The Neil Haley Show

In an as-aired Total Celebrity segment of the show’s “Just Two Choices” feature, co-hosted with Rico Rokowski, the guest is Dan “Rudy” Ruettiger, the Notre Dame walk-on whose story inspired the classic film Rudy. One of fourteen children from a working-class family in Joliet, Illinois, Ruettiger recounts how he grew up being told he was too small and not smart enough to play college football, and...

On the celebrity segment, Neil welcomes actor and musician Jacob Latimore of Showtime’s The Chi. Latimore, who plays the young shoe-selling playboy Emmett navigating sudden fatherhood, explains that the Lena Waithe series deliberately shows the humanity and heart of Chicago rather than the gang-and-violence picture people expect, portraying good people in tough circumstances who slip up, grow, and...

On the celebrity interviews live from the Grotto, the recurring segment normally with co-host Greg Hanna, Neil welcomes actress and influencer Lorraine Ziff, known as the Goddess of Slots. Lorraine traces her lifelong love of acting from playing Dorothy in a childhood production of The Wizard of Oz through years of auditions in New York and California and a run of horror films, including Mansion o...

On the Total Celebrity segment, Neil welcomes actor Cas Anvar of Syfy’s The Expanse as the series heads into season three. Anvar, who plays pilot Alex Kamal, describes a cast and crew who genuinely love the work and a season he believes tops the last. He explains the advantage of adapting a beloved book series, James S.A. Corey’s novels, written by Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham, who sit in the writ...

On the Caregiver Dave celebrity segment with co-host Dave Nissani, Neil welcomes New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and coach Rachel Hollis. Rachel describes pivoting her Austin-based media company, built largely on massive live events, when the pandemic made them impossible, leaning on lessons from surviving the 2008 recession and reinventing fast with virtual events and products. She sh...

On Author’s Corner, Neil welcomes Fox News contributor and author Pete Hegseth to discuss his book In the Arena, built around Theodore Roosevelt’s famous 1910 “Man in the Arena” passage and his Citizenship in a Republic speech. Hegseth explains that the book is less about Roosevelt or himself than about what he sees as the building blocks of the American experiment, and his belief that a great rep...

On the Total Celebrity Show, Neil welcomes actor Billy Baldwin, who talks about guest-starring as a billionaire named Everett on VH1’s sizzling basketball drama Hit the Floor. Baldwin praises the show’s scripted take on the catty, behind-the-scenes world of pro-sports dance teams and raves about the young cast’s athleticism and the jaw-dropping choreography. With a laugh, he says playing a “master...

On the celebrity segment, Neil welcomes Thomas McClary, legendary founding guitarist of The Commodores, to talk about his memoir Rock & Soul. McClary recounts the band’s origin at Tuskegee University, where, standing in a freshman registration line, he struck up a conversation with a shy student whistling a jazz tune, Lionel Richie, and set out to form a band for a talent show. That group, fir...

On the Total Celebrity segment, Neil welcomes Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary of Shark Tank and CNBC’s Money Court. O’Leary traces his entrepreneurial drive to a teenage moment of being fired from an ice cream shop, deciding then he would never work for anyone again. He shares a surprising creative streak: a lifelong love of guitars, cameras, and film editing that led him to launch his first company...

On the Caregiver Dave celebrity segment with co-host Dave Nisani, Neil welcomes real estate star Ryan Serhant of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing New York, named the American Cancer Society’s National Ambassador for the Real Men Wear Pink program. Serhant explains what drew him in: a statistic that a large share of Americans delayed medical care during the pandemic, a friend newly diagnosed with bre...

J. Len Sciuto on Iran, Border Security, National Legacy, Global Conflict, and the Future of AmericaIn this special simulcast of The Neil Haley Show and The J. Len Sciuto Show, Neil “The Media Giant” Haley welcomes bestselling author and military veteran J. Len Sciuto for a wide-ranging discussion about Iran, maritime security, the U.S.-Mexico border, Europe, China, Russia, nuclear risk, and what S...

In this episode of The Neil Haley Show, Neil “The Media Giant” Haley welcomes actor, comedian, and author Thomas Lennon to discuss his upcoming holiday horror-comedy, Christmas at the Kringles, his approach to acting, and his latest writing and film projects. Thomas explains how he became involved in Christmas at the Kringles after receiving an email from his agent connecting him with the creative...

In this special simulcast of The Neil Haley Show and AI Office Hours, Neil “The Media Giant” Haley and Patrick Riley discuss how artificial intelligence is changing the way people manage their businesses, automate tasks, build applications, and organize their daily work. Through their own experiences with AI tools and autonomous agents, they explore the benefits of using multiple platforms, the im...

In a simulcast of the Dr. Christopher Hall Show, co-hosted with the Nobel Prize-nominated emergency physician and bestselling author, Neil welcomes back comedian, actor, musician, and author Tommy Davidson. Davidson reflects on how humor came naturally to him from childhood, his mother’s early insight that he had a way of making people laugh before they could even think, and how that gift still an...

Jon Taffer, Gary Lyon Otto, Mary Shearer Eckert, and Dr. Gilda CarleOn the Total Celebrity segment, Neil welcomes Jon Taffer, star of Spike TV’s top-rated series Bar Rescue, as the show marks its 100th episode. Taffer recounts his unlikely path from tending bar while studying political science in Denver to a career fixing failing bars on television, sparked when a friend in the industry told him h...

Dr. Anila Bindal, William Troy, Dr. Jessi Gold, and Indy PedersonThe show opens with a return visit from Dr. Anila Bindal, who clears up misconceptions about continuous glucose monitors, or CGMs. She explains that these small arm-worn sensors are not only for people with Type 1 diabetes or those on insulin, and that for the more than 30 million Americans with Type 2 diabetes, seeing glucose trends...

Cheyenne Jackson, Mary Shearer Eckert, Mitchell S. Karnes, Joshua Philipp, and Mina ValentineNeil opens with actor and singer Cheyenne Jackson of FX’s American Horror Story, who talks about being asked back to the show and the thrill of playing opposite Lady Gaga, whom he praises for her ego-free, all-in commitment to the craft and her Golden Globe-winning turn. Known to many from 30 Rock and Glee...

Dennis McKinnon, Karen Hubert, and Sharon CameronNeil welcomes former Chicago Bear Dennis McKinnon, a member of the legendary 1985 championship team, who now runs Barely Active Productions and, in his words, prefers to spend his time making a difference rather than reliving the glory days. McKinnon explains his passion for connecting lesser-known charities and nonprofits with media, advertising, a...

Don McLean, Dr. David Sequeira, and Mary Shearer EckertOn the ProVision Brokerage celebrity segment with co-host Eric Couch, Neil welcomes legendary singer-songwriter Don McLean. McLean, forever synonymous with American Pie, shares fresh backstory on the song, from his debut album Tapestry on Alan Livingston’s Media Arts label to United Artists buying the company on the strength of what he had wri...

Dr. David Sequeira on The Road to a Happy Destiny: The 12 Steps, Self-Esteem, Faith, and Finding Inner PeaceIn this episode of The Neil Haley Show, Neil “The Media Giant” Haley welcomes psychologist and author Dr. David Sequeira to discuss his book The Road to a Happy Destiny, his decades of work with addiction recovery, and how he adapted principles from the 12 Steps into a broader therapeutic ap...

In this episode of The Neil Haley Show, Neil “The Media Giant” Haley welcomes psychologist, author, and longtime activist Dr. Harold Kooden to discuss his book Golden Men: The Power of Gay Midlife and the larger lessons it offers about aging, identity, self-acceptance, resilience, and living authentically. Dr. Kooden’s professional journey has been closely connected to psychology, writing, and adv...

Dr. Louise Stanger on Trauma Is Your Superpower: Resilience, Grief, Identity, and TransformationIn this episode of The Neil Haley Show, Neil “The Media Giant” Haley welcomes Dr. Louise Stanger to discuss her book Trauma Is Your Superpower and how painful experiences can become a source of growth, empathy, resilience, and purpose. Stanger’s central message is not that trauma is desirable, but that...

In this episode of The Neil Haley Show, Neil “The Media Giant” Haley welcomes author Chaute Johnson to discuss her first novel, On the Front Line in a Cosmic Conflict, her love of writing, the adaptive technology that allows her to work independently as a blind author, and the faith-based themes at the center of her story. Chaute says writing has been part of her life since childhood. She began wi...

Bob Drury, Craig DeRoche, and Wayne Miller On a simulcast of the celebrity interviews live from the Grotto, the recurring segment with co-host Greg Hanna, Neil welcomes New York Times bestselling author Bob Drury to talk about The Phantom: The Untold Story of the American Marine the Nazis Could Not Kill, his latest collaboration with writing partner Tom Clavin. Drury explains the pair’s signature...

Denny Seiwell, Christine Waltz, Dr. David Sequeira, and Dr. Anila Bindal On the Total Celebrity segment, Neil welcomes legendary drummer Denny Seiwell, the first musician Paul McCartney called after the Beatles broke up. Seiwell recounts auditioning for the Ram album, getting the career-changing call days later, and the vacation invitation to Scotland that turned into the founding of Wings. He ref...