Interdisciplinary artist Susan Ruth has been telling stories through music, art, podcasting, and now film. Susan Ruth began her career as a performing artist and songwriter. She garnered multiple performance and writing awards for her albums "how to say goodbye" and "Surfacing to Breathe," and served on the NARAS (Recording Academy) Board of Governors as Songwriter Governor. In 2006, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, penning songs in multiple genres, including: pop, country, rock, AC and Euro dance for artists such as Reba McEntire, Lonestar, Erdem Kinay, O'Shea and The United, among others. In 2014, she released her fourth studio album All I Ever Wanted Was Everything. Susan’s songs have been featured in film and television. ? An accomplished, self-taught abstract painter, Susan is the third generation grand-niece of renowned painter Carl Gutherz, a notable member of the American Symbolist movement. Susan's works are vibrant, intuitive colorfields that play with form and texture. In July of 2016, She founded and began hosting the human interest, purpose-driven, Hey Human podcast. It has since gained momentum and world-wide attention for its open-minded conversations ranging in topics from science, technology, religion, art, economics and politics to humanism, philosophy, gender, sexuality, and race. In 2024, Susan Ruth completed her debut turn as a writer and director with her short film, “The First.” Susan co-produced her film with horror legend John Penney (Return of the Living Dead III, Reborn, The Kindred), the film is set in 1928 and explores the complexities of sex, love, vulnerability, fear, gender politics, and mythos.