Only One In The Room

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Mario Van Peebles 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 C...

Here’s a little story about a queer, mixed-race, black kid from Pittsberg California who was teased for being “GAY” by his peers, got beat up for being too feminine and never thought that he was good enough. Justin Michael Williams, 31-year old, author, yoga, meditation, mindfulness teacher, top-twenty recording artist and podcast host, showed those childhood doubters that he was not only good eno...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Justin Michael Williams 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...

Imagine being a judge and when warranted, it was your job to give people life sentences in prison. Can you picture what it must be like, regardless of your opinion, to have to change people’s lives for the worse every single day? Los Angeles Superior Court judge Craig J Mitchell, had been serving in the felony courts for years before he got an idea during one of his early morning runs, an idea tha...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Judge Craig Mitchell 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 Lau...

What if you were known as the NFL player with the voice of an angel and your reputation for making the ladies swoon was rivaled only by your reputation for making big plays on the football field?   Esera Tuaolo, proud Samoan, Hawaii native, Superbowl winner and contestant on The Voice, had everything that he’d ever dreamed of: A career playing the sport he loved, the ability to support his family...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Esera Tuaolo 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 Cathc...

What if you were a white kid who didn’t seem to fit in anywhere? At home you were the one who could never get it together and at school you were the illiterate one, the drop out or the troublemaker?  Steven Rifkind, 57-year old, Godfather of street team marketing and American music entrepreneur, was THAT kid, until a conversation with his grandfather changed his trajectory and sent him down a path...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Steven Rifkind 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 Cath...

Who didn’t love “Ducky” from the John Hughes classic, Pretty In Pink? Or Charlie Harper’s lovable but uptight brother, Alan from the long-running, mega-hit CBS television series, Two and A Half men?  Jon Cryer, Emmy-winning actor, screenwriter, director, and producer was looking forward to slowing down a little when his show ended after it’s twelve record-breaking season-run, so he could spend tim...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Jon Cryer 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 Cathcar...

What if the world told you that you were wrong? Not just wrong for the things you thought or said but that you were the actual embodiment of wrong. D'Loco Kid or D'Lo grew up in a small, immigrant community in a Los Angeles suburb. And he knew from an early age that he wasn't like other girls but he never had the language to explain how he felt. What would you do if you only had two choices: live...

What if as far back as you could remember, you were always looking for your soulmate? What if everywhere you went you searched people's eyes, wondering if this one was, 'The One"? Social-media superstar, actress, comedian, writer/director, Manon Mathews went through her life kissing a lot of frogs (at it were) looking for Mr. Right. But after getting her heartbroken one time too many, she decided...

Happy Holidays from The Only One In The Room!  In this very special episode we turn the tables with our dear friend and former Only One In The Room guest from Season 1 episode 2 Dr. Troy Byer. Troy interviews hosts Laura Cathcart Robbins and Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) on all things relationships and what it's been like working together in creating this podcast.  More from Troy Byer: Explore the man...

Happy Holidays from The Only One In The Room! We have a special episode we're so excited to share with you that will drop next Tuesday on Christmas Eve. You won't want to miss this one so if you haven't subscribed yet, make sure you do! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/su...

Imagine that completing your degree was a double edged sword? Getting your doctorate might be the crowning achievement for a single mother from Compton, California, but earning your PHd would also put you in rooms where black women had never gone before. Rooms where, even in the new millennium, you might not be wanted or where your voice and opinion might not be valued. Dr. Sharoni Little, CEO, re...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Sharoni Little 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 Cath...

 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 chi...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Kim Russell 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 Cathcar...

What if, because of your race, you were termed a model minority, expected to desire the best education and family stability over the so-called champagne life? And what if after getting into college, you found that the luxury lifestyle of your peers was more your speed than the values with which you’d been raised? Angie Wang, screenwriter, director, producer and philanthropist, is a first generatio...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Angie Wang 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...

Imagine growing up playing every sport under the sun and excelling at them all. From track to volleyball and everything in between…except one. Football. Just a few years ago playing football was socially unacceptable for a young woman in Dallas, Texas. Throwing the ball around the yard was fine but playing tackle football on a field? Out of the question.  Marissa Lopez, 26-year-old LFL tackle foot...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Marissa Lopez 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 Cathc...

Imagine if you were born with a disability. A disability that despite many painful surgeries, still left your right side shorter than your left and your right hand unable to make a fist. Can you picture what school or a simple trip to the mall would be like, needing to stop and rest more that anyone else your age? Keah Brown, 28 year-old best-selling author, advocate and public speaker, was born w...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room usually has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest but in this episode of Scott Talks, Christina Barsi ("Barsi") executive producer of The Only One In The Room takes his place while he was off enjoying Bali. Barsi has a deep and heartfelt conversation with our guest Keah Brown right after the show. If you'd like to...