The ALL NEW Big Wakeup Call with Ryan Gatenby
Ryan Gatenby chats with actors, authors, athletes, comedians, musicians, and experts in their field in each episode featuring selected interviews from the popular "The Big Wakeup Call" radio program.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 398
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Katy Tur
From September 13, 2017: NBC News correspondent Katy Tur talked about her book UNBELIEVABLE: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History.
ABOUT KATY TUR AND UNBELIEVAB…
Jessica Yellin
From April 16, 2019: Jessica Yellin discusses her first novel, Savage News.
ABOUT JESSICA YELLIN
Jessica Yellen is the former chief White House correspondent for CNN and an Emmy and Grac…
Chris Matthews
From June 1, 2021: Chris Matthews, former host of MSNBC's Hardball, became a member of our Three-Timers club when he called in for a fun and lively chat about his memoir, This Country: …
Chelsea Clinton
From May 24, 2021: Chelsea Clinton called in for a chat about her podcast, In Fact with Chelsea Clinton.
ABOUT CHELSEA CLINTON
Chelsea Clinton is an outspoken advocate for those who need …
Al Sharpton
From October 5, 2020: The Reverend Al Sharpton discusses his book Rise Up.
ABOUT THE REVEREND AL SHARPTON
Rev. Al Sharpton is the host of MSNBC's "PoliticsNation" and the founder and Pres…
Senator Patrick Leahy
From August 26, 2022: United States Senator Patrick Leahy, currently the chamber's longest-serving senator and President Pro Tempore, called into the show for a talk about his memoir, T…
Ralph Nader
Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader called into the show on June 10, 2020 for a fun chat about his book Ralph Nader and Family Cookbook.
ABOUT RALPH NADER
Ralp…
From The Vault: John McCain
From December 10, 2014, U.S. Senator John McCain visited the show to discuss his book Thirteen Soldiers.
Cousin Brucie
We once again open the nearly filled to capacity Big Wakeup Call Vault and go back to 2020 for a fun conversation with radio legend Cousin Brucie. Brucie introduced the Beatles and othe…
William Shatner
On this episode, we open the vaults and revisit my 2019 chat with the legendary William Shatner, who was promoting a local screening of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” on the big scre…
Gaby Dalkin and Paco Lomeli
On this episode, Gaby Dalkin, NY Times Bestselling Cookbook Author, Chef & Creator of "What’s Gaby Cooking" joined the show to discuss summer grilling. Gaby was also joined by Josh Ar…
Dave Mason
From August 3, 2020: Dave Mason and friends have taken the downtime during quarantine to remake one of Mason's most iconic and heavily covered songs since its release in 1968 - "Feeli…
Henry Winkler
From October 16, 2020: Action-packed and full of laughs, LIGHTS, CAMERA, DANGER! (ALIEN SUPERSTAR #2) is the second book in the New York Times bestselling, highly illustrated middle g…
Huey Lewis
From February 18, 2020: Huey Lewis called in to discuss the latest album from Huey Lewis & The News, Weather. Featuring the group's first new, original songs since 2001's Plan B LP - p…
Linda Hamilton
From July 20, 2020: Linda Hamilton of Terminator fame called in to promote her new film, Easy Does It.
Directed by Will Addison and featuring: Linda Hamilton (The Terminator), Bryan Bat…
Bruce Campbell
From August 15, 2017: Legendary actor Bruce Campbell dialed into the show to talk about his new film, Black Friday: On Thanksgiving night, a group of disgruntled toy store employees be…
John Densmore
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer John Desmore, legendary drummer for The Doors, joined me for a discussion about his book THE SEEKERS: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists):…
Robert Klein
From March 29, 2017: Comedian and actor Robert Klein called in to discuss his 40-year career in comedy and a new documentary, Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg:
ROBERT KLEIN STILL CA…
Sharon Gless
From December 6, 2021: Multiple Emmy® and Golden Globe Award-winning actress Sharon Gless called in to promote her memoir, Apparently There Were Complaints. Spanning her childhood and f…
Bill Scheft
From November 7, 2018: Bill Scheft, long-time writer for David Letterman, called in to talk about a new book, The Last Days of Letterman: The Final Six Weeks. Bill wrote the forward fo…