Only One In The Room

What if when planning your family you chose to adopt and then despite the warning of possible heartbreak from your friends you took the option of going through the entire pregnancy and birth with the biological mother. Producer and television host, Lisa Joyner, along with her husband, actor, writer and producer John Cryer, made the decision to go through the pregnancy with the biological mother of...

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

What if all of your life, the one thing you were greatest at, the thing you loved above all else, was the one thing that would require the most courage to pursue? John Ridley, novelist, producer, director and Academy-Award-winning screenwriter was raised in Milwaukee Wisconsin with his parents and two sisters. But rather than follow in the prescriptive footsteps of his physician father or special-...

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

Imagine being raised in a cult. Living in an environment where every hour of your life must be accounted for, a world where outsiders are not to be trusted. Where your home suddenly becomes community property. And all at once, your room, your clothes and your toys are no longer yours to claim. Josh Levine, CEO of Rebel Industries and host of the Rebel Radio podcast, was four years old when his par...

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

Imagine being raised in the infamous Carr housing projects of St. Louis. What would it be like instead of a mother and father, your "parents" were a paraplegic grandmother and a hard-working godmother and it was these two women who would instill a much needed work ethic in you, allowing you to rise to the many challenging occasions you'd face? Areva Martin, award -winning attorney, advocate, legal...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Areva Martin 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 @thonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website at www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit us on the website for the latest from our host Laura...

When can you call a man a man? When has he earned that coveted title he's strived for his whole adolescent life? Is it when his bank account has reached a certain number? Or when he's earned the ability to be feared by others in the name of respect? And who are the male role models leading the way if yours has fallen victim to recidivism, spending time in and out of jail? Actor, writer, activist,...

Scott Slaughter, co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Dondré Whitfield right after the show. If you'd like to ask a question and possibly be featured on the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us at LCR.theonlyoneintheroom@gmail.com. Visit us on the web at www.theonlyonepod.com for more...

What if the people who cared for you and raised you, also caused you pain and confusion? And what if when you grew up and looked to others for affection suffering and love had become so conflated that you found yourself accepting the unacceptable again and again? When producer, director, actress and activist AnnaLynne McCord was a teenager she was raped by a trusted friend. Thinking somehow she wa...

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

It is our pleasure to announce Season Two ready to launch July 9th! Listen to find out who our pilot episode guest will be! We also need your help! We want you to be a part of the show and would love to feature your questions on our Dear Laura segment. You can write to us from the website www.theonlyonepod.com or DM us on Instagram @theonlyoneintheroom.  Thank you and be sure to let us know your t...

We want to thank you for making our very first season of the Only One In The Room & Scott Talks more than we could imagine it to be. It was such a special experience and it is hugely in part due to your joining us on this journey. We are so grateful to have you. It is our pleasure to announce Season Two ready to launch on July 9th!  Tune in next week for a special announcement of who our pilot epi...

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...

Scott Slaughter, co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest D'Loco Kid right after the show. If you'd like to ask a question and possibly be featured on the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us at LCR.theonlyoneintheroom@gmail.com. Visit us on the web at www.theonlyonepod.com for more from...

What if I told you that being ugly is not an aesthetic at all but an emotion? Reema Zaman, a woman who is actually very beautiful by societal standards, with a modeling and acting career, in addition to being a well-awarded writer, grew up ugly and unseen, dismissed even. But what does it really mean to be ugly? What does it really mean to be beautiful? And can you be both? More from Reema Zaman:...

Scott Slaughter, co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Reema Zaman right after the show. If you'd like to ask a question and possibly be featured on the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us at LCR.theonlyoneintheroom@gmail.com. Visit us on the web at www.theonlyonepod.com for more from...

What if it looked like you had it all? Like you lived in this seemingly perfect world and had this incredibly enviable life: the great relationship with your superstar ex-husband, the amazing career, the celebrity lifestyle and the love of your fans, friends and family? In July of 2012, Tameka Foster Raymond was on a tropical island living her best life when she received the phone call that every...

Scott Slaughter, co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Tameka Raymond right after the show. If you'd like to ask a question and possibly be featured on the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us at LCR.theonlyoneintheroom@gmail.com. Visit us on the web at www.theonlyonepod.com for more f...

From birth in our society, women are given the message that becoming a mother is the ultimate goal- the thing that gives females value, worth and purpose. After having the baby that she so desperately wanted, the baby her entire community wanted her to have, Paulina Lopez found herself dealing with a subject so taboo that there was no word for it in her native language. What would you do if you we...

Scott Slaughter (aka Hon), co-host and producer of the Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Paulina Lopez right after the show. If you'd like to ask a question and possibly be featured on the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on Instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us at LCR.theonlyoneintheroom@gmail.com Visit us on the web at www.theonlyonepod.com fo...

What would you do if the unspeakable happened? A moment in your life that changes everything? Rebecca Gayheart Dane, model, actress, director, was faced with the unimaginable. The type of reality that has the potential to break you. Would you allow yourself to sink, letting the darkness and guilt consume you? Or would you lean into the possibility that the experience is not just survivable but act...

Scott Slaughter, co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Rebecca Gayheart Dane right after the show. If you'd like to ask a question and possibly be featured on the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us at LCR.theonlyoneintheroom@gmail.com. Visit us on the web at www.theonlyonepod.com for...

When children are bullied by their peers, made fun of for being overweight, dressing differently or being "weird", they usually day dream about becoming "popular", thinking it will be the answer to all of their problems. Suburban, (aka the Suburban Prince or KingBo) did just that. But rather than becoming popular at school he grew to famedom on the internet with 1.6 million followers. But what if...