Voice for Valor Podcast
A veteran podcast for stories that go past the biography
Voice for Valor is a long-form veteran podcast built around one guest, one conversation, and enough time for the real story to surface. Listen to stories of service, sacrifice, leadership, resilience, and life after the uniform.
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Why this podcast is built for veterans
Voice for Valor gives each guest room to explain the person behind the service record: the mission, the family, the transition, the loss, the humor, and the meaning that remains after the uniform comes off.
Every episode is designed to be useful in more than one format: watch the video, listen in a podcast app, read the transcript, or follow the related essays and story collections.
Featured veteran podcast episodes
- Tony Whitehead He Led Hundreds of Thousands. Then Everything Stopped — After more than 40 years in service — including advising the Chief of the National Guard Bureau — Tony Whitehead faced the one thing no leadership manual covers: losing your identity when the uniform comes off. This is an honest conversation about purpose, rank, and who you are without a mission.
- Josh Parrish From Hardship to Heroic Impact — The VetLife Mission — Josh Parrish grew up in poverty on a Native American reservation where the military wasn't a career choice — it was the only door out. When his service ended, he built VetLife and the Battle Buddy App to make sure no veteran has to navigate the system alone.
- John Whiddon Saving a Father & Son in a Blizzard: The Impossible Rescue — John Whiddon is a former Coast Guard helicopter pilot and aircraft commander known for his resilience and life-saving rescue missions in the Pacific Northwest.
- Clarence Singleton Pinned in the Dust as Tower 2 Fell — Vietnam veteran, Purple Heart recipient, and FDNY firefighter Clarence Singleton was in the rubble of the South Tower on 9/11 when he was pinned in the debris and gave up hope of survival.
- Col. Bree Fram She Was #2 in the Space Force. Then They Called Her Dishonorable — Colonel Bree Fram was ranked #2 in the entire Space Force for promotion. A 23-year career — combat deployments to Iraq and Qatar, astronautical engineering, Pentagon acquisition policy, and helping stand up the Space Force itself. Then Executive Order 14183 gave her a choice: revert or get out. Now she's running for Congress in Virginia's 11th District.
- Bernadette Maldonado She Failed Out of College. Then She Flew for the Air Force — Bernadette Maldonado failed out of college her first semester. Her parents worked multiple jobs and swing shifts to keep food on the table. Years later, she was flying at 30,000 feet for the U.S. Air Force — and on her way to Capitol Hill.
- Chris Meek From Wall Street to 9/11 Legacy — Why He Walked Away From Everything — Chris Meek left a 16-year Wall Street career, earned a doctorate, wrote best-selling books, ran for Congress, and then stripped it all away to build the 9/11 Legacy Foundation — ensuring the next generation understands responsibility, agency, and the power to act when it matters most.
- Angelina Stephens She Led F-15 Maintenance Squadrons. Then the Silent Enemy Found Her — For twenty years, Lt. Col. Angelina 'Strike' Stephens led hundreds of airmen, commanded F-15 Strike Eagle maintenance units, and served at the Pentagon. She survived deployments, injuries, and a decade of infertility. But behind the uniform was a hidden battle: severe postpartum depression and a year of silent suicidal ideation.