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
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
We welcome USMC Veteran, Tony Crescenzo, to the program to discuss his military service, which was certainly a challenging and exciting series of missions. Randy speaks with Tony about how his military service, as well as his compatriots, has informed how they operate their firm. Intelligent Waves delivers mission-focused multi-domain operational expertise and innovation to the government through high-impact technology solutions in cybersecurity, data science, cognitive human performance, software development, and enterprise network & systems engineering.
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
We welcome the star of “The Bachelor” Season 20, Ben Higgins, to the show to discuss the expanded release of his book: “Alone in Plain Sight.” Randy and Ben discuss his book, The scourge of veteran suicide, and some great advice on how to stay connected to our support systems.
Saturday Oct 11, 2025
Saturday Oct 11, 2025
We welcome Derek Shulman, a music executive and a member of the band Gentle Giant, to the show. Derek has a new book coming out, just in time for the holidays, called: Giant Steps: My Improbable Journey From Stage Lights to Executive Heights. Randy and Derek talk about the book, the music industry, and much more.
Saturday Oct 11, 2025
Saturday Oct 11, 2025
We welcome Henry Winkler, a legendary actor who struggled with dyslexia as a child and has used his personal experiences to write many great children’s books, including his new release: “Detective Duck: The Mystery at Emerald Pond.” Randy and Henry talk about his television career, his Emmy award-winning turn on HBO’s Barry, and much more in this great segment.
Saturday Oct 11, 2025
Saturday Oct 11, 2025
We welcome Jay Clementi and Tristan Wimmer, members of SongwritingWith:Soldiers, a VSO that seeks to transform lives through collaborative songwriting and weekend retreats. Jay, music director, and Tristan discuss their involvement with the program, and how their personal experiences and loss have informed their healing process through music.
Saturday Oct 11, 2025
Saturday Oct 11, 2025
We welcome NewsNation's Leland Vittert to the show to discuss his work on the news network, his experiences growing up with autism, his parents' efforts to make the world more welcoming for him, and his new book detailing it all: "Born Lucky." We appreciate Leland coming on the show and continue to look forward to more great things from the NewsNation network.
Saturday Oct 11, 2025
Saturday Oct 11, 2025
We welcome one of our favorite women of television: Kathy Lee! Randy and Kathy Lee talk about what she’s up to these days, including some new music being released, and even MORE grandbabies! Randy and Kathy Lee discuss her television career alongside Regis Philbin, the Today Show, and much more.
Monday Oct 06, 2025
Monday Oct 06, 2025
We welcome V.P. of Communications for the Fisher House Foundation, Michelle Horn, back to the show to talk about how Fisher House just “doesn’t stop!” The first Fisher House to be opened in the state of Arkansas, and the 101st overall Fisher House, will make an immediate impact in the lives of veterans and their families who need a place to stay when getting treatment at their regional V.A. facilities. Thanks to Fisher House for all the work they do supporting our veterans!
Saturday Oct 04, 2025
Saturday Oct 04, 2025
We are thrilled to welcome Kate Flannery, an actress from The Office (US), to the show to discuss how much it hurt her to give away her game show winnings to charity (just kidding) with co-star Oscar Nunez. Randy and Kate discuss how their competitive streaks developed, their love of cake, her cabaret tour with Jane Lynch, and more.
Saturday Oct 04, 2025
Saturday Oct 04, 2025
We welcome Barbara Butcher to the show to talk about her career as a criminal investigator, some pretty grisly stories, but most importantly, what she learned in her 680 homicide investigations, and how she has taken that wealth of experience to Oxygen’s “The Death Investigator.”