Soapy Hosted by Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart

Brad Bell joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The legendary producer and writer shares intimate details about growing up in the ruling family of soap operas. The Bold and the Beautiful showrunner tells us about managing the must-see soap and where he finds inspiration for its groundbreaking storylines. Brad also tells about the new projects in the works at B&B, including...

Nancy Lee Grahn joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The decorated soap opera icon opens up about the highs and lows of her decades-long career. Nancy reveals how her colleagues and networks have always stepped up to support her. The Daytime Emmy-winner also talks about the challenges she's faced in her personal life. SOAPY is a weekly love letter to the Soap Industry, hosted...

Christel Khalil joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The iconic star of The Young and the Restless reveals new details about the challenges she faced growing up in Los Angeles as a child star-- and how she overcame doubts, rejections, and roadblocks. Christel shares her first experiences on soap sets as a young teenager and how she's navigated fame with each passing year. The...

Eric Martsolf joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The veteran Soap heartthrob tells us how he made his way to Soap stardom by way of Hershey Park, Dollywood, and touring musical theatre productions. Eric opens up about landing his leading role on Passions... and then moving to Days of Our Lives. The beloved actor also opens up about fatherhood and his singing groug of S...

Elizabeth Hendrickson joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The beloved Soap veteran walks us through her decision to transition from actor to director on Young and the Restless. Elizabeth also shares intimate details of her remarkable career path from All My Children to Young and the Restless and General Hospital. The actress explains how she manages rejection and career pivots. She also te...

Tamara Tunie joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The acting icon reveals her unlikely path back to Soap Operas and Beyond the Gates. Tamara tells us about her early years in New York juggling multiplek jobs on primetime, daytime and Broadway. The legend shares her feelings about her new daytime familiy on Beyond the Gates. We also talk about Tamara's moving performances on As the World Tur...

Owen Renfroe Description: Owen Renfroe joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The veteran soap opera director tells us about his process shaping The Young and the Restless and General Hospital. We get a real sense of how these iconic soaps come to life. Renfore also tells us how he developed his directing craft. And also what it was like when an Oscar-winning director visited his set one day....

Tanisha Harper joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The General Hospital star shares intimate details about her early life growing up in Tokyo and Arizona. We hear how Tanisha was first scouted to model and managed to successfully juggle a robust school schedule with a busy fashion career. Tanisha also talks about how she transitioned from fashion into acting. And we learn what it's like on...

Sean Kanan joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The Soap icon describes his early years in Hollywood and how he fought for his breakout role in Cobra Kai and The Karate Kid franchise. Sean talks about overcoming personal obstacles during his celebrated tenure in soap operas. And Sean tells us about finding ways to express himself through his TED Talk and through writing and producing his ow...

Eileen Davidson joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart.  The daytime legend candidly describes her early years in Hollywood and what it's been like working on multiple hit soap operas. The Daytime Emmy winner shares how she balances the demands of television and family. Eileen gives us insider-knowledge on what went on at Housewives while she was the star of the Beverly Hills cast. She also re...

Robert Scott Wilson joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The Days of our Lives superstar talks about his unique path to stardom from Boston to modeling on The Price Is Right. Robert gives us a play-by-play of his Soap beginnings on the All My Children reboot. And we unpack his celebrated tenure on Days of our Lives and the fan-favorite characters he plays. SOAPY is a weekly love letter to t...

Brandon Claybon joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The breakout star tells us how he made his way from Tennessee to Hollywood to Beyond the Gates. Brandon discusses the significance and impact of his Beyond the Gates character and story lines. The actor also hints at the Soap Opera's crossover episodes with The Young and the Restless. SOAPY is a weekly love letter to the Soap Industry, ho...

Melissa Claire Egan joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The Young and the Restless tells us about her recent heart disease diagnosis and shares what more people can do to screen themselves. Melissa also talks about her long friendships in the Soap community. She discusses how she built her career in Soaps and how motherhood has influenced her thinking on work-life balance. SOAPY is a weekl...

Joshua Morrow joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The long-time star of The Young and the Restless shares how he juggles fatherhood and stardom and the recent Soap career of his son Crew. He dishes on the jokes and hijinks that he and his castmates get up to on Y&R. Joshua also about his time as a boy band member and a run in he had with Destiny's Child. SOAPY is a weekly love letter t...

Donnell Turner joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The trailblazing General Hospital star reflects on his first ten years on the soap. Donnell shares never before heard details about the many paths he took before landing a soap opera contract. Donnell explains how he works to foster a friendly and fair workplace. And he gives intimate details about the genesis of his mentorship and charita...

Ron Carlivati joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The prolific writer shares his unlikely path from being a lawyer with a desk job to being named the head writer at many of the most watched Soap Operas in the US. Ron tells us what it was like crafting many of the most memorable storylines at One Life to Live, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, and Beyond the Gates. He shares unique persp...

Morgan Fairchild joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. No detail is spared as the iconic television star shares never-before-heard accounts of her storied rise to fame from Texas, to New York, to Los Angeles. Morgan disccusses her early stage career, her ongoing love affair with soap operas, and her bold and lucrative leap into primetime and film. She dishes about some of her most infamous r...

Jackée Harry, Days of Our Lives, former 227, Sister Sister, Another World Description: Jackée Harry joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The beloved actress and personality tells us about her return to daytime on Days of Our Lives and gives us inside stories of what it's like working on the soap opera. Jackée gives intimate detials about her rise to fame from Harlem, to Greenwich Village, t...

Donna Mills, former Knots Landing and General Hospital Description: Donna Mills joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The iconic star gives us a play-by-play about how she campaigned for her career-defining role on Knots Landing. Donna shares never-before-heard stories about working on the infamous primetime soap. Donna also tells us about starting as a ballet dancer in Chicago, moving into...

Jonelle Allen joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The groundbreaking Generations actress gives us a play-by-play of what it was like to shoot the most iconic and talked about catfight in soap opera history with Vivica A. Fox. Jonelle also tells us about her start in show business in the original Off Broadway cast of Hair and how she landed her Tony-nominated turn in Two Gentlemen of Verona...

Peter Bergman joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. In a heartfelt interview, the Daytime Emmy-winning legend describes what it was like during the golden days of Soaps while he starred on All My Children. Peter opens up about the many leading ladies he's been paired with throughout his career. He is candid about the initial challenges he faced moving to Los Angeles for Young & the Restl...

Paul Telfer joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. Fresh off his Daytime Emmy win, the Days of Our Lives star is candid about the challenges of building a career in Hollywood and opens up about how he has managed rejection. Paul also shares intimate details about how he and his wife support each other in the entertainment industry. We also learn never before heard stories from the Playgirl co...

Rick Hearst joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The General Hospital star shares intimate details about his unlikely path to stardom. The Emmy-winner also explains how he ended up being the only living actor to have appeared on every current soap opera apart from Beyond the Gates. Rick also reveals how he manages the ups and downs of an acting career... and talks about the possibility of a...

Judy Blye Wilson joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The legendary casting director opens up about auditioning actors for All My Children, One Life to Live, and Ryan's Hope. The Emmy-winner dishes on many of the actors she discovered who went on to find incredible fame and fortune, including Michael B. Jordan, Chadwick Boseman, Amanda Seyfried, and more. Judy and Rebecca also reveal some n...

James Reynolds joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The Emmy-winning daytime icon shares how he made his way from rural Kansas to Hollywood by way of Vietnam. James candidly talks about pressures facing minorities in the entertainment industry. And he offers perspective on how to navigate racial injustices, inequality, and inequity with grace. SOAPY is a weekly love letter to the Soap Indus...