Really Famous with Kara Mayer Robinson

Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory, Blossom, Call Me Kat) is extremely introspective, analytical and accomplished. So it's no surprise this talk turns out to be what it is.

Join us as we dive deep into:

• growing up with uncertainty and anxiety
• depression and OCD
• trauma and emotions
• what a panic attack feels like
• therapy and how it helped Mayim over the years
• being an HSP (highly sensitive person)
• mental health
• her parents, grandparents and connection to the Holocaust
• parenting, co-parenting and growth
• knowing yourself
• divorce
• women, men and changes
• breaking down before you build back up
• opinions
• self care
• attachment parenting
• homeschooling
• vaccinations
• how she's dealing with 2020 emotionally
• the Black Lives Matter movement
• not knowing who or what to trust
• being Jewish when anti-semitism is growing
• the best and worst of The Big Bang Theory

SWEET!

• Watch Mayim & me on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous
• More on Mayim's new podcast, Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: bialikbreakdown.com
• Get Mayim's books: amazon.com/shop/reallyfamouswithkaramayerrobinson
• Get a Big Bang Theory signed script: https://amzn.to/36O1uXE
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• Mayim's book for girls: https://amzn.to/3qBDDSU Get
• Mayim's book for boys: https://amzn.to/3qBDDSU

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Actor Erich Bergen, who plays Blake on the popular CBS TV series Madam Secretary and is a master stage performer and musician (Waitress, Jersey Boys), hangs out in his New York City apartment and analyzes people, life and performance.

From November 2018.

You'll hear:

• Behind-the-scenes details on Madam Secretary, Tim Daly, Tea Leoni and Lou Gossett, Jr.
• Erich's pet peeves
• Why spelling matters
• How holding a microphone impacts how we act
• Reality TV
• Watching people's therapy sessions
• Performer's high
• Performer's low
• Why Erich is private about his personal life
• The flaw in the term "broken family"
• What Erich did in college (Hint: It's VERY relevant to this podcast.)
• BONUS! You'll also hear his brand-new singles, Running Through the Night and Better in the Dark ... right here! (***Erich gave us permission to run both songs on this podcast.***)

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EXTRAS:

• Score a Really Famous interview with me: https://reallyfamouspodcast.com/contact

• My 3 interviews with Tim Daly:

  reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/tim-daly-3

• My article with Madam Secretary's original costume designer, Amy Roth: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/is-why-madam-secretarys-tea-734321

• Behind-the-scenes photos (with the Michael Jackson coaster): https://www.reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/erich-bergen

• My Nathan Fillion article in Time Out New York (mentioned in my intro): https://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/gyn-of-the-times

• Watch Erich Bergen's new music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnR32GbTDLQ

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This is a brand-new talk with Talia Shire!

It's a record-breaker: the fastest returning guest in the history of Really Famous.

After Talia and I taped our first podcast (get it here - https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/reallyfamous/Talia_Shire.mp3 -), we got together again on Zoom. What started as a 10-minute talk about The Godfather films, the Rocky films and her famous Coppola family, turned into an hour about everything from these topics to personal things like haircuts and returning shoes.

It was intended to be a short video for my YouTube channel. But since it turned into a full-blown talk, I'm sharing it with you now as a podcast.

Enjoy!

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Michael Emerson (LOST, Evil, Person of Interest, Wakey Wakey) is truly fascinating - onscreen and offscreen.

We sit down in New York and get into deep thinking! Join us as we talk:

• Lost
• Benjamin Linus
• The Island
• The Others
• Person of Interest
• Harold Finch
• His new series, Evil, on CBS
• His theater acting, in plays like Wakey Wakey
• dreams
• mind games
• method acting
• character acting
• acting techniques
• childhood
• loss
• fame
• career changes
• screen-free evenings and conversations
• philosophizing

It's good.

Oh, and if you'd like to see what Michael and I talked about the first time we met (a few years ago), here's my New York Times Sunday Routine piece, all about Michael Emerson:

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/nyregion/a-farmers-breakfast-and-then-a-wander.html

Bonus video!

