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Mondays: 7 – 8 p.m.
Women’s Issues, Women’s Voices is a feminist talk show that covers a wide range of interests from the perspective of women. We empower and give voice to women in our community, and host special events promoting their talents. We are pro-choice and pro-equality for all people. If you have an event or topic important to women to share, contact us by email or visit our Facebook page.
Iysha "Sticks" Jackson
Iysha Jackson, professionally and affectionately known as Sticks, is a voice actor, radio and podcast host, and board operator hailing from the great city of Memphis, Tennessee. She has been a resident of Missouri since 2006. She spends her days as an Audio Strategist connecting communities to their university and professional sports leagues via the magic of radio. Storytelling has been the vehicle of evolution since the earth began and radio is the greatest tool in continuing to share tradition, culture, and truth. Scout and Sticks host the KOPN podcast "POCket Change" where they explore the themes of race and femininity as it relates to mainstream media. Sticks, also, hosts the show "The Blacktop" focusing on women in and around sports.
Scout Shinn
Scout is a KOPN 89.5 FM Radio Programmer and Host for Women’s Issues, Women’s Voices: A Day in Her-Story, the creator and co-host of the cultural commentary podcast Pocket Change, and a self-produced voice actor with a passion for audio storytelling that centers truth, justice, and representation.
Originally from California, Scout relocated to Missouri in 2001 and has lived in Columbia since 2020, where she now resides with her husband and three children. Her lived experience as a woman of color and mother deeply informs her approach to both fiction and non-fiction broadcasting—blending personal narrative with political awareness, cultural history, and creative activism.
From spotlighting community voices to unpacking the emotional undercurrents of mainstream media, Scout’s work challenges listeners to think, feel, and reflect. Her shows are rooted in radical empathy, resilience, and the transformative power of storytelling.
Courtney Kissee
Courtney Kissee was born in Miami, OK, graduated high school in Joplin, MO, then moved to Columbia for college, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Missouri. She values the exploration of big ideas within a small-town community dynamic and enjoys challenging the bounds of the status quo. Whether writing, performing on stage, or building sets in the shadows, she hopes that her work inspires others to take action, get out of their comfort zone, and connect with their local community. She believes deeply that these connections are necessary for the continued success of local non-profit organizations, which create environments that facilitate necessary conversations over social and institutional change.
In her free time, you can find her hanging with her cat Poppy (aka Poops), playing guitar, out with friends, or tending to her plants. Paralegal by day and theatre mouse by night, Courtney is interested in exploring the intersectionality of women, law, and performance. She is surrounded by a hard-working, passionate group of educators, volunteers, and friends in her little pocket of the world, and hopes to give them the platform to write their narratives in a first-person perspective. How do women feel about their role in the context of the whole?
Victoria Day
Victoria is a several decade Columbian who originally started with KOPN in the early 2000's and is excited to be back on the airwaves after a decade-long hiatus. Victoria's personal and professional mission in life is to support herself and others to live life more fully, with juicy embodied presence: her programming on KOPN is guided by this intention. She is passionate about movement, teaching, gardening, cooking, and participatory art creations. She is a committed feminist and a developing somatic decolonization activist. To learn more about Victoria's professional work as a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator, visit www.embodimentllc.com. To see and hear some of the interviews Vic has shared on KOPN, visit her Youtube channel: Embodiment Live Life More Fully.
Sarah Catlin
Sarah is a book-reading, drum-banging, banjo-picking kind of gal. She moved to Columbia in 1999 to pursue a PhD in Women Writers of the American South with minor areas in folklore and film. She holds certificate in Women's Studies. In addition to being a mother of three, she is chair-elect of the Chamber of Commerce Women's Network, an Athena award recipient, and the executive director of Access Arts. She served as president of Boone County Muleskinners, chair of the Downtown Leadership Council, manager of several progressive political campaigns, and interim general manager of KOPN during our capital campaign and move to the new building.