American Valor Podcast

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Baseball memory, Navy service, civic honor.

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American Valor Podcast is a ceremonial, history-minded interview show built around service, citizenship, and the legacy of Bob Feller. Its episodes move between Navy leadership lessons, military family sacrifice, and intimate Feller family baseball memories.

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About American Valor Podcast

American Valor Podcast is a patriotic oral-history show shaped by the legacy of Bob Feller. It connects Major League Baseball, Navy service, military families, and civic responsibility through long-form conversations with veterans, leaders, and members of the Feller family. The tone is formal and reverent. Episodes often begin from a shared vocabulary of citizenship, service above self, commitment to country, and personal sacrifice. The show is less interested in hot takes than in preserving examples. Its guests describe what valor looks like in command, at home, and across generations. Vice Admiral DeWolf H. Chip Miller speaks about deployments, preparation, and the support systems that protect military families while service members are away. Thomas Tom Modley frames leadership around service, sacrifice, legacy, citizenship, and the need to manage change with agility. Those conversations are broad and institutional, but they return often to concrete human concerns: spouses, children, community, readiness, and responsibility. The Feller family episodes bring the show closer to the ground. Steve and Bruce Feller remember Bob through travel, ball games, Cleveland Stadium, signings, and the everyday texture of growing up around a famous father. Daniel Feller appears as part of that family record. The baseball stories are warm, but they also serve the show's larger purpose. They show how personal discipline and public service can become part of a family memory. Other episodes use Navy history and the Act of Valor Award itself to underline a recurring civic message. Freedom, constitutional duty, and moral responsibility are treated as living obligations. The result is earnest, traditional, and deeply respectful. It will appeal most to listeners who want military history with a commemorative tone, baseball history with moral weight, and interviews that treat service as a lifelong calling.

Made for: For listeners drawn to veterans' stories, Navy history, patriotic civic themes, and the Bob Feller legacy. It especially suits those who appreciate formal, respectful interviews about leadership, family sacrifice, and public service.

What sets it apart: The show stands apart by linking military valor to baseball history through Bob Feller rather than treating either subject in isolation. Its strongest episodes blend institutional service language with family recollection and first-hand leadership reflection.

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Through the unique intersection of Major League Baseball, the United States Navy and Marine Corps, we recognize and honor those who support our service men and women with the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award. By using the Bob Feller story, we educate the youth of today on the lessons of citizenship, service to one’s country, and personal sacrifice in times of great national need. Teaching the legacy of the greatest generation to the next generation will help instill in them the virtue of service to others. The American Valor Podcast interviews Americans exhibiting valor in their lives to educated and inspire others to do the same. http://www.actofvaloraward.org

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A 40-pound radio in the Normandy surf might be your next baseball-history detour.

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  • to sort famous ballplayers' wartime service from the assumption they only played baseball
  • to follow a museum collections manager's account of a wounded radio operator at Normandy
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The Four Pillars of a Nation: Service, Sacrifice, Legacy & Citizenship with Thomas ModlyNov 22, 2025

Thomas Tom Modley links military service with family, civic responsibility, and the demands of leading through change.

Thomas Tom Modley gives the conversation a steady civic center. When he talks about service and sacrifice, the emphasis does not stay only on the person in uniform. It widens to families, spouses, neighbors, and the communities that depend on those who serve.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Can You Achieve GREATNESS in Service like VADM Miller?

    Vice Admiral DeWolf H.

    Dec 6, 2025·23m·1 clip
  2. 2

    The Four Pillars of a Nation: Service, Sacrifice, Legacy & Citizenship with Thomas Modly

    Hidden gem

    American Valor Podcast host Blake Shmita speaks with Thomas Modly, the former Secretary and Undersecretary of the Navy, about service, sacrifice, legacy, and citizenship.

    Nov 22, 2025·21m·1 clip
  3. 3

    Secrets of Service and Sacrifice Revealed with Rollie Fingers!

    Nov 22, 2025·14m
  4. 4

    Fleet Master Chief Raymond D. Kemp's Journey

    Apr 3, 2025·18m
  5. 5

    Jeremy Mitchel On What Makes a Baseball Bat a True Piece of Art

    Mar 12, 2025·14m
  6. 6

    NAVY SEAL Matthew Lehnig Shares His Journey of Sacrifice and Service!

