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

Legendary "Days of Our Lives" star Suzanne Rogers joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. Suzanne shares what it was like starting out as a Rockette as a 17-year-old. She describes working on Broadway with Katharine Hepburn.  And the Emmy-wining icon gives a detailed account of the how her "Days of Our Lives" family has helped her through multiple health scares, including recent cancer treatments. 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

Tony and Grammy winning actress Renée Elise Goldsberry joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. Renée gives us the inside story behind her documentary 'Satisfied.' She opens up about juggling a demanding career with parenthood and talks about how her time on ABC soap opera 'One Life to Live' set her up for success on Broadway's 'Hamilton' and on her many subsequent television projects such as Peacock's 'Girls5eva.' 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

The Bold and the Beautiful's breakout stars, Emmy-winner Lisa Yamada and Emmy-nominee Christian Weissmann, join hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. Lisa talks about learning the ropes on a Soap set and juggling her work on the 'Legally Blonde' prequel 'Elle' and Lionsgate film 'I Wish You All the Best.' Christian shares how he built his Hollywood career from a young age, decided to open up about past abuse, and publish a book of poetry. Lisa and Christian also talk about their enduring friendship both on and off the set of The Bold and the Beautiful. 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

Days of Our Lives superstar AnnaLynne McCord joins hosts Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart. AnnaLynne reflects on her Emmy nominated move to daytime and her iconic roles on Nip/Tuck and 90210. She opens up about being homeschooled, escaping poverty to pursue modeling and acting, overcoming generational trauma, and confronting her childhood abuser. AnnaLynne also tells Rebecca and Greg about her work to end human trafficking, her love of neuroscience and ancient medicine, and finding the love of her life. 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. Subscribe to the CBS Channel:    / @cbs  Follow CBS on Instagram: /   / cbstv  Follow CBS on TikTok: /   / cbs  Like CBS on Facebook: /   / cbs  Stream on Paramount+: https://www.paramountplus.com 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

Eric Braeden (Victor, The Young and the Restless) recounts his journey from a childhood in Nazi Germany, how it affected his family, and how far we've come in this never-before-heard footage from Soapy. 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

In this Soapy: Extra, many of your favorite guests from Soapy reveal what prompted them to join their first soap and what their first day was really like. Melody Thomas Scott (The Young and the Restless), Cameron Mathison (Drew, General Hospital), Karla Mosley (Dani, Beyond the Gates), Deidre Hall (Marlena, Days of our Lives), and more take us on a very special trip down memory lane. 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

In this Soapy: Extra, Christian LeBlanc (Michael, The Young and the Restless) remembers how he learned he had cancer, his surgery, recovery, and how his soap family rallied around him during this difficult time. Greg Rikaart and Tracey E. Bregman, his co-stars from The Young and the Restless, share their recollections during this heartfelt episode hosted by Greg and Rebecca Budig. 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

Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart talk to Cameron Mathison about his start on All My Children, his time away from soaps, how he finds peace, and why he returned to daytime as Drew Cain on General Hospital. 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

Greg Rikaart and Rebecca Budig interview Melody Thomas Scott about her early career in Hollywood, who talked her into taking the role of Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless, and what she did to Clint Eastwood on this episode of Soapy. 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

Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart sit down with The Bold and the Beautiful's Scott Clifton as he opens up about playing Liam, why he left General Hospital, and why he has mixed feelings about one of his Emmy wins on this episode of Soapy. 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

Greg Rikaart and Rebecca Budig dish with Karla Mosley, who recounts being on the last episode of Guiding Light, the first episode of Beyond the Gates, and how playing The Bold and the Beautiful's Maya Avant changed her life forever on this episode of Soapy. 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

Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart chat with Eva LaRue about her early life, her career on soaps from Santa Barbara to All My Children and General Hospital, her time on CSI: Miami, and how the FBI caught her decade-long stalker on this episode of Soapy. 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

Tracey Bregman and Christian LeBlanc discuss playing reformed antagonists, their starts in the industry, and share their favorite memories with Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart on this episode of Soapy. 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

Marc Cherry, the creator of Desperate Housewives, joins Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart on this episode of Soapy. He reveals the soaps he watched as a child, the one episode of The Golden Girls where he received hate mail, and how Desperate Housewives changed his life forever. 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

Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart sit down with Lawrence Saint-Victor and Heather Tom from The Bold and the Beautiful. Lawrence and Heather discuss being multi-hyphenates, how they juggle the work, and how they feel when people are dismissive of soaps. 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

Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart talk to Maurice Benard about his debut in daytime on All My Children, his rocky start at General Hospital, and how his mental health has shaped his work and career. 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