The Neil Haley Show Featuring Jay Underwood, Jim Wolfenbarger, and J. Len Sciuto

Neil opened the Total Celebrity Show with actor turned full-time pastor Jay Underwood, a beloved face from the 1980s and 1990s known for The Boy Who Could Fly, Not Quite Human, Uncle Buck, The Sonny and Cher Story, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, and the unreleased 1994 Roger Corman Fantastic Four. Jay traced his path from Hayward, California, through American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, to Minneapolis's Children's Theatre Company where he booked his first feature opposite Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, and Ellen Barkin in Robert Redford and Johnny Carson-produced Desert Bloom. He recounted shadowing an autistic boy to research his title role in The Boy Who Could Fly, transforming himself into a Sid Vicious style punk rocker to win the role of Bug for John Hughes and John Candy, and the long, candid backstory of the Roger Corman Fantastic Four that became the documentary Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four. The cast genuinely believed it was their break before learning the German rights-holder had only produced the film to maintain rights for a future sale to 20th Century Fox and Chris Columbus. Jay also shared how God called him out of Hollywood to The Master's Seminary and ultimately to lead First Baptist Church of Weaverville, California as full-time pastor. Find Doomed on iTunes and DVD.Neil then welcomed Jim Wolfenbarger, retired Seventh Chief of the Colorado State Patrol and now with Motorola Solutions, for a timely conversation on securing the June soccer matches and large-scale special events. Jim emphasized that the fundamentals of public safety readiness (good communication and good operational planning anchored by Motorola land mobile radio) have not changed, but new layers of technology now enhance response, including IP-based 911 with precise caller location and live video. He highlighted two Motorola partnerships: with SkySafe in San Diego for airspace situational awareness around no-fly zones at major stadiums and critical infrastructure (identifying drones, locating the operator, and informing response), and with Seattle-based BRINC, a US-manufactured drone company powering Drone as a First Responder programs that can put eyes on an armed robbery scene before officers arrive. Visit motorolasolutions.com.Neil closed with bestselling author J. Len Sciuto, whose third novel Hades' Crypt is rocketing on Amazon. Len opened with his standard geopolitical commentary disclaimer and noted that two-thirds of all book royalties go to junior enlisted E1 through E4 service members still struggling to put food on the table. He recapped how his three novels (Tango Down: China Sea featuring then-experimental lasers, The Devil's Delegation involving a terrorist nuclear threat, and Hades' Crypt set in the Arctic Circle competition between the United States and Russia for precious metals, oil, and natural gas) have each anticipated headlines now playing out in real time. Len then delivered a detailed update on day 33 of the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, with 500 to 1,900 vessels and roughly 22,000 sailors stranded, 67 vessels turned around, four ships disabled, and yesterday's sinking of the Indian wooden vessel Haji Ali about 38 nautical miles north of the UAE while en route from Somalia to Chabahar. He walked listeners through the geography of the Strait (104 miles long, narrowest point two miles wide, with separate northern and southern shipping lanes near Iran and Oman), the depth and tanker draft analysis, and the legal framework: the Strait is an international waterway governed by the right of transit passage under UNCLOS, not Iranian-owned, so any toll would violate international law. Visit JLenSciuto.com.