Occasionally we run across a podcast so good that we just have to share it with you. Today, it’s Role Model, which dropped this week. Role Model, hosted by British model and fashion designer Leomie Anderson, sits down with industry “role models” who have carved out a space for themselves at the cutting edge of culture and business. Leomie chats with her guests to explore how on their road to success, they have faced and dealt with discrimination, sexism and prejudice. Role Model is meant to serv...
May 13, 2021•11 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 Cheo Hodari Coker right after the show. Special thanks to our Sponsor Betterhelp: Start living a happier life today! As an Only On In The Room listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at Betterhelp.com/One. Join the over one million people who have taken charge of their mental health with the help of experienced Better Help professionals. Don'...
May 12, 2021•8 min
What if you were like the Black kid from Stranger Things, and you grew up knowing everything about comic books, and Dungeons and Dragons but you had to drive half an hour out of town to get a haircut? Cheo Coker grew up in Storrs, Connecticut playing with multi-colored dice and reading J.R.R. Tolkien. But then after covering music while at Stanford University he found himself right at home in another world, one that better matched with his outsides: Hip-Hop So what would you do if you could spea...
May 11, 2021•49 min•Season 9Ep. 86
Today is Mother’s day and to honor what this day is and what it means, we want to talk about birth with advanced birth doula, postpartum educator, child sleep consultant and podcaster, Adriana Lozada. Adriana believes in, and advocates for the transformational power of giving birth. She’s also a bestselling author, speaker, and the creator and host of the acclaimed Birthful podcast. Visit the website: www.birthful.com Check out her birthing courses: www.birthfulcourses.com Instagram: @birthfulpo...
May 09, 2021•43 min
Today, in honor of Mental Health Month, I am reading the essay, Not Just Me, by best-selling author, Lisa Jakub. Lisa Jakub is an author, therapeutically-focused yoga teacher, mental wellness educator, and retired actor who has more than FORTY film and television credits to her name. At the age of twenty-two, Lisa retired from her eighteen-year acting career and found a more purposeful path as a writer, teacher, and advocate. Lisa leads yoga classes for the management of anxiety and depression, ...
May 07, 2021•14 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 Karen Brailsford right after the show. Special thanks to our Sponsor Betterhelp: Start living a happier life today! As an Only On In The Room listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at Betterhelp.com/One. Join the over one million people who have taken charge of their mental health with the help of experienced Better Help professionals. Don't...
May 05, 2021•18 min
What if, as a child, you were drawn to the church, not necessarily by what was being preached from the pulpit, but by the music and spirit that you felt and heard while you were there? Karen Brailsford author, spiritual guide, and intuitive creator was always a seeker and found herself on many different career paths throughout her life, but never gave up hope that there was something out there for her that would take her back to that feeling from her childhood. But what would you do if you were ...
May 04, 2021•56 min•Season 9Ep. 85
Heather is a strategy and experiential content consultant. During quarantine, she created an anonymous matchmaking experiment based on the exchange of voice memos and then proceeded to spend the next 11 months creating the experience into the 6-episode podcast, It's Nice to Hear You . Heather is an enthusiastic hobbyist, consumer of culture, seeker of connection, fan of Dutch golden age paintings and the Container Store. Heather is a nomadic New Yorker seeking partners who are also interested in...
May 02, 2021•38 min
Today I am reading the essay, The Dissemble, by author, blogger and art dealer, Carine Fabius. From Carine’s “about” page on her website: I am an author and blogger, art dealer, freelance museum curator, jewelry designer, and co-owner of Lakaye Studio, which manufactures all-natural temporary tattoo kits, using henna and jagua, a fruit from the Amazon. I am a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I came to the States when I was eight years old; grew up in New York, spent several years in Miami, and h...
Apr 30, 2021•13 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 Andrea Owen right after the show. Special thanks to our Sponsor Betterhelp: Start living a happier life today! As an Only On In The Room listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at Betterhelp.com/One. Join the over one million people who have taken charge of their mental health with the help of experienced Better Help professionals. Don't miss...
Apr 28, 2021•18 min
Have you ever thought it was love at first sight only to find yourself obsessing over that person to the point where you wonder if there’s maybe something else going on? In 2007, author, podcast host, and professional certified life coach, Andrea Owen, read the book, Facing Love Addiction, by Pia Melody and wondered, “how did this woman sneak into my life and spy on me?” So what would you do if you struggled with an addiction that many people don’t even believe is real? Would you keep your self-...
