The Neil Haley Show Featuring Neil Smith, Sherriece Kimbrough, Jason Mendelson, Dr. Jack Rocco, and Jennifer Eskew

The Neil Haley Show Featuring Neil Smith, Sherriece Kimbrough, Jason Mendelson, Dr. Jack Rocco, and Jennifer Eskew



The Talk Nutrition simulcast with co-host Kelly Springer opened with NHL executive and Stanley Cup-winning general manager Neil Smith of the NHL Wraparound Podcast. Beyond his career leading the 1994 Rangers to glory, Neil opened up about the grief that has shaped him, from losing his father at age 10 and his grandmother at 17, to his mother in 2011, to the unimaginable loss of his 21-year-old son to suicide seven years ago. He shared how weekly trauma therapy, volunteer service (HOA president of his 400-home South Carolina community, the Bon Secours Wellness Arena board, and informal grief counseling), and a daily commitment to staying present have helped him survive and grow. He urged Kelly and listeners to slow down, enjoy the ride, and remember that nothing happens outside the present moment. Tune in at NHL Wraparound with co-host Vic Morren, and look for big affiliate news with Kelly's Choice in 2026.Neil then welcomed Sherriece Kimbrough, Relationship Abuse Program Officer at the Allstate Foundation, for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Sherriece explained that one in four women and one in seven men will experience domestic violence in their lifetime, and nearly all will also experience financial abuse, a form of control that includes job interference, coerced debt, excessive spending monitoring, and forced allowances. She noted that survivors say lack of access to financial resources is the number one barrier to safety, with many reporting access to only $175.50 without their abuser's knowledge. She pointed listeners to the Foundation's Moving Ahead financial education workbook at allstatefoundation.org and the National Domestic Violence Hotline at thehotline.org for 24/7 help.Neil and Dr. Jack Rocco of the Ultimate Men's Movement then welcomed Jason Mendelson, known in the head and neck cancer advocacy world as "Superman HPV." Jason traced his 2014 diagnosis at age 44, when a small bump on his neck during a financial exam led within weeks to a stage four HPV-related tonsil cancer diagnosis, a radical tonsillectomy with 42 lymph nodes removed, and seven brutal weeks of chemo and radiation. He shared that the virus had likely laid dormant in the crypts of his throat for decades, that three out of four adults by age 30 carry HPV, and that oropharyngeal cancer has surpassed cervical cancer to become an epidemic among men aged 40 to 60. After being featured on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt and speaking at two congressional briefings on the Prevent HPV Cancers Act, Jason now serves on the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance and HPV Cancers Alliance boards and heads to Bangkok October 18 to 27 for the International HPV Conference. His message: see an ENT immediately for an unexplained neck bump or non-healing mouth sore, and talk to your pediatrician about the HPV vaccine for boys and girls age nine and up. Dr. Jack can be reached at TheUltimateMensClinic.com and largernewbedford.com.Neil then welcomed Jennifer Eskew, retired Virginia State Trooper and 29-year ATF Special Agent, whose memoir Becoming Fire: Chasing the Passion to Protect, Serve and Love launches November 18 with a foreword by Joe Kenda. Jennifer shared how she began undercover work as a state trooper in 1986, then spent 10 months full-time undercover in 1989 living in a federal housing project as her alias Lee Baylor, buying drugs and firearms from gang members in Portsmouth, before joining ATF and continuing undercover operations. She described one chilling moment at Freddy's crack house when a sawed-off shotgun was held four inches from her temple, and contrasted real undercover life with television portrayals, including the strict rules around drug use, integrity, and informant management.Neil closed with a brief segment promoting a documentary film with social media handle Artfully United Doc, opening at the Laemmle...