Colin Simon is a southern California Ocean Lifeguard, actor, artist, and small business owner who lives in Topanga Canyon with his wife Jackie, their puppy Lupine and their cat Jacques. You can find Colin on his off days teaching swimming at Zuma Surf and Swim Training at www.Zumasurfandswim.com . You can also find Colin on Facebook at Colin Simon or on Instagram @aguacowboy . To donate food or send cards to your local lifeguards, contact your local fire department. In Los Angeles county you may...
May 28, 2020•41 min
Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Riz Mirza right after the show. Don't miss our new COVID Warriors series releasing every Thursday. If you'd like to ask a question on the Dear Laura segment or of an upcoming guest on COVID Warriors be sure to join our Facebook Group . You can also DM us on Instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website at www.theonlyonepod.com Also visit the website for the l...
May 27, 2020•20 min
Imagine meeting someone for the first time and instantly knowing their date of birth or inadvertently blurting out some eerily accurate detail of their lives, moments into your first conversation. Riz Mirza, psychic, mystic, medium, trance-channeler, born to Indian immigrants in New York City, had his first psychic experience at age 7 and then spent the rest of his youth trying to tame the intuitive impulses that often made him feel like the only one in the room. But what if one day you decided ...
May 26, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 47
Rehani Slipock lives in Northridge, California with her husband, Mark, their three children, Jackson, Shanna, Scarlett and their puggle, Maggie. A member of the Sierra Canyon day school community for the past 27 years, Rehani has done everything from play yard supervisor to school bus driver! And for the past 11-years, Rehani has been a much-beloved, first-grade teacher. Be sure not to miss our weekly full episodes on Tuesdays and Scott Talks now released on Wednesdays by subscribing to the show...
May 21, 2020•36 min
Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Rochelle Webb right after the show. Don't miss our new COVID Warriors series releasing every Thursday. If you'd like to ask a question on the Dear Laura segment or of an upcoming guest on COVID Warriors be sure to join our Facebook Group . You can also DM us on Instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website at www.theonlyonepod.com Also visit the website for t...
May 20, 2020•15 min
Imagine growing up in a culture where from the time you were born, there was a playbook as to how your life should look. You go to school, get your college degree, get married and then have at least two kids, in that order. Rochelle Webb, faculty member at Loyola Marymount University and founder of Optimist Made, a cause-inspired e-tailer, realized in her thirties that she had attended over 100 weddings and was starting to become the focus of her friends and family who often wondered out loud, “...
May 19, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 46
Wade Trimmer lives in Santa Clarita, Ca with his wife Jenn and their three sons, Zane, Zack, and Quinn. He is the Executive Director of Housing and Homelessness for The National Health Foundation. Executive Director of Housing and Homeless services https://nationalhealthfoundation.org/our-team/bio-wade-trimmer/ for the National Health Foundation https://nationalhealthfoundation.org/ / Dockweiler Beach RV park for people facing homelessness Amoeba music store https://www.amoeba.com/ LA city websi...
May 14, 2020•37 min
Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Holly Whitaker right after the show. Don't miss our new COVID Warriors series releasing every Thursday. If you'd like to ask a question on the Dear Laura segment or of an upcoming guest on COVID Warriors be sure to join our Facebook Group . You can also DM us on Instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website at www.theonlyonepod.com Also visit the website for ...
May 13, 2020•15 min
Picture this - it’s morning, and you’ve woken up on a mattress stained with food, wine and puke. Your computer and your TV are still on and there are half-eaten food cartons and beer bottles strewn around your apartment. Can you imagine what it must feel like to realize for the first and last time that this is NOT normal, not something you will just “grow out of” one day? Holly Whitaker, founder and CEO of Tempest Sobriety, and author of the New York Times bestselling memoir/self help book, Quit...
May 12, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 45
Captain Ron Beaulieu works at Engine 29, New Orleans Fire Department in the historic French Quarter. On June 9, 2020 he will have worked for the department for 35 years. Captain Ron is married to Stacey Beaulieu and together they have three children, Ron III, Dakota and Sierra. If you’d like to send cards and or food to Engine 29 in New Orleans for Captain Ron and his crew, please address it to: Captain Ronald Beaulieu Engine 29 2nd Platoon 317 Decatur Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Most Fire Stat...
