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Beyond The Fame with Jason Fraley WTOP | Hubbard Radio
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- Film Interviews
WTOP Entertainment Reporter 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: Aretha Franklin, Carol Burnett, Garth Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld, the list is endless! You’ve heard the highlights on the radio, but this is your chance to hear in-depth conversations about what makes these creative geniuses tick. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts, Google, Podcast DC or Spotify. (Royalty-Free Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion")
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Katie Couric & Savannah Guthrie
WTOP's Jason Fraley marks the 30th anniversary of NBC's "Today" show moving into its iconic Studio 1A on June 20, 1994. You'll first hear from legendary anchor Katie Couric, who co-hosted “Today” from 1991-2006, when she appeared on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center for a Washington D.C. event in 2017. You'll then hear from current “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie when she and co-author Allison Oppenheim published the children’s book “Princesses Wear Pants” in 2017. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion")
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Kathleen Madigan
WTOP's Jason Fraley interviews stand-up comedian Kathleen Madigan, who brings her "Boxed Wine and Tiny Banjos Tour" to Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia this Saturday. They discuss her prolific standup career, including some hilarious insight on her golfing buddies Ron White and Lewis Black, who grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, but never told her the origin of Stevie Nicks’ song “Silver Springs.” (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion")
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Tower of Power
WTOP's Jason Fraley interviews Tower of Power saxophonist and songwriter Emilio Castillo as the classic R&B band plays Bethesda Theater in Bethesda, Maryland this Friday night. They discuss the band’s biggest hits from “What is Hip?” to “So Very Hard to Go." (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion")
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'Clotilda: The Return Home'
WTOP's Jason Fraley explores the National Geographic documentary "Clotilda: The Return Home," which premieres today on Hulu and Disney+. He chats with Nat Geo explorer Tara Roberts about this amazing true story of the last-known American slave ship, The Clotilda, which was recently discovered in Mobile, Alabama in 2019 — and whose descendants now make the trip back to Africa to symbolically bring their enslaved ancestors home. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion")
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Chuck Brown Band
WTOP's Jason Fraley interviews Wiley Brown, the son of "The Godfather of Go-Go" Chuck Brown, as the Chuck Brown Band rings in both Father’s Day and Juneteenth with a special concert tomorrow at Watkins Regional Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. He discusses his dad's iconic journey and biggest go-go hits, from "Bustin' Loose" to "We Need Some Money," as well as his own responsibility to carry on his father's legacy. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion")
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Peter Grosz
WTOP's Jason Fraley interviews Peter Grosz, who co-hosts "Don't Tell Seth! An Evening with the Seth Meyers Writers" at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. this Friday and Saturday. He describes meeting Meyers in college and asking him to be the best man at his wedding, as well as the difference between writing for "Late Night with Seth Meyers" and "The Colbert Report," not to mention starring in "Veep." (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion")
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