Ep. 45 The Power of One – LIVE – with Gwen Walz, Chastity Brown & Rev. Ingrid Rasmussen

About this episode

This episode features a live recording with Gwen Walz discussing her journey into politics, musical guest Chastity Brown performing powerful songs, and Rev. Ingrid Rasmussen addressing community leadership.

This beautiful show was recorded live in December 2025, just prior to the surge escalating here is MN – Minnesota’s delightful First Lady Gwen Walz shares her love of teaching and the students who nurtured her, the transformational experiences that propelled Gwen and her husband Tim into a life of politics AND “the call” from Kamala Harris that unleashed a whirlwind 90 days of stump speeches, rallies and dog parks. Musical guest Chastity Brown brings us powerful songs that express anger for love’s sake, that break through the walls we’ve built around ourselves and that ultimately implore us to just Say It. Rev. Ingrid Rasmussen embodies grace as she answers the call to step up as a leader both for the community during the immigration raids and for a growing clergy coalition calling for an end to weapons of war in our neighborhoods. Zippy Laske and violinist DGS perform a stunning new song that underscores the Power of One. Sue Scott and actor Melissa Denton celebrate the strong shoulders we’re standing on. And the audience helps us sing about this little light. Episode Details Island of Discarded Women Episode 45 was directed and produced by Sue Scott Cast: Melissa Denton…

People in this episode

Host: Sue Scott

Guests: Gwen Walz, Chastity Brown, Rev Ingrid Rasmussen

Topics covered

• politics
• education
• music
• community leadership

Keywords

• live recording
• Minnesota
• politics
• music
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ep. 45, The Power of One, Island of Discarded Women, Sing to the Walls, Trouble, Ep. 45 The Power of One

Places: MN, Minnesota

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