Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Sara Clark right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room Special thanks to our sponsors: Notion AI: Notion AI helps you work faster, write better and think bigger, and complete tasks that would normally take you hours in just seconds! Try out the incredible power of Notion AI for free when you go to notion.com/oneroom . PATRE...
Mar 08, 2023•21 min
She was the face of fitness, appearing on the cover of magazines and acting as an ambassador for a world-renown brand. But as a Black woman, she was often the only one in the room. Up until February 2020, yoga instructor and wellness and mindfulness coach, Sara Clark, lived in New York amid the hustle, going from contract to contract. So what would do if just before the world shut down, you took a vacation on an island where 90% of the locals looked like you? Would you do everything you could to...
Mar 07, 2023•54 min•Season 16Ep. 160
Over the next few weeks, you’ll hear Laura read from her new memoir, Stash My Life in Hiding. Starting at the prologue, Laura has selected several of her favorite pages and passages to share. We hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we do. Laura Cathcart Robbins is the host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room, and author of the forthcoming Atria/Simon & Schuster memoir, STASH (March 7, 2023). She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credite...
Mar 03, 2023•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 Gilbert King right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room PATREON SHOUT OUTS: Thanks to Kathleen Hahn Cute Booty Lounge is made right here in the USA, by women and for women. The company is incredible, female, and minority-owned and all of their leggings make makes your booty look amazing. Go to https://cutebooty.com/ today!...
Mar 01, 2023•20 min
Imagine you’re an investigative journalist and a judge asks you to read the transcripts of a 1987 murder case, explaining that the man they convicted is innocent and still serving time. In 2018, Brooklyn-based, author, journalist, and podcaster, Gilbert King, read those transcripts and immediately felt compelled to find out more about convicted murderer, Leo Schofield and the victim, Leo’s wife, Michelle. So what would you do if you were all set to spend the next year or so writing a book, but t...
Feb 28, 2023•59 min•Season 16Ep. 159
Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Benjamin Leyland right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room Special thanks to our sponsors: Nutrafol: Grow thicker, healthier hair AND support our show by going to Nutrafol.com and entering the promo code ONLYONE to save fifteen dollars off your first month’s subscription. PATREON SHOUT OUTS: Thanks to Kathleen Hahn Cute B...
Feb 22, 2023•20 min
Imagine being so enmeshed with your mother, that you didn’t know where you ended and she began. Life Coach and writer, Benjamin Leyland, left England and was living in the US when he got the news that his mother had taken her life. So what would you do if the only way you knew to grieve your mother was to drown yourself in drugs and alcohol? Would you seek out anything that would stop the pain? Or would you get sober and tell all the terrible stories so that others might save themselves too? Mor...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr•Season 16Ep. 158
Over the next few weeks, you’ll hear Laura read from her new memoir, Stash My Life in Hiding. Starting at the prologue, Laura has selected several of her favorite pages and passages to share. We hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we do. Laura Cathcart Robbins is the host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room, and author of the forthcoming Atria/Simon & Schuster memoir, STASH (March 7, 2023). She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credite...
Feb 17, 2023•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 Kimberley Baker Guillemet right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room Special thanks to our sponsors: Nutrablast: Just visit amazon.com/nutrablast and use code: OneRoom20 for a 20% discount off your entire amazon order. PATREON SHOUT OUTS: Thanks to Kathleen Hahn Cute Booty Lounge is made right here in the USA, by women and...
Feb 15, 2023•18 min
What if you were brown, round, and gifted, and we’re also the first-ever scholarship recipient to use a tuition payment plan at your posh all-girls private school in Hancock Park? Author and Criminal Court judge, Kimberley Baker Guillemet, wrote about her experience at the Marlborough School in Los Angeles, where she was often one the few Black faces in the room. So what would you do if you were embarrassed when your grandfather, “Papa” dropped you off at school in an old Plymouth? Would you dec...
