WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with late Hollywood comedy icon Ivan Reitman, who died over the weekend at age 75. They spoke about his career from “Ghostbusters” to “Stripes” during the 2016 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor for Bill Murray at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. You’ll also hear from his son Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air,” “Juno”) when he brought “The Front Runner” to the Middleburg Film Festival in Middleburg, Virginia in 2018.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with New York Times Music Journalist Marcus J. Moore, author of the Kendrick Lamar biography “The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America.” They spoke in 2020 when the book was released. Listen as you prepare for Kendrick at the Super Bowl.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Rob Havenstein of the Los Angeles Rams, who battle the Cincinnati Bengals this Sunday at the Super Bowl. They discuss his roots at Linganore High School in Frederick County, Maryland, including a surprise appearance by Rob’s (and Jason’s) high school football coach Rick Conner.
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Thomas Warren, a Sr. Podcast Producer for NFL Media, says it’s been a tough time lately to be Black in the NFL organization. But they’re “not guilting” people. They’re letting them know they’re part of the solution to its racial issues.

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WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with R&B star Ginuwine, who brings a special “Valentine’s Day Serenade” to MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland on Monday night. They discussed growing up in the nation’s capital and recording hits like “Pony,” “In Those Jeans” and “I Need a Girl (Part 2).”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with late country star Hal Ketchum, who released his hit song “Past the Point of Rescue” 30 years ago this weekend. They spoke five years before his death when he played The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia in 2015, discussing his biggest hits like “Small Town Saturday Night,” as well as movie appearances in “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Maverick.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with comedian Erin Jackson, who comes home to the D.C. Improv on Friday and Saturday in Washington D.C. They discussed her rise from Howard University to Netflix stardom, appearing in Tiffany Haddish’s “They Ready” and writing for “The Upshaws.” You’ll also hear their chat from last April when she reopened the D.C. Improv after a year of COVID-19 restrictions.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with “Hadestown” creator Anaïs Mitchell, who brings her folk band the Bonny Light Horseman to Strathmore this Friday in North Bethesda, Maryland. She discussed her folks roots growing up in Vermont and how she came up with the idea for the Tony-winning Broadway smash “Hadestown.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Hollywood visual effects legend Douglas Trumbull, who died today at age 79. They spoke in 2018 when the Smithsonian celebrated the 50th anniversary of “2001: A Space Odyssey.” He also shared memories of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Blade Runner.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain as Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson plays tonight at Warner Theatre in Washington D.C. McBrain called in back in 2019 when the band brought its “Legacy of the Beast” tour to Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices