The Robin Smith Show

Enjoy some of my favorite moments during the show's first year on the air!
0:02:58 - 0:05:18 Welcome to the Show
0:05:19 - 0:05:55 Kindly Kelley
0:05:56 - 0:07:59 Jerome Glenn
0:08:00 - 0:09:39 Election Eve
0:09:40 - 0:11:25 Zack Be
0:11:26 - 0:13:56 Erika Bond
0:13:57 - 0:17:29 A Failed Insurrection
0:17:30 - 0:20:32 Scott Siskind and Jason Cohen
0:20:33 - 0:23:31 Kate Engbert
0:23:32 - 0:26:21 A Panel of Man-Children Discuss Valentime's Day
0:26:22 - 0:28:20 Molly Scanlon's Primary Research Focus Group on Human Sexuality and Gender
0:28:21 - 0:30:46 Jarrett Nicolay
0:30:47 - 0:34:26 Eric Grabow
0:34:27 - 0:38:26 Doug Kallmeyer
0:38:27 - 0:41:21 Margaux Zion
0:41:22 - 0:45:36 Nicholas Trietsch
0:45:37 - 0:49:21 Pablo Leon
0:49:22 - 0:53:08 Joe Eggen
0:53:09 - 0:56:07 Eric W. Brown
0:56:08 - 1:00:11 Alicia Ryan
1:00:12 - 1:04:31 Josh Foster
1:04:32 - 1:08:14 Dr. Ifeanyi Olele
1:08:15 - 1:10:26 Bianca Stevens and the Monday Night Hang
1:10:27 - 1:13:06 Greg Gann
1:13:07 - 1:15:49 Yes, There Were Plague Doctor Sightings
1:15:50 - 1:17:44 Peter Mann
1:17:45 - 1:22:54 Tom Gilbert
1:22:55 - 1:25:50 Nate Luongo

Special thanks to Will McHenry, Shawn Cottrell, Leigh Tyberg, Adam Weinstein, Joe Ramienski, Jessica Schutz, and Aaron Mann.

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

Nate is a husband, father and therapist based out of Bethesda, MD. Growing up, He was an accomplished athlete, going on to play football at the collegiate level. He saw how many young men and athletes were suffering with mental health problems without an outlet.  Nate graduated with his Bachelors in Social Work from Catholic University and then went on to receive his Masters in Social Work from Columbia University. Nate’s experience has been shaped by practicing in a number of settings including community clinics and Intensive Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization Programs. Nate’s experience led him to opening his own practice, The Calming Mind, where he is dedicated towards the improvement of Men’s Mental Health. The Calming Mind also works closely with local sports teams to help address the mental health needs of local athletes.

We get into:

• Nate’s backstory, and how the kinds of male mentors he’s had in his dad, and coaches have influenced his development and career specialization
• How he met his wife (... in a trailer park)
• His experiences at Potomac Pathways in an intensive outpatient program and running men’s groups
• How he ended up seeing the need for more services for teen boys and men
• What emotions boys and men are socialized to be allowed to express
• And so much more!

Learn more about the work Nate does:
http://www.thecalmingmind.com

Support Movember
https://us.movember.com/

Follow Nate on IG at @thecalmingmindllc
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Support Light the Night
Donate to my Personal page - https://pages.lls.org/ltn/nca/Montcomd21/rsmith
Donate to my Team page - https://pages.lls.org/ltn/nca/Montcomd21/teamzavadowski

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

Tom Gilbert is a husband, dad and music person living in Nashville, TN. Born in Kronberg, Germany to British parents, Tom grew up in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Olney, MD where he uncovered a deep fascination with music and guitar. This led to the formation of many bands, a move to Tennessee, years of touring in a 15-passenger van, and a career in music marketing. After a two-year stint in Oakland, CA, Tom now resides in the Inglewood neighborhood of Nashville with his wife and daughter, and works as the Marketing Communications Director for music gear brand Positive Grid.

Tom and I get into:

• How Tom’s dad and older sister influenced how he got into music
• His journey through undergrad and choosing writing, recording, and performing over school
• His run in with an old high school teacher which shifted his aims
• Working at the Nashville symphony hall
• His time playing in parachute musical, divider, farkus, and other projects
• How he proposed to his wife
• And much, much more!

Little Vista
Named after the street that Tom lived on in Olney, where his mom still lives. Tom plays all the instruments. (He co-wrote that song... with himself).
https://littlevista.bandcamp.com/releases

Micro Jordan/Scrawny Pippen
Tom's project with Ben Stix and Flesh (who also plays in Born Empty, along with Ben)
woahmicro.bandcamp.com

Positive Grid
positivegrid.com
Get the Spark Amp at positivegrid.com/spark

Follow Tom on IG @tahm. And one last thing, go do yourself a favor and listen to Steely Dan - Gaucho (Full Album)
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Support Light the Night 
Donate to my Personal page - https://pages.lls.org/ltn/nca/Montcomd21/rsmith
Donate to my Team page - https://pages.lls.org/ltn/nca/Montcomd21/teamzavadowski

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/promote-national-suicide-prevention-month/

Wounded Warrior Project
https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

Suicide Prevention Month: Empathy and Support in Moments of Crisis?
https://coupleandfamilyclinic.com/suicide-prevention-month-empathy-and-support-in-moments-of-crisis/

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

I ramble about what happened to episode 44, what happened in church this morning, how I won over the liquor baron's heart, plus I share another track from Counterfeit Molly's album, Subtext - Infinite Repeat
 
https://counterfeitmolly.bandcamp.com/

Light the Night donation pages
Personal - https://pages.lls.org/ltn/nca/Montcomd21/rsmith
Team - https://pages.lls.org/ltn/nca/Montcomd21/teamzavadowski

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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/promote-national-suicide-prevention-month/

Wounded Warrior Project
https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

Suicide Prevention Month: Empathy and Support in Moments of Crisis?
https://coupleandfamilyclinic.com/suicide-prevention-month-empathy-and-support-in-moments-of-crisis/

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

Today on the show I have the pleasure of sitting down with Peter Mann. Peter is a skilled and experienced attorney in practice for more than thirty years. He is based in Washington D.C., but also serves Prince Georges and Montgomery Counties in Maryland. His main expertise is in Personal Injury, Family Law, and Civil Litigation. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and is a member of the local and federal courts. 

We get into:

• Peter's backstory, growing up in Long Island
• How both sides of his family got out of Nazi Germany
• How he changed allegiances with the New York Yankees and became a Phillies fan
• How his interest in politics and debating, and a nudge from his mom turned him towards the goal of becoming an attorney 
• His experiences in undergrad and law school
• Some of his war stories from the days of being a criminal defense attorney
• What people are seeking when they reach out to a family law attorney
• And much more!

https://www.petermannlawoffices.com/

https://www.rescue.org/
The International Rescue Committee is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to aiding people displaced by war, persecution or natural disaster.

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

I invite my lovely wife, Kelley to join me as a guest? Co-host? We talk about various topics that you'll just have to listen to to find out where we go. Are plague doctors referenced in this episode? Only one way to find out.

Enjoy!

Kindly Kelley
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XoEtidkI3Xc

RennFest
https://rennfest.com/

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

This is my reaction - albeit very delayed - to listening to Sam Harris interview Gabriel J.X. Dance in The Worst Epidemic - Making Sense Podcast # 213. Go listen to the whole episode for a deeper dive into the scope of the problem of online child sexual abuse. I produced this episode of TRSS as a condensed version in case folks didn't want to, or just couldn't listen all the way through.

This episode contains some of the main points that had an impression on me. I try to spell out what parents and caregivers should know about the problem of online child sexual abuse, and what can be done to protect the most vulnerable of us.

Thanks for listening.

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
https://www.missingkids.org/ourwork/ncmecdata

Thorn - "We build technology to defend children from sexual abuse."
https://www.thorn.org/

Canadian Centre for Child Protection
https://www.protectchildren.ca/en/

The Marshall Project
https://www.themarshallproject.org/

Apple's iPhone Will Include New Tools to Flag Child Sexual Abuse
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/technology/apple-iphones-privacy.html

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

My next guest is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst out of Baltimore, MD. I'm speaking with none other than Mr. Gregory Gann of Gann Partnership, LLC. Greg is a member in good standing with the Maryland Bar; While he's not currently practicing law, his interest in personal financial planning as well as divorce financial planning sets him up to be a highly sought after CDFA. Greg is also trained in Collaborative Law. He began Gann Partnership back in 1989, and has been involved in an array of financial planning, estate planning, and domestic matters.

