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.
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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.”
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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.”
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Patrick Skinner, is now a beat cop in Savannah, Georgia. He’s urging people to stop calling 9-1-1 for everything and police officers who don’t want to abide by the rules of democracy, fairness and decency, “to quit”. Also, check out the analysis after this great interview.
WTOP Entertainment Editor chats with three-time Grammy nominee Grace Potter, who rocks the Frederick Fairgrounds this Sunday for Mother’s Day.
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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.
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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.”
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Tyeastia Green is the Director of Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Burlington, Vermont. She’s very well-liked by a majority of residents. The rest have been loud and clear, they don’t want her there. But she’s on a mission. Hers is a story of sacrifice and commitment.
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.
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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.”
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