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Hal Zaima

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Hal Zaima is Partner and President of an innovative medical device company that helps 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.

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Donny Osmond

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Celebrity Salute welcomes American singer, dancer, actor, television host and former teen idol, Donny Osmond to the show! Randy speaks with Donny about his six decades of work in the entertainment industry, the 11 year residency he and his sister Marie Osmond completed at the Flamingo Las Vegas, and his new multi-year residency at the Harrah’s Las Vegas. It’s a great interview with a great entertainer here on Celebrity Salute.

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Jeff “Skunk” Baxter

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We welcome an incredibly fascinating individual in Skunk Baxter to The National Defense. Skunk Baxter is an American guitarist, known for his stints in the rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers during the 1970s and Spirit in the 1980s. More recently, he has worked as a defense consultant and advised U.S. members of Congress on missile defense. Randy and Skunk talk about all of this and much more in this great interview.

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Ashleigh Banfield

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We welcome one of our favorite cable tv news presenters in Ashleigh Banfield. Ashleigh is the host of her own new show on News Nation with “Banfield” and she and Randy talk about her move to that network, the curiosity of the public’s interest in the Depp v. Heard trial, as well as some talk about the rest of what is going on in the world.

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Lewis Pullman

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We welcome actor Lewis Pullman to the show to talk about his turn as Lt. Robert “Bob” Floyd in the new film Top Gun: Maverick. Randy and Lewis talk about the process of making the film, his interaction with members of the U.S. Navy, and some thoughts on his great acting father, Bill Pullman. No fighter jet interview would be complete without civilians relating their stories of flying along with trained military pilots and how their bodies reacted to pulling Gs in a powerful plane.

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Kevin LaRosa

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In this segment, we welcome the Aerial Coordinator and Stunt Pilot for the smash hit Top Gun: Maverick, an ATP-certified pilot who worked with Tom Cruise to put together a curriculum for an acting boot camp for the cast of this film. Randy talks with Kevin about some of the behind-the-scenes work to put the practical effects into place for Top Gun: Maverick and a little bit about his own experience as a stunt pilot in Hollywood.

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Nate McDonald

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We welcome a unique veterans service organization to the program and the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Irreverent Warriors, Nate McDonald, to the show. Nate served in the Marine Corps as an intelligence officer and used his own experience to work for this group. Irreverent Warriors seek to link warriors together through therapeutic events across the country. We also work with other veteran organizations who provide services such as job placement, training, housing, service dogs and more. Their use of humor and dark comedy is bringing veterans together using that humor and camaraderie to improve their mental health and to prevent veteran suicide.

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Zephrine Hanson

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We welcome yet another award winner from Bob Evans Farms’ “Heroes to CEOs” grant program, with retired Air Force photojournalist Zephrine Hanson. Medically retired in 2004, she began a healing journey, along the way she welcomed 3 neurodiverse children to her already atypical life. In 2016, Zephrine, her husband, and children moved to Denver to continue the healing journey. After completing a life-changing therapeutic horticulture farm program for veterans, Zephrine pivoted into the agricultural community focusing on food security and entrepreneurship for underserved communities in the Denver metro area.

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James Hollon

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We welcome US Marine Corps Staff Sergeant James Hollon (Ret.) to the program to discuss both his military service in the Corps, and how his own injuries he sustained during five combat deployments affected his daily life and how he decided to do something to not only help himself navigate his own transition process to civilian life, but how that could go to helping others in the same predicament with the founding of his non-profit, Set Apart Farms.

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Tim Kennedy

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We welcome a retired Green Beret, Tim Kennedy, to the show to talk about his decision to join the military on September 12th, 2001, and how that decision has led him on the path to where he is today. Make sure to check out the new book “Scars and Stripes: An unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself” by Tim Kennedy for the story of a great American.

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