What would it be like to be THAT kid? You know the one who refused to dress like other students, the one who had piercings and worshipped punk rock and was always so loaded throughout high school that everyone wondered how they even graduated? John Feldmann, award-winning music producer, writer, mixer and acclaimed-band-Goldfinger-frontman, was a musically gifted punk rocker who grew up in the Santa Cruz mountains of California. But even as a teenager, John's inability to stay sober for more than a few months at a time threatened his relationship with his family, his music and eventually, even threatened his life. But what if when you turned twenty-one, the magical age while everyone else is celebrating taking their first legal drink, you make the decision to take your last one...ever? Would you follow your dream of making a living in an industry known for its decadent lifestyle? Or would you abandon your ambitions and choose a safer path, one with less risk of being led into temptation? More from John Feldmann: Big Noise- A multi-faceted music company To submit your demo or for inquiries go to: [email protected] Finding Feldmann: Twitter& Instagram: @johnfeldy Website: www.JohnFeldmann.com If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroomor email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview.  *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Statistically, the chances of success for men who grow up poor and are raised by single mothers are pretty low. Those who do “make it out” are envied, celebrated and are thought to make excellent husband material. Mike Hill, sportscaster, television personality, author, actor and entrepreneur, married young, and then got married and divorced a second time, before he was forced to admit to himself that he had never really been in love. But what would you do if one day you met someone...and this person was beautiful, successful and incredible. And even though everything in you warned you against following your heart one more time, you had a strong feeling that this one was different. Would you get down on one knee and put a ring on it? Or would you decide that you just weren’t the marrying kind and walk away from the woman who’d stolen your heart? More From Mike Hill: Watch Fox Soul Finding Mike Hill: Twitter & Instagram: @itsmikehill If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview. *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Mike Hill 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Picture being an unknown actor in New York City and then a chance encounter between your mother and casting agent results in you being selected for a role on the biggest television show in the history of Nielsen ratings. A move which catapults you from being an anonymous member of a theater group to someone who can no longer go to the grocery store without being mobbed. When Geoffrey Owens, actor, director, producer, was cast on The Cosby Show at age 24, it seemed to the the world that he would live the rest of his life in the luxurious celebrity style that we all knew and coveted. But what if one day, after the fame and money ran low, you had to take a day job, one that would help pay the bills and allow you to continue to pursue the craft you really loved: Theater. Would you bag groceries at Trader Joes, and risk being job shamed? Or would you let debt pile up and let go of the theater life you loved so much, wishing you could go back to being anonymous again? Finding Geoffrey Owens: Instagram: @iamgeoffreyowens If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview. *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Geoffrey Owens 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What would you do if you had a life that others envied? A successful acting career, a beautiful home, a rich spiritual life, successful wife and community of family and friends who loved you.   Jeff Kober, Vedic meditation teacher, actor, author and photographer, knew that he had everything he thought he wanted and yet, something wasn’t quite right. But what if one day, on a spiritual quest in India, you had a chance to ask a Goddess to remove everything from your life that was no longer serving you? Would you ask, and risk losing the life that you’d worked so hard to build? Or would you pass, and hold on to the things you loved at all costs? More From Jeff Kober: See Jeff's art and other musings: www.jeff-kober.com Finding Jeff Kober: Instagram: @jeffkobermeditation If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview. *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Jeff Kober 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine that you’re a young, black man being raised by your single mom outside Dallas Texas. Can you visualize being so inspired by your tight-knit community, that at age eleven you decide that one day you’d like to become a leader, maybe even a pastor at your church? Major Williams, devoted husband, father of three and former marketing whiz kid, grew up respecting his elders, revering God and voting, like his family: a straight democratic ticket. But what if one day, you realized that your morals and principals were more inline with conservative values than the democratic ones you’d been taught to embrace? Would you keep quiet about your beliefs so that you wouldn’t be ostracized by your family, friends and other Black and Brown people? Or would you decide to throw your hat in the ring and run for office, claiming your new party in what may be the most politically charged election-year of our lives? More From Major Williams: Visit his website: www.majorformayor.com Reach him directly: (626)623-3753 Finding Major Williams: Twitter & Instagram: @majorformayor