The Neil Haley Show Featuring Charles Shaughnessy, Susan Shaughnessy, Jason Reynolds, Brett Perkins, Ryan Schneider, and Grace Lynx Jenkins

The Neil Haley Show Featuring Charles Shaughnessy, Susan Shaughnessy, Jason Reynolds, Brett Perkins, Ryan Schneider, and Grace Lynx JenkinsNeil opened the Total Celebrity Segment with actor Charles Shaughnessy, beloved as Maxwell Sheffield on The Nanny, and also the current Lord Shaughnessy of Montreal and Ashford, a baronetcy passed down from his great-grandfather, the Canadian Pacific Railroad president honored by the Crown for services during the First World War. Charles traced his journey from a kid who loved reading aloud in class, to Central School of Speech and Drama in London where he met his wife of 35 years, ballet dancer turned actress Susan Shaughnessy, to eight years on Days of Our Lives, a Murphy Brown guest spot, and finally The Nanny, where CBS's network head championed him for Maxwell. He marveled at how the universal archetype of the cheeky servant smarter than the boss has kept the show in international rerun rotation from China to Germany. Charles then welcomed Susan onto the call to preview their two-person performance of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters on Friday, September 7 at the North Shore Music Theatre, benefiting the Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps. Tickets at NSMT.org, with a meet-and-greet hosted by Boston news veteran Susan Wornick.Neil then welcomed Jason Reynolds, Vice President and General Manager of Integrated Air and Missile Defense at Lockheed Martin, broadcasting live from the historic Building 47 groundbreaking in Troy, Alabama. Jason detailed how the expansion will more than double the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) production line's footprint and quadruple critical munition output, with hundreds of new local jobs already 20 percent filled through a dedicated training pipeline. He explained that THAAD operates in both the endo and exo-atmosphere (hitting a bullet with a bullet at the borders of space) and is currently defending US soldiers and sailors in Operation Epic Fury beyond spec, with a ripple effect across nearly 750 supplier companies in 42 states. Jason credited an $8 to $9 billion investment through 2030 in partnership with the current administration for enabling Lockheed Martin to scale at depth. Apply through Lockheed Martin's online career portal.Neil then turned to Brett Perkins, Senior Vice President of Community Growth and Economic Development at Comcast Corporation, for a Main Street conversation. Citing the US Chamber's finding that 99 percent of all businesses are small businesses and nearly half of American workers are employed by them, Brett pointed to Comcast Business serving over two million small business customers as the country's largest small business connectivity provider. He urged owners to invest from day one in reliable internet, strong Wi-Fi, built-in cybersecurity, and scalable infrastructure rather than constantly reacting to threats. Visit ComcastBusiness.com/SBMonth during National Small Business Month.Neil then welcomed Ryan Schneider, Director of Governmental and Legislative Affairs at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, for a National Moving Month conversation under Operation Protect Your Move, championed by President Trump, Secretary Sean Duffy, and Administrator Derek Barr. Ryan shared red flags including movers who quote without asking what is being moved, websites with no valid local address (he caught one pointing to a flower shop while researching his mom's California to Florida move), price changes after items are loaded, and blank documents being signed. Green flags include a written estimate, a bill of lading, a DOT number that matches the truck at pickup, and a rights-and-responsibilities booklet. Verify any mover at ProtectYourMove.gov and NCCDB.FMCSA.DOT.gov.Neil closed with another return appearance from author Grace Lynx Jenkins ahead of the May 26 launch of her novel Sight. Grace introduced the next layer of her supernatural cast beyond protagonist Noah: a fellow consultant who shares his ability to...