Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with renowned violinist Chelsey Green about her journey from child prodigy to national television. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with legendary sportscaster Dan Patrick, who celebrates his 65th birthday today. Patrick shares his take on sports in the pandemic era, as well as memories of NBC's "Football Night in America" and ESPN's "SportsCenter." Welcome to the big show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with Carole King, who was just selected for a second induction by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Jason spoke briefly with King at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, along with special guests Aretha Franklin, Clive Davis and the cast of "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with LL Cool J, who just earned the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Musical Excellence Award. Jason spoke with the hip-hop icon at the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors, along with special guests Run-DMC and Busta Rhymes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go's, the newest inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. This interview was conducted during the band's 2016 farewell tour, so you'll hear them both arguing for the band's Hall of Fame induction even back then. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins, who delivers his new TV series "The Underground Railroad" this Friday. Jason spoke with Jenkins between his two masterpieces, "Moonlight" and "If Beale Street Could Talk." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Newt Minow and his daughter Nell Minow about the 60th anniversary of his speech calling television a "vast wasteland" and how the collapse of the Fairness Doctrine birthed our era of divisive "fake news." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor chats with three-time Grammy nominee Grace Potter, who rocks the Frederick Fairgrounds this Sunday for Mother's Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with Elliot Page ("Juno," "Inception"), who made headlines this week with a transgender transition. Jason spoke with Page in 2015 about the LGBTQ film "Freeheld" just months after the landmark Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with bestselling author John Grisham about his new basketball novel "Sooley," his love of ACC college hoops, and the 30th anniversary of "The Firm." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley celebrates International Jazz Day by chatting with Herbie Hancock about his Miles Davis roots and why Snoop Dogg says he invented hip-hop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with actor Dean Norris about the legacy of "Breaking Bad" and his new CBS sitcom "The United States of Al." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP's Jason Fraley chats with Nathan Morris of Boyz II Men, the top-selling R&B group of all time who released their debut hit "Motownphilly" 30 years ago this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with Judy Heumann, pioneer of the Disability Rights Movement, about bringing the Netflix documentary "Crip Camp" to the Oscars and her decades-long fight for equality. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with friend, mentor and longtime Washington D.C. movie critic Arch Campbell, who celebrates his 75th birthday on Oscar Sunday. How fitting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley honors the late Chadwick Boseman, who is the favorite to win a posthumous Best Actor Oscar this Sunday for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." Jason spoke with Boseman about his roles as Jackie Robinson, James Brown and Thurgood Marshall just before the release of "Black Panther." Rest in peace, King of Wakanda. (Royalty-Free Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion") L...

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz about his grandfather, who is the subject of the Netflix film "Mank," which leads the way with 10 Oscar nominations this Sunday. (Royalty-Free Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion")Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with country music legend Wynonna Judd, who rocks The Birchmere on Wednesday for the first time since the pandemic. How did she and other musicians keep a creative spark during this past year of quarantine? (Royalty-Free Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss about playing Bernie Madoff, who died in prison this week after orchestrating the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. How does an actor get inside the mind of a notorious criminal? The process is fascinating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with prolific documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, who just dropped the new three-part documentary series Hemingway on PBS. What does Ken consider his magnum opus? Civil War or Baseball? (Royalty-Free Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion")

WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley picks the brains of the most influential filmmakers, musicians and artists of our time in the new podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley!” Based in the nation's capital, Jason has interviewed just about every famous figure you can imagine: Dave Chappelle, Carol Burnett, Garth Brooks, Aretha Franklin, Jerry Seinfeld, the list is endless! You’ve heard t...