The National Defense Radio Show
The National Defense Radio Show has been heard on more than a hundred radio stations across the United States and the 400+ overseas Armed Forces Radio Networks around the globe. The Armed Forces Network reaches more than one million American service men and women, DOD, civilians, and their families on every military base, outpost and all ships at sea. The weekly show has consisted of a combination of celebrity interviews, executive interviews, and discussions with political and news figures, delivering content that entertains, informs and supports those who serve, and have served, our country. The show is hosted by Randy Miller, a 25-year broadcast veteran having hosted shows in Pittsburgh, Atlanta, San Diego, Cincinnati and Kansas City. Randy is the recipient of multiple broadcasting awards, including “Air Personality of the Year” from Billboard Magazine and the Radio Music Awards.
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Episodes
May 21, 2022
May 21, 2022
11 min
We welcome a very interesting guest in retired Federal prosecutor John Gleeson to The National Defense. John had a long-running career in law enforcement, particularly in terms of taking on organized crime and powerful mafia families, and details his work in taking down the “Teflon Don” in “The Gotti Wars: Taking Down America’s Most Notorious Mobster.”
May 21, 2022
May 21, 2022
12 min
We again highlight the Military and Diversity Recruiting team at T-Mobile, and welcome one of their team members, a combat tour veteran and now Partnership Manager for T-Mobile, Chris Jackson, to the show. We talk with Chris about his work on a tank crew in the Middle East and how his work in the military translated to life in the civilian arena.
May 21, 2022
May 21, 2022
16 min
We welcome Brett and Alexa from Backpacks for Life, an organization founded by Brett, a Marine Corps veteran, and his wife, to offers a support system for homeless and at-risk veterans struggling to reintegrate into civilian life. Bob Evans Farms “Heroes to CEOs” program awarded Backpacks for Life one of their fantastic grants, and we salute the work of Brett and Alexa as well as Bob Evans Farms for continuing their support of our great veterans and their families.
May 14, 2022
May 14, 2022
18 min
CEO Scott Greenblat and COO Bill Taylor of Veterans Guardian join the show to discuss their own company and their support of a really interesting group working to prevent suicide in the veteran population in the Irreverent Warriors. Veterans Guardian is a pre-filing consulting firm helping position veterans to achieve the disability rating they are eligible for when they file their claim for VA disability benefits and compensation. Thanks to Scott and Bill for the important work they do filling a gigantic need within the veteran community, as well as for their support of Irreverent Warriors.
May 14, 2022
May 14, 2022
20 min
We welcome Marine Corps veteran and the PGA’s H.O.P.E. Military and Veteran Liaison, Chris Nowak, to the program to talk about his own military service, his work with the Veterans Administration expanding some of the athletic and artistic avenues for our veterans, and about his work now with the PGA’s H.O.P.E. program. For more information on the H.O.P.E. program and more of the PGA’s Reach initiatives, please visit PGAReach.org
May 14, 2022
May 14, 2022
22 min
The National Defense is happy to welcome back Lt Col Dan “Noonan” Rooney to talk about a great organization he started to support the education of the families of uniformed servicemembers who died while serving their country in the Folds of Honor program. To date, over 35,000 scholarships have been given out through the Folds of Honor program, and Dan fills us in on what inspired his work in putting this great VSO together.
May 14, 2022
May 14, 2022
11 min
We are thrilled to welcome singer-songwriter and actress, the Grammy-Award winner Pam Tillis to the program to talk about her career on stage and screen, including the Crackle network single-camera comedy “Fairwood.” Pam is hitting the road again this summer to perform her songs, including our favorite “Maybe It Was Memphis,” so check out her website at PamTillis.com
May 7, 2022
May 7, 2022
8 min
We welcome Engage Your Destiny’s President Armin Assadi to the program to talk about a great Memorial Day weekend festival honoring our veterans in the “Heroes Honor Festival” taking place at Daytona Speedway. Toby Keith is headlining this massive event, and Armin talks about how this festival came together, and what veterans and people attending can expect from the wide-ranging list of military speakers and performers.
May 7, 2022
May 7, 2022
17 min
Partner and President of an innovative medical device company to help prevent hospital associated infections, called Sterilogy. Randy talks with Hal about his service in the U.S. Army where he served in the 1st Calvary division, and how his military service has fueled his present-day entrepreneurial spirit. Bob Evans Farms has awarded $75,000 this year to three veterans through their “Heroes to CEOs” competition, and we look forward to talking with our other two grant winners in the very near future.
May 7, 2022
May 7, 2022
10 min
We welcome Hollywood actress Mimi Rogers to the program to talk about her long-running career on stage and screen, her unique name, and her newest project as Honey Chandler in Bosch: Legacy. Bosch: Legacy is going to be available to stream on Amazon Freevee (formerly IMDb TV), and Mimi talks with us about how following the 7th season of the program, there was thought the series was going away, and how the news that show would continue on the Amazon Freevee platform brought tears to her eyes.