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Host Jason Fraley picks the brains of the most influential filmmakers, musicians, comedians, authors and artists of our time as they visit our nation's capital. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and everywhere.
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FILMMAKERS

Learn from visionary filmmakers like Barry Jenkins, Damien Chazelle, Greta Gerwig, Richard Linklater, Spike Lee, William Friedkin, George Lucas, Ken Burns and Steven Spielberg.
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MUSICIANS

Hear from iconic musicians like Sting, John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin, Jimmy Buffett, Pink Floyd, CCR, The Who, Carlos Santana, Public Enemy, Ice Cube and Keith Urban.
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COMEDIANS

Laugh with hilarious comedians like Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart, Jon Stewart, Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Jeff Foxworthy and Dave Chappelle.
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​(Alphabetical)

​​3 Doors Down

The 5th Dimension

98 Degrees

Aaron Paul

A Flock of Seagulls

A.V. Rockwell

Aaron Tveit

Ace Frehley of KISS

Adam Ferrara (Part 1)

Adam Ferrara (Part 2)

Adam Pascal

Aerosmith

Air Supply

A.J. Croce

A.J. Styles

Al Snow

Alan Alda

The Alan Parsons Project

Alan Ruck

Alex Borstein

Alex Brightman

Alex Garland

Alex Trebek

Alfonso Ribeiro (Part 1)

Alfonso Ribeiro (Part 2)

Alfre Woodard

Alice Walker

Alicia Vikander

Alisan Porter

The Allman Brothers

Aloe Blacc

America

Amy Brenneman

Amy Grant

Amy Schumer

Ana Gasteyer

Anais Mitchell

Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen (Part 1, 2)

André de Shields

Andrew Garfield

Andrew McMahon of Jack's Mannequin

Andy Grammer

‘Animaniacs’

Angela Patton & Natalie Rae

Angelique Kidjo

Ann Dowd

Anne Archer

Anthony Hamilton

Antonia Bennett

Arch Campbell (Part 1)

Arch Campbell (Part 2)

Aretha Franklin

Ari'el Stachel

Aries Spears

Arrested Development

Art Bell

Art Garfunkel

As I Lay Dying

Ashanti

Ashley Park

Asia

Audra McDonald

Auli’i Cravalho (Part 1-2)

The Avett Brothers

Aviva Kempner (Part 1)

Aviva Kempner (Part 2)

B.J. Thomas

Babyface

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Bad Company

The Band Perry

Barbara Kopple

Barenaked Ladies

Barney Douglas (John McEnroe)

Barry Jenkins

Barry Manilow

Barry Williams

The Beach Boys

BeBe Winans

Bela Fleck

Ben Bailey

Ben Folds

Ben Lewin & Judi Levine

Ben Mankiewicz (Part 1)

Ben Mankiewicz (Part 2)

Bennett Miller

Berry Gordy

Bert Kreischer

Better Than Ezra

Betty Buckley

Bianca Belair

Big & Rich

Bilal

Bill Bellamy

Bill Berloni

Bill Kroyer

Bill Maher

Bill Murray

Bill T. Jones

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Porter

Biz Markie

Blake Aria Hendricks

Blondie

Blue Oyster Cult

Blues Traveler

Bob Newhart

Bob Saget

BoDeans

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Boney James

Boy George & Culture Club

Boyz II Men

Brad Garrett

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Jackson (Nolan Ryan)

Brandon Marshall

Brandy

Brandy Clark

Branford Marsalis

Braun Strowman

Bret Michaels of Poison

Brian Austin Green

Brian Grazer

Brian McKnight (Part 1-2)

Brian Stokes Mitchell (Part 1)

Brian Stokes Mitchell (Part 2)

Brooke Shields

Brothers Osborne

Bruce Hornsby

Buffalo Springfield

Burt Ward

Busta Rhymes

Buzz Aldrin

Camille Friend

Canned Heat

Cappy McGarr

Carlos Lopez Estrada

Carlos Santana

Carly Pearce

Carol Burnett

Carole Baskin

Carole King

Carolee Carmello

The Cars

Cassadee Pope

Catherine Wyler (William Wyler)

CeCe Peniston

Chadwick Boseman

Chaka Khan

Charl Brown

Charles Bernstein

Charles Burnett

Charley Pride

Charlie Daniels

Charlotte Flair

Cheap Trick

Chelsea Handler

Chelsey Green

Cher

Chicago

Chita Rivera

Chris Costello (Abbott & Costello)

