The Robin Smith Show

Today on the show I sit down with Nashville's finest, Josh Foster. Josh is currently the Chief Marketing Officer for a substance abuse and mental health treatment organization named JourneyPure.  He was the front man of Parachute Musical based out of Nashville Tennessee where he has lived since 2007.  After years of touring, writing and recording for Parachute Musical and his solo project, Jo...

I ramble about Stanley Cup hockey, curating our family's friendly neighborhood trail, personality assessments, and more. https://bigfive-test.com/ Featured track - Casual Comparison https://counterfeitmolly.bandcamp.com/ Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

My next guest is a veteran nanny, labor rights advocate for domestic workers, and author of three full-length novels. Today I sit down with one of my favorite political junkies, the great and powerful, Alicia Ryan. Having lived in numerous states, cities, and countries, Alicia has a unique perspective on social issues. She hopes to become a part of the movement for a domestic worker bill of rights...

Today I sit down with Eric W. Brown. Eric is a drummer, audio designer and award-winning video game composer currently based in Denver, CO. He has been touring the world as a member of various bands for over 14 years. He is the full-time drummer of Nekrogoblikon, Swashbuckle and Wizardthrone, and also holds down a full-time position as composer and audio director at Sabotage Studio, an independent...

My next guest is an astrophysicist who works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. I'm speaking about none other than my friend, Joe Eggen. Aside from being the father of my daughter's best friend, Joe is your friendly neighborhood science guy. He earned his Ph. D. in Astronomy and Physics at Georgia State University where he did his dissertation on "Optical Polarimetry and Ga...

My next guest is the legendary Pablo Leon. Pablo is an author and artist from Guatemala, currently living in Los Angeles, California, jumping between working in the TV animation industry and comics world. His original comic “The Journey”, about the true accounts of people migrating from Central America to the U.S., was a 2019 Eisner Award nominee. He has worked with Warner Brothers Animation, OddB...

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Today on the show I sit down with Nicholas Trietsch. Nick graduated from Shepherd University with a Bachelors Degree in Sociology and a minor in Environmental Studies. They went on to obtain Masters of Social Work from West Virginia University. Their experience is local to the eastern panhandle and includes community mental health with substance use and persistent mental health differences, foster...

Today on the show I sit down with an old friend of mine Margaux Zion. Margaux is a practicing astrologer, mystic interpreter, creator, counselor, and community organizer, who works to help connect people and groups with the specialness of our soulful identity and growth missions on earth. With a background in marketing technology and communications, Margaux has served Fortune 500 companies as a pr...

Today on the show, I bring you one of the most interesting individuals I've talked with since starting the podcast. I'm talking about Doug Kallmeyer. Doug is a composer, producer, bassist, audio engineer, projectionist, and multimedia artist. His career has taken him through so many different incredible experiences including: touring with Blonde Redhead touring with Phantogram working wi...

Today on the show, I bring you the conversation I had with Adam Weinstein and Will McHenry where I was recording the  call to test out how I was going to pull off doing this whole podcast thing. Enjoy! Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

Today on the show I speak with Eric Grabow. Eric is the bass player in the award winning Modern Americana rock band, The Muddy Crows. For the shortest of whiles, he was also the bassist in my band the Very Small. This is, of course, how our paths crossed. Eric and I sit down to talk about his adventures as a musician, playing in front of 10,000 people, touring in Europe, enduring the loss of live,...

Today I sit down with the owner of Mixtape Studios , Jarrett Nicolay. Jarrett is a hometown hero of the DMV music scene, most notably for playing bass in the Alexandria based rock band, Virginia Coalition. He also records under the moniker My New Mixtape, and has self produced and released three full length albums to date.  Jarrett's songwriting has been featured in indie films including 2016...

Sorry I'm late everybody. What if I recorded a conversation I had with my wife when it was way too late, and the subject matter is serious and complex? This is that conversation. You're a real trooper if you make it through this one. Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

Today on the show I sit down with Joe Ramienski. Joe has been teaching children since nineteen dickety seven. We had to say "dickety" cause the Kaiser had stolen our word "twenty". Joe has been teaching Physical Education for eight years, and has been a teacher for a total of fourteen years (5th, 2nd, and 3rd grade - teaching ALL the subjects!) I had him on the show to talk abo...

Holy shit this episode is going up much later than planned. Therefore, all you get in the show notes is hugs and kisses. Love to all and see you next week! #trueprofessional Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

Today on the show, Molly Scanlon invites friends from hike school (Will McHenry, Adam Weinstein, Jess Schutz, and Joe Ramienski) to participate in a discussion on sex, gender norms, and beliefs about how to behave and what to expect when coming of age in the 90s and early aughts.  What were the messages and scripts that girls received growing up about what a desirable woman should look like, how a...

Ok, this is the follow up in what retrospectively looks like part 2 of a two part 2-parter. As promised, I take you on a journey of what some of my answers are to the 100th birthday party thought experiment. I also ramble about outdoor children's concerts, the beginning of a new musical collaboration set up, how I learned to take a compliment, and more. Ah, mindfulness...is there anything it...

Uh oh... he's getting experimental again. Yes, today's episode is going to be a little different than all other episodes, in that, typically I'm joined by a guest; But every now and then I have solo shows. Up until this point, these solo shows have been the neurotic musings of a - technically speaking - healthy mind. Well, that's all about to change, dear listeners. Strap in fo...

Today on the show I sit down with Adam Weinstein. Adam and I go way back. We played on a t-ball team together, went to high school together, and have a unique pathway to the friendship we now both enjoy. We talk about DnD, the business of sales, and most importantly, the nature of bullying. This episode asks you, the listener to consider what role(s) in the bullying scenario you played when you we...

Will you choo choo choose us? Sit down, grab your favorite Valentine's Day treat, and enjoy the chaos. Leigh Tyberg bravely dares to enter the realm of 'the male psyche' - a territory she's more familiar with than she would have you believe ;) - to query the guys from the Monday night group about our past Valentine's Day experiences. You'll probably need to get your b...

Hey Friends! Today on the show I'm speaking shadow Robin... ...I ramble about the process of my spiritual awakening - aka experiencing what non-dual conscious awareness is. I also ramble about firewood, the SuperBowl, and how I came to discover I had ADHD. Not necessarily in that order..... ..... 🧐 Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

Today on the show I'm speaking with Kate Engbert. Kate is a board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She owns a private practice, At Home Psychiatry, where she sees clients across the lifespan for medication management of mental health issues. Her primary population of interest is young and middle aged adults who struggle with mood disorders, anxiety and ADHD. She has gra...

Today on the show I'm speaking with Scott Siskind and Jason Cohen of Vinny Vegas. Vinny Vegas is a 5 piece rock band from Baltimore, MD. The band has self-released three critically acclaimed E.P’s and self-booked and funded many tours. Scott and Jason have been writing music together for some 14 years now, and I’ve known these dudes for a long time and they are some of the hardest working peo...

Join me, as the Monday night gang - Will, Adam, Shawn, Leigh, Joe, and Jess - attempts to solves racism. It's a lively discussion covering various angles and takes on the Capitol Riot. If politics is not your thing, this episode might not be for you. We do try to seriously talk about our collective responsibility for responding to this moment in history. We explore what the current climate re...