Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley
Host 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: Aretha Franklin, Carol Burnett, Jon Stewart, Barry Jenkins, Lin-Manuel Miranda, the list is endless! Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. (Royalty-Free Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion")
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 969
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
George Stevens Jr. (Part 2)
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with George Stevens Jr. about his autobiography "My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington. They discuss his favorite memo…
01:11:18 |
Tue 18 Apr 2023
Bill Maher
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Bill Maher, who performs live at MGM National Harbor near Washington D.C. this Saturday night. They discuss his career from “Politically Incorrect”…
00:20:02 |
Mon 17 Apr 2023
Jake Gyllenhaal
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with actor Jake Gyllenhaal and double amputee Jeff Bauman as tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the horrific Boston Marathon Bombing on April 15, 20…
00:18:05 |
Fri 14 Apr 2023
Pauly Shore
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with actor and comedian Pauly Shore, who performs live at the D.C. Comedy Loft tonight, tomorrow and Saturday nights. They discuss his career from "Enci…
00:18:23 |
Thu 13 Apr 2023
Taraji P. Henson
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Taraji P. Henson, who guests stars as Quinta Brunson's mom tonight on the ABC sitcom "Abbott Elementary." They spoke in April 2020 during the pande…
00:08:08 |
Wed 12 Apr 2023
Glenn Close & Christian Slater
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Glenn Close as today marks the 35th anniversary of her 1988 Oscar loss as the iconic villain Alex Forrest in "Fatal Attraction," probably the close…
00:15:44 |
Tue 11 Apr 2023
Tesla
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Tesla guitarist Dave Rude as the band rocks Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia this Friday night. They discuss the band’s bigg…
00:22:20 |
Mon 10 Apr 2023
Al Snow
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with WWE alum Al Snow, who performs live at the D.C. Comedy Loft in Washington D.C. this Saturday night. Snow reacts to "WrestleMania" and shares tales …
00:23:24 |
Thu 06 Apr 2023
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 groundbr…
00:14:48 |
Wed 05 Apr 2023
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 Th…
00:23:45 |
Tue 04 Apr 2023
Brooke Shields
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…
00:10:26 |
Mon 03 Apr 2023
Charlotte Flair (Part 1)
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 …
00:13:55 |
Sat 01 Apr 2023
A.V. Rockwell
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 Ju…
00:16:42 |
Fri 31 Mar 2023
*NSYNC
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 Cher…
00:15:49 |
Wed 29 Mar 2023
Lukas Nelson
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 Wi…
00:19:19 |
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Antonia Bennett
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 si…
00:16:45 |
Mon 27 Mar 2023
Patrick Page (Part 2)
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats again with Patrick Page, who currently stars in “King Lear” at Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C. now through April 16. They discuss the ico…
00:22:27 |
Fri 24 Mar 2023
Sara Evans
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with country music star Sara Evans, who performs live tonight and tomorrow at The Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virgina. They discuss her biggest hits, …
00:07:40 |
Thu 23 Mar 2023
The Manhattan Transfer
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Janis Siegel of The Manhattan Transfer, which brings its 50th anniversary farewell tour to Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland on Friday. They d…
00:20:33 |
Wed 22 Mar 2023
Bill Bellamy
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with comedian Bill Bellamy, who performs live at MGM National Harbor near Washington D.C. on Saturday night. They discuss Bellamy's career, including co…
00:19:44 |
Tue 21 Mar 2023
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