May 07, 2020•28 min
Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Damona Hoffman right after the show. Don't miss our new COVID Warriors series releasing every Thursday. If you'd like to ask a question on the Dear Laura segment or of an upcoming guest on COVID Warriors be sure to join our Facebook Group . You can also DM us on Instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website at www.theonlyonepod.com Also visit the website for ...
May 06, 2020•17 min
Can you envision going through high school and college without ever being asked out on a date? And all the while wondering what was wrong, was it the city you were in? The guys that you were attracted to? Or was it you? Dating and relationship expert, Damona Hoffman decided to try online dating in the early 2000’s and then proceeded to fall in love with the process, delighting in the science of “soul swiping”, and developing a side hustle, coaching others through the online dating hacks she disc...
May 05, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 44
Kacy Joy Stravitz lives in Cambrian Park, a suburb of San Jose, California with her husband, Matthew Stravitz and their children, Josh, age 11 and Stella, age 6. Kacy normally works full time at a large tech firm but since COVID 19, she has been complying with California's "safer at home" orders and has spent every day at home with her family since Friday, March 13, 2020. To see photos of Kacy's beautiful family, you can follow her on Instagram @kacyface510 Be sure not to miss our weekly full ep...
Apr 30, 2020•41 min
Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Chris Cormier right after the show. Don't miss our new COVID Warriors series releasing every Thursday. If you'd like to ask a question on the Dear Laura segment or of an upcoming guest on COVID Warriors be sure to join our Facebook Group . You can also DM us on Instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website at www.theonlyonepod.com Also visit the website for t...
Apr 29, 2020•20 min
In the beginning, he was a shy, skinny kid who joined the wrestling team at his Palm Springs high school and then surprised everyone by switching gears and entering into the world bodybuilding at age 17. American bodybuilder, Chris, “the real deal” Cormier, dedicated all of his time to his craft and was named first runner-up a record 6 times at the prestigious Arnold Classic. And at the peak of his career, Cormier was said to be well on his way to achieving the ultimate prize -- the coveted Mr. ...
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 43
This episode features Dr. Ronald Cathcart, who has specialized in patients living with HIV since 1989 and has spent the past 14 years as the staff physician at Comprehensive Healthcare in Melbourne, Florida. Dr Cathcart is happy to answer your questions about COVID 19 and/or making better lifestyle choices via email, using the subject line: I HEARD YOUR PODCAST EMAIL: rcathcart@bellsouth.net Recommended Authors: Dr. Michael Gregor Dr. Neal Bernard Nathan Pritkin Be sure not to miss our weekly fu...
Apr 23, 2020•31 min
Can you picture spending your summers on your grandmother’s farm in Oklahoma? Living off the bounty of the earth, playing in rivers and coming in breathless and muddy at the end of every day? Supermodel and environmental activist, Amber Valletta, was discovered at age 15 and became a staple on catwalks and on magazine covers by the time she was 18 years old. And even though she was living a life that most people only ever saw on MTV, she found herself nostalgic for the clean streams and organic ...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 42
Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Amber Valletta right after the show. Don't miss our new COVID Warriors series releasing every Thursday. If you'd like to ask a question on the Dear Laura segment or of an upcoming guest on COVID Warriors be sure to join our Facebook Group . You can also DM us on Instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website at www.theonlyonepod.com Also visit the website for ...
Apr 21, 2020•16 min
In an effort to really acknowledge this time, this crisis that seems to keep going on and on, hosts Laura Cathcart Robbins & Scott Slaughter track down some real life heroes and she-ros who are currently showing up on the front lines of this pandemic. People like nurses, doctors, advocates for the homeless community, teachers, grocery store workers, firefighters and more. When COVID 19 first traveled out of Wuhan, China, it hit Italy first, quickly finding its way to the wealthy Lombardy reg...
