Read the Room

Read the Room with host Erin Haskell welcomes skincare enthusiast Caroline Yu, better known as @theskincarediarist. Caroline travels to Korea regularly and documents her doctor visits on her page with all the facts people back in the US are dying to know. They dive into all things Korean skincare, from innovative treatments to facelifts to bone shaving (yes, bone shaving) to what makes a surgery a...

On this episode of  Read the Room , host Erin Haskell sits down with Andrew Northrop, President of Spokane Hardware Supply. Andrew shares what it’s like to carry on a business that’s been in his family since 1945, how the company has grown and evolved over the years, and the lessons he’s learned along the way. From stories of tradition and family legacy to the challenges of expansion and change, A...

Read the Room welcomes Harry Sladich, Former Vice President of Red Lion Hotels and hospitality powerhouse with four decades of experience. Harry pulls back the curtain on the industry's most outrageous guest stories and reveals the hard-won lessons that shaped his career. Now in his second act as an entrepreneur, he shares what it really takes to launch a business from scratch and how decades...

This week on Read the Room, Erin sits down with Lauren Blumenthal, the powerhouse behind beloved Italian hotspot Sorella. At just 34, Lauren opened her dream restaurant and it paid off spectacularly. She's breaking all the rules with a radical philosophy: her team comes first, customers second. Lauren gets real about thriving as a young woman in the notoriously tough restaurant industry, the m...

This week, Erin sits down with Zach Gourde — former Gonzaga men's basketball star turned pro player overseas, and her husband and business partner. From dominating courts in France to building a business empire back home, they're spilling everything about the highs, the chaos, and what really happens when your spouse doubles as your co-founder. They get brutally honest about why work-life...

In this episode, Erin sits down with Sadie Lake from Sadie Lake Design and NKBA Chapter President who brings over 10 years of expertise in construction and interior design. Both fresh off the plane from Vegas where they attended the National Kitchen and Bath show, they're dishing on the hottest trends that are about to blow up. From AI-powered kitchens to wellness-focused bathrooms, they'r...

Read the Room with host Erin Haskell welcomes celebrity hair stylist Bradley Irion for an electrifying inside look at his wild ride to the top of the beauty industry. From humble beginnings to New York stardom, Bradley has worked his magic on some of Hollywood's most iconic names—Jennifer Coolidge, Elizabeth Hurley, Kim Cattrall, and more. He's wildly funny, refreshingly down-to-earth, and...

In this episode of Read the Room, Erin Haskell sits down with Kasey Dobbins — designer, contractor, and founder of Foxwood Design. From flipping houses with her dad to running a full-scale design-build empire, Kasey's journey is anything but ordinary. They go deep into the brutal realities of managing client expectations, navigating the awkward money conversations, setting boundaries that actu...