Race, Family, Drugs & Other Life Challenges with Carla Rachel Sameth

podcast Jul 17, 2026
Podcast cover for Thrive with Morella featuring author Carla Rachel Sameth discussing race, family and resilience from her memoir One Day on the Gold Line

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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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