We welcome Charline Polk, a real-life 911 dispatcher appearing on the second season of Oxygen network’s 911 Crisis Center. Randy talks with Charline about some of the real-life calls captured in this series, and what exactly goes into being a successful first responder.
We needed a little shot of culture on the show, and Randy welcomes a guest perfect for the task in renowned and award-winning opera singer Renee Fleming. Renee and Randy talk about her performing career, her upcoming project on September 18th in IMAX: “Cities that Sing: Paris” with Kelsey Grammer.
We welcome the frontman of the rock group, Staind, now turned one of the most influential and sometimes polarizing forces in country music, Aaron Lewis, to Celebrity Salute! Randy and Aaron talk about his long-running musical career, switching genres, and his motivations as an artist. Aaron shares his thoughts on the men and women that wear the uniform of the U.S. Armed Forces, his work with the CreatiVets collaborative, and much more in this great interview.
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We welcome actor and star of HBO’s “House of the Dragon,” “The Hobbit,” “Rambo,” and more to talk about the premiere of the new “Game of Thrones” prequel that has begun airing. Graham McTavish plays the chivalrous character, Sir Harold Westerling in the series, and we are so excited to have yet another drama in the HBO stable take over our water cooler discussions and our Sunday nights.
We welcome author and co-host of the very successful “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, Sona Movsesian, to the show to talk about her decade-plus of work with Conan O’Brien as well as her new book: “The World’s Worst Assistant.” Randy and Sona share some stories about life in broadcasting, talk about how she got her job and more in this segment.
We talk with Ramon Hervey, a celebrity fixer, to the show to talk about his very interesting career working some high-level crisis situations in the life of celebrity entertainers. Ramon discusses how he first got into this line of work, what it was like writing the book, and if he had ever been called on to kill anyone (yet!).
We welcome the President and CEO of NaVOBA, the National Veteran-Owned Business Association to the program to talk about his organization’s work in certifying that businesses claiming to be owned or operated by veterans are ACTUALLY who they say they are. With more companies, like Johnson & Johnson seeking to support suppliers and companies that are owned by veterans, a clearinghouse is necessary to ensure that people and companies are who they say they are. A very interesting interview and we thank Matthew for his time.
We speak with Nate Boyer, a Green Beret and National Football League veteran, about the new movie he has directed and starred in: “MVP.” In the film, Nate portrays a homeless former Marine named Zephyr who’s also suffering from PTSD and suicidal thoughts while trying to forge a new life for himself. Randy and Nate discuss his other project supporting our veteran community as well.
We welcome back the founder of the Veterans Cannabis Project, Aaron Augustis, to the show along with Johnathan Shia to get an update on efforts to allow veterans from ALL states to use medical marijuana to combat injuries and post-traumatic stress. Getting our veterans off of prescription painkillers and opioids is something all seem interested in, yet at a Federal level there is still heavy resistance to allow the Department of Defense and VA to allow veterans to legally treat their symptoms.
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We welcome back the CEO of one of our absolute favorite Veteran Service Organizations! Art delaCruz, CEO of Team Rubicon, returns to talk with Randy about his great organization. Art and Randy get the important stuff out of the way first in discussing the new “Top Gun” movie as well as his group’s work in disaster relief efforts with the extreme flooding taking place around the country.
