WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with LGBTQ+ icon Billy Porter, who brings his “Black Mona Lisa Vol. 1 Tour” to Warner Theatre in Washington D.C. on June 2. They discuss his is groundbreaking career from his Tony-winning and Grammy-winning role in Broadway’s “Kinky Boots” to his Emmy-winning role in TV”s “Pose,” becoming the first openly gay Black man to win for Lead Actor. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Director Aviva Kempner & Writer/Producer Kevin Blackistone about their documentary “Imagining the Indian,” which screens this week at The Avalon Theatre in D.C. and Cinema Arts Theatres in Fairfax, Virginia. It marks their second conversation after speaking in 2020 just before the Washington football team changed its name. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with actress Brooke Shields, whose Sundance hit documentary “Pretty Baby” premieres on Hulu today. They spoke in 2015 about her book “There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me.” (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley and tag-team partner Chris Cichon chat with WWE superstar Charlotte Flair, who defends her Smackdown Women’s Championship against Rhea Ripley this weekend at “WrestleMania 39” in Los Angeles. Flair visited WTOP in studio in 2018 when “Smackdown” visited Capital One Arena in Washington D.C.. They also discuss the inaugural Women’s Royal Rumble and what she learned from her legendary father, “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair, a 16-time world champion in the NWA, WCW and WWF. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The legendary Ernie Green, who along with eight other brave African American teenagers integrated Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, has been watching the racial developments of the last three years. He says “we have to keep banging the drum and be willing not to be loved by everyone”. 

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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with filmmaker A.V. Rockwell about her directorial debut “A Thousand and One,” which opens in movie theaters nationwide today after winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with *NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick, who visits Westfield Montgomery in Bethesda, Maryland on Saturday for the “Y2K Pink Party” as part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. They discuss the band’s biggest hits, including “I Want You Back,” “Tearin’ Up My Heart,” “Bye Bye Bye” and “It’s Gonna Be Me.” (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Lukas Nelson, who rocks Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia on Saturday. They discuss his journey from growing up the son of Willie Nelson to forming his own band Promise of the Real and even training Bradley Cooper during the making of “A Star is Born.” (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Tony Bennett’s talented daughter Antonia Bennett, who performs live at Blues Alley in Washington D.C. this Friday and Saturday. They discuss her singing career and performing with her legendary father. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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Growing up as a Chinese/Vietnamese American in Memphis, Tennessee, Tommy Kha has some really interesting experiences to discuss. Many of them are depicted in his renowned photography. He shares his story.

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