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 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”)

Ebony Thomas, the Racial Equality and Economic Opportunity Initiatives Executive at Bank of America discusses the details of their $1 billion initiative to support economic opportunity initiatives.

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Cicely Fleming, 9th Ward Alderman on the City Council, was the lone no vote, when they took up the matter. Before you judge, check out her reasons.

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John Echohawk, a Pawnee tribe member and Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund explains what the rules are. And oh, by the way, it will definitely shock you to hear what some people’s reactions are when they realize he’s a real, live Native American!

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Professor Andrews says neither we, nor Meghan Markle should’ve been surprised by what happened when she joined the Royal Family.

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She drops some thought provoking conversation about diversity, privilege and why media coverage of systemic racism “is more important than ever”. And America, must do better on race relations.

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Dr. Steele, a conservative, African-American, scholar and writer, in a blunt, sometimes tense and funny exchange, says Black Americans have won the “good will” of the American people. Continually complaining about racism, he says, is a disservice to the race.

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Dr. John Boyd, President of the National Black Farmers Association, once spat on by local government officials, is now embraced by U.S. Presidents as they struggle to prevent Black farmers from going extinct. This is the sobering story of their quest to survive.

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Katie Musselman shares a deeply personal and troubling story about her discovery that her sisters’ husbands “are racist”. It’s led her to question how her family feels about her.

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Separated at the border, will migrant families ever be reunited and can the Biden administration improve their outlook? Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Assistant Professor at George Mason’s Schar School of Policy and Government; and Alfred Corchado, Mexico-Border Correspondent for the Dallas Morning News break down the complicated realities.

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