Feb 14, 2023•58 min•Season 16Ep. 157
Eden Robinson is a writer, body-positive personal trainer, and a proud and out lesbian. https://www.fangirlfit.com/ IG: @writing.eden , @fangirlfit Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room PATREON SHOUT OUTS: Thanks to Kathleen Hahn Cute Booty Lounge is made right here in the USA, by women and for women. The company is incredible, female, and minority-owned and all of their leggings make makes your booty look amazing. Go to https://cutebooty.com/ today! Embrace your...
Feb 12, 2023•35 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 Mary Alice Hostetter right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room PATREON SHOUT OUTS: Thanks to Kathleen Hahn Cute Booty Lounge is made right here in the USA, by women and for women. The company is incredible, female, and minority-owned and all of their leggings make makes your booty look amazing. Go to https://cutebooty.com...
Feb 08, 2023•16 min
What if all your peers were crushing on each other, but you never even thought about romance until you were in your twenties? Author Mary Alice Hostetter grew up in a Mennonite family in Lancaster Pennsylvania and attributed her lack of interest in dating to the fact that “mister right” just hadn’t come along yet. But what would you do if when you were finally struck by cupids arrow, it was a woman and not a man that you were attracted to? Would you suppress your feelings fearing what your paren...
Feb 07, 2023•52 min•Season 16Ep. 156
Justine Evirs is an Author, Entrepreneur, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Alumni, and future Therapist. She is currently working as a Peer Support Specialist for a long-term residential treatment center specializing in substance abuse and mental health disorders. Evirs is also a student currently working toward becoming a Substance Abuse Counselor. Her long-term goals are to pursue a second Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and work toward becoming a Licensed P...
Feb 05, 2023•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 Dr. Lori Beth Bisbey right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room PATREON SHOUT OUTS: Thanks to Kathleen Hahn Cute Booty Lounge is made right here in the USA, by women and for women. The company is incredible, female, and minority-owned and all of their leggings make makes your booty look amazing. Go to https://cutebooty.com...
Feb 01, 2023•17 min
Imagine that people in polyamorous relationships come to you for counseling after they’ve been betrayed by their partners. Dr. Lori Beth Bisbey, Gender, Sex, and Relationship Diversity therapist, defines cheating as breaking an agreement with your partner, whether it be physical or emotional. So what would you do if you’d discovered that there was a formula to help people rebuild trust in their relationship after cheating? Would you keep it between you and your clients? Or would you write a book...
Jan 31, 2023•48 min•Season 16Ep. 155
Over the next few weeks, you’ll hear Laura read from her new memoir, Stash My Life in Hiding. Starting at the prologue, Laura has selected several of her favorite pages and passages to share. We hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we do. Laura Cathcart Robbins is the host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room, and author of the forthcoming Atria/Simon & Schuster memoir, STASH (March 7, 2023). She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credite...
Jan 27, 2023•15 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 Dr. Carder Stout right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room Special thanks to our sponsors: Nutrafol: Grow thicker, healthier hair AND support our show by going to Nutrafol.com and entering the promo code ONLYONE to save fifteen dollars off your first month’s subscription. PATREON SHOUT OUTS: Thanks to Kathleen Hahn Cute B...
Jan 25, 2023•20 min
Imagine that your drug addiction has taken everything from you, your friends, your family, your apartment, and all you’ve got left is your trusty Ford Taurus. Depth psychologist and author, Dr. Carder Stout, was circling the drain when he received an offer that would not only give him cash in his pocket, but would also give him free drugs. So what would you do if the job was driving for a well-known drug dealer? Would you decide it was too dangerous and tell him, “no thank you?” Or would you tak...
Jan 24, 2023•51 min•Season 16Ep. 154
Today we're talking to Abbie Romanul, founder of Raising the Bar, a zero-proof cocktail experience. Raising the Bar delivers innovative ingredients to make incredible alcohol-free drinks at home. When Abbie quit drinking alcohol, she was frustrated with the lack of grown-up, alcohol-free beverage options beyond soda and lime - thus, the concept for Raising the Bar was born. Raising the Bar is for the sober, sober-curious, mindful drinkers and anyone interested in taking a break for any reason. W...
Jan 22, 2023•35 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 Jane Boroski right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room PATREON SHOUT OUTS: Thanks to Kathleen Hahn Cute Booty Lounge is made right here in the USA, by women and for women. The company is incredible, female, and minority-owned and all of their leggings make makes your booty look amazing. Go to https://cutebooty.com/ today!...
Jan 18, 2023•17 min
What if when you were seven months pregnant you were stabbed 27 times by a serial killer and left for dead? Invisible Tears Podcast host, Jane Boroski, was twenty-two years old and drinking a soda in her car when she was attacked by a man who pulled up next to her in a Jeep Cherokee. So what would you do if you survived, but the man who tried to murder you was still at large? Would you try to forget what happened and go on with your life? Or would you start a podcast dedicated to telling the sto...
Jan 17, 2023•51 min•Season 16Ep. 153
Over the next few weeks, you’ll hear Laura read from her new memoir, Stash My Life in Hiding. Starting at the prologue, Laura has selected several of her favorite pages and passages to share. We hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we do. Laura Cathcart Robbins is the host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room, and author of the forthcoming Atria/Simon & Schuster memoir, STASH (March 7, 2023). She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credite...
Jan 13, 2023•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 Steve Keller right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room PATREON SHOUT OUTS: Thanks to Kathleen Hahn Cute Booty Lounge is made right here in the USA, by women and for women. The company is incredible, female, and minority-owned and all of their leggings make makes your booty look amazing. Go to https://cutebooty.com/ today!...
Jan 11, 2023•18 min
What if the company you’d built owned 65 percent of the market share, and you were forced out of business when your competitors teamed up with the US government to take out your industry? Consultant and writer, Steve Keller was convicted of mail fraud and was looking at spending fourteen years in prison. Fourteen years away from his wife and children, ages two and five. But what would you do if you could keep your family together, but it meant that you would all have to flee the country? Would y...
Jan 10, 2023•54 min•Season 16Ep. 152
Lucky us! We were able to nab a second interview with the always-inspiring, queen of meditation podcasts for women, Katie Krimitsos. Family, love, and following dreams…these are the things that matter most to Katie Krimitsos. And it shows up in just about everything she does. The way she raises her two girls, the way she grows with her husband, the way she belly laughs with her girlfriends, and the words she writes in her guided meditations. Through her work with the Women’s Meditation Network, ...
Jan 08, 2023•42 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 Shawna Kay Rodenberg right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room PATREON SHOUT OUTS: Thanks to Kathleen Hahn Cute Booty Lounge is made right here in the USA, by women and for women. The company is incredible, female, and minority-owned and all of their leggings make makes your booty look amazing. Go to https://cutebooty.com...
Jan 04, 2023•18 min
As a child, she played in the hills of Kentucky, where her ancestors had lived for three hundred years. In 2017, author, and nurse, Shawna Kay Rodenberg, wrote an article about Eastern Kentucky that caught the attention of a CBS news anchor, who was eager to do a piece on Shawna against the backdrop of Trump signage and “signs of blight.” So what would you do if you were sick and tired of the media misrepresenting both the people and the place you called home? Would you stay quiet and allow the ...
Jan 03, 2023•58 min•Season 16Ep. 151
Imagine if as an eleven-year-old, you were woken up by the sounds of your father murdering your mother? Filmmaker and podcaster, Collier Landry testified on the witness stand against his father at age 12, and it was his testimony that helped put his father in prison for life. But later on as an adult, he found that he still wanted closure. But what would you do if you’d confronted your father in prison in the hopes that he would tell you why he did it, but found that he was incapable of telling ...
Dec 30, 2022•56 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 Tim Brown right after the show. Episode chosen by Brent Shaw, Social Media Marketing Director Instagram: Brent leads our social media marketing efforts where he has helped grow our Instagram account to over 42,000 followers from scratch! He also has a big following of his own. Through social media he mentors students from all over the world, teaching them the researched-b...
Dec 28, 2022•20 min
