240 episodes

Real, genuine talks with famous people. Your favorite actors and celebrities feel like close friends as they laugh, reflect and connect with therapist Kara Mayer Robinson. It's like catching up with best friends or eavesdropping on a therapy session. Sure, they're famous. But with Kara, they're real.

Really Famous with Kara Mayer Robinson Kara Mayer Robinson

    • TV & Film
    • 4.4 • 129 Ratings

Real, genuine talks with famous people. Your favorite actors and celebrities feel like close friends as they laugh, reflect and connect with therapist Kara Mayer Robinson. It's like catching up with best friends or eavesdropping on a therapy session. Sure, they're famous. But with Kara, they're real.

    Uma Thurman + Elisabeth Moss + Kristin Chenoweth

    Uma Thurman + Elisabeth Moss + Kristin Chenoweth

    Twist! I reached into my archives for this, friends. Back in the day, I interviewed these three iconic women: Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill), Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale, Mad Men) and Kristin Chenoweth (Glee, Pushing Daisies). These were VERY DIFFERENT interviews from my podcast talks because (a) back then, I was primarily a writer and a therapist, (b) I was only beginning to develop my interviewing style, (c) they were for written articles, or profiles, for magazines, so the purpose was different, and (d) I didn't have actual podcasting equipment yet; just a tiny microrecorder (which wasn't a match for the loud restaurant where I met Elisabeth Moss, unfortunately).
    Anyway, I think you'll enjoy these. They have a rough, behind-the-scenes quality. And these women, wow. Icons. Layered. Real. Women.
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    Celebrity interview by Kara Mayer Robinson
    Music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod - Incompetech - Creative Commons
     

    • 1 hr 8 min
    Tim Daly is back!

    Tim Daly is back!

    When Tim Daly and I sit down at his kitchen table for our 6th Really Famous talk, we get philosophical - and Tim says some things he probably shouldn't (his words, not mine!). Of course we talk Madam Secretary, Wings, how handsome Tim is, his status with co-star and life partner Téa Leoni, etc. But we also get into deep (and shallow) thoughts, about aging, fear, death, intimacy and more.
    You'll feel like you're right there with us, sitting at the table with Tim's dog, Goose, coming and going, weaving from topic to topic and analyzing our individual takes on life.
    Enjoy.
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    Shop through my Amazon link (hey, thanks!): https://www.amazon.com/shop/reallyfamous Get my therapist tips ➤ https://www.instagram.com/karamayerrobinson/  Watch Tim and me on YouTube ➤ https://youtu.be/PtDeCQscMaA
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    Celebrity interview by Kara Mayer Robinson
    Music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod - Incompetech - Creative Commons
     

    • 1 hr 14 min
    Yeardley Smith ("Lisa Simpson!")

    Yeardley Smith ("Lisa Simpson!")

    It's Lisa Simpson!
    Yes, Emmy-winner Yeardley Smith is the voice of smart, spunky Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons. For the last 30 years. Wow!
    Yeardley is also an on-air actor (remember her from City Slickers, Herman's Head, The Legend of Billie Jean and Maximum Overdrive?).
    And she co-hosts the true crime podcast Small Town Dicks. Tune in! Subscribe!
    You'll hear Yeardley talk about:
    perfectionism success living up to your potential (or not) not being accepted to college Bill Murray's secret phone number winning an Emmy (and not feeling how you'd expect) on-camera work vs. voice work agents therapy publishing a book internal vs. external success getting hugged in the supermarket true crime her podcast, Small Town Dicks being a French-born actress (sort of) Join us! Then head to YouTube.com/reallyfamous to watch our fun little video.
     
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    Celebrity interview by Kara Mayer Robinson.
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    • 1 hr 7 min
    Jon Cryer

    Jon Cryer

    What a candid truthteller and conversationalist! Hang out with actor Jon Cryer (Pretty in Pink, Two and a Half Men, Extended Family) and me for talk filled with inside Hollywood stories about the Brat Pack, Charlie Sheen, Demi Moore and more. Find out who Jon dated, who rejected him, why he almost quit the business and why having a therapist as the host of this show is just perfect.
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    Watch this interview in full on YouTube ➤    "Let’s sit back, sweetie. Let’s talk about stuff!"
    https://youtu.be/3R-7BbtYd_A  
    Watch Jon Cryer indulge me with stories about the Brat Pack ➤   "I didn't hang out with Andrew, Demi, Rob Lowe!"
    https://youtu.be/Em5KcW_hMko  
     
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    More with Jon Cryer ➤ really-famous.com/now/jon-cryer 
    Jon Cryer's memoir, So That Happened: A Memoir  ➤ https://amzn.to/3OMpjVo  
    Watch Jon Cryer's NBC Peacock series Extended Family ➤ https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/extended-family
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    Celebrity interview by Kara Mayer Robinson
    Music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod - Incompetech - Creative Commons

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Alan Cumming

    Alan Cumming

    Alan Cumming has an FAQ page on his website. That's because he's been interviewed so many times and he's done with the same old questions. That's actually perfect for me because I can't stand same old questions.
    But!
    He has done so many things (mastered theater, won a Tony, starred in hit TV series like The Good Wife -- he played Eli Gold -- and Instinct, starred in everything from Doctor Who to Sex and the City and Spy Kids, co-hosted the Tonys, made albums, received 40+ awards for his humanitarianism, got 3 honorary degrees, holy moly, the list goes on!) that I felt overwhelmed. Where was I going to go with this interview?
    Then it hit me.
    Proverbs.
    Listen now and you'll know exactly what I mean.
    And off we go...
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    • 55 min
    Eric Braeden

    Eric Braeden

    The Young and the Restless icon Eric Braeden, aka Victor Newman, returns to Really Famous as we sit down at CBS Studios in Los Angeles, on the set of the daytime drama, to talk about the wildest and scariest times in Eric's life, his recent bout with bladder cancer, trauma and drama, making it in Hollywood, his penchant for fast cars and the shocking things he's done when he was pulled over by the police, his granddaughters, his veracity, and oh so much more. Plus, he compares me to Larry King. So that's fun too.
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    Watch Eric indulge me with stories of his moving-from-Germany-to-America escapades Watch highlights from this video on YouTube ➤ Cheeseburgers, a Greyhound bus + farms ➤ https://youtu.be/c3ygxpd6xw8
    ➤ “Dark chocolate, coffee + fast cars!" ➤ https://youtu.be/1tXI84B280g
    ➤ "I said get the f*cking doctor--now!" ➤ https://youtu.be/4PtgDG20yTI
    ➤ After bladder cancer – details on what happened how he's doing now ➤ https://youtu.be/8pMeGMyDVnw 
    Our first talk:
    Listen to our first chat from his home in Los Angeles ➤ https://www.really-famous.com/now/eric-braeden Watch bonus videos from our first chat ➤ https://youtu.be/ndwgF8gFwQs ➤ https://youtu.be/GCBcIyv0hss Links:
    More with Eric Braeden ➤ https://www.really-famous.com/now/eric-braeden 
    Eric Braeden's memoir, I'll Be Damned  ➤ https://amzn.to/48FCCyD   Links:
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    Celebrity interview by Kara Mayer Robinson
    Music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod - Incompetech - Creative Commons
     

    • 1 hr 12 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
129 Ratings

129 Ratings

God with us ,

Good stuff

I really dig what Kara is doing. So many times interviewers don’t dig deep and ask questions that are typical. Kara let’s the guest put their hair down and breaks down the celebrity shell and let’s them be human. Keep pushing Kara.

joysomerville ,

I feel like I’m in therapy 😀

Kara,
I’m so happy I found your podcast. The first one I listened to was with Tim Gunn. Love him!
I feel like I’m therapy while I listen.
Thank you so much!
Joy

sjmonti ,

Great interviews

This is a “go to” for my interviews with unique perspectives. The subjects are not there to promote something so you get an interesting, almost conversational interview. I’ve enjoyed listening to people I know nothing about.

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