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Bill Medley

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Bill Medley to mark the 35th anniversary of “Dirty Dancing” on Aug. 21, 1987, featuring the Oscar-winning song “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes. Jason spoke to Medley when his Righteous Brothers played The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia in 2017, reflecting…

Spraying for mosquitos? It’s killing more than you think

Spraying for mosquitos is pretty commonplace around the DMV. You’ve likely seen it in your neighborhood if you haven’t paid for the service before. But the chemicals used by most commercial companies that spray are beginning to worry scientists who say pollinators like bees, butterflies, and even birds are also falling victim to the deadly…

Olivia Cooke & Thomas Mann

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with “Sound of Metal” alum Olivia Cooke, who stars in the new “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” tomorrow night on HBO. Cooke stopped by D.C. alongside co-star Thomas Mann during the release of their 2015 Sundance champ “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.” (Theme Music:…

EP. 114 | The battle over race-conscious admissions policies

Niyati Shah, Director of Litigation, at Asian Americans Advancing Justice joins us to talk about how civil rights organizations in the Asian American, African American, and Latino(x) communities are working together to fight against people trying to dismantle affirmative action and race-conscious admissions policies.

Spraying for mosquitos? It’s killing more than you think

Spraying for mosquitos is pretty commonplace around the DMV. You’ve likely seen it in your neighborhood if you haven’t paid for the service before. But the chemicals used by most commercial companies that spray are beginning to worry scientists who say pollinators like bees, butterflies, and even birds are also falling victim to the deadly…

The Md man who won the White Marlin Open & $4.5 million

There’s no question that Jeremy Duffie is having a good week. Last weekend, he won the 49th annual White Marlin Open in Ocean City, Maryland – billed as the world’s largest and richest billfish tournament. But this is not something that Duffie and his family took lightly. We talk to Jeremy Duffie about how he…