THE INTERVIEW
Jay Glazer, Fox Sports NFL Insider, talks about his advocacy for military veterans. As a co-founder of Merging Vets & Players, Glazer helps match former combat veterans and former professional athletes to help each other through the transition into their new lives away from the battlefields and playing fields.⁠
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Glazer also talks about his book, "Unbreakable: How I Turned My Depression and Anxiety into Motivation and You Can Too," being a voice for those struggling with mental health, and organizing the reunion of former POW Shoshana Johnson and one of her Marine rescuers.⁠

SCUTTLEBUTT
Los Lunas American Legion Post makes her-story

South-by-Southwest Festival bars military and defense companies from top-level sponsorships at the 2025 music and technology event

Celebrity Veteran: ESPN founder and Air Force veteran, William "Bill" Rasmussen

Special Guest: Jay Glazer.

Links:

• Watch video of this episode on YouTube
• The History of the Purple Heart | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
• Find a Service Officer
• Saving lives of veterans, their families, and communities with the Columbia Protocol | The American Legion
• MVP | Merging Vets & Players
• Unbreakable by Jay Glazer – HarperCollins
• MVP The Movie — MVP | Merging Vets & Players
• Unbreakable with Jay Glazer: A Mental Wealth Podcast on Apple Podcasts
• Los Lunas American Legion Post makes her-story | Good News | abqjournal.com
• South By Southwest festival bars Army, defense industry from 'sponsoring' 2025 event - Breaking Defense
• (6) The 100 Tampons NASA (Almost) Sent To Space -- and Other Absurd Songs | Marcia Belsky | TED - YouTube
• ESPN founder writes new book, pushes positivity

THIS WEEK'S GUEST
Our guest, John Renken, is a former U.S. Army Ranger, former professional MMA fighter, the founder of several churches, and a successful entrepreneur

He is owner of online travel booking engine Travel Mavericks; the owner of Southwestern Consulting where he provides coaching for sales professionals; and the CEO of Sales Platoon, a company focused on connecting active duty servicemembers to civilian sales careers.

We talk with John about his military career, his MMA experience, and how he uses his experience to provide career assistance for military veterans.

RAPID FIRE
Singing Legionnaires - where are you?
America's best hiking trails
'Kandahar' trailer stars Gerard Butler in escape from Afghanistan

Special Guest: John Renken.

Links:

• Watch video of this episode on YouTube
• Artemis II: 2 former Navy pilots bring thousands of flight hours to historic moon mission | Stars and Stripes
• Action Center
• Sales Training | Sales Platoon
• Home Page - Hiring Our Heroes
• DOD SkillBridge
• SAINT - Rory Fraser
• Watch Fight Church | Prime Video
• Be the One | The American Legion
• Singing Legionnaires - where are you? | Legiontown U.S.A.
• America’s best hiking trails | The American Legion
• Free Entrance to National Parks for Gold Star Families and Veterans (U.S. National Park Service)
• 'Kandahar trailer stars Gerard Butler in escape from Afghanistan
• Join The American Legion