Apr 27, 2021•55 min•Season 9Ep. 84
A few weeks ago I received a pitch that read, “The current addiction system doesn’t work and is killing more people every year. But here’s the catch, the system continues to blame the individual. Something has to be done before more lives are lost, which is why Dr. Adi Jaffe is going against the status quo in order to completely change the way addiction is thought of and help millions of people break free from their addiction." Adi Jaffe, Ph.D. is a #1 best-selling author of The Abstinence Myth ...
Apr 25, 2021•44 min
Today’s reading is from the chapter titled, “Scene Number One” by the critically acclaimed author, Meg Weber. Meg Weber writes memoir about sex, grief, love, family, therapy, and tangled relationships. Meg's writing gives voice to the ways her life continues to unfold outside the boundaries prescribed for her. She is a queer mental health therapist who specializes in gender and sexuality. She lives in her hometown of Portland, Oregon with her teenager and their labradoodle named Portland. Visit ...
Apr 23, 2021•17 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 Matt Cox right after the show. Special thanks to our Sponsor Betterhelp: Start living a happier life today! As an Only On In The Room listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at Betterhelp.com/One. Join the over one million people who have taken charge of their mental health with the help of experienced Better Help professionals. Don't miss ou...
Apr 21, 2021•17 min
Imagine being a conman doing a lengthy prison sentence for a variety of bank fraud charges and finding that instead of the yard or the track, you feel drawn to the library. Matt Cox, former conman and true crime author, spent years in prison writing stories, starting with his own and then going on to write the stories of his fellow inmates. But what would you do if you realized that once you were released the only legal ways you knew how to earn money were now off the table? Would you go back to...
Apr 20, 2021•58 min•Season 9Ep. 83
Hari says this about gender language: “I stopped forcing myself into the category of ‘male’ which never seemed to fit me long ago, and though ‘maleness’ is the language that most tongues wrap easiest around when I am seen, it is not the language that makes room for my existence in this world.” Hari Ziyad is a cultural critic, a screenwriter, and the editor-in-chief of RaceBaitr. They are a 2021 Lambda Literary Fellow, and their writing has been featured in BuzzFeed, Out, the Guardian, Paste maga...
Apr 18, 2021•40 min
To celebrate the two-year anniversary of The Only One In The Room, today’s On My Nightstand reading is the essay that started it all. After this 2018 Huffpo article I authored went viral, I received five hundred and sixty-eight direct messages, all from people who connected with the feeling of being othered. Many of those messages were accompanied by this hashtag #theonlyoneintheroom and so we decided to create a podcast that would tell those stories. More from Laura Read the article featured in...
Apr 16, 2021•18 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 Kristin Casey right after the show. Special thanks to our Sponsor Betterhelp: Start living a happier life today! As an Only On In The Room listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at Betterhelp.com/One. Join the over one million people who have taken charge of their mental health with the help of experienced Better Help professionals. Don't mi...
Apr 14, 2021•17 min
From the beginning, she was someone who viewed sex differently from her peers. Sexual desire wasn’t something to be ashamed of or hidden away. It was something to be openly explored and cherished. Intimacy coach Kristin Casey, was a sex worker for years before she discovered that she had abilities to help people, men who were victims of sexual trauma, experiencing performance anxiety or things like pleasure avoidance, dissociation, and inexperience. So what would you do, if there was an opportun...
Apr 13, 2021•57 min•Season 9Ep. 82
Today’s On My Nightstand Reading is from chapter four, Drunk On The Road from Under The Wave At Waimea . Timed to Theroux's eightieth birthday, UNDER THE WAVE AT WAIMEA is the story of aging big-wave champion surfer, Joe Sharkey. Joe’s struggling to come to terms with the fast-approaching end of his career when he accidentally kills a stranger near Waimea, Hawaii after a night of drinking. As Joe and his girlfriend, Olive, deal with the repercussions of the accident she throws herself into uncov...
Apr 09, 2021•15 min
The Only One In The Room presents: Good Words with Kirk Franklin. Kirk Franklin welcomes people from every cross section of life seeking inspiration and empowerment and through intimate conversations they explore faith, redemption and the realities of today’s world. Kirk invites us to see ourselves in the shared moments between himself and his guests. The show provides a fun and energetic outlet to lift people up and share trials and tribulations that guests have overcome along the way. His star...
