Celebrity Salute

We are thrilled to welcome back the preeminent documentarian in North America, PBS’ Ken Burns, to the show.  Ken and Randy catch up and discuss the new MASSIVE documentary he is releasing on PBS: “The American Revolution.”  This new series will be available on your local PBS, the PBS website, and Amazon Prime Video.  What a great way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the start of the Patriot Cause.

We welcome comedian Tom Papa back to the podcast yet once again to talk about his comedy tour, the rise of the Southern comedian, and his great new book “You’re Doing Great…And Other Reasons to Stay Alive.”  We always love having Tom on the show, and this week is no different.

We welcome lauded actress, singer, and song-writer, Lena Hall to Celebrity Salute to talk about the release of her new E.P.  “Songs From Your Friends & Neighbors” released April 25, as well as her character and role in AppleTV+’s great new series starring Jon Hamm.

“Relative Control” is the new project of actress Teri Polo. We welcome her to the podcast this weekend to talk about her time as a major character in the “Meet the Parents” trilogy of films and her new streaming project “Relative Control,” which examines the role of the caregiver in a humorous fashion.

 We welcome magician David Blaine to the show to talk about magic, feats of unbelievable endurance, a staggering number of autographs on USO tours, and his brand new show “Do Not Attempt,” a six-part series looking for people who perform some truly unbelievable feats.  “Do Not Attempt” is available on Hulu through NatGeo and NatGeoTV.com.

This week, we welcome actress Julia Schlaepfer, who portrays Alexandra Dutton on the Paramount Plus series "1923." Randy and Julia talk about her parent's love of "Yellowstone" and how special it is to have her portray one of the scions of the Dutton clan in CBS and Paramount's rich world of "Yellowstone" storytelling.  They discuss working with Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford, and much more.

We welcome one of our favorite entertainers, Tony Danza, to Celebrity Salute to talk about his life and career as an actor, singer, dancer, and boxer in this great interview.  Tony has joined the cast of Starz's "Power Book III: Raising Kanan" for Season 3, and he and Randy talk about the show and so much more.

Randy welcomes comedienne Kathy Griffin to the podcast to talk about her new stand-up special “My Life on the PTSD List.”  Kathy and Randy talk about her career, her return to the stage, as well as some great stories of her time traveling around the world entertaining our troops and veterans.

The podcast welcomes world-famous radio host, Glenn Beck, to the program to talk about his lengthy career on the airwaves, what he is up to now, thoughts on our military and it’s current state of affairs, as well as an interesting discussion on the state of radio and talk radio.

We welcome a star of Netflix’s “The Night Agent,” Lucianne Buchanan, to the podcast to talk about her part in the second season of the hit series on Netflix.  Randy and Lucianne talk about the source material for the project, the work that goes into making a soundstage look like the Nation’s Capitol, and much more.

We welcome back one of acting’s highest regarded leading-man, in Alec Baldwin!  Randy and Alec talk about his military family, his own continually growing family, as well as how he has handled the painful and difficult tragedy on the set of one of his films.  Now, Alec is taking a starring role on your television set in the new reality series:  “The Baldwins.”

We welcome Andy Erwin from Kingdom Story Company to talk about the completion of the first season of his podcast “The Storytellers” recently featuring actor Mel Gibson (a TWO HOUR episode!)  Randy and Andy talk about the interview, other podcast episodes, and what we can expect to see on the screen from Kingdom Story Company in the near future.

We welcome actor Tim Matheson to the show to talk about his career and his new memoir: “Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches.”  The guys talk about his various roles throughout his lengthy career, including Otter, Johnny Quest, and many others.

Celebrity Salute welcomes star of Broadway and Hollywood, actor Josh Gad, to the program.  Josh has a new “tell-some” book, “In Gad We Trust.”  Randy and Josh talk about the book, and more importantly, about the wind-fueled wildfires that have ravaged areas of Los Angeles.  Josh and Randy talk about the fires, our first responders, and about how anyone can help lend their fellow American a hand in the wake of this disaster.