Very Nearly Almost

In this episode, Lindsey sits down with Monique Gaffney aka Snatchin Wigz . She met Monique through her work with Broadway.com at a time when Lindsey was rapidly losing her hair and was floored by her insight about wigs. Monique has lent her hair and makeup talents to theater, TV and film, working on everything from Wicked, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical to Saturday Night Live and so much more. She...

In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Duneshia Griffiths. Lindsey met Duneshia at last year’s NAAF conference in Chicago–listeners may recall hearing her on the 40th annual conference anniversary episode. Today, the spotlight’s on her. Duneshia started losing her hair at the age of 19. It started out as small spots that she covered up with the hair that she did have. It progressed in a way that ins...

Tamsen Fadal is back on the podcast! A lot has changed since she first came on in September of 2024. The Emmy-winning journalist followed up that episode taping with the release of the documentary The M Factor: Shedding the Silence on Menopause , publishing her now New York Times -bestselling book How to Menopause and even launching a podcast of her own: The Tamsen Show . Now, Tamsen has another d...

In this episode, the spotlight is on Carson Rammelt, known professionally as SIXFOOT 5 . He’s a record producer, composer and songwriter whose work in music spans from electric pop to film score. This conversation is about SIXFOOT 5’s journey to sobriety. In addition, Lindsey and Carson dig into his height–yes, he’s literally SIXFOOT 5–being at the root of a lot of his insecurity. The pair also ta...

It's the first episode of 2026! This feels like a timely one as we’re all fresh off of posting photos of our 2025 roundups and envisioning the new us this year will inevitably bring. This week's guest is Caitlin McNaney , an incredible photographer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, The Cut and more. For seven years, she was the photo director at Broadway.com , where s...

In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Sarvesh Rajasekaran. He was diagnosed with alopecia at the formative age of 23. Sarvesh offers so much insight into the male alopecia experience, speaking vulnerably about not being able to share his grief and struggles with hair loss for a long time. As a man, he felt there needed to be "an acceptable level of pain in order to share." He speaks about...

In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Tyrone Folliard-Olson. Tyrone is a husband, father and Vice Chair of the board for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. He has had alopecia since age 13. Tyrone shares openly about not only coming to terms with his alopecia but about simultaneously coming out of the closet as gay. He details meeting his now husband in college and adopting their son Declan....

In this episode, Lindsey speaks with alopecia therapist and coach Alison Mann . Alison has had alopecia since she was very young and is thus a great help to those with alopecia as well as to parents supporting children with alopecia. In addition to discussing her hair loss journey as well as therapy, the ladies also discussed Alison's pursuit of gymnastics from an early age. She opened up abo...

In this episode, Lindsey talks alopecia and parenthood with Ashley Kaplan . Like Lindsey, Ashley was diagnosed with alopecia at age 2. She takes us through her own childhood journey that ultimately brought her to wearing wigs. For awhile, they had to be the same cut and color every single year when she’d get them prepped for school. Falling in love with her now husband and giving birth to her daug...

In this episode, Lindsey sits down with Kalayna Walker . Kalayna is a former NBA dancer, a published author and a senior at LSU. At age 7, she lost all of her hair. Her mom started making her customized wigs–wigs she agonized over keeping secure at sleepovers with her dance team, while she slept, dancing on the court at an NBA game, in the shower. She kept her baldness a secret for 13 years–all th...

Lindsey is throwing it back this week to her time in Chicago this past June at the 40th annual NAAF conference. In honor of the milestone, she spoke with a number of attendees–returners, first timers and some previous VNA guests–about what this one weekend a year means to them. Next year’s NAAF conference will take place June 25, 26, 27 and 28 in Orlando, Florida. Follow Lindsey on Instagram at @v...

Lindsey has conducted a lot of interviews throughout her career, but this interview might be her favorite of all time. Nope, it wasn’t conducted at her apartment or even on a fancy red carpet. Today’s guests are Linda and Charlie, a couple Lindsey met at the Chicago NAAF conference back in June at a hotel bar. Ordering French 75s turned into them opening up about their love story; Linda has alopec...

In this episode, Lindsey is in-person with Chicago native Keya Trammell in New York. Keya is a singer, actress, makeup artist and alopecia areata advocate. She and Lindsey were both diagnosed at age 2. The ladies get super vulnerable about the condition's ups and downs and discuss how the arts has been healing to them both. Of course, they talked about dating, how much they love Beyoncé AND K...

It is officially September, which means it’s Alopecia Awareness Month, and the first guest Lindsey is kicking it off with is very special. You definitely saw Rosemary Osondu doing hair on the now Emmy-nominated docuseries, America’s Sweethearts , which has been renewed for a third season . Growing up, she enjoyed watching her mother style hair for her and her siblings. Hair was always a passion of...

In this episode, Lindsey meets the inspirational Armani Latimer in-person at the 40th annual National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF) conference. The former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader takes us through the past few months since dancing bald at a Monday night football game in a stadium of 80,000 to then sharing her story in season two of the hit Netflix docuseries America's Sweethearts. She a...

In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Kelsey Logan (she/they), LMSW. Now a psychotherapist for individuals and couples with a clinical focus on sexuality and gender, Kelsey opens up about pivoting from the music and theatre goals that felt expected of her--by others and more importantly, by herself. Plus, she shares her experience advocating for herself when her doctor brushed off what turned out t...

In this episode, Lindsey speaks with bald baddie, alopecia advocate, physical therapist and recent newlywed Sarah Guenzburger . The ladies get honest about the ups and downs of dating with alopecia, navigating being a bald bride–or being a bald girlie in a wedding party!–and finding true, authentic love–just as Sarah did with her husband Marcus. Plus, Sarah shares how alopecia was even part of her...

In this episode, Lindsey interviews Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Armani Latimer about rocking her baldness on live TV at a Monday night football game in a stadium of 80,000 people this past December. Latimer shares her alopecia journey, discusses the healing and hardship of being a professional dancer when it comes to self-image and even reveals her tips for keeping her wig secure--even during the s...

In this episode, Lindsey interviews award-winning journalist, menopause advocate, filmmaker and content creator Tamsen Fadal . She is a co-producer on the documentary The M Factor: Shedding the Silence on Menopause , set to premiere on PBS on October 17 ahead of World Menopause Day on October 18. In March, she will publish her newest book How to Menopause . Tamsen opens up about her own experience...

In this solo episode, Lindsey opens up about her history with alopecia treatment, the over-a-decade pause she took and coming back to it in the form of taking the JAK inhibitor Lifulo by Pfizer. She also discusses the healing process of penning a piece in The Cut about recalibrating her identity as a woman pursuing treatment for her hair loss. Follow Lindsey on Instagram at @verynearlyalmost and @...

In this episode, Lindsey takes you inside the 2024 National Alopecia Areata Foundation conference. It took place this past June in Washington, D.C.  The D.C. setting is an important one for alopecia advocacy work. As listeners know all too well, it’s an election year. It feels like government and public policy are at the forefront of minds and memes, but all that stuff can also feel so divisive an...

Happy Alopecia Awareness month! In this episode, Lindsey interviews Simon Rubenstein. He’s the youngest board member on the National Alopecia Areata Foundation Board of Directors. He's also a film director, a producer, a writer, a photographer, a multicam operator, a community organizer and a business entrepreneur. They discuss the importance of empowering others in the community through choi...

In this episode, Lindsey is combining her passions for theater, hair and self-image in a conversation with 2024 Tony honoree Nikiya Mathis . The ultimate multi-hyphenate, Nikiya is a classically trained actress with an MFA in Acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts as well as a wig and hair designer who has lent her talents to shows like Chicken & Biscuits, Death of a Salesman, Topdog/...

In this episode, Lindsey has the opportunity to combine her passions for theater and connecting with others via Very Nearly Almosts. She spoke with Becca Schneider . Her solo show TRICH , which chronicles her experience with trichotillomania, was the top-selling play at the 2021 United Solo Theatre Festival at Theatre Row in NYC, winning both the Best Actress and Audience Choice Awards. It’s now p...

In this episode, Lindsey deep dives into hair loss with Baldie Con creator Felicia Flores. The ladies discuss dating with alopecia, how Flores' hair loss journey inspired her to create Baldie Con and what exciting developments are on the way for the annual event down the road.  Follow Lindsey on Instagram at @verynearlyalmost and @lindssully . Visit lindseysullivan.net and vrynrlyalmost.com f...