Apr 08, 2021•10 min
Yesterday you heard the first-ever podcast interview with Robert Chelsea, the first African-American and oldest full-face transplant recipient. Today we’re offering you a rare Only One In The Room follow-up with the man who saved his life. Richard Robles, 49-year-old General Superintendent, husband and father of six, lost his way while returning home one night after work and stumbled upon a fiery crash - what he did next will take your breath away. Don't miss our new Friday series On My Nightsta...
Apr 07, 2021•22 min
Imagine, a drunk driver slams into your car at such a high rate of speed that it explodes before you can get out. Robert Chelsea, seventy-year-old father, and salesman, was pulled from the wreckage of a burning car in August of 2013, but not before over 75% of his body was burned, leaving his hands, arms, and face unrecognizable. But what would you do if no one had ever successfully completed a full-face transplant on someone your age or your race? Would you decide that the surgery wasn’t worth ...
Apr 06, 2021•47 min•Season 9Ep. 81
Usually, people start out gambling for fun, and they end up chasing their losses until all their money is gone. And in many cases, people are gambling because they have faced emotional and financial losses and they are trying to console themselves. Most people don’t realize that problem gambling is a real disorder, just like alcohol or drug addiction. The good news is that most people who get treatment are able to successfully stop gambling. Here to dive into this with us today we have Life Is W...
Apr 04, 2021•41 min
April is Autism Awareness month, so we wanted to bring this powerful essay about autism by phenomenal writer, mother, and teacher, Robyn Wessler Wisinski. Robyn’s bio reads : My name is Robyn Wessler Wisinski. I'm a wife and a mom, and I am currently buried in my 32nd year of teaching. Kindergarten on Zoom is challenging, and amazing, and heartbreaking, and joyful. Every day. I am in awe of what ALL of us have figured out this past year. Twitter: @robwis Be sure not to miss our weekly full episo...
Apr 02, 2021•11 min
The last few months have been taxing for Black people in a myriad of ways, but for Black journalists these have been uniquely challenging times. For decades, Black people have been invited inside the halls of journalism, but not too many at a time. Even fewer advance to the levels where decisions are made about news coverage, reporter assignments, promotion and pay. When we think about journalists, we think about people who regularly put their jobs before their feelings and personal lives, but l...
Mar 31, 2021•43 min
When I asked Google for the stats on Black women podcasters, I found about ten articles. When I asked for the number of Black podcasters overall, I got more hits, two or three pages at least. But Google seems to be a bit stumped when I ask for the stats on white podcasters. Why? Because even though there was a Black podcasting boom in 2020, white podcasters are still the norm. 85% of American podcasts have at least one white host and two-thirds have a white male host. To dive into this today, we...
Mar 29, 2021•30 min
John C Hagan III wrote about NDS or Near Death Syndrome: Imagine a medical syndrome affecting as many as 20% of people who are resuscitated after almost dying in a medical or surgical setting. Realize that this means that as many as 8 million to 20 million Americans have experienced the syndrome. Understand that the syndrome itself is easy to diagnose and treat, but improper diagnosis and treatment may cause lifelong adverse physical and mental health problems. Know, too, that physicians receive...
Mar 28, 2021•40 min
I heard Robin read this piece at a Storytelling Show last month and I was so blown away that I asked her if I could share it with you. Robin Reiser is a writer, award-winning comedian, actress, and the co-author of The Tao of Zero Fucks. Robin wrote and plays all the roles in the new web series PINK EYE, directed by Sarah Feeley. In addition to being an audience favorite on Last Comic Standing and at the Sundance Film Festival, she can also be seen doing commentary on E! and Oxygen. Robin curren...
Mar 26, 2021•12 min
In this episode, podcaster Sara Dean of the Shameless Mom Academy Podcast, talks to us about what it’s like to be a white woman during the current Black Lives Matter movement. Sara is a friend, a generous resource for women, mothers and her fellow podcasters. She also gave me the honor of being the opening keynote speaker at Shameless Mom Con 2020 and has been a huge supporter of The Only One In The Room from day one. The Shameless Mom Academy Podcast is a top rated podcast with over 2 million d...
Mar 24, 2021•41 min