Chris Daughtry

Chris Janson

Chris Jericho

Chris Kattan

Chris Sullivan

Chris Thile

Christian Borle

Christian McBride

Christian Slater

Christopher Jackson

Christopher Reeve

Christopher Tin

Chuck Brown Band

Cinco Paul & Bekah Brunstetter

Cindy Blackman Santana

Clarke Peters

Clay Aiken

Clay Walker

Clint Black (Part 1)

Clint Black (Part 2)

Clinton Yates

Clutch

Colin Mochrie (Part 1)

Colin Mochrie (Part 2)

Colin Quinn

Collective Soul (Part 1)

Collective Soul (Part 2)

Corey Cott

Corinne Bailey Rae

Counting Crows

Craig Ferguson

Craig Morgan


Crash Test Dummies

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Cristo Fernandez & Kola Bokinni

Crosby, Stills & Nash (Part 1-2)

Curtis Harding

Cynthia Addai-Robinson

Cypress Hill

Daisy Eagan

Damien Chazelle

Damon Wayans

Dan Mirvish

Dan Patrick

Dana Carvey

Dana Perino

Dane Cook

Danny Strong

Darius Rucker

Darlene Love

Darren Criss

Dave Attell

Dave Chappelle

Dave Preston (Ranking 007)

Dave Koz

David Baldacci (Part 1)

David Baldacci (Part 2)

David Baldacci (Part 3)

David Blaine

David Chase

David Cook

David Duchovny

David Koepp

David Letterman

David Newman

David Oyelowo

David Rubenstein (Part 1)

David Rubenstein (Part 2)

David Simon (Part 1-2)

David Strathairn

Davis Guggenheim

Dawn Porter

Daymond John

D.C. Snipers

Dean Norris

Debby Boone

Debra Monk

Deep Purple

Def Leppard

Del McCoury

Deniece Williams

Dennis Miller

Dennis Quaid

Denny Laine

Denyce Graves

Derek Hough (Part 1)

Derek Hough (Part 2)

Destiny’s Child

Dick Cavett

Dierks Bentley

Digable Planets

Dispatch

DJ Jazzy Jeff (Part 1)

DJ Jazzy Jeff (Part 2)

DJ Kool

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Dolly Parton

Dolph Lundgren

Don McLean

Donna McKechnie

Donnell Rawlings

Donny Osmond

The Doobie Brothers

Doris Kearns Goodwin (Part 1)

Doris Kearns Goodwin (Part 2)

Doug Stone

Douglas Trumbull

Drew Barrymore

The Drifters

Dropkick Murphys

Dru Hill

Duran Duran

The Eagles

Earthquake

Eddie Murphy

Edgar Wright

Eduardo Sanchez

Edward Buckles Jr.

Edward Norton

Edwin McCain (Part 1)

Edwin McCain (Part 2)

Elle King

Elliot Page

Emerson Lake & Palmer

Emily Brundige

Emma Stone

Emmylou Harris

En Vogue

Eric Bischoff

Eric Drath (Dick Barnett)

Erin Jackson

Esperanza Spalding

Ethan Slater

EU with Sugar Bear

Everclear (Part 1)

Everclear (Part 2)

Evgeny Afineevsky

Ewan McGregor

Fantasia

Fantastic Negrito

Firehouse


Fitz & The Tantrums

Five for Fighting (Part 1)

Five for Fighting (Part 2)

Foghat

Foreigner

Frank Caliendo (Part 1)

Frank Caliendo (Part 2)

Frankie Valli

‘Freaknik’

Freda Payne

Freida Pinto

The Four Tops

The Fray

Gabe Polsky

Garth Brooks

Gary Sinise (Part 1, 2)

Gary Sinise (Part 3)

Gary Sinise (Part 4)

Genesis

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic

George Lopez

George Lucas

George Stevens Jr. (Part 1)

George Stevens Jr. (Part 2)

George Thorogood

George Wallace

Gerard Butler

'Ghosts' (Part 1)

'Ghosts' (Part 2)

Gilbert Gottfried

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Robespierre

Gin Blossoms

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Ginuwine

Glenn Close

Gloria Estefan

Gloria Gaynor

The Go-Go’s

Goo Goo Dolls

Gordon Lightfoot

Grace Potter

Grand Funk Railroad

Grandmaster Flash

Grant Hill

Grave Digger

Gregory Porter

Greta Gerwig

The Guess Who

Gunther

Hal Ketchum

Hal Linden

Hal Sparks

Hank Azaria

Haley Bennett

Harry Connick Jr.

Harvey Mason Jr. (Part 1)

Harvey Mason Jr. (Part 2)

Heart (Part 1-2)

Henry Winkler

Herbie Hancock

Herman’s Hermits

Hilary Swank (Part 1)

Hilary Swank (Part 2)

Hootie and the Blowfish (Part 1)

Hootie and the Blowfish (Part 2)

Howie Mandel (Part 1)

Howie Mandel (Part 2)

Hugh Jackman

Ice Cube

Idina Menzel

Iliza Shlesinger

Indigo Girls

Iron Maiden

The Isley Brothers

Itamar Moses

Ivan & Jason Reitman

J.B. Smoove

Jai Jamison

Jake Fraley

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jalyn Hall

Jameela Jamil

James Madio

James Murray & Joe Gatto

Jane Lynch

Jared Bush

Jason Isaacs

Jason Mraz

Jay & The Americans

Jay Leno (Part 1)

Jay Leno (Part 2)

Jay Pharoah

Jay Roach

Jean-Michel Cousteau

Jeff Beal

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Dunham

Jeff Foxworthy

Jeff Friday

Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Jarrett

Jeff Kinney

Jeff Nichols

Jefferson Starship

Jeffrey Katzenberg

Jennifer Esposito

Jennifer Hudson

Jerry Seinfeld

Jesse Eisenberg (Part 1)

Jesse Eisenberg (Part 2)

Jessica Chastain (Part 1, 2)

Jethro Tull

Jewel

Jim Lampley

Jim Messina

Jim Norton

Jim O'Heir ('Parks & Rec')

Jimmie Allen

Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

Jo Dee Messina

Jo Frost ('Supernanny')

Joan Osborne (Part 1, 2)

Joe & Anthony Russo

Joe Diffie

Joe Mantegna

Joe Theismann

Joe Walsh

Joel Edgerton

Joel McHale

Joey King

John Cafferty

John Cameron Mitchell

John Carroll Lynch

John Carter Cash

John Cleese

John Grisham

John Legend

John Leguizamo

John Madden

John Mellencamp

John O'Hurley

John Savage

John Travolta

John Turturro

John Waite

John Waters (Part 1)

John Waters (Part 2)

Johnny Holliday

Johnny Mathis

Jon Bernthal

Jon Dorenbos

Jon Lovitz

Jon Stewart

Jordan Black

Jordan Klepper

Jordin Sparks

Josh Dela Cruz

Joshua Oppenheimer (Part 1, 2)

Joshua Oppenheimer (Part 3)

Judas Priest

Judge Reinhold

Judy Collins

Judy Heumann

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Julie Andrews

Juliette Binoche

Justin Hires

Justin Hurwitz

Justin Peck

Kal Penn

Kaleo

Kansas (Part 1)

Kansas (Part 2)

Karamo

Karan Brar

Karen Allen

Karla Bonoff

Kathleen Madigan

Kathleen Turner

Kathy Mattea

Katie Couric

KC & The Sunshine Band

Keanu Reeves’ Dogstar

Keb’ Mo’

Keith Carradine

Keith David

Keith Urban

Kel Mitchell

Ken Rodgers (Barry Sanders)

Kelli O’Hara

Kelly Osbourne

Kelsey Grammer

Ken Burns

Ken Jeong

Kendrick Lamar

Kenny G

Kenny Loggins

Kenya Moore

Kevin Bacon (Part 1, 2, 3)

Kevin Bacon (Part 4)

Kevin Blackistone (Part 1)

Kevin Blackistone (Part 2)

Kevin Costner

Kevin Eastman ('TMNT')

Kevin Macdonald

Kevin Nealon (Part 1)

Kevin Nealon (Part 2)

Kevin O'Connor

Kevin Ross

Kiefer Sutherland

KiKi Layne

Kix

Kool and the Gang

Kris Allen

Kristin Chenoweth

KT Tunstall

Kurt Angle (Part 1)

Kurt Angle (Part 2)

Kurtis Blow

Kym Whitley

Lady A

Lake Street Dive

Lalah Hathaway (Part 1)

Lalah Hathaway (Part 2)

Lara Downes

Larry King

Larry Wilmore

Laura Benanti

Laura Chinn

Laura Osnes

Lea Salonga

Lea Thompson

LeAnn Rimes

Ledisi

Lee Ann Womack

Lee Grant

Lee Smith

Leighton Meester

Leonard Maltin

Leslie Iwerks

Leslie Odom Jr.