    Mar 12, 2025·35m
  7. 7

    Leadership and Service with Command Master Chief Carl Thompson

    Oct 24, 2024·18m
  8. 8

    An American Honor with Christopher Beeding

    Sep 19, 2024·21m
  9. 9

    Soldiers and Sailors with Lisa Terrano

    Hidden gem

    American Valor Podcast host Blake Schmieda interviews Lisa Terrano, collections manager for Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum since 2015.

    Aug 15, 2024·29m·1 clip
  10. 10

    Fond Memories with Lindsay Berra

    Aug 1, 2024·30m
  11. 11

    Jerry Coleman Award Winning John Rose

    Jun 13, 2024·11m
  12. 12

    Service and America's Pastime with the Legendary Al Bumbry

    May 16, 2024·22m
  13. 13

    2015 Jerry Coleman Award Winning Rene Segura

    Hidden gem

    Rene Segura, a senior enlisted U.S.

    Apr 18, 2024·16m·1 clip
  14. 14

    Fan Service and Service to Our Nation with Kris Dehnert of Dugout Mugs

    Mar 28, 2024·28m
  15. 15

    Welcoming American Valor Host Enrique Acosta Gonzalez

    Feb 8, 2024·22m
  16. 16

    2023 Bob Feller Act of Valor Award Preview

    Nov 1, 2023·24m
  17. 17

    America's Pastime and It's History with Josh Rawitch

    Oct 1, 2023·31m
  18. 18

    A Legacy of Supporting Veterans with Kerri Kline

    Sep 14, 2023·22m
  19. 19

    Leading a Nation with CSM John T. Raines

    Aug 19, 2023·37m
  20. 20

    The History of our Pastime with Todd Anton

    Hidden gem

    Todd Anton explains how his father’s World War II service and a 48-hour pass to New York led to a lifelong Dodgers connection and the book No Greater Love: Life Stories from the Men Who Saved Baseball.

    Aug 1, 2023·51m·3 clips
  21. 21

    Talking Ball with Major League Legend Jim Kaat

    Jul 19, 2023·44m
  22. 22

    Serving Those Who Serve Us with Tara Fields

    Jul 1, 2023·45m
  23. 23

    Leaving a Legacy with Gil Hodges Jr.

    Jun 19, 2023·33m
  24. 24

    Supporting Fellow Veterans with Gordon Sumner

    May 19, 2023·29m
  25. 25

    Exploring History with Author Jim Leeke

    Feb 21, 2023·23m
  26. 26

    Air and Space with CJ Loria

    Jan 24, 2023·21m
  27. 27

    The 2022 Bob Feller Act of Valor Award Ceremony Preview

    Nov 8, 2022·35m
  28. 28

    Scott McBride & Kenny Lehman on Facing Adversity

    Oct 18, 2022·45m
  29. 29

    Steve Jones & Alison Haehnel on the Lasorda Legacy Team

    Sep 20, 2022·41m
  30. 30

    One on One - Terry Spain hosts Cole Lyle

    Sep 6, 2022·25m
  31. 31

    From Player to Agent with Mike Milchin

    Aug 23, 2022·46m
  32. 32

    Service to a Nation and Foundation with Steve Curtis

    Jul 5, 2022·39m
  33. 33

    Battling Veteran Suicide with Cole Lyle

    May 3, 2022·24m
  34. 34

    Eve Schaenen - Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center

    Apr 19, 2022·20m
  35. 35

    Catching Every Ball with Baseball Legend Johnny Bench

    Apr 5, 2022·23m
  36. 36

    Sergeant Becki Louden: Scholarship Recipient

    Mar 8, 2022·21m
  37. 37

    "Hey Young Man!" with author Officer Terry Spain

    Feb 8, 2022·17m
  38. 38

    Life With the Feller Family - Part 2

    An interview with Bob Feller's sons and grandson about his signing story and legacy of valor.

    Jan 25, 2022·27m
  39. 39

    Life With the Feller Family - Part 1

    An interview with Bob Feller's sons and grandson about their favorite