Ep. 41 Hope Has Wheels – LIVE – with guests Sarah Stoesz, Keri Noble & Melissa Castino Reid

About this episode

The episode features discussions on women's rights and advocacy with guests sharing personal stories and musical performances.

Our special guest Sarah Stoesz spent 21 years as the President & CEO of Planned Parenthood North Central States . She shares her decades long advocacy for women’s rights and reproductive freedom, which started personally and became profound. Musical guest Keri Noble blows us away with original songs that are powerful, gritty and strong. Storyteller Melisa Castino Reid navigates life caring for her daughter Rachel with dedicated riders of the “Bus of Hope.” And Dae Yang, Sue Scott & members of the audience explore what is bringing them strength during this very uncertain time. Episode Details Island of Discarded Women Episode #41 was directed and produced by Sue Scott Cast: Dae Yang and Sue Scott Written by Dae Yang and Sue Scott Special Guest is Sarah Stoesz Musical guest is Keri Noble Guest Storyteller is Melissa Castino Reid Original songs: “Hurricane”, “7.951 Billion People” and “Stronger” music and lyrics by Keri Noble Live Real-Time Captioning by Erica Cook Live Audio Engineering by John Robinson Production assistance by Susanne Egli Guest research by Marisa Helms Photos by Bonni Allen Mixed & Edited by Sue Scott Mastered by…

People in this episode

Host: Sue Scott

Guests: Sarah Stoesz, Keri Noble, Melissa Castino Reid

Topics covered

• women's rights
• reproductive freedom
• music
• storytelling
• advocacy

Keywords

• Planned Parenthood
• Bus of Hope
• original songs

Mentioned in this episode

Products: the “Bus of Hope

Books & works: Hope Has Wheels, Island of Discarded Women, Hurricane, Hand-in-Hand, Ep. 41

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