Race, Family, Drugs & Other Life Challenges with Carla Rachel Sameth
Jul 17, 2026
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Carla Rachel Sameth talks about what she's learned from living through:
- Multiple miscarriages, fertility treatments and tumultuous relationships...
- Being a lesbian, Jewish mom to her African-Jewish son in Los Angeles...
- Having her nose broken by an LA Police officer and spending 8 hours in custody because
- she struggled to find her subway ticket in her bag…
- Having “the talk” with her black son about how to behave when the police show up…
- The terror of having a teenage son gripped by drug-addiction...
Carla's memoir, One Day On The Gold Line, is available now: https://carlasameth.com/books/
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