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‘It’s taking out generations:’ Inside the opioid crisis

The opioid epidemic is hard to understand. Those addicted to opiates and their stories are often limited to headlines. But Angel Traynor — founder and director of Serenity Sistas’ Inc. — understands. She’s a former addict, current recovery coach and mother of an addict. Her organization works with and houses addicts in Annapolis, Maryland. On…

Billy Porter

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…

Billy Porter

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…

4/4 California’s snowpack put into historical context

California’s snowpack put into historical context. Show gets sidetracked with Marjorie Johnson and the late Sharon Jones. Gas prices going up. If there was only some means by which the U.S. could produce gasoline. Not uncommon that wives introduce GL to husbands. John Heidt with guitar news. Heard On The Show: Twins move home opener…

Aviva Kempner & Kevin Blackistone

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….

Better News: HBCU Gameday grows from passion project to multi-tiered success

Steven Gaither launched HBCU Gameday in 2012 on Facebook and Twitter to highlight sports and culture at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. A few years later, TV sportscaster Tolly Carr joined Gaither and helped to grow the brand across multiple platforms. Recently, Carr wrote a report for Better News about how HBCU Gameday, which started…

Aviva Kempner & Kevin Blackistone

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….