Episodes

Rachel Rodriguez started singing with her father at a young age, and now she has an entire festival named after her and an album that made it to the first-round consideration of the Grammys! She is taking over Nashville with her attitude, soulful vocals, buffet of sounds & fusion of Latino, Tejano, Country & Mariachi style! She is enjoying her season of overflowing recognition in the music industry and still looking forward to what's ahead. She is giving back to the community, inspiring and teac...

Niels Andersen is a US Navy Corpsman, President and CEO KA Med Data, Vet CV Foundation and Mission Next. He spent 35 years in the tech development industry focusing on Veterans, and healthcare organizations and systems. He designs and develops software and assist, commercial and government, providers with their practices. He assists organizations in solving recruitment, acquisition, retention, benchmarking and metrics. He has built VETCV, the digital platform for Veterans to access all their rec...

The Brett Boyer Foundation is a 501c3 that was co-founded by Ellen Boyer, her husband Bo, sister-in-law Caroline and brother-in-law Luke Bryan. It was created in memory Ellen and Bo's daughter, Sadie Brett Boyer who was diagnosed prenatally with Down syndrome and a congenital heart defect (CHD). In her short 7 months she spent most of that time at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and inspired the entire movement and purpose to help others. The Foundation's mission is to fund congenital heart disea...

This week on the mic is Dr. Monica Sanford, DNP and retired Marine LtCol David Sanford discussing how to prepare for your C & P VA Disability exams. Monica has been evaluating Veterans for their claims for over 3 years and was a speaker at the Military Influencer Conference in ATL 2025. I discuss how to empower yourself and what to expect, from the provider standpoint, for the interview and exam. David was prior enlisted and then retired as the G2 of 2ndMarDiv and he offers his helpful thoughts ...

State Representative Jody Barrett from the 69th District of TN, Candidate for US Congress District 7, Attorney, a small business owner and was graded the most conservative legislator in Tennessee history joins us in studio! After Rep Mark Green resigned from his seat there was a scramble for a special election, polling and fundraising show Rep Barrett consistently as one of the top two to beat. We sat down and discussed everything and anything! Why and how he got started in politics and what sep...

Diane Canda is the founder of Lady Up America, a national speaker, sought out political commentator on Fox News, News Max, and a business consultant focusing on women owned businesses. She served on the Mayor's Minority and Business Advisory Council in Nashville, 2-time award winning Extraordinary Citizen award from the TN State Legislature, author and podcaster. She hosts training workshops for women on how to handle crucial conversations in a civil manner, and remain ladylike, when other's voi...

The past President of American Association of Nurse Practitioners and now Dean for Strategic & Global Affairs for Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She continues to be the voice and leadership for over 400k NPs. She serves on multiple editorial boards, has hundreds of presentations and publications that advocate for evidence-based practices and NP led care. We discussed her leadership, her academic role, health policy, the White House visit, her advocacy for high quality, cost- effective,...

This week we sat down with Annie Nelson, an author, entrepreneur, speaker, and Founder of The AmericanSoldier Network and Ruckup.og. She was also just named the 2025 Nashville Remarkable Woman of the Year for devoting so much of her life tohelping Veterans and their families. It all started with a Marine pen-pal and care packages that helped formed strong bonds, lifelong friendshipsand multiple Veteran organizations. After a visit to a combat hospital, she realized her passion lies in advocacy a...

Denise LaGrange is one of the top selling agents with Sotheby's International Real Estate in Nashville, TN. After a long career in healthcare, pharmaceutical sales and training she moved to Nashville and started diving into the booming Real Estate market and the community. She is very involved with initiatives at the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, volunteers at Second Harvest Food Bank and sponsors a local Bands in a Barn featuring local country artists. Her commitment to the community has been ...

Mr. Bus Driver, Cor’ Darius Jones, an Escambia County, Florida, Yellow School Bus Driver for the past 7 years and documenting it all on social media. He has gone Viral so many times with his social media content, over 30million views on Tik Tok, Instagram, Facebook. He is documenting the Bus Driver life and people love it! He was the first ever county employee in the Transportation Department to win the Stellar Employee of the Month and the Year Awards. He is a sought-after national speaker on s...

PART TWO: Chris Lambert joined the Marine Corps right out of high school. He shares an unfiltered conversation about alcohol, anger, divorces, and 50 years of PTSD. He tells us about walking into hell, then how he said Goodbye to Vietnam, to now having over 6000 hours of volunteering at the VA and helping other Vets. Such a powerful episode and full of stories, that we had to make it a 2-part series. We discussed the events that led up to his receiving his Purple Hearts, what it was like being i...

Chris Lambert joined the Marine Corps right out of high school. He shares an unfiltered conversation about alcohol, anger, divorces, and 50 years of PTSD. He tells us about walking into hell, then how he said Goodbye to Vietnam, to now having over 6000 hours of volunteering at the VA and helping other Vets. Such a powerful episode and full of stories, that we had to make it a 2-part series. We discussed the events that led up to his receiving his Purple Hearts, what it was like being in Vietnam ...

