests Dr. Pauline Boss & Rhiannon Fiskradatz
Gathering on the 21st anniversary of September 11th, our special guest, Dr. Pauline Boss, who coined the term “ambiguous...
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:12:48 — 100.0MB)
Ep. 27 We Are Enough – LIVE – with guests Mikki Morrissette & Courtney Yasmineh
Our special guest, Mikki Morrissette publisher of Minnesota Women’s Press, shares her journey from choosing single motherhood to owning...
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:08:48 — 94.5MB)
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About the podcast
Island of Discarded Women
A LIVE Show & Podcast created by veteran radio actor Sue Scott.
The show is recorded in a cool dinner club setting every second Sunday of the month and then released a few weeks later as a podcast episode!
On the Island of Discarded Women, we’re all about speaking up, speaking out and raising women’s voices through candid storytelling, social commentary, original music, and inspiring guest conversations.
Each month, Sue is joined by a diverse, all-female cast of talented actor/storytellers, singer/songwriters, spoken word artists and empowering special guests for “the conversation.” Past special guests have included Civil Rights leaders, Transgender trailblazers, Women’s Rights activists, Award-winning Authors, veteran Journalists and many more!
An Evening of Powerful Stories & Passionate Conversation + Dinner & Drinks!
Join us LIVE, or LISTEN! Everyone is welcome! Male allies, too!
Press
Read the feature on Sue Scott’s “Island of Discarded Women” at the Star Tribune.
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Behind the Mic
Sue Scott
Sue Scott is a veteran stage and commercial voice over-actor, who for 24 years was the female cast member on the public radio show A Prairie Home Companion. After PHC, Sue climbed back on stage in a variety of theater roles in the Twin Cities, but is now thoroughly immersed in producing Island of Discarded Women!
For more about Sue, visit SueScottEtc.com.
Creative Team
Joining Sue in making Island of Discarded Women happen every month is an ultra skilled and extremely flexible cast of women actor/writer/storytellers, delightful and talented singer/songwriters, super helpful audio engineers and lighting folks + several accomplished photographers, PR peeps, etc.! Detailed credits are included with each episode.
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Ep. 30 Choosing Joy – LIVE – with guests Roxane Battle & The OK Factor!
It’s here! Our joy-filled November Show! Special guest Roxane Battle brings us boundless pockets of joy through her best-selling...
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:06:22 — 91.2MB)