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Watch Michael in his new series, Evil, on Netflix now:

https://www.netflix.com/title/81190640

Season 2, coming soon on CBS:

https://www.cbs.com/shows/evil/

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Xolo Maridueña (Cobra Kai, Parenthood ) answers your burning Cobra Kai questions. Plus we talk movies, his Mexican, Cuban, Ecuadorian roots, moving out of his parents' house, what Billy Zabka and Ralph Macchio are REALLY like, and more.

What a fun guest! You'll really like him.

We get into:

• All your Cobra Kai questions
• Cobra Kai seasons 3 and 4
• Playing Miguel
• Cobra Kai vs. Miyagi-Do
• Who's the good guy + who's the basd guy
• The Karate Kid movie
• Billy Zabka, Ralph Macchio and the fab Cobra Kai cast
• 80s references and nostalgia
• If he does his own karate stunts
• Playing Victor on Parenthood
• Steve Buscemi, John Leguizamo, Oscar Isaac, Shia LaBoeuf, Hillary Swank, Steve Carell land more
• The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and more
• Fargo, American Horror Story, Ozark and more
• Xolo's Latinx and Aztec roots and the meaning of his name
• His best friends, including one guy you know!
• Miami humidity
• Being a foodie, actor, writer and more
• The writing process - and its horrors!
• What he wants to do for the rest of his life

SWEET!

• Watch Xolo & me on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous

  • Cobra Kai (10 min) https://youtu.be/Qf9cotRfEOc

  • Full (52 min) https://youtu.be/xLnQI0Pjn3Y

• Watch Xolo on Cobra Kai, on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81002370

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Love, love, LOVE Betsy Brandt! On Breaking Bad, Life in Pieces, Parenthood, Masters of Sex and, now that I know her, in real life.

I think you'll enjoy our talk as much as I do.

We bond over TV, hugs, human connection, Sally Field and oh so much more, like:

• Her new AMC show, Soulmates, Tuesdays @ 10pm ET
• Breaking Bad - the finale, the cast, Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan and more!
• Better Call Saul
• Life in Pieces
• Six Feet Under
• The Americans
• The Good Place
• Schitt's Creek
• Michael J. Fox
• series finales
• hugs
• connecting with others
• raising teens
• being homoe
• grace notes (thanks, Rob Morrow!)
• getting giddy over Sally Field
• being starstruck

Join us!

SWEET!

• Watch Betsy Brand & me on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous
• Watch Betsy's new show Soulmates, on AMC: https://www.amc.com/shows/soulmates--45999

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Love ya, Really Famous supporters!

Shout-out to Sarah, Mariah, Joe, Arlene, Brenda, Jennifer, Matt and Tom! Thanks for taking time out of your day to email me and show your support.

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We may be onto something here!

Louie Anderson and I hit it off during our first talk last month. (Get it here: reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/louie-anderson ) So much so that we did it again -- but different! We taped a new talk and hit other topics (more on that below) and realized we may just have something special here.

I'll give you more 411 down the road.

In the meantime, enjoy this. It's Louie and me, talking about the stuff you talk about when you get together with friends.

• believing in yourself
• pursuing your dreams
• self-narratives
• spelling, words and nerdiness
• weather
• voting
• how to use mail-in ballots
• public personas vs. private personas

Louie also walks me through his pre-show rituals. And when he made the move from Minnesota to California.

Hope it's as good a hangout for you as it is for us!

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Watch my JIM GAFFIGAN video: https://youtu.be/3WV6eu6ac6g

(Seriously, if you're not subscribed to my YouTube channel by now...it's time!)

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Love my Really Famous supporters!

Shout-out to Mariah, Sarah, Joe, Arlene, Nicola, Brenda, Jennifer, Matt and Tom! Thanks for your support.

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This is a Really Famous classic. I'm re-sharing it because it's the kind of talk a lot of us need right now.

Daisy Fuentes inspires me – and I think will inspire you. I love her perspective, approach to life, insight and authenticity.

Daisy is the host of a new TV show on NBC called A New Leaf, sponsored by Ancestry.com with executive producer Robin Samuels.

Back in the day, Daisy was a hugely popular MTV VJ. Ever since, she's been all over television. She was the host of House of Style, America's Funniest Home Videos, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, her own CNBC talk show called Daisy ... I can go on and on.

Daisy has had an extraordinary life trajectory. She started as a model, accidentally scored a last-minute gig presenting the weather on Telemundo, and pretty much everything blew up from there. We talk about all that, and more.

Like:

• ancestry and DNA testing (hers, mine + other people's)
• how she learned to take advantage of opportunties
• becoming a successful entrepreneur
• making her parents proud
• fame
• social media (really nice fan interactions vs. trolls)
• how Martha Quinn set her up with Richard Marx
• her dating + marriage story with husband Richard Marx
• the universe's little messages
• the law of attraction
• how she envisioned her life, and what actually happened
• fear
• love
• family
• New Jersey

Check your local listings for A New Leaf.

SWEET TREAT!

Bonus Q&A with Daisy Fuentes on my YouTube channel: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous

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Matt Fraser (Meet the Frasers) and I talk JUST DAYS BEFORE the world shut down.

And it doesn't matter if you believe in psychics or not: Matt's story and psychology and attitude is fascinating. So interesting, you'll see for yourself.

We talk:

• how he got his TV show on E! Entertainment Television
• what it takes to film a reality TV show
• his life of "seeing dead people"
• fame + being recognized
• being bullied as a teen
• whether he knows himself
• whether I know myself
• similarities between a therapist (me) + a psychic (him)
• what kind of dad he wants to be
• book signings
• prepping for live shows
• his private readings + the two-year waiting list

SWEET!

Links to all the goodies I talk about on today's show:

• Bonus Q&A on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous
• BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month of therapy with this link: betterhelp.com/reallyfamous
• Matt's book: When Heaven Calls: https://www.amazon.com/When-Heaven-Calls-Lessons-Americas/dp/1982140054

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Love ya, Really Famous supporters!

Shout-out to Matt and Matthew! Thanks for your support.

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Today Christopher Knight, aka Peter Brady from The Brady Bunch, is back on the show.

We catch up via Zoom and talk:

• A Very Brady Renovation
• HGTV
• If the Brady kids are still friends in real life
• Fame
• Real friends vs. fake friends
• How he deals with people who basically think he's their brother (it happens a lot)
• Greg Brady, Peter Brady, Bobby Brady, Marcia Brady, Jan Brady, Cindy Brady, Carol Brady, Mike Brady + Alice
• Living at the beach in Southern California
• Movies and TV shows he's been watching
• His new podcast
• Who he is in real life
• His philosophy on a bunch of things

Join us!

SWEET!

You get 2 bonus videos of Christopher Knight + me talking about who he is + what he thinks.

Watch now at YouTube.com/ReallyFamous.

• New video: https://youtu.be/H6WbJPOT_SY
• Last year's video: https://youtu.be/aodo1flCmi0

(Seriously, if you're not subscribed to my YouTube channel by now...it's time!)

If you missed my first podcast with Chris, catch it here:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/reallyfamous/Chris_Knight.mp3

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Shout-out to JOCELYN, CHRISTINE, SEAN and BRENDA! Thanks for your support.

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TV shows + movies we talk about on this episode:

(Thanks for your suggestion, Arlene!)

• Groundhog Day
• Outbreak
• Pandemic
• Contagion
• Homeland
• Schitt's Creek
• Ozark
• Oak Island
• Behind the Curve (flat earthers)
• Tiger King
• Duck Dynasty

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New live shows: I'll be back with live shows in NYC and maybe other locations.

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Celebrity interview by Kara Mayer Robinson.

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