We get into:

• What exactly is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst?
• His origin story and starting up Gann Partnership, LLC
• Advise on what to consider when navigating a divorce
• The financial mistakes that couples makes
• The roles that CDFAs, Attorneys, and Psychotherapists play in the uncoupling process
• and much more!

Learn more about the important work that Greg and his team are doing at:
http://www.gannpartnership.com/

Greg brings a unique combination of knowledge and experience in helping clients resolve their divorces successfully and expeditiously. Although no longer practicing, he is a member of the Bar. Since starting his firm in 1999, he has been an instrumental resource for clients with
respect to estate and tax planning, financial planning, and investment management. He is also a certified divorce financial analyst as well as certified in both family and divorce mediation. The unique combination of all of these diverse and complementary skill sets position him as a
leader within the burgeoning and highly successful divorce financial analysis specialty. While
Greg recognizes the importance of legal counsel and promotes lawyers, he understands that
money and finances are at the heart of divorce, and strongly believes in a collaborative
approach, knowing just how integral his role as a CDFA is in terms of case resolution.

Securities and advisory services offered through LPL Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor, Member FINRA/SIPC. Gann Partnership and LPL Financial do not provide legal advice or services. Please consult your legal advisor regarding your specific situation.

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

Today is a special show. Long-time listeners will be familiar with this format, but the cast and crew change up from time to time. Today we have a new voice on the show to introduce. The one and only Bianca Stevens. We talk about:

• The rennfest meet up and what costumes the public should consider wearing this year: You might see more than one plague doctor out there.
• Hallucinations, witches, and which potion is better, blue or red
• What’s an acceptable amount of screen time use
• Bianca talks openly about many of the challenges she has overcome:
  • During her adolescence adjusting from being home schooled to public school while at the same time being adopted into a new home
  • Being in a 4-car pile-up and sustaining a brain injury; Living with aphantasia - not having the ability to imagine visualizations and also not having an inner monologue
  • How not having an inner monologue combined with peripheral neuropathy can lead to binge eating disorder, due to not being in accurate touch with appetite and satiety signals.
  • And much, much more

Bianca Stevens - The Happiness Mindset Coach
https://nurturebalance.coach/

Nicholas Trietsch - Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker - and nerdy, cat-loving, brain witch
https://nurturebalancewv.squarespace.com/about

Adam Weinstein - Travel and Leisure Sales Aficionado Extraordinaire
https://www.sundancevacations.com/locations/king-of-prussia-pa

Will McHenry - Freelance designer & animator, specializing in 2D animation & character animation
https://willmchenry.com/about

Find out your Positive Intelligence Quotient
https://www.positiveintelligence.com/

Some other random references:
Anosognosia
https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/key-issues/anosognosia

Hypnogogic hallucinations
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321070

RennFest
https://rennfest.com/

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

Today on the show I'm joined by Dr. Ifeanyi Olele. Dr. Olele is a Board-Certified psychiatrist specializing in anxiety, depression, ADHD, and other common mental health conditions.  He offers individualized care to patients in the greater Washington DC metropolitan area at his practice Gensis Psychiatric Solutions.

Dr. Olele completed his undergraduate studies in Psychobiology at UCLA. He received a medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, along with an MBA in Health Services Administration from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia.  He also earned a Master of Science degree in Medical Science from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. His academic bonafides go on like this.

Check out Dr. Olele's work at Genesis Psychiatric Solutions.
Follow Dr. Olele on social media @GPSmindset on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. His personal social media is @DoctorOlele which is the same handle on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok.
 
Dr. O: "I have a lot of videos out where I'm trying to normalize mental health. If you're on those handles, I would love for you to follow us and subscribe because I love educating on mental health and if you have any questions you can DM me. I've had people who are not patients DM me and just asking questions like how to find a provider, or what to look for in a provider. I always say, 'I'm not your doctor, but here's what you can ask your doctor.'"

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!