If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview. *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Major Williams 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Picture this if you will, your father is THE brilliant, iconic filmmaker, actor and revolutionist, Melvin Van Peebles. And when you are just thirteen years old, he gives you a pivotal role in a movie that will change the way the world looks at black men and women forever. Mario Van Peebles, actor, eco-activist, director and producer, took that role, playing the younger version of his father, Melvin’s character in the mega-hit indie film, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song. An experience that would put Mario on the actor/filmmaker track for the rest of his life and allow him to bring his own vision of black people to the silver screen. But what if you found yourself confronted by ignorance and prejudice each time you sat in that director’s chair? Would you give up your vision and continue to allow Hollywood to whitewash America? Or would you stand your ground and make films that cast black people in all the starring roles? Finding Mario Van Peebles: Instagram: @mariovanpeebles Twitter: @mariovanpeebles Be sure not to miss Scott Talks on Wednesdays, our Sunday release called Sunday Edition & our brand new series On My Nightstand releasing on Fridays by subscribing to the show wherever you listen to podcasts.  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 articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Mario Van Peebles 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here’s a little story about a queer, mixed-race, black kid from Pittsberg California who was teased for being “GAY” by his peers, got beat up for being too feminine and never thought that he was good enough. Justin Michael Williams, 31-year old, author, yoga, meditation, mindfulness teacher, top-twenty recording artist and podcast host, showed those childhood doubters that he was not only good enough, but better than them all, making six figures and driving a BMW by the time he was 26-years old. But what if one day your “Baca”, your grandmother, the woman who had always loved you as you were, asked you a question -- one that would literally change the way you saw your life forever? Would you ignore her wise words and continue “living the dream” or would you answer her question honestly, knowing that your life would never be the same again? More From Justin Michael Williams: Get your very own Stay Woke here or here Donate to the Stay Woke Book Tour  Listen to the podcast: Motivation For Black People   Finding Justin Michael Williams: Twitter & Instagram: @wejustwill AND IF YOU WANT TO WIN A FREE COPY OF STAY WOKE: -First person to post a link to this episode in our Facebook Group with the caption "I want my own Stay Woke" wins a free copy. -The Second winner will be picked at random so you still have a chance even if you weren't the first to post!! If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview. *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Justin Michael Williams 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine being a judge and when warranted, it was your job to give people life sentences in prison. Can you picture what it must be like, regardless of your opinion, to have to change people’s lives for the worse every single day? Los Angeles Superior Court judge Craig J Mitchell, had been serving in the felony courts for years before he got an idea during one of his early morning runs, an idea that he might be able do something about the overwhelming destitution that he witnessed each day. What would you do if you had an opportunity to really make a difference in the lives of millions of people suffering from homelessness and addiction? Would you start skid rows first-ever running club and train the club members to run in marathons around the world? Or would you leave the work to the missions and big charities, figuring that they are probably better equipped than you, to change peoples lives for the better? More From Judge Craig J. Mitchell: Watch The Skidrow Marathon Twitter: @skidrowrunclub  Instagram: @skidrowrunningclub  If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview. *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Judge Craig Mitchell 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if you were known as the NFL player with the voice of an angel and your reputation for making the ladies swoon was rivaled only by your reputation for making big plays on the football field?   Esera Tuaolo, proud Samoan, Hawaii native, Superbowl winner and contestant on The Voice, had everything that he’d ever dreamed of: A career playing the sport he loved, the ability to support his family and the respect of his peers and fans.   But what would you do if you had a secret? One so devastating that it would not only derail the career that you loved, but could also put a bounty on your head? Would you redouble your efforts to keep your truth hidden? Or would you relieve yourself of your burden and tell your story to the world? More From Esera Tuaolo: Check out his organization www.hateiswrong.org Book him for speeches through GreaterTalent Finding Esera Tuaolo: Twitter & Instagram: @eseratuaolo If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview. *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Esera Tuaolo 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if you were a white kid who didn’t seem to fit in anywhere? At home you were the one who could never get it together and at school you were the illiterate one, the drop out or the troublemaker?  Steven Rifkind, 57-year old, Godfather of street team marketing and American music entrepreneur, was THAT kid, until a conversation with his grandfather changed his trajectory and sent him down a path toward a successful life in the world of hip-hop music. A world where despite being the only one in the room that always LOOKED different, Steven finally fit in. But what if after building your music empire, you lost everything? And you suddenly found yourself on the outside again, hoping desperately to continue doing the one thing that spoke to your soul and made you feel like you belonged? Would you decide to switch gears and choose a new career path, where you wouldn’t look like the outsider? Or would you stay with the familiar and do the most to revive the life and career that you loved? More From Steven Rifkind: Check out Loud 25 on January 30th at New York Radio City  Learn more about Loud Records Finding Steven Rifkind: Twitter & Instagram: @steverifkind If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview. *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Steven Rifkind 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who didn’t love “Ducky” from the John Hughes classic, Pretty In Pink? Or Charlie Harper’s lovable but uptight brother, Alan from the long-running, mega-hit CBS television series, Two and A Half men?  Jon Cryer, Emmy-winning actor, screenwriter, director, and producer was looking forward to slowing down a little when his show ended after it’s twelve record-breaking season-run, so he could spend time with his family, pay better attention to politics and catch up on the true crime podcasts that he and his wife, Lisa loved to listen to, together. But what would you do if, one day, a Tweet you sent to the producer of your favorite podcast, resulted in an offer to join them in the fight against wrongful convictions? Would you take the offer and put yourself out there in a world that might not take a “serious” Jon Cryer seriously? Or would you play it safe and stay in your lane, and leave the crime fighting to the so-called experts? More From Jon Cryer: Listen to Undisclosed on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts Watch Supergirl on The CW Finding Jon Cryer:  Twitter @mrjoncryer If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview. *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Jon Cryer 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 inauthentically in an attempt to keep everyone "happy" or live in your truth and risk becoming an outcast? Finding D'Lo: Twitter& Instagram: @dlocokid Website: www.dlocokid.com 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 [email protected] Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately following each episode. Visit us on the web at www.theonlyonepod.com for more from Laura Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "only one" be sure to share this episode with them and we'd also love to hear from you in the comments section on iTunes. While you're there, don't forget to rate us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if as far back as you could remember, you were always looking for your soulmate? What if everywhere you went you searched people's eyes, wondering if this one was, 'The One"? Social-media superstar, actress, comedian, writer/director, Manon Mathews went through her life kissing a lot of frogs (at it were) looking for Mr. Right. But after getting her heartbroken one time too many, she decided that maybe it was time to give up her search for "HIM" and begin the search for herself. But what if one day you see a picture of someone on social media and finally has the feeling you'd been waiting for all of your life? Would you follow your instincts and find out if he was "The One"? Or would you take he safer route and keep scrolling, deciding against risking heartbreak again? More from Manon Mathews: For upcoming tour dates and all thing Manon visit: manonmathews.com YouTube Channel: Manon Mathews Twitter & Instagram: @manonmathews If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss out on our bonus after show Scott Talks where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview. *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Holidays from The Only One In The Room!  In this very special episode we turn the tables with our dear friend and former Only One In The Room guest from Season 1 episode 2 Dr. Troy Byer. Troy interviews hosts Laura Cathcart Robbins and Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) on all things relationships and what it's been like working together in creating this podcast.  More from Troy Byer: Explore the many titles by Troy Byer here Check out Mindology Fitness Finding Troy Byer: Website: www.Troybyer.com Twitter& Instagram: @Troybyer If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview.  *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Holidays from The Only One In The Room! We have a special episode we're so excited to share with you that will drop next Tuesday on Christmas Eve. You won't want to miss this one so if you haven't subscribed yet, make sure you do! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine that completing your degree was a double edged sword? Getting your doctorate might be the crowning achievement for a single mother from Compton, California, but earning your PHd would also put you in rooms where black women had never gone before. Rooms where, even in the new millennium, you might not be wanted or where your voice and opinion might not be valued. Dr. Sharoni Little, CEO, revered thought-leader, global facilitator, media commentator, data analytics expert, author, renowned scholar and professor at the USC Marshall School of Business, put her education aside at age 35, when her twin sons, Jaren and Jared were born. But what would you do if the degree you’d stopped pursuing had an expiration date? And if you didn’t drop everything and complete one final dissertation, all the hard work you’d done and the sacrifices you’d made would have been for nothing. Would you stop your life and make your deadline? Or would you pass, deciding it was better to leave well enough alone? More From Dr. Sharoni Little: Reach out to Sharoni at USC Marshall School of Business Finding Dr. Sharoni Little: Instagram: @drsharonilittle If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview. *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Sharoni Little 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Imagine being an actress, dating celebrity after celebrity and then (predictably) finding the love of your life on a film set, getting married and having three beautiful babies and then feeling that your life is completely complete. Actress and producer, Kimberly Russell and her husband, Michael Bonewitz, made the decision together to put her acting career on hold while she raised their three children. But a chance encounter with a stranger, a mom at her kid’s school, threw them all an unexpected curveball: Her dying wish was to have Kim and Michael take her five children after she died and raise them as her own. What would you do if you were faced with a question that would change your life and those of an entire family that isn’t your own? Would you do the unimaginable and take on an act of kindness that would be worthy of sainthood? Or would you look for a more reasonable solution in order to protect the family that you had worked so hard to curate. Finding Kim Russell:  Instagram: @Kimberly_russell If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview.  *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Kim Russell 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if, because of your race, you were termed a model minority, expected to desire the best education and family stability over the so-called champagne life? And what if after getting into college, you found that the luxury lifestyle of your peers was more your speed than the values with which you’d been raised? Angie Wang, screenwriter, director, producer and philanthropist, is a first generation Chinese American woman, who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. When she managed to get herself into one of America’s most prestigious universities, she found herself not just wanting to keep up with the lifestyle of her well-to-do classmates, she wanted to set a new standard of decadence. But what would you do if you discovered that you had a special talent for illegally cooking up a substance which could make you rich beyond your wildest dreams? Would you risk your top-notch education and "break bad"? Covertly using your university chem lab at night to create a popular drug? Or would you choose your family values over the lure of extravagance, and use your talents for good? More From Angie Wang: Watch her film MDMA on Showtime, Amazon or iTunes Finding Angie Wang:  Instagram: @jadegirlsmom Facebook: Angie Wang If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview.  *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Angie Wang 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine growing up playing every sport under the sun and excelling at them all. From track to volleyball and everything in between…except one. Football. Just a few years ago playing football was socially unacceptable for a young woman in Dallas, Texas. Throwing the ball around the yard was fine but playing tackle football on a field? Out of the question.  Marissa Lopez, 26-year-old LFL tackle football player, spent her youth not only admiring the sport and it’s superhero-like players but the game itself, which was for her, like most Dallas residents, more than a game...it was a religion. But what happens when you’re faced with an opportunity to make your forbidden dream a reality by trying out for the Legends LA based all female tackle pro football team? Do you honor your hometown traditions and play it safe? Or do you head to Los Angeles trying not only to change your life but those of other young girls who are in search of their own real-life superheros? More From Marissa Lopez: Visit https://www.thefootballsisters.com Finding Marissa Lopez: Instagram: @itsmarissalopez  Follow her sister Miriah Lopez on Instagram @miriahlopez If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview.  *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Marissa Lopez 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine if you were born with a disability. A disability that despite many painful surgeries, still left your right side shorter than your left and your right hand unable to make a fist. Can you picture what school or a simple trip to the mall would be like, needing to stop and rest more that anyone else your age? Keah Brown, 28 year-old best-selling author, advocate and public speaker, was born with cerebral palsy in Western, New York State. And although Keah’s mother did her best to shield her daughter from the petty cruelties of her peers, eventually one of Keah’s classmates made fun of her at school, bringing a spotlight to her differences. An act which changed the way she saw herself forever. But what if one day you decided that you were tired of waiting for others to change? Would you be tempted to create disconnect and distance even with those who loved you? Or would you shift your perspective into believing your power lives in the change you create within yourself? More From Keah Brown: Read The Pretty One https://amzn.to/3319gsi Finding Keah Brown: Twitter & Instagram: @keah_maria Website: www.keahbrown.com  If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview.  *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room usually has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest but in this episode of Scott Talks, Christina Barsi ("Barsi") executive producer of The Only One In The Room takes his place while he was off enjoying Bali. Barsi has a deep and heartfelt conversation with our guest Keah Brown 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once upon a time, there was a girl who grew up in the Mormon church, moved to Los Angeles to become an actor and ended up working in the sex industry. Amy Bond, Author, Proud owner of San Francisco and Oakland Pole Dance studios and pro-bono Family and Immigration Attorney, found herself working in porn after moving to Los Angeles at age 19. But after being “saved” from a severe downward spiral, Amy found herself enrolling in law school and then making a name for herself in Silicon Valley as an attorney. What would you do if you found yourself working alongside tech giants, allotting yourself a new found identity, one that allowed you to bury your sex-working past. Would you continue to lean into the Silicon Valley lifestyle and enjoy your newfound reputation as a baller? Or would you abandon your lucrative legal specialty repping start-ups and choose instead to rep actual human beings, ones who are unable to represent themselves? More From Any Bond:  https://www.amybondwrites.com Finding Amy Bond: Twitter: @sfpoleanddance Instagram: @amysunshine007 If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview.  *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Bond 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we depart a little from our usual "Only One" format to bring you a guest whose love and light was too good not to share with you. We bring you Cynthia Bailey, you might know her from The Real Housewives of Atlanta, she's also a major friend and supporter of The Only One In The Room. She was in town recently and came through to vibe with us for a minute and she brought her fiancé Mike Hill with her. As we were lucky enough to catch her for just an hour between her many engagements, of course we turned the mics on the moment they walked into the studio. We really hope you enjoy it! More From Cynthia Bailey: Catch all her updates and details at BravoTV.com  Finding Cynthia Bailey: Twitter & Instagram: @CynthiaBailey10 If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview.  *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Cynthia Bailey and bonus guest Mike Hill 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine a world where everyone is the same. The same gender and race, a world where they all wear the same clothes and have a shared belief system. Now imagine someone wants to enter that world. Someone of a different race and gender, someone who wears different clothes and subscribes to a different belief system. Arlan Hamilton, a 39-year old Venture Capitalist, founder and managing partner of Backstage capital and prolific podcaster, was homeless and on food stamps before she appeared on the doorstep of the world of Venture Capitalism, demanding to be let in. But what if one day you were admitted to the world that had previously denied you admission? Would you take your well-earned-seat at the table, content to be “one of the boys” or would you you open the door for other people like you, who have also been underestimated by society? More From Arlan Hamilton: Visit Backstage Capital Listen to her podcasts:  Your First Million The Bootstrapped VC Finding Arlan Hamilton: Twitter & Instagram: @arlanwashere If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview.  *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Arlan Hamilton 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Picture yourself living the dream, you are in a loving, committed marriage, own thriving, growing businesses and have a close-knit circle of friends, who like you, are expecting to complete their similarly “perfect lives” with a baby or two. Sara Dean, Seattle-based podcaster, business woman, motivational speaker and business and transformation coach, knew that at age 37, she had waited longer than many of her friends to start “trying” for a baby. But when she found herself attending baby shower after baby shower for friend after friend, Sara began to wonder if she and her husband had waited too long. But what happens if you’re told that you may not be able to have the baby that you’ve been hoping for? Do you subject yourself to IVF, a costly, months-long journey filled with daily hormone shots, egg harvesting and implantation? Or do you take your chances and continue trying for your baby without medical aid, hoping against hope that the odds are in your favor? More From Sara Dean: Listen to her podcast Shameless Mom Academy Visit her website: www.shamlessmom.com  Finding Sara Dean: Instagram: @shamelessmomacademy If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview.  *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Sara Dean 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Show business can be a cold business, but what if you were one of the lucky few who made it, I mean really made it? You booked movie after movie and series after series, had a loving husband and three beautiful children. Some people would say you had it all, right? Lisa Vidal, star and co-star of shows such as New York Undercover, Third Watch and Being Mary Jane, has a reputation for being a consummate professional, handling with ease, whatever comes her way. But when the changes in their oldest son’s behavior became too conspicuous to overlook, Lisa and her husband Jay, found themselves facing something for which no one can ever be fully prepared. What would you do if you were expected on set, but your first born son was grappling with an addiction, one so intense that it threatened his life on a daily basis? Would you put your career on pause in order to be on-call for your son, hoping that he decides to get the help that he needs? Or would you continue to be the professional and show up at work every day, knowing that any moment you could get the call that every parent dreads? More From Lisa Vidal: Watch her new series coming soon to ABC "The Baker and The Beauty" Listen to more of Lisa's son Scott Cohen's songs (Dying 2 Live -Remix featured at end of episode) on Soundcloud Finding Lisa Vidal: Twitter: @thelisavidal Instagram: @thereallisavidal If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview.  *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Vidal 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 Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are so excited to have just wrapped our Season 2 of The Only One In The Room that we wanted to spend some time over the next four weeks re-releasing some of YOUR favorite episodes! So if you're new to the podcast, this is a great way to get started before you start diving into Season One & Two's catalog.  And if you're one of our dedicated listeners, now is a great time to share with a friend! DM us a selfie of you sharing The Only One In The Room for some dope merch we'll send your way.  And we'll be back with a brand new Season 3 on October 15th! ******************************************************* 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 parent dreads--and in seconds her "perfect" world came crashing down around her. Leaving her to wonder, "how can I go on? And once more, do I even want to?" More from Tameka Foster: Check out Kile's World Foundation  Finding Tameka Foster: Instagram: @tamekafoster Twitter: @tamekaraymond 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 via the website www.theonlyonepod.com  You can also visit the website for more from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are so excited to have just wrapped our Season 2 of The Only One In The Room that we wanted to spend some time over the next four weeks re-releasing some of YOUR favorite episodes! So if you're new to the podcast, this is a great way to get started before you start diving into Season One & Two's catalog.  And if you're one of our dedicated listeners, now is a great time to share with a friend! DM us a selfie of you sharing The Only One In The Room for some dope merch we'll send your way.  And we'll be back with a brand new Season 3 on October 15th! ******************************************************** What if you literally wrote the book on mom-wine culture? And then this culture you helped curate was no longer sustainable? Stefanie Wilder Taylor, author of Sippy Cups Are Not For Chardonnay, wrote that book and immediately became the queen of wine-moms across America, appearing on The Today Show, Oprah and in The New York Times. Promoting mom's choice to choose Chardonnay to cope with motherhood.  But what if you found that the wine you casually enjoyed had become a crutch and a liability that put your family in danger? Would you keep it a secret, hoping that the problem would just work itself out? Or would you seek the help that you need and risk disappointing the thousands of mothers who looked to you for comfort and a free pass? More from Stefanie Wilder Taylor: Explore the many titles by Stefanie Wilder Taylor here Check out her podcast For Crying Out Loud on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts Finding Stefanie Wilder Taylor: Twitter & Instagram: @swildertaylor Website: www.stefaniewildertaylor.com 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 via the website www.theonlyonepod.com Visit us on the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can you visualize a world where women are barred from eating lunch at certain restaurants or routinely charged more than men for things like, alterations and dry cleaning? Can you picture what it was like before women had the power of choice when it came to their own bodies or were taken seriously when violently assaulted? What if you had to do more than visualize it, but you had to live it…again? And what if there was no one fighting to keep the status quo of the past...in the past?  In 1966, Gloria Allred, legendary civil rights attorney and women’s advocate, had a life-changing experience that would serve to solidify her decision to become a lawyer and fight for women’s rights. But everywhere that she went to fight injustice, she was met with resistance, anger and sometimes threats of violence. What would you do if it seemed like you were waging a losing battle for equal rights? Would you take the easy road, putting your energy toward causes that might be easier to win? Or would you take the road less traveled and advocate for the choices of those victimized, no matter what? More From Gloria Allred: website: www.gloriaallred.com Read her book Fight Back and Win Watch her Netflix Documentary Seeing Allred (click to watch the trailer) Finding Gloria Allred: Instagram: @gloria.allred Twitter: @gloriaallred If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the Dear Laura segment you can DM us on instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website www.theonlyonepod.com. Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins such as live events, appearances, featured articles and more. *If you know someone who might be feeling like they're the "Only One" be sure to share this or one of our other unique episodes with them. Also be sure to subscribe, comment and review us on iTunes!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices