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Really Famous with Kara Mayer Robinson

Dec 30, 2019

Icon alert! Ben Vereen. The ultimate Tony Award-winning entertainer, actor, singer, dancer, advocate and life philosophizer (yes he sure is, you'll discover why during this podcast!) and I sit down for a deep dive with insights, laughs and poignancy.

You'll hear Ben get into:

  • being plucked off the streets of...


Dec 16, 2019

Danny Aiello was a gift to us all. I'll be forever grateful for the time I had with him. I found out months later that this talk was his final interview. I hope you enjoy it. Danny was spectacular.

From 2019:

Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing + The Godfather Part 2 actor Danny Aiello and I can't stop talking. And it's...


Dec 9, 2019

Marilu Henner (Taxi, Evening Shade, Grease, Chicago) and I talk a mile a minute about EVERYTHING, from her incredible memory (it's called HSAM, or highly superior autobiographical memory) to party games to family to dating John Travolta and a few Taxi co-stars.

Such fun!

We crossed paths in New York City for just a few...


Nov 25, 2019

James Burrows, possibly the most iconic, respected and talented television directors of all time, is in the building! Actually, I'm in HIS building, aka the NBC/Universal lot, aka the set of Will & Grace.

You know James, aka Jimmy, aka Jim, from these TV shows:

  • Cheers
  • Taxi
  • Friends
  • Will and Grace
  • The Mary Tyler Moore...


Nov 18, 2019

Actress Kim Fields, who played Tootie on The Facts of Life, Regine on Living Single, and appeared on Real Housewives of Atlanta and Dancing with the Stars, stops by the studio for a dose of #realtalk.

We talk about:

  • Ups and downs - in Hollywood and life
  • Body image and puberty in front of millions
  • Friends, family and...