Lewis Black (Part 1, 2, 3)

Lewis Black (Part 4)

Liberty DeVitto

Liesl Tommy

Lindsay Berra (Yogi Berra)

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lionel Richie

Lisa Ann Walter

Lisa Loeb

Lit

Little Big Town

Little Feat

Living Colour (Part 1)

Living Colour (Part 2)

Liz Callaway

LL Cool J

Lonestar

Lorrie Morgan

Los Lobos

Louie Anderson

Louis Prima Jr.

LP

Lucie Arnaz

Lukas Nelson

Lynda Carter

Lynn Whitfield

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Macy Gray

Maddie & Tae

Madison McFerrin

'Mad Men'

Maggie Rose

Malcolm McDowell

Mandy Patinkin & Kathryn Grody

The Manhattan Transfer

Mannheim Steamroller

Mannie Fresh

Mara Wilson

Marc Cohn

Marc Sterne

Marcus Hummon

Maren Morris

Marg Helgenberger

Margaret Colin

Maria Cooper Janis (Gary Cooper)

Maria Manuela Goyanes

Marilu Henner
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Mario Lopez (Part 1)

Mario Lopez (Part 2)

Marjuan Canady

Mark Forward ('Letterkenny')

Mark Moseley

Mark Rylance

Marlon Wayans (Part 1, 2)

Marlon Wayans (Part 3)

Marsha Mason

Marshall Tucker Band

Martha & The Vandellas

Martin Campbell

Martin & Jesse Kove

Martina McBride

Martin Short

Marty Stuart

Mary Badham

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Higgins Clark

Mary McCormack

Mason Jennings

Matchbox Twenty

Matthew Bourne

Matthew Heineman

Matt Ogens (Part 1)

Matt Ogens (Part 2)

Max Weinberg

Maxwell

Maz Jobrani (Part 1)

Maz Jobrani (Part 2)

MC Lyte

Megadeath

Meghan Trainor

Melissa Etheridge (Part 1-2)

Melissa Errico
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Melissa Rivers

Men at Work

Michael Bolton

Michael C. Hall

Michael Carbonaro

Michael Genet

Michael Giacchino

Michael Imperiolli

Michael Rapaport

Michael Urie

Michelle Branch

Michelle Wolf

Mick Foley

Mickey Guyton

Mike Epps

Miles Teller

Milli Vanilli

Misty Copeland

Mitch Albom

Moby

Molly Ringwald

Molly Smith

Molly Tuttle

Monte Schulz (Charles M. Schulz)

Montgomery Gentry

The Moody Blues (Part 1, 2)

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Neville

My Morning Jacket

Myles Frost (Part 1)

Myles Frost (Part 2)

Myles Frost (Part 3)

Nancy Springer

Natalie Portman

Nathan Lane

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

Neil Burger

New Kids on the Block (Part 1)

New Kids on the Block (Part 2)

New Radicals

Newt Minow

Nicholas Ma (Mr. Rogers)

Nicholas Sparks

Nick Castle (Michael Myers)

Night Ranger

Nikiya Mathis

Nils Lofgren

Nimesh Patel

Norm Lewis

Norman Lear

NSYNC (Part 1)

NSYNC (Part 2)

O.A.R.

Old Dominion

Oliver Jones

Olivia Cooke

Omar Epps

O.M.D.

Oren Moverman

O-Town

Pablo Francisco

Paige O’Hara

Pamela Reed

Pam Grier

Pam Tillis

Papa Roach

Parker Sawyers

Pat Boone

Pat Green

Patrick Page (Part 1)

Patrick Page (Part 2)

Patton Oswalt

Paul Anka (Part 1)

Paul Anka (Part 2)

Paul Dano

Paul Heyman

Paul Reiser

Paul Schrader

Paul Shaffer

Paula Cole

Paula Hawkins

Paula Poundstone (Part 1-3)

Paula Poundstone (Part 4)

Paula Poundstone (Part 5)

Paul Walter Hauser

Pauly Shore

Peabo Bryson

Peter Frampton

Peter Grosz

Peter Sarsgaard

Phil Rosenthal

Phil Tippett

Phil Vassar (Part 1)

Phil Vassar (Part 2)

Philippe Petit

Phillip Phillips

Pink Floyd

The Platters

The Pointer Sisters

Portugal. The Man

Public Enemy

Pure Prairie League

Quvenzhané Wallis

Rachel Bloom

Rafe Spall & Esther Smith

Rage Against the Machine

Rakim

The Ramones

Randi Zuckerberg

Randy Couture

​Raoul Peck

Rare Essence

The Rascals

Raymond Cruz

Reba McEntire

Reggie Rock Bythewood

Regina Belle

Regina Spektor

Reginald Hudlin

Reinaldo Marcus Green

Renee Fleming

R.E.O. Speedwagon

The Revivalists

Richard Baratta

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Gere

Richard Linklater

Richard Marx

Richard Thomas

Rick Springfield

Ricky Byrd (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)

Ricky Skaggs

Rider Strong

The Righteous Brothers (Part 1)

The Righteous Brothers (Part 2)

Rita Moreno

R.L. Stine

Robert Ballard (Titanic)

Rob Reiner

Rob Riggle

Rob Schneider

Rob Thomas

Robert Duvall

Robert Glasper (Part 1)

Robert Glasper (Part 2)

Robert Schenkkan

Robert Wagner

Rob Havenstein

Robin Wright

Rodney Atkins

Roman Reigns

Ron Perlman

Ron White

Rory Kennedy

Roseanne Cash

Ruben Studdard

Rufus Wainwright

Run DMC

Russell Peters

Russell Williams

Rusted Root

Ryan Cabrera

Sally Field

Sam Hunt

Sam Mendes

Samara Joy

Samara Weaving

Samira Wiley

Sammy Kershaw

Santino Fontana

Sara Bareilles

Sara Evans

Sarah Silverman

Sasha Banks

Sasha Calle

Sasha DiGiulian

Savannah Guthrie

Savion Glover

Scott Hamilton

Scotty McCreery (Part 1, 2)

Sean Astin

Sean Carroll

'Sesame Street'

Sevendust

Shaggy

Shawn Colvin

Sheila McCarthy

Sheldon Epps

Shenandoah

Shila Ommi

Sixpence None the Richer

Skye Townsend

Slaughter

 The Smithereens

Smokey Robinson

Snarky Puppy

Sophia Anne Caruso

Sophia Lillis

Sophie B. Hawkins

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes

Spike Lee

Squeeze

Stanley Jordan

Stanley Nelson Jr.

Stephan James

Stephen Chbosky

Stephen Marley

Stevan Riley (Marlon Brando)

Steve Buscemi

Steve Hytner

Steve Martin

Steve Murphy

Steve-O

Steven Spielberg

Steven Van Zandt

Sting

Straight No Chaser

The Struts

The Stylistic
s

Styx

Sublime with Rome

The Sugarhill Gang

Sugar Ray

Susan Egan

SWV

Talking Heads

Tanya Tucker

Tara Roberts

Taraji P. Henson

Taylor Hicks

Téa Leoni

Teddy Atlas

Tedeschi Trucks (Part 1)

Tedeschi Trucks (Part 2)

Tedeschi Trucks (Part 3)

Terence Blanchard (Part 1)

Terence Blanchard (Part 2)

Terrence Howard

Tesla

The Temptations

Teyonah Parris

Theresa Caputo

Third Eye Blind

Thomas Kail

Thomas Mann

Thom Filicia

Thom Loverro

Thomas Parobek

Three Dog Night

Tika Sumpter

Tim Daly

Tim Matheson

Tim Meadows

Timothy Scott Bogart

Tina Fabrique

Titus Kaphar

TLC

Toad the Wet Sprocket

Todd Rundgren

Tom Berenger

Tom Bergeron

Tom Hanks

Tom Hiddleston

Tom McCarthy

Tom Papa

Tommy Davidson

Tommy Prine (John Prine)

Tony Bennett

Tony Gilroy

Tony Harris

Tony Khan

Tony Woods

Tory Kittles & Matthew Newton

Tower of Power

Trace Adkins

Tracy Byrd

Tracy Camilla Johns

Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Part 1)

Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Part 2)

Trombone Shorty

Trouble Funk

Tyra Banks

UB40 (Part 1)

UB40 (Part 2)

Umphrey's McGee

Uncle Kracker

The Usos

Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Williams

Vernon Davis

Vertical Horizon

Victoria Clark

Vince Gilligan

Voltaggio Brothers (Part 1, 2)

War

The War & Treaty

The Wailin’ Jennys

Weird Al Yankovic

Werner Herzog

Wes Johnson

Whit Stillman

The Who

Will Forte

WIlliam Friedkin

William H. Macy

William Shatner (Part 1, 2, 3)

Willie Nile

Winger

Wu-Tang Clan

Wynonna Judd (Part 1)

Wynonna Judd (Part 2)

Wynton Marsalis

X Ambassadors

Yalitza Aparicio

The Yardbirds

Yes

Yolanda Adams (Part 1)

Yolanda Adams (Part 2)

Zac Brown Band (Part 1)

Zac Brown Band (Part 2)

Zachary Levi

Zappa

Ziggy Marley

Zooey Deschanel

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