The Monica Sanford Show

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 industr...

An Exclusive Interview with Chris Crawford, the Top Defense Attorney in FL that changed the FL gun law! He went up against the FL Supreme Court in September 2025 and Won with his amazing oral arguments defending the Constitution & the 2nd Amendment. The now precedent-setting case law in the First District Court of Appeal unanimously ruled prohibiting open carry in FL was unconstitutional. This is...

This week Monica and retired Marine LtCol David Sanford sat down with Lindsey Chrismon, a 2014 West Point grad, combat aviator, and the first Captain of the Corps of Cadets, being only the 4th woman ever in the Academy's history to lead the 4400 member Corps. She flew the AH 64 Apache and was the first woman to fly the AH 6M Little Bird in the 160th Special Operations Aviation regiment, flying com...

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 assists, commercial and government, providers with their practices. He assists organizations in solving recruitment, acquisition, retention, be...

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 en...

Joe Leurs is a combat Marine Corps NCO, received a Purple Heart from an injury sustained in Iraq, retired Army Reserves, and retired Metro Nashville PD Gang Unit Detective.  He's also an Entrepreneur/Inventor of a life-saving product and recently a candidate for US congressional District 7 in Tennessee. We discussed his time in the Marine Corps, 31st MEU, special ops, 1st Marine Division, his time...

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 disability 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 and prepare for the in...

State Representative Jody Barrett from the 69th District of TN, candidate for US Congress District 7, Attorney, 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...

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 spon...

Diane Canada is the founder of Lady Up America, a national speaker, a 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 f...

Jenny Jackson is the new Bravo reality tv celebrity, straight from Kings Court, streaming now on Peacock. She tells us all about how she got on the show, the behind the scenes and all about that experience.   She tells us how she went into modeling and acting at a young age, how she was discovered and the ups and downs of such a tough business.  She is also a host of the daytime talk show "Bless y...

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, he...

This week we sat down with Annie Nelson, an author, entrepreneur, speaker, and Founder of The American Solider Network and Ruckup.org. She was also just named 2025 Nashville Remarkable Woman of the Year for devoting so much of her life to helping Veterans and their families.  It all started with a Marine pen-pal and care packages that helped form strong bonds, lifelong friendships and multiple Vet...

I sat down with Abbie Stockard, the current 2025 Miss America, to discuss her path to the crown and her future in healthcare.  She is currently a senior at Auburn University School of Nursing and looking forward to being a nurse in Pediatrics. We covered A LOT!  We talked about her "why" she joined the pageant, the expectations from the judges, was it everything she thought it would be, meeting th...

This is my first every Solo recording. I have had so many reach out and ask why my family picked up and moved, rather suddenly, from Pensacola, FL to Nashville, TN! Hear a quick update on what has been happening with my family over the past few months and what it coming up.  I have great guests lined up in Nashville and have started recording in local studios.  Checkout my Facebook page for video...

Dean Wegner is an Army Veteran, West Point graduate, finished flight school and Ranger school and is the Founder & CEO of Authentically American based out of Nashville, TN.  He's been featured multiple times on Fox News, MSNBC, Forbes magazine and more. Authentically American was the Winner of the 2024 Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year in Tennessee.  His strategic and sharpened business bac...

Jett Bowling is a young, great looking, up and coming Formula Race driver with Kiwi SportsTeam. He has the perfect Name and the perfect Look!  He sits down to discuss what it takes to be a race car driver: physical fitness, nutrition, endurance, concentration and mental toughness.  He's had a super busy 2024-2025 season and has taken the podium 6 times in the last 9 races. He is definitely one to...

Rosabel Zohfeld came to America with a dream, with her persistence and determination she made it happen.  After the death of her mother at 17 years old, then becoming homeless, she moved from Columbia to America, learning a new culture and language, and put herself through nursing school and advancing her career to a Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in Neurology.  Hear her story of overcomin...

Dr. Amanda Zeine, Army Flight Surgeon, deployed twice, sustained a TBI in 2018 that took her away from medical practice. Her first book, "Hot Mess to Wellness" tackles her mental health journey having to transistion away from medicine to achieving optimal wellness.  Hear her inspirational story that takes her from being the Chief of Pediatrics to discovering new ways to help kids through common di...

Donnie Petersen has been the Chief Operating Partner Lead at Chick-Fil-A in Pensacola, FL for the past 20years and he is also the CEO of Colere, a Leadership Development company.  A huge supporter of business, non-profits, the military, homeless and more.  We discussed the culture that cultivates leaders. He has mentored and developed so many leaders across all levels of the organization from entr...

My 100th episode with my 2 very special guests! My niece and nephew, 2 brand new medical doctors and tell us about their experiences over the past 4 years of Med School.  Dr. Bryce Webb, graduate of Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa has been a part of several research projects across orthopedics spine, ER, Hematology/Oncology resulting in peer reviewed publications, oral presentations, poster s...

Kathy Morrow is a military spouse, entrepreneur, Director of Emerald Coast Public Relations Organization and President of 2Morrow Communications.  She started a military owned business and became the expert of giving the words to inspire and impact your business.  Her expertise is collaborating with businesses to help design, build, customizing websites, blogs and optimizing marketing strategies. ...

Melissa Washington, Navy Veteran, Marine Corps spouse, daughter of Vietnam Veteran and CEO/Founder of Women Veterans Alliance.  She talks about how a dinner out with friends turned into a global organization, now celebrating the 10 year anniversary of helping Women Veterans. She is an award-winning advocate, speaker, author, entrepreneur, CEO, publisher, radio show host, and multiple awards for in...

Sean Vincent is an Army Veteran, an artist, visionary, and master image maker who captures the world's legacy through his lens. Blending art, high fashion, luxury, runway, and still photos capturing lifetime moments in motion.  He's an entrepreneur with multiple businesses building his global brand, including, The Wealth Architect, and working with businesses like Athletes Water.  His upcoming wor...

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 30 million views on Tik Tok, Instagram, and Facebook. He is documenting the Bus Driver life and people love it! He was the first ever county employee in the Transportation Department...