Susan Rogers is a professor at Berklee College of Music who broke gender norms by becoming one of the few female audio engineers in the 1980s. Her life took a sudden turn when she joined Prince's team and went on to engineer Purple Rain, Around The World In A Day, and Sign 'O' The Times. This episode focuses on her work with Prince. Part 2 focuses on her work at Berklee and why women face different challenges than men do in their careers.
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In this episode, one of a two-part series, Susan reveals:
Her awkward first run-in with his Royal Badness
Why Prince loved and preferred to work with women
How she and The Revolution got through Prince's death
And don't forget about The Shakedown, a standard set of questions we ask all of our special guests!
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Susan Rogers Pt 1: The Prince Years