The Neil Haley Show Featuring J. Len Sciuto, Arthur Day, and Julie Ferguson

Neil opened with bestselling author and retired military officer J. Len Sciuto for their weekly geopolitical breakdown, celebrating that his thriller Hades' Crypt has now been on the bestseller list for 24 consecutive weeks. Len previewed his upcoming book Desperate Countermeasures, in which 14 government agencies create the National Nuclear Contingency Plan only to have a domestic terrorist group kidnap, torture, and kill the plan's authors. He noted the eerie parallel to recent news about 11 missing scientists, several with backgrounds in nuclear propulsion, biochemistry, anti-gravity, and interplanetary defense, all of whom held high security clearances and are now under FBI investigation.
Len then walked listeners through the Strait of Hormuz crisis, explaining that under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea it is an international waterway that allows free transit passage despite Iran's claims. With 34 vessels turned away and several seized by Iran, he detailed how 20 million barrels of crude oil and roughly 25 percent of seaborne oil trade normally transit the strait, with crude now running $104 per barrel. He covered the international-orange LNG carriers (each holding 266,000 cubic meters of cargo worth roughly $2.3 million), the VLCC tankers carrying 2 million barrels each, and explained why he believes the U.S. should take out Kharg Island rather than bridges and power plants if Iran refuses to negotiate, since shutting down the wells there would collapse Iran's economy. He warned about the "four-headed snake" of North Korea, China, Russia, and Iran (with China buying Iranian oil at $20 per barrel and supplying missile components and intelligence in return), and outlined the Arctic threat where Russia now operates 32 reactivated military bases inside the Arctic Circle versus only 10 American bases. Find Hades' Crypt and Len's other books at JLenSciuto.com.
Powered by Books to Life Marketing, Neil welcomed Arthur Day, author of the LGBTQ thriller trilogy that concludes with See-Saw following Death at Dawn and The Velvet Trap. Arthur, who has written five books including Sampson and Delilah and When Fear Knocks, explained that he set the trilogy's finale during the COVID era to contrast the destruction and mob mentality of that period with two characters falling in love. The series follows trans female private investigator Diane Vargas and MJ McCaal in fictional Rockmarsh County, Connecticut, where the pair meet, collaborate on the murder of MJ's ex-wife, fall in love, and ultimately marry under Sheriff John Buckmaster. Arthur, who identifies as part of the bisexual community, said the partnership represents hope in the midst of destruction. Neil encouraged him to pursue LGBTQ podcast reviewers and consider adapting the cinematic story into a screenplay for streaming networks. Find his books on Amazon and at ArthurDayWrites.com.
Neil closed with the Reset Medical and Wellness Center podcast, welcoming Patient Engagement Specialist Julie Ferguson, a 25-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department who retired three years ago on St. Patrick's Day. Julie shared how, after a career invested in mental health advocacy (she helped create CPD's juvenile crisis intervention training program and spent years in peer support, partly inspired by her son's serious mental health struggles), she moved to Ohio and felt purposeless until she discovered the role at Reset Medical. The job description seemed written for her: mental health, military, and first responders. Julie noted that police officers in violent cities can experience 800 to 900 traumatic incidents per year, and Chicago officers see far more. Initially skeptical of the parasympathetic NSR (Nervous System Reset) treatment, she onboarded patients and called them after treatment, hearing repeated transformation stories until she finally asked Dr. Michael Louwers for the procedure herself, documenting it on the Reset website. Visit theresetcenter.com.