Soapy Hosted by Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart

Michelle Stafford, The Young and the Restless, joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The outspoken star reveals how she built her Emmy-winning career despite early health scares and rejection. Stafford talks candidly about initially pursuing a modeling and the challenges of balancing motherhood and demanding career. She talks about branching out as a skincare entrepreneur as well as writing and creating her own material. Stafford even hints at some of the celebrity gossip she only shares with a select few. SOAPY is a weekly love letter to the Soap Industry, hosted by Soap royalty Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. Enjoy the podcast on the free Audacy app or wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Beyond the Gates' legendary creator Michele Val Jean and Emmy-winning costume designer Jeresa Featherstone join hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. Val Jean gives us a behind the scenes play-by-play of all it took to get Beyond the Gates made. Val Jean also shares her epic journey from the South Side of Chicago to numerous writing gigs around Hollywood to becoming an Emmy-winning writer and showrunner. Featherstone describes where she draws inspiration for her crowd-pleasing looks that have come to define Beyond the Gates. Featherstone also discusses her hometown connection to the show and what it was like inventing the style for so many exciting characters. SOAPY is a weekly love letter to the Soap Industry, hosted by Soap royalty Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. Enjoy the podcast on the free Audacy app or wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Beloved Soap Opera veteran John McCook, The Bold and the Beautiful, joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The Emmy-winning actor shares how an invitation from Warner Brothers brought him from Broadway to Hollywood. John also talks about hanging out with Elvis Presley while working in Las Vegas... and taking Walt Disney on the Jungle Cruise as a park employee. John tells us about performing on the legendary sets at CBS Television City alongside Carol Burnett and Cher. SOAPY is a weekly love letter to the Soap Industry, hosted by Soap royalty Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. Enjoy the podcast on the free Audacy app or wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Casting legend Mark Teschner joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The Emmy-winning casting director reveals how he finds actors for Geneal Hospital. Mark shares how actors can stand out in an audition and land roles. He also talks about he convinces executives to take chances on actors he believes in and how the industry has changed over the past 30 years. SOAPY is a weekly love letter to the Soap Industry, hosted by Soap royalty Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. Enjoy the podcast on the free Audacy app or wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kelly Ripa joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. The television powerhouse talks about her early days on 'All My Children,' meeting her future husband Mark Consuelos, and the pay gap between genders. Kelly reveals what it's like putting 'Live' together every week, writing her book, and balancing motherhood with a demanding career. SOAPY is a weekly love letter to the Soap Industry, hosted by Soap royalty Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. Enjoy the podcast on the free Audacy app or wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices