Celebrity Salute

We welcome the newly installed and first Executive Director of MilitaryConnected.org, Kevin Emore, to the program to talk about a wide range of topics, including his military service, his time playing on the West Point Hockey team, playing golf in Kenya, and most importantly, what MilitaryConnected.org does to help place our veterans into good paying and rewarding careers.

We welcome history buff, author, host, and self-professed nerd, Brad Meltzer to the show to discuss the most recent addition to his “I Am…” series with a program based on Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Randy talks with Brad about how the series started, his process of putting together these great biographies, and much more.

We welcome back Oscar-award winning actor Jon Voight to the show to talk about his life and career, and his new movie “The Painter.” Randy and Jon discuss the film, Presidents throwing out first pitches, and much more in this great segment.

We welcome one of our favorite writers, Dave Barry, to the podcast to talk about his career and life living in the great state of Florida. Dave has a new book “Swamp Story: A Novel” where he details various exploits of “Florida Man” stories and how his life has influenced his incredible writing style.

We welcome the wonderful actress Dyan Cannon to the podcast to talk about her work as Executive Producer of the miniseries “Archie” on Britbox, based on her best-selling book, “Dear Cary,” about her late husband, the legendary Cary Grant. Randy and Dyan discuss her career, her relationship with Cary Grant, and what people can expect when they tune into Britbox. We are excited to see the miniseries and hope Dyan keeps stirring things up.

We welcome the unmistakable voice of actor Danny Trejo to Celebrity Salute to give his greeting to all of our servicemembers listening across the world. Randy and Danny talk about his upbringing through the prison system, and how he overcame his tribulations to become the Hollywood sensation he has become, including roles in the films “Heat” and “Machete.”

We welcome actor Neal McDonough to the show to talk about his role on the Paramount Network program “Yellowstone,” his villain role in “Justified,” his hero-turn in Tom Hanks' "Band of Brothers" and what goes into playing all of the roles he has dazzled us with over the years.

We welcome back the author of many of our favorite books, Mitch Albom, to discuss his new book “The Little Liar.” Randy and Mitch talk about the book, what led him to write a book set during the time of the holocaust, and how the device of using “The Truth” as a narrator is a satisfying method.

We welcome Shannon Gerber to Celebrity Salute to discuss her role as Executive Director for The Home Depot Foundation and their work on the “Operation Surprise” campaign through November. Home Depot Foundation paid off three mortgages for veterans and is making house payments for folks in December. Half a BILLION dollars wasn’t enough for Home Depot to pay, and they have increased their financial commitment to $750 MILLION. We are thrilled to bring you the news.

We welcome back legal Rottweiler Nancy Grace to the program to talk about her newest season of Crime Feed on Investigation Discovery, which is also available on MAX. Randy and Nancy discuss the gamut, from tv to the courtroom, hot dogs to murderers. Thanks to Nancy for coming back on the show.