Mr. J.L. Hancock spent 20yrs as a Navy Cryptologist, the senior enlisted advisor of the Future Concepts and Innovation Director at Naval Special Warfare Command, headquarters of the Elite Navy Seals fighting teams. He speaks Korean and Japanese, he’s conducted combat operations with Special Ops teams in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Philippines. He is a go-to resource and subject matter expert in unmanned systems, 5G, AI, national security, drones use in combat. He is now a Consultant and an Author ...

Mr. Adron Chambers former Major League Baseball outfielder, 2011 World Series Champ with the St. Louis Cardinals. Also played for other teams including the Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs—among others. From Pensacola, Florida, QB for Pensacola High School—winning a state title in 2009, then to Mississippi State University on football scholarship. Hear the story of how he went from football to baseball. He was playing baseball for Pensacola Junior College when he was drafted in th...

INGER BERG has been with American Heart Association for the last 12 years and has focused on the fundraising efforts, events, advocacy and education for the non-profit. For this Feb. Heart Month she is discusses the Essential 8 things you can do to keep your heart healthy and all the initiatives that the American Heart Association takes part in for community outreach and engagement. Hear the special considerations of minority community and management of Blood pressure and heart disease! I tell w...

Rounding out our January 2025 Health & Wellness series with another amazing guest! It couldn't be more Perfect timing to have her on the show! Teressa Ruspi is a former NFL Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleader & they are now Super Bowl Bound! Her story is so inspirational because she is all about physical and mental health and wellbeing. We discuss her TR Healthy Bites, fitness routines, and public speaking for her non-profit LRJ Foundation that she heads up with her twin sister that they launched in...

Michael Dylan Thompson: born and raised in Pensacola, FL, Graduate Booker T Washinton High School, full scholarship to University of Alabama for political science atthe graduating at 19 then right on to Yale Law School graduate and a practicing trial attorney by the age of 23. Now at 27yrs old he is running for US Congressional Seat that Rep. Matt Gaetz resigned from in 2024. He is the only Rep primary candidate who petitioned onto the ballot while other paid $10,000 to be on theballot. Micha...

Continuing our 2025 Health and Wellness Kick off! HOTWORX owner Rita Lay and Co-owner and General Manager Kyle Lay are in the studio telling us why they are the newest, Hottest, workouts in the Country right now! What is the HOTWORX difference?Me, my husband, and my daughter tried all the workout rooms, and were all immediately hooked. The difference is real! I have worked out in many types of gyms, yoga, biking, rowing etc. This Infra- Red heat makes it completely different. Learn the benefits...

Kicking off a healthy 2025!Kaitlin Graye is a Family Nurse Practitioner and an awarding winning Obesity Medicine Specialist, certified by Obesity Medicine Association, Certified Nutrition Coach, and a Certified Personal Trainer!She has won multiple awards as the Best Weight Loss Provider and for her popular, effective, customized programs. She walks you through the entire process. She is also an award-winning Fitness/Physique competitor! Check out her Facebook pages for her winning Bikini p...

Jason Coffey— Joined the Marines right out of high school—getting out in 2012, after 3 deployments, as Aviation Ordinance Tech on F-18s, the Huey and Cobras. He was a high school wrestler and continued his training with Marine Corps martial arts, along with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and kick boxing. Also, competed in numerous area grappling tournaments. While transitioning out of the Marine Corps, he found himself dealing with PTSD and Mental Health issues and then found MMA again with some great coac...

With my husband Co-host retired Marine LtCol David Sanford. We sit down with Mr. Jeff Bergosh, Former Escambia County Commissioner, School Board Member, BusinessDevelopment Manager for Marine owned ESA South —working on contracts for federal projects, including aboard NAS Pensacola, with his background in Lockheed Martin, IT services, Engineering & Construction- and now host his own radio show WAKE UP CALL with JEFF BERGOSH. We discussed --- Campaign: his most recent bid for re-election--- what...

Christmas 2024 Episode! Hear uplifting, inspirational, touching, funny stories and messages that spread cheer, peace, comfort and Joy! You have to hear the last "Golden Girls" story!! Marine SSgt Timothy Chandler, started with "Why" he joined the Marine Corps--too funny. 2 tours in Iraq, after 16yrs medically retired and now he is a local Pastor and Chaplain for the Marine Corps League. He does so much for the community, Wreaths Across America, Toys for Tots Program, helps Veterans navigate the ...

I am an Acute Care NP- Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and I had so much fun with this show talking to my guest today getting to know all about her businesses! Dr. Katie Bean is a Physician Associate (PA) and Doctor of Medical Science (DMS) joins me on the show. She is an entrepreneur, founder and owner of Pre-PA Clinic that helps aspiring PAs get accepted into PA programs. She also has her own podcast called Escape the Clinic which she is going to tell us all about both. Her clinical backgroun...

Mr. James Hergott, an award-winning Producer, Director, Filmmaker, has traveled to an active war zone and filmed a Mixed Martial Arts Documentary! I took him and his crew with me to Mosul, Iraq, where he filmed “A Fight for the Troops”. He had unprecedented behind the scenes of MMA military fighters. He has had a critically acclaimed Film featured at Cannes Film Festival, he’s worked in Beverly Hills entertainment with Academy Award winners, and produced an award-winning MMA documentary about UF...