O Lala! (In RVA)

O Lala! (In RVA)

di Olivia, Liz, & Matt

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He had TWO Double Lung Transplants! (Interview With Chris Nalley) | O Lala! (In the Dungeon) S2 #2

In this episode we interview Chris Nalley, a 43 year old warehouse manager in Richmond who was born with Cystic Fibrosis. He didn’t receive that diagnosis until he was 9 years old and has been in and out of the hospital most of his life. When he was 25 he got pneumonia that was so severe he had to be put into a drug induced coma for 6 months from January to June. He missed his birthday, the Super Bowl, the Final Four, etc. His lungs were so damaged that he had to be put on 24/7 oxygen and was listed to have his first double lung transplant which he had in July of 2006. His life completely changed after that. He ran a 5k 5 months after his transplant, a marathon some years after that and lived a normal life for a long stretch of time. Unfortunately in 2010 his first transplanted lungs began to reject. He was re-listed for another double lung transplant in 2012 and received that in 2013. Since then, Chris has traveled the world, gotten married and divorced all while speaking to whoever he could about the gift of organ donation and how it has changed his life. He has met both of the mothers of his lung donors who are both great and supportive people in his life. Tune in to hear the details about his transplants, his donors, his relationship with both of his donor's moms, his athletic achievements, his favorite RVA dive bars, and more! ✨ 🫁 Follow Chris @nalleyrunsrva Support the donor community: Transplant Games of America Life Net Donate Life Virginia Donate Life America Become An Organ Donor Our Sponsors: Coastal Spritz🥂 Maya's Belly Dancing💃 Matt's fave RVA Dive Bars: Poe's Pub The Locker Room Caddy's Daddio's Lakeside Tavern Gus's Other Gus's Patrick Henry Pub Bamboo Restaurants of the week: Beauvine Burger Concept Crafted Other shoutouts: The Great American Ranch VA Is For Bloggers VA Hiking (look it up on the All Trails app!)

He Was Married 4 Times! (Mental Health Counselor Kevin) | O Lala! (In the Dungeon) S2 #1

Welcome to ~SEASON 2~ of O Lala (In the Dungeon)! We've recently had a few changes to the pod and thought it was best to declare that we are in a new season of our show. Lee will sadly not be co-hosting the pod with us anymore. We are so grateful for all of the hard work, time, and money he spent on making the show great. We have moved our dungeon studio to Liz's house and her husband Matt (aka Big Daddy Shumate) will now be our new dungeon master. We also now have a dungeon dog joining us: the one, the only, Boudreaux! 🐩 Today’s guest was the guest of another guest that we had on. Remember the Goth episode? Well today, we are interviewing Karin’s friend Kevin who was there during her episode. Kevin is a 50 year old Richmond native. He’s had many life adventures, specifically 4 marriages and several jobs. He wound up becoming a mental health professional and a single man which he feels is where is belongs in life. He was led into his field by his own issues with panic and depression as well as the mental health struggles of others in his life. He is very passionate about working with people who struggle with mental health as well as cooking and grillin' out, music, songwriting, baseball, and of course, CRAFT BEER! He is also the proud PAPA BEAR 🐻 of his 16 year old daughter. Today we will talk about DIVORCE DIVORCE DIVORCE and the craziness of working in the mental health field. Mental Health Support: Richmond Behavioral Health Authority Henrico County Mental Health NAMI Thriveworks Better Help Mental Health Warmline Suicide Hotline - dial 988 ~*Our local restaurant recommendations of the week*~ Tokyo Sushi - our suggestion: The Ichiban Roll with a cold Sapporo or a white wine Liberty Public House - our suggestion: The South of Philly with chicken, hot or the AC Smash with shoestring fries and the Morning Mule cocktail Our Sponsors: Coastal Spritz 🥂 Maya's Belly Dancing 💃 Shoutouts: The Great American Ranch Double Down band

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RVA Books, History, and the Paranormal (Interview With Author Whitney Zahar) | O Lala! (In the Dungeon) #16

Today's interviewee is RVA author and paranormal investigator Whitney Zahar. By day, she is a busy historic sites coordinator at a local museum in Virginia. By night, she releases her stories and words upon the world. Her first novella, The Safe Room, came out in June 2021, and she has several other projects in the works. Whe she's not writing, Whitney loves hanging with her husband and son and family and friends, reading, hiking, taking photographs, and coloring. She is also the co-host and senior producer of the Paraunity Podcast. She’s a world traveler, having lived in South Korea, Taiwan, and Ecuador. It’s been quite a life, but Whitney wouldn’t have it any other way. Join us to learn about her work, her amazing life story, and some cool historic facts surrounding our area in RVA. Support & follow Whitney: Facebook Instagram Whitney's books: The Safe Room Autumn Tales Women of the Woods Nova Other Links to cool stuff we talked about: Menokin: https://www.menokin.org/ The Valentine Museum: https://thevalentine.org/ The Paraunity Podcast: https://paraunitypodcast.wixsite.com/paraunity Goblins & Growlers: https://goblinsandgrowlers.com/ Saint Albans Sanatorium in Radford, Virginia: https://www.stalbansvirginia.com/ Red Vein: https://redveinhaunt.com/

Interview With @iheartveggies (RVA food blogger & foster parent) | O Lala! (In the Dungeon) #15

Today’s guest is an Instagram sensation with over 107K followers. Liz Thomson (aka @iheartveggies) is an RVA vegetarian food blogger who creates tasty/healthy recipes for busy people. She is also a cookbook author, a certified health coach and a foster mom. 🫑🥕🍠🥒🥦🥬 Liz has been a vegetarian for 17 years and her goal is to help people eat healthier/live happier. She believes that eating doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. She also knows how challenging it can be as a mom to feed picky toddlers/hungry teenagers. She has been a foster parent for 4 years with her husband and they have fed kids of all ages. She adopted her son in 2023 and she continues to keep her home open for kids in foster care. O LaLa isn’t the only podcast Liz has been on! She has appeared on the Influencer Marketing Podcast, The Thrive Blogger Podcast, Starting From Scratch Podcast, and many more. We are thrilled to have her on the podcast today to learn about the life of a food blogger, her involvement in the Richmond community and her role as a foster parent. Follow & support Liz: Instagram Facebook TikTok Website Support VA Foster Children: @vakidsbelong - helps with adoption & the improvement of the system @worthdays & @celebraterva - throws birthday celebrations & more for foster children Other Links: @vais4bloggers virginiabloggers.com Shoutouts: Maya's Belly Dancing The B-Sides Jazz Band Blue Atlas Beauvine Burger Beach House Stony Point Fashion Park Lakeside Tavern RVA Rodeos Agecroft Hall Mama J's Chef Jason Alley

WEAR RVA (Rocking The Runway For a Cause) | O Lala! (In the Dungeon) #14

On this week's episode of O Lala! (In The Dungeon), Lee and the girls interview co founders Amber and Taylor from Richmond's charity fashion show Wear RVA! Wear RVA is an annual full-production fashion show that empowers local high school girls of all shapes, sizes, and backgrounds. The event showcases the latest trends from RVA boutiques and designers and raises money for local scholarships. They are 100% sponsorship funded and they partner with local businesses in RVA to bring the production to life. Today you'll get the inside scoop about what it's like hosting a big event such as this, Amber and Taylor's backgrounds, and some never before heard news about their latest creative endeavor! Everyone also tries some Coastal Spritz - O Lala's first official sponsor! 🥂 Support Wear RVA: Wear RVA Website @wearrva Facebook @curatedchaos.agency (coming soon!) Support Amber's photography: @hey.itsamberkay @amberkayseniors Shoutouts: Coastal Spritz (our first sponsor!) Positively Delicious by Positive Vibe Foundation The Jefferson O Designs Lee Dungeon Studios

Liv & Let Lee (Getting To Know Your Hosts!) | O Lala! (In the Dungeon) #13

Today's episode is a little different. Liz is off traveling the world in England, Morocco, and Spain and Liv is sick at home. Sadly, today Lee is a lonely dungeon master without his ladies but never fear! He bought a fancy podcast machine that allows him to phone-a-friend. Liv joins Lee today via cellular device for another thrilling episode of O Lala! (In The Dungeon). Today's guests are your very own hostesses with the mostesses. They reveal their deepest secrets and allow you all to get to know them on a more personal level. You don't want to miss it! Shout Outs: All the dads! Happy Father's Day! Red Vein Army Horror Club Mellow Mushroom Maymont Summer Concert Series Skydog Three Sheets To The Wind Latin Quarter Food Truck Glen Allen Service Center JJs Bar & Grille Caddy's Sparrow's Pizza Bow Tie Cinemas WearRVA Follow Us: Instagram Facebook Youtube Lee Dungeon Studios Make sure to write us a review on Apple/Spotify!

RVA's Goth Scene: The Crone Awakens (ft Karin-Adele) | O Lala! (In the Dungeon) #12

Today’s guest is a member of RVA’s goth scene. She was a late bloomer, being introduced to the subculture when she was 28 by her ex-husband on Goth Night at Godfrey’s in 2001. She was hooked from that day on. Since then, she has met so many amazing and interesting people and attended numerous goth events in the area. She also suffered many years in an abusive relationship and after emerging from that experience she was fully embraced by RVA’s goth community. The support she received is part of why she has been able to move forward and reestablish her life. Today we will learn about the goth community in RVA and what it all means, with of course a few laughs along the way. We hope you enjoy this episode! Follow Karin: Facebook Instagram Support the RVA Goth Community: RVA Goth/Industrial Community Central VA Goth Community Fallout Wax Moon Rest In Pieces River City Witches Magdalenas Sinisteria Shoutouts: Godfrey's RVA Greek Festival Barsolita Protoje Demon Copper Head book by Barbara Kingsolver Sparrows Pizza Bar West Hammer and Ale's Festival Conejo Strangeways Brewing

Scarlet Starlet, The Twirling Temptress (RVA Burlesque Scene) | O Lala! (In the Dungeon) #11

Today’s guest is one of RVA’s most known burlesque dancers: Scarlet Starlet. The “twirling temptress” always aims to entertain. Whether she’s twirling tassels, hoops, baton, or fire, the audience is sure to be teased and pleased. Scarlet enjoys performing a vast array of acts from silly to sexy to powerful. She has been seen at festivals across the country and has won a range of awards including Best Act, Most Classic, Most Wicked, and Best Variety Act. She is a burlesque and hoop instructor at RVA Swing, the producer of Burlesque Right Meow, and co-creator of the RVA Burlesque Festival. In this interview you'll get a first hand look into the burlesque scene in RVA and learn some surprising obstacles that burlesque dancers have to overcome to perform at venues, interesting history of the art of the strip tease, wardrobe malfunctions, Scarlet's background, and much more. You can see a "teaser video" 😉 of one of her acts on our instagram video. She literally looks like the red dress dancing lady emoji. 💃 Follow Scarlet: Facebook.com/scarletstarletrva Instagram.com/scarletstarletrva Strangeways Brewing Grand Staff & Stein Richmond Triangle Players Coalition Theatre Events Coming Up: Richmond Greek Festival (Going on June 1-4) RVA River Rock Bands: Fight Club Pharaoh Sistare Erin & The Wild Fire Sierra Hull Neal Francis VA Beach: Johnny Mañanas All Billy Band Bad Ass Coffee Others Taboo Sparrow's Pizza Thank you so much! We made Feedspot's Top 35 RVA Podcasts as number 10! 😀

Grace Street Seven (Vintage Jazz Band) | O Lala! (In the Dungeon) #10

Today's guest is Jay Brown: owner, operator, band leader, lead vocalist, tenor saxist, washboard-ist, and tenor banjoist of the swingin' RVA vintage jazz band Grace Street Seven! You might have seen him and his bandmates perform at The Verdant Lady or perhaps at a local wedding or two. You also might have seen him perform in the other band he manages: Triple Crossing Jazz Project. The best part about both of these bands, in our opinion, is that they truly cultivate an experience through their music, fashion, and theatrics that puts you back in time and truly makes you feel like you're in the 1920s. They go all out on their theme! Jay goes into detail about how he fell in love with Jazz in the 3rd grade (The Pink Panther theme song), how he found himself in Richmond, his passion for World War II history, dance styles of the 1920/30s and much more. He talks about the history of Jazz in RVA specifically on Grace Street in the 1920s. He also talks about how his band survived the "roaring 2020" when the pandemic hit by playing concerts in his front yard for his neighbors. Other topics include instrument malfunctions, poor fashion choices, the best Jazz singers of all time, Frankenstein, gout, and hippie hair. You also get an exclusive listen to the GS7 performing the song "And Furthermore." You don't want to miss it! Catch GS7 Live: June 5th - Verdant Lady July 8th - VA Beach Swing Dance Event July 15th - Glen Echo Park "The Bumper Car Pavilion" July 20th - Lewis Ginter July 21st - Hatch Local TBA: Gatsby Picnic TBA: Hanger Dance Shoutouts: Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Virginia This Morning The Boxmasters Art Deco Society of VA VMFA Jazz Cafe Ironclad Coffee Military Aviation Museum Airman's Preservation Society The Tobacco Company Halcyon Vintage Mike's Jazz Cafe Fred Astaire Dance Studios Book Binders Sidecar Roma

Poe For Your Problems (RVA author Catherine Baab-Muguira) | O Lala! (In the Dungeon) #9

Welcome to our Edgar Allan Poe special! Today's guest Catherine Baab-Muguira, is a writer and journalist who’s contributed to the Wall Street Journal, Slate, CNBC, NBC News, The Cut, Shondaland and many others. Catherine is also a frequent podcast and radio guest with appearances on NPR, Ryan Holiday’s Daily Stoic podcast, Lifehacker’s Upgrade, Janet Varney’s AV Club, and countless comedy podcasts. She also happens to be a close friend of Liz's and lives right here in RVA. Her first book, Poe for Your Problems: Uncommon Advice from History’s Least Likely Self-Help Guru, was published by Hachette in 2021. In 2022, it became a finalist for the Library of Virginia’s People’s Choice Award, and it won the International Poe Festival’s Saturday “Visiter” Award. During this episode you'll get to know all about Cat and how a strong bout of depression in her life sparked a love affair between her and Poe's literature. You'll also get to hear some funny behind the scenes facts about her book and her guesses of Lee's first name. Buy Cat's book Poe For Your Problems here: Amazon Audible Join Cat's email list "Darkly inspired self-help for writers and other creators" Shout outs: The Poe Museum Unhappy Hour Sprezza Hardywood West Creek SB's Love Shack Brambly Park Coco and Hazel Sidecar Wild Ginger

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