Next Page Podcast

In this week’s episode of Next Page, Laura and Todd welcome Ashley Torrent, a psycho-spiritual therapist, intuitive medium and spiritual teacher. Whether you believe in talking to the “other side” or not, you can’t miss this fascinating an inspirational discussion about the purpose of life, how Ashley’s psycho-spiritual practice found her instead of the other way around and finding the magic...

McCord Henry is a hotel, food and beverage management director, a recovered alcoholic, advocate for alcohol addiction awareness, and the founder of Living Recovered and Scripted Wit. After graduating from the College of Charleston, McCord moved to LA, where he slowly developed what would become a debilitating addiction to alcohol. While attending a wedding in 2014 his family conducted an intervent...

This week, Laura and Todd return with a powerfully moving and at times unbelievable story of triumph with their first guest of Season 2, Frank Meeink. Frank is a former white supremacist, who by the age of 17 had become one of the most notorious skinhead gang leaders on the East Coast. We hear about how Frank’s violent and neglectful childhood in South Philadelphia primed him to hate, while additi...

In our Season 1 finale, we go out with a bang, or shall we say a Willam?! From the age of 5, Willam Belli has wanted to be in show business. At 40, the thing that keeps this beloved drag queen inspired to do what he does is his desire to bring joy to as many people as he possibly can! In his refreshing, open, unapologetic, and sometimes shocking way, Willam shares some of the major milestones that...

In today’s episode, Laura and Todd sit down with Brad Gardner, professional pianist, Broadway musician and currently a Music Producer for Netflix, to talk about manifesting his way to Broadway, the trauma of growing up gay in a Southern Baptist school from K-12 and overcoming spiritual abuse. We explore Brad’s journey within music and entertainment, what drove him to change jobs and move cross-cou...

Today we are joined by the multi-faceted, empathetic Samantha Berman. Samantha is a Registered Emergency Room Nurse, as well as a Voice-Over Artist, but has had many other successful careers as a dancer, musical theatre performer, and even dabbled in baton twirling! In this episode, we talk about her unique career path, Samantha’s special niche as a dancer, and mental health in theatre. Most impor...

In today’s episode we sit down with the lovely Ovation Award Winning Broadway Performer Sara King, who is a fierce survivor of trauma in many forms. We talk about what it was like to play Cynthia Weil on Broadway’s Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Carole seeing the show in full disguise. Outside of her performance career, we learn the heartbreaking story of Sara losing her beloved fathe...

If you’re a fan of Bravo’s hit TV show, The Real Housewives of Orange County  (and let’s be honest, who isn’t?), you’ll recognize today’s guest as one of the smartest and most drama-free cast members who joined the show in Season 16. Please join us in welcoming the CEO of Advanced Skincare Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Dr. Jennifer Armstrong! Born with a passion for both science and the ar...

In today’s episode we’re joined by the illuminating Charleston Based Marriage and Family Therapist, Lair Torrent, LMFT about The Practice of Love, marriage counseling , holistic therapy & eastern medicine, and how trauma affects our relationships. Lair truly wows Laura and Todd with his insight on Trans-generational trauma, mindfulness and breaking the cycle, triangulation, and what happe...

Today's episode of the Next Page Podcast is an extra special one! Laura and Todd welcome producer, actor, director and comedian, David 'Goldy' Goldsmith to the show to share his amazing journey in the world of entertainment and beyond. In this episode Goldy reveals the complicated and, at times, estranged relationship with his famous father “The Most Interesting Man in the World,” Jonathan Goldsmi...

Laura and Todd have the pleasure of sitting down with renowned attorney Charles Patrick Jr. Esq, to talk about how Charles, his colleagues and Attorney Generals across the US worked together to obtain a 246 billion dollar settlement against the biggest tobacco companies in the world (the largest class action settlement to date), the anguish of being away from his family while trying one of the big...

Laura and Todd sit down with the awe-inspiring Actress Susan Heyward to discuss power dynamics, racism, typecasting and religious trauma. In improvisational theater, ‘status' refers to the power dynamics at play in a relationship between two characters. Sometimes, however, those power dynamics spill over into the real world, particularly for Black women actors. Susan who is a phenomenal actress, p...

On today's episode of Next Page, we are very excited and lucky to welcome the amazing, inspiring, and beautiful Molly O'Connell! Molly is an experienced fashion model, who you may know from the 16th cycle of America's Next Top Model (ANTM). She is also a mental health advocate and is committed to eradicating toxic behavior in the fashion industry. In this in-depth chat with Molly, we explore every...

Laura and Todd have the honor of sitting down with someone who the Washington Post has called “one of the top young musical-theater directors in the land” and “one of those rarefied musical theatre beasts.” Matthew Gardiner is a director, choreographer, and producer in Washington, DC, where he is the Artistic Director of Signature Theatre. At Signature, Matthew has directed over 25 productions and...

Todd and Laura have the pleasure of interviewing celebrity chef and author Ali Rosen. The trio talk about Ali's refusal to cast Kate Middleton in a musical at St. Andrews, her start rocky experience in the media world, working with Brian Williams and her circuitous journey into the culinary world. Ali opens up about her infertility struggles, the obstacles many people face with surrogacy, having n...

Laura and Todd talk drugs, rats and addiction with neuroscientist Dr. Peter Kalivas. Peter educates everyone about the process of studying the brain, particularly addiction and behavioral disorders, and the discoveries that have been made as the head of Neuroscience at the Medical University of South Carolina. Todd struggles with his fear of an AI takeover while the three of them discuss the...

Laura and Todd enjoy an afternoon podcast for once with the delightfully open Crystal Garrett, an immensely talented Singer and Actress and former Miss South Carolina. This one gets a little emotional y’all. The trio discuss Crystal's experience growing up as an “army brat,” the struggles young women have with body image (inside and outside of the pageant industry), the benefits of pageants and wh...

Laura and Todd are more chipper than usual to talk to the hottest, up and coming mother/daughter Country/Pop/Soul duo Huneyfire (Cheaza and Marri) about growing up surrounded by music, working together as family, gratitude for where they are and manifesting your success! They dive in to their song writing process, being black in country music, the drawbacks and benefits of Covid and how NOT r...

Laura and Todd talk to celebrated composer, lyricist and Tik-Tok celebrity Scott Evan Davis about his unconventional journey to song writing, how Covid created “The Prince of Snarkness” and a 500K following on TikTok, and how this unexpected fame led Scott to write more humorous music. Scott also talks about how him and so many others are plagued by Imposter Syndrome, his fears about the state of...

Todd serenades Laura, who has all the feels about doing this whole podcast thing, before they welcome well-known psychologist Omar Torres to the show. Not only does Omar have his own practice, but he has been featured on Buzzfeed, PBS, First Person and Vice’s “In My Own World”, a Human interest docu-series. The three talk about Omar knowing he wanted to be psychologist when he was only 5, dea...

Laura starts dance lessons and Todd tries to understand sports before talking to the multi-talented broadway performer from Rock of Ages and all around kind human, Regina LeVert. Regina talks to Laura and Todd about what it was like being born with 6 fingers, being a part of a musical family with relatives like Eddie LeVert of the “O’Jays” and Gerald LeVert of “LeVert,” and her experience with Mus...

Welcome to the show! Todd and Laura start their journey as co-hosts of Next Page with their first conversation with the amazingly talented power couple Madison Moss and Cullen Moss. The two professional actors, who have starred in a myriad of shows and movies such as Netflix's Outerbanks , The Righteous Gemstones , One Tree Hill and Drop Dead Diva, share the highs and a few lows of being a househo...

Laura recovers from spin class and Todd gets political as they talk to South Carolina's own Joe Cunningham, a former US Congressman and South Carolina gubernatorial candidate. The group talks about life in politics, what it's like dating as a single father while simultaneously running a campaign, running for Governor of South Carolina as a Democrat in a red state, the hyper-partisanship in Washing...

Laura and Todd wake up entirely too early (for Laura) to sit down with advocate and consultant Tina Swithin to discuss Narcissistic Personality Disorder, as well as other Cluster B personality disorders. The crew talks about how to spot red flags of a narcissist, putting up boundaries, avoiding and leaving a narcissist, the failings of the family court system, and how writing and coaching others h...