Apr 16, 2020•37 min
Imagine, growing up without running water outside of Philadelphia and then, as an adult, finding yourself managing the careers of such Hollywood luminaries as Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlburg and Pierce Brosnan. And being on speaking terms with US Presidents, everyone from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama. Dolores Robinson, Executive producer, talent manager, reality TV star and mother of season two guest, Holly Robinson Peete, took her two kids and moved to Los Angeles three decades ago, and made a nam...
Apr 14, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 41
Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Dolores Robinson right after the show. Don't miss our new COVID Warriors series releasing every Thursday. If you'd like to ask a question on the Dear Laura segment or of an upcoming guest on COVID Warriors be sure to join our Facebook Group . You can also DM us on Instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website at www.theonlyonepod.com Also visit the website fo...
Apr 14, 2020•15 min
In an effort to really acknowledge this time, this crisis that seems to keep going on and on, hosts Laura Cathcart Robbins & Scott Slaughter track down some real life heros and she-ros who are currently showing up on the front lines of this pandemic. People like nurses, doctors, advocates for the homeless community, teachers, grocery store workers, firefighters and more. This episode features Natalie Gordon, a RN BSN who works in the ER Trauma unit at LAC + USC Medical Center, a 600 bed medi...
Apr 09, 2020•34 min
Imagine being an actress, dating celebrity after celebrity and then (predictably) finding the love of your life on a film set, getting married and having three beautiful babies and then feeling that your life is completely complete. Actress and producer, Kimberly Russell and her husband, Michael Bonewitz, made the decision together to put her acting career on hold while she raised their three children. But a chance encounter with a stranger, a mom at her kid’s school, threw them all an unexpecte...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Once upon a time, there was a girl who grew up in the Mormon church, moved to Los Angeles to become an actor and ended up working in the sex industry. Amy Bond, author, proud owner of San Francisco and Oakland Pole Dance studios and pro-bono family and immigration attorney, found herself working in porn after moving to Los Angeles at age 19. But after being “saved” from a severe downward spiral, Amy found herself enrolling in law school and then making a name for herself in Silicon Valley as an ...
Mar 31, 2020•1 hr 10 min
What would it be like to be THAT kid? You know the one who refused to dress like other students, the one who had piercings and worshipped punk rock and was always so loaded throughout high school that everyone wondered how they even graduated? John Feldmann, award-winning music producer, writer, mixer and acclaimed-band-Goldfinger-frontman, was a musically gifted punk rocker who grew up in the Santa Cruz mountains of California. But even as a teenager, John's inability to stay sober for more tha...
Mar 24, 2020•1 hr 15 min
Statistically, the chances of success for men who grow up poor and are raised by single mothers are pretty low. Those who do “make it out” are envied, celebrated and are thought to make excellent husband material. Mike Hill, sportscaster, television personality, author, actor and entrepreneur, married young, and then got married and divorced a second time, before he was forced to admit to himself that he had never really been in love. But what would you do if one day you met someone...and this p...
Mar 17, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 40
Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Mike Hill right after the show. If you'd like to ask a question and be featured on the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on Instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website at www.theonlyonepod.com Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the c...
Mar 17, 2020•20 min
Picture being an unknown actor in New York City and then a chance encounter between your mother and casting agent results in you being selected for a role on the biggest television show in the history of Nielsen ratings. A move which catapults you from being an anonymous member of a theater group to someone who can no longer go to the grocery store without being mobbed. When Geoffrey Owens, actor, director, producer, was cast on The Cosby Show at age 24, it seemed to the the world that he would ...
Mar 10, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 39
Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Geoffrey Owens right after the show. If you'd like to ask a question and be featured on the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on Instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website at www.theonlyonepod.com Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in ...
Mar 10, 2020•15 min
What would you do if you had a life that others envied? A successful acting career, a beautiful home, a rich spiritual life, successful wife and community of family and friends who loved you. Jeff Kober, Vedic meditation teacher, actor, author and photographer, knew that he had everything he thought he wanted and yet, something wasn’t quite right. But what if one day, on a spiritual quest in India, you had a chance to ask a Goddess to remove everything from your life that was no longer serving y...
Mar 03, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 38
