The ALL NEW Big Wakeup Call with Ryan Gatenby

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From June 27, 2018: Comedian, writer, producer and game show host Marc Summers called me up to chat about an all-new edition of the Nickelodeon classic "Double Dare."

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From July 11, 2018: WWF legend Greg "The Hammer" Valentine gave me a call to promote a special showing of the documentary 350 Days.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the world of professio…

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From March 13, 2018: Comedian Jimmy O. Yang called in for a fun conversation about his book How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents.

ABOUT JIMMY O. YANG

Jimmy …

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From April 2, 2020: Go-Go's bassist Kathy Valentine visited the show to promote her memoir, All I Ever Wanted.

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Kathy Valentine is a well known musician and songwriter…

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From December 1, 2020: Comedian Ron Funches returned to the show to talk about a new TV series, Top Secret Videos on truTV.

ABOUT RON FUNCHES
A stand up comedian, actor, and writer, Ron F…

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Author Greg Renoff returned to the show to promote his new biography, Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's Life in Music, featuring great stories from his career recording Van Halen, th…

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From February 12, 2018: Parry Gripp is a singer-songwriter and recording artist who has racked up hundreds of millions of views on YouTube for songs like "It's Raining Tacos." Parry als…

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From June 29, 2021: Rob Barnett was formerly a president of programming at CBS Radio  and was also an executive at MTV and VH1 (where he memorably spent a day with George Harrison when …

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Daniel José Older is the award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of works of urban and historical fantasy for adults, young adults, and middle grade readers. In addition to th…

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From November 17, 2014: Actress Jillian Bell called me for a chat and to promote the DVD of her movie 22 JUMP STREET. Jillian was my celebrity crush at the time and I think you can hear…

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From November 9, 2016: Comedian and actor Colin Mochrie from Whose Line Is it Anyway?  dialed us up to chat about a special improv event coming to a local theater.

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From November 9, 2016: Kevin O'Connor from This Old House shared tips on winterizing your home and what's happening on the latest season of the show.

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From March 2, 2014: Brandi Glanville from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills talks about her book Drinking and Dating.

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From October 8, 2012: Comedian and actor Ike Barinholz, who starred for many years in the cast of MADtv and Eastbound and Down, called in to discuss the latest episode of The Mindy Proj…

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We are back for a BRAND NEW SEASON! 

On this episode, I visit with author, illustrator, screenwriter and filmmaker Brian Selznick as we discussed his new book Big Tree, one of the most …

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Popular author Crispin Boyer joined our 4-Timers Club when he called in to talk about his new book in the "Zeus The Mighty" series from National Geographic Kids, Zeus the Mighty: The Vo…

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Emily Fego is an assistant editor for the National Geographic Kids Books team. Emily called in for a fun chat about a new book, That's Fact-tastic! Mind-blowing, Eye-popping, Jaw-droppi…

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With everyone seemingly groggy from the time change, I called in a sleep expert, Dr. Carlos Nunez, who joined our 3-Timers club when we discussed healthy sleep habits and how to know if…

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Kurt Braunohler and Scotty Landes joined the show for a lively chat about their popular podcast "Bananas," Kurt's new comedy special "Perfectly Stupid," Scotty's upcoming movie "The Mac…

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Mary Lynn Rajskub joined the show for what turned out to be of my favorite interviews ever! Mary Lynn called in to promote her new book “Fame-Ish: My Life at the Edge of Stardom” (and d…