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 Dr. Carder Stout 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 that your drug addiction has taken everything from you, your friends, your family, your apartment, and all you’ve got left is your trusty Ford Taurus. Depth psychologist and author, Dr. Carder Stout, was circling the drain when he received an offer that would not only give him cash in his pocket, but would also give him free drugs. So what would you do if the job was driving for a well-kno...

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

Imagine that most of the people who know you, also know that you’re in recovery and that you never drink alcohol or do drugs. When writer and editor, Emily McCombs hit a low point in her life she thought that she couldn’t possibly feel any worse if she drank, so she did. But what would you do if six months after that first drink, you were using cocaine daily and facing financial devastation? Would...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Richie Stephens right after the show. Website: www.richiestephens.com  Read: The Gangster's Guide to Sobriety Twitter & Instagram: @richieactor 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 v...

Imagine joining a gang because they had the best cocaine. Actor, Richie Stephens moved from Ireland to San Francisco and became the only white, Irish guy in an all Asian gang. But what would you do if you if the drugs and the booze took over, and started to come before everything you loved? Would you put a gun to your head and end it all? Or would you call the guy who said, “If ya ever want to get...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Meg Weber right after the show. Website: https://www.megweberwriter.com  Instagram: @megweber8  Twitter: @meg8weber  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.theonl...

Imagine contacting someone through a dating app, only you’re not looking for a date, you’re looking for someone to dominate you, to be the top to your bottom. Meg Weber, Memoirist and mental health therapist spent a year with Mr. Lucky, the moniker she’d given to the top she wanted to bottom with, but she ended up catching feelings for him, just before he ghosted her. So what would you do if you w...

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

What if, while looking to adopt, two babies stole your heart, one white and one Black. And when you looked at them, you just knew that they were both your daughters. William Fitzsimmons, singer, songwriter and producer, adopted his two daughters with his now ex-wife, knowing that as a White man, it would be important to learn to take care of his Black daughter’s hair and educate himself about her...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Amy B. Chesler right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room  Special thanks to our sponsors: Voyage et Cie: Voyage et Cie's curator Melanie Apple has cultivated a passion for notable moments using the sense of smell. Voyage e...

Imagine calling your brother from work and finding out that he’d killed your mother. Author, blogger, actress and podcaster, Amy B. Chesler rushed home to find her mother, Hadas, in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor.  So what would you do if after fifteen years in prison, your brother, who still terrified you, was up for parole? Would you ignore the hearing, hoping the board would do the right...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Roderick Sewell right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room  Special thanks to our sponsors: Voyage et Cie: Voyage et Cie's curator Melanie Apple has cultivated a passion for notable moments using the sense of smell. Voyage...

Imagine growing up with prosthetics from the thighs down. Paralympic athlete, Roderick Sewell was born missing his tibia in both legs and he and his mother experienced homelessness for several years starting when he was just eight years old. So what would you do if at age ten, you felt a freedom you’d never before known - in the water. Would you assume that your disability would keep you from bein...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Heather Chauvin right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room  Special thanks to our sponsors: Voyage et Cie: Voyage et Cie's curator Melanie Apple has cultivated a passion for notable moments using the sense of smell. Voyage...

What if one year after your youngest son was born, you were diagnosed with stage four cancer? Leadership coach, author and podcaster, Heather Chauvin’s family went into action, using their connections to make sure that Heather was seen quickly. So what would you do if you realized that folks from the non-dominant culture might have had a completely different experience, and the only reason that yo...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Dr. Elisa Hallerman right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room  Special thanks to our sponsors: Voyage et Cie: Voyage et Cie's curator Melanie Apple has cultivated a passion for notable moments using the sense of smell. Voy...

Imagine lying on your sister’s living room floor thinking your life is over, that trauma and drugs had a grip on you so tight, it felt like dying was an option. But five years after Dr. Elisa Hallerman finally got sober, she found herself waking up with a familiar sense of despair. So what would you do if you were one of the top talent agents in the business, but you still felt like you were alone...

Laura joins fellow podcasters, Gillian Tietz, Eric Zimmer and Paul Churchill for a conversation during which they share their experiences in early sobriety. While each of their journeys is unique, there is also a shared understanding of what it's like in those first days of recovery. This episode will provide helpful insights, inspiration, and hope from those that have lived through such painful e...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Eric Zimmer right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room  Special thanks to our sponsors: Voyage et Cie: Voyage et Cie's curator Melanie Apple has cultivated a passion for notable moments using the sense of smell. Voyage et C...

Imagine being homeless and addicted to heroin, getting sober, drinking again, getting sober a second time and staying sober this time, for over fifteen years. Behavior coach, certified interfaith spiritual director, podcast host and writer, Eric Zimmer, starts off every podcast by telling the parable about the two wolves at battle within us. The bad wolf that represents greed, hatred and fear, and...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Lana Manikowski right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room  Special thanks to our sponsors: Voyage et Cie: Voyage et Cie's curator Melanie Apple has cultivated a passion for notable moments using the sense of smell. Voyage...

Imagine desperately trying to become a mom, and spending one hundred and fifty thousand dollars on fertility treatments. Life coach and podcast host, Lana Manikowski, always thought she’d be a mom, and was willing to do whatever it took to make her dream a reality. So what would you do if you were finally diagnosed with “unexplained infertility?” Would you resign yourself to a life of loneliness,...

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Sonia Kahlon right after the show. Watch Laura's new TEDx Talk: Confessions From The Only One In The Room  Special thanks to our sponsors: Voyage et Cie: Voyage et Cie's curator Melanie Apple has cultivated a passion for notable moments using the sense of smell. Voyage et...

Imagine being five years sober when your eighteen-year relationship ends without warning. After being blindsided by her break-up, Sonia Kahlon, founder of EverBlume, was afraid that she wouldn’t be able to maintain her sobriety. So what would you do if you wanted to stay sober, but all of the recovery meetings you went to weren’t giving you what you craved? Would you keep going anyway, hoping to f...