As a kid with starry ambitions of working in the entertainment industry, Adam Rothenberg found a way to go behind-the-scenes with celebrities from the worlds of Film, Television, Theatre & Music for the past 15 years. Adam is the creator of the entertainment platform Call Me Adam and host of the podcast Baring It All with Call Me Adam. His unique style of interviewing has given him the opportunity to conduct more than 1,500 interviews. Adam makes his guests feel comfortable and at ease, whic ...
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Season 5: Episode 21: NEW Marissa Jaret Winokur Podcast Interview - Getting Possessed By Your Characters
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26:39This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I am catching up with Marissa Jaret Winokur, who you know for winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for starring as Tracy Turnblad in the Tony Award winning musical Hairspray. In 2023, Marissa was a featured guest perfo…
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Season 5: Episode 20 - Michelle Clunie Interview: Pen Pals Play Meets Queer As Folk TV Series
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29:13This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I am catching up with Actress Michelle Clunie, who you know for portraying Melanie Marcus on Showtime's hit Television Series Queer As Folk. The last time Michelle Clunie was on the New York Stage was in 2012 when she starred in her Off Broad…
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Season 5: Episode 19 - NEW Nancy McKeon Interview: Catching Up with Bernie From Michael Griffo's Pen Pals
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27:10This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I am catching up with Actress Nancy McKeon, who you know as Jo Polniaczek, from the beloved & long running 1980s series The Facts of Life. Nancy is kicking off the return of Michael Griffo's play Pen Pals, when she steps back into the role of…
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Season 5: Episode 18 - Charlene Oliver Interview - I've Been To Paradise, But I've Never Been To Me
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28:32This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I am catching up with Motown Singer & Songwriter Charlene Oliver, who you know as the songstress behind the #1 song, "I've Never Been To Me," written by Ron Miller & featured in one of my favorite movies, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of…
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BONUS EPISODE: OPEN Talkback Replay, Hosted By Call Me Adam's Adam Rothenberg & Featuring Playwright Crystal Skillman & OPEN Star Megan Hill
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36:47If you weren't able to attend the LIVE talkback after Crystal Skillman's play OPEN at WP Theater in NYC on Friday, July 18, 2025, you can listen to the replay here! This talkback was Hosted by Call Me Adam's Adam Rothenberg, and Featured Playwright Crystal Skillman & OPEN Star, Actress Megan Hill. Crystal & Megan went Behind-The-Curtain with Adam a…
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Season 5: Episode 17 - Cady McClain Interview: What Happened Was Beyond The Gates and with All My Children
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29:34This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I am catching up with three-time Emmy Award Winner Cady McClain, who you know for playing Dixie Martin on ABC's Soap Opera All My Children & more recently, Pamela Curtis on CBS' Daytime Drama, Beyond The Gates! Cady & I last spoke in 2024 whe…
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Season 5: Episode 16: Steve Burns Alive - Original Host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues
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29:36This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I am catching up with Steve Burns, who you know as the original sleuth finding host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues. I first interviewed Steve in 2017 when he released his album Foreverywhere (alongside Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips). From 1…
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Season 5: Episode 15: Rocking & Rolling with The Righteous Brothers’ Bucky Heard & Tim D. Lee at Mike & Mindy’s Wild Weekend Jam
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30:07This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I am speaking with musical sensations Bucky Heard & Tim D. Lee, who are part of the iconic musical duo, The Righteous Brothers, alongside original member Bill Medley. Tim has recorded and toured with The Righteous Brothers for over 35 years &…
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Season 5: Episode 14: Dan Watt Interview: An Entrepreneur Having EVERYBODY DANCE
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41:18This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I am speaking with Emmy Winning Producer Dan Watt, whose Emmy Winning documentary EVERYBODY DANCE is a heartfelt trip inside the everyday challenges and blessings of kids living with neurological disabilities, following 5 kids, their families…
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Season 5: Episode 13: Jason Bea Schmidt Interview: Bea Arthur's Brat Summer
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29:31This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I am speaking with Jason ‘Bea’ Schmidt, one of my favorite & arguably the world’s premier Bea Arthur impersonator. Jason is heading off to Provincetown this summer to present his new show Bea Arthur’s Brat Summer: A Drag Pop Broadway Fantasia…
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Season 5: Episode 12: Andrew Keegan Interview: From The Broken Hearts Club to Healing Towers
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30:51This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I am speaking with Actor Andrew Keegan whose role as Kevin in the gay romantic comedy, The Broken Hearts Club, was very instrumental in my own coming out journey as I saw myself reflected in him. Now, Andrew is trading in romance for revenge …
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Season 5: Episode 11: Norm Lewis Interview: Ceremonies In Dark Old Men
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28:47This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I am speaking with Tony, Emmy & SAG Nominated Actor Norm Lewis whom I last interviewed in 2019 when he was getting ready to perform at 54 Below. Now, Norm is once again lighting up the New York Stage, in the Off-Broadway production of Ceremon…
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Season 5: Episode 10: Nancy McKeon Interview: Dishing on The Facts of Life with Your Pen Pal
