Host Randy Miller discusses topics of interest to veterans and interviews guests on a wide variety of topics.
We welcome Saturday Night Live Alumnus, Taran Killum, to the show to talk about his career, his love of football, and his exciting new turn as host of Amazon Prime’s “The Pile On:” a weekly show that features the highlights (and lowlights) of each week of the NFL season.
It’s time for the dueling Millers as Randy Miller welcomes comedian TJ Miller to the show to talk about his brand new comedy special on YouTube “Dear Jonah.” Randy and TJ share some laughs while discussing their surname as well as some more stories.
We welcome actress Dee Wallace to The National Defense to talk about her role as Elliot’s mother in the film “E.T.” which came out 40 years ago. Randy and Dee delve into Dee’s long-running horror movie career. Check out Dee in the new movie “Nix” if you need to get creeped out while watching Dee’s work.
We welcome Ben Kesling, who covers veterans and military affairs for the Wall Street Journal. We talk about his new book, “Bravo Company” which details a company of Army Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne during a 2009 deployment in Afghanistan, the carnage they encountered, and the results afterwards. Randy and Ben discuss the scourge of veteran suicide, and how this special group’s unit reunion really brought about “Operation Resiliency.”
We welcome the prolific actress Morena Baccarin to the show to talk about her new movie “The Good House” based on the novel by Ann Leary. She stars alongside Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. The movie follows the life of New England realtor Hildy Good as it begins to unravel when she hooks up with an old flame of hers from New York.
We welcome the lead singer and guitarist for the iconic Vietnam-era band, The Moody Blues: Justin Hayward. Justin and Randy discuss The Moody Blues, as well as Justin’s new single “Living for Love” which we get a listen to in this segment. Thanks to Justin and The Moody Blues for proving the soundtracks to many of our younger years.
We welcome one of the driving forces behind 1980s pop-icon, Toto — David Paich. David and Randy talk about the work that Toto compiled over the years, as well as all the other performers that David worked with. Randy highlights David’s new solo album “Forgotten Toys” as well.
We welcome actor and comedian Billy Gardell to the show. Star of “Mike and Molly” and the CBS sitcom series “Bob Hearts Abishola”. Randy and Billy discuss Pittsburgh, Billy’s enormous weight loss journey, as well as stories from his time entertaining military members on installations and his work with the Wounded Warrior Project.
We welcome back Frank Siller, the brother of New York Firefighter Stephen Siller, who established the Tunnel to Towers Foundation to honor the memory of Frank who died running into the World Trade Center. Randy and Frank talk about the most recent anniversary of 9/11, as well as what the Tunnel to Towers Foundation does to support first responders and those whose health was affected in the aftermath of the cleanup efforts at Ground Zero.
We welcome John Rich of Big & Rich to the show to talk about his long-running music career. We chat about his new single “Progress”, his support of the military and veterans, and get his thoughts on current events including the state of country music radio in the United States.
