Only One In The Room

Jesse Leon is an author, motivational speaker, social impact consultant, and a certified executive coach. He creates public-private partnerships, grant-making programs, and impact investment funds to address affordable housing, sex-trafficking, addiction, mental health, and LGBTQ+ issues. His memoir I’m Not Broken is available wherever you get your books. And his TedxTalk about sex trafficking can...

Ann Batchelder is the author of Craving Spring: A mother’s quest, a daughter’s depression, and the Greek myth that brought them together. She served as Editor of Fiberarts Magazine and was a guest curator for the Asheville Art Museum. Ann has kept a mindfulness practice since 2004, is the mother of two adult children, and lives with her husband in Asheville, N.C. This is Ann’s first appearance on...

Ann Batchelder is the author of Craving Spring: A mother’s quest, a daughter’s depression, and the Greek myth that brought them together. She served as Editor of Fiberarts Magazine and was a guest curator for the Asheville Art Museum. Ann has kept a mindfulness practice since 2004, is the mother of two adult children, and lives with her husband in Asheville, N.C. This is Ann’s first appearance on...

Ronit Plank is a Seattle-based Author, Podcaster, and Storyteller. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and more. Her podcast Let’s Talk Memoir is available wherever you listen to podcasts. And her book When She Comes Back, about her mother abandoning her to follow a cult in India, is available on Amazon. She makes ser second appearance on The Only...

Ronit Plank is a Seattle-based Author, Podcaster, and Storyteller. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and more. Her podcast Let’s Talk Memoir is available wherever you listen to podcasts. And her book When She Comes Back, about her mother abandoning her to follow a cult in India, is available on Amazon. She makes ser second appearance on The Only...

Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is a comedian, author, and podcaster who’s making her second appearance on The Only One In The Room. Her new, best-selling book, Drunk-ish, is all about her journey to sobriety and is available wherever you get your books. She’s been recording her popular parenting & comedy podcast For Crying Out Loud for over 13 years now with her co-host Lynette Carolla. Laura welcomes Ste...

Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is a comedian, author, and podcaster who’s making her second appearance on The Only One In The Room. Her new, best-selling book, Drunk-ish, is all about her journey to sobriety and is available wherever you get your books. She’s been recording her popular parenting & comedy podcast For Crying Out Loud for over 13 years now with her co-host Lynette Carolla. Laura welcomes Ste...

Celebrity dating coach, host of The Dates & Mates Podcast, and the official love expert of The Drew Barrymore Show, Damona Hoffman, returns for a special Valentine’s Day episode as The Only One in the Room who wrote her own love story. She shares what it’s like working on The Drew Barrymore Show as well the work that went into writing her book F the Fairy Tale. Damona then dives into the dating ap...

Celebrity dating coach, host of The Dates & Mates Podcast, and the official love expert of The Drew Barrymore Show, Damona Hoffman, returns for a special Valentine’s Day episode as The Only One in the Room who wrote her own love story. She shares what it’s like working on The Drew Barrymore Show as well the work that went into writing her book F the Fairy Tale. Damona then dives into the dating ap...

This episode features Dr. Ronald Cathcart, who has specialized in patients living with HIV since 1989 and has spent the past 14 years as the staff physician at Comprehensive Healthcare in Melbourne, Florida. Dr Cathcart is happy to answer your questions about COVID 19 and/or making better lifestyle choices via email, using the subject line: I HEARD YOUR PODCAST EMAIL: rcathcart@bellsouth.net Recom...

Laura joins fellow podcasters, Eric Zimmer, Holly Whitaker, and Dr. Carl Erik Fisher for an honest, vulnerable conversation about sobriety, relapse, harm prevention, and Dry January. While each of their journeys is unique, there is a shared foundation of recovery. Eric Zimmer: https://www.oneyoufeed.net/about-eric-zimmer/Holly Whitaker: https://www.hollywhitaker.com/Dr. Carl Erik Fisher: https://w...

Seth Ferranti is an ex-con filmmaker who did 21 years in federal prison for a first-time, nonviolent LSD/cannabis offense. He earned three college degrees in prison, including a master’s, wrote 22 books on gangsters, drug lords, and prison gangs, founded a publishing house and website, Gorilla Convict, and started a career as a journalist writing for VICE, Penthouse, and others. After being releas...

Seth Ferranti is an ex-con filmmaker who did 21 years in federal prison for a first-time, nonviolent LSD/cannabis offense. He earned three college degrees in prison, including a master’s, wrote 22 books on gangsters, drug lords, and prison gangs, founded a publishing house and website, Gorilla Convict, and started a career as a journalist writing for VICE, Penthouse, and others. After being releas...

What if while in college, you had an opportunity to make four million dollars, and all you had to do was drive the getaway car? At age nineteen, author, coach, teacher and speaker, Chas Allen, joined three of his friends who were planning what the FBI calls one of the all-time most significant art theft cases, The Transylvania Book Heist. So what would you do if the robbery’s trial run proved to b...

What if while in college, you had an opportunity to make four million dollars, and all you had to do was drive the getaway car? At age nineteen, author, coach, teacher and speaker, Chas Allen, joined three of his friends who were planning what the FBI calls one of the all-time most significant art theft cases, The Transylvania Book Heist. So what would you do if the robbery’s trial run proved to b...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guests, Jane Boroski right after the show. Join our Only One In The Room Facebook Group if you'd like to ask a question of any of our upcoming guests for this series. Also visit the website www.theonlyonepod.com for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like featured ar...

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 forg...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guests, Collier Landry right after the show. Join our Only One In The Room Facebook Group if you'd like to ask a question of any of our upcoming guests for this series. Also visit the website www.theonlyonepod.com for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like featured...

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 p...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guests, Charlie Cifarelli right after the show. Join our Only One In The Room Facebook Group if you'd like to ask a question of any of our upcoming guests for this series. Also visit the website www.theonlyonepod.com for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like featur...

Imagine reading the paper and seeing a horrific story about a dog who died after being shot by the police, and inexplicably feeling that the public was being misled, that the dog was not dead, but alive. A former correctional officer and businessman, Charlie Cifferalli was living in Nebraska when we read the story of Star The Dog getting shot in the head by a New York City police officer while she...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guests, The Anxiety Sisters right after the show. Join our Only One In The Room Facebook Group if you'd like to ask a question of any of our upcoming guests for this series. Also visit the website www.theonlyonepod.com for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like feat...

Imagine sharing everything with your best friend, and then discovering that the two of you had another common bond, something that appeared to set you apart from your peers - an anxiety disorder. Counselors, mental health advocates, authors and podcasters, Abbe Greenberg and Maggie Sarachek met in college and soon discovered that they were both long-time anxiety sufferers. But what would you do if...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Ryan Dusick right after the show. Join our Only One In The Room Facebook Group if you'd like to ask a question of any of our upcoming guests for this series. Also visit the website www.theonlyonepod.com for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like featured artic...

What if you were the drummer for Maroon 5, and soon after you became one of the best-known bands in the world, you realized that there was something very wrong, something that impaired your ability to play? Founding member of Maroon 5, author and associate marriage and family therapist, Ryan Dusick, found himself keeping his condition a secret from Adam Levine and the rest of his bandmates. Hoping...