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35:16This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I got to speak with Actress Nancy McKeon whom I grew up watching on the hit TV series The Facts of Life, and also enjoyed watching her on Lifetime TV's The Division and CBS Style & Substance (co-starring Jean Smart). Now, Nancy is making her …
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Season 5 Episode 9: Nicki French Interview - From Music to Pantomime
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29:35This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today, I am going back in time and Behind-The-Curtain to bring you this blast from the past, my 2013 interview with Nicki French, award-winning international recording artist, known for her smash hit dance version of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse o…
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Season 5 Episode 8: Rachael Sage Interview: Still Finding Another Side
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39:24This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. A few weeks ago, I conducted an e-mail interview with Alt/Pop Singer-Songwriter Rachael Sage about her new reimagined album Another Side. Today, I am so excited to dive even deeper into the release of this album. In this interview, Rachael Sage is …
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Season 5: Episode 7: Jo Dee Messina Interview: Music Room Series Tour
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9:24This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today, I am going back in time and Behind-The-Curtain to bring you this blast from the past, my 2010 interview with Jo Dee Messina, 2-time Grammy Award nominee, and Country Music Superstar. In this interview, Jo Dee is Baring It All with Call Me Ad…
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Season 5: Episode 6: Kelli O'Hara Interview: Beyond The Ingenue
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5:15This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today, I am going back in time and Behind-The-Curtain to bring you this blast from the past, my 2010 interview with then 3-time Tony nominated Broadway Actress Kelli O'Hara. Now, here’s a little Behind-The-Curtain Story…. In 2010, I got to attend t…
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Season 5: Episode 5: Olivia Newton-John Interview: Don't Stop Believin'
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10:13This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today, I am going back in time and Behind-The-Curtain to bring you this blast from the past, my 2019 interview with Olivia Newton-John, 4-time Grammy award winner and Sandy from the mega hit movie musical Grease. This was my third, and what turned …
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Season 5: Episode 4: Lisa Loeb Interview: Stay (I Missed You), Lullaby Girl
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25:27This season on Baring It All with Call Me Adam I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today, I am going back in time and Behind-The-Curtain to bring you this blast from the past, my 2017 interview with then Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb. At that time, Lisa was getting ready to release her new family album Lullaby Girl, and celebra…
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Season 5: Episode 3: Mel B from The Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life with the Old Razzle Dazzle - My Entertainment Idols
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7:54This season on Baring It All with Call Me Adam I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today, I am going back In time and Behind-The-Curtain to bring you this blast from the past, my 2016 interview with Mel B, who you know as Scary Spice from the Spice Girls. In 2016, Mel B was getting ready to star in Chicago the Musical on Broadway in the role …
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Season 5: Episode 2: Marc Summers Interview - Getting Messy with Double Dare Host - My Entertainment Idols Series
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33:05After seeing Marc Summers' new Off-Broadway show, The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers, I am so honored to have been granted the opportunity to speak with him for My Entertainment Idols, a special series on my podcast Baring It All with Call Me Adam. In this interview, Marc is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about: What he learned about himself from…
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Season 5: Episode 1: Brentley Gore Interview - Singer, Songwriter, California Dreams Actor - My Entertainment Idols Series
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32:39So excited to begin Season 5 of my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam! This season I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. I am thrilled to kick off this season with Singer, Songwriter & Actor Brentley Gore, who you know from NBC's '90s television series California Dreams. Last year, I got to interview Brentley who played Matt Garrison on C…
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Season 4 Finale: Episode 11: Del Shores Interview: Sordid Lives Creator, Director, Producer, Writer
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26:32What a great way to end the 4th Season of my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam! I have been fortunate to interview Del Shores (Sordid Lives Creator) multiple times throughout the years. After working in the entertainment industry for more than three decades as a Director, Producer, and Writer, Del is finally making his NYC theatrical directo…
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Season 4: Episode 10: Marilu Henner Interview: Madwomen of the West
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13:28I am so excited to catch up with actress Marilu Henner, whom I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing in 2021. When I heard she was returning to the New York stage, in Sandra Tsing Loh's Madwomen of the West, I wasted no time in trying to get a new interview. I am so grateful she agreed to talk with me a second time. Marilu is known for starring…
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Season 4: Episode 9: Ben Jackson Walker Interview: Romeo in Broadway's And Juliet
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27:49Romeo is one of literature's most famous characters and now he is being embodied by Ben Jackson Walker who is making his Broadway debut in the new hit musical & Juliet. After seeing the show a few weeks ago, I was so excited to have the opportunity to speak with him. In this interview Ben is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about: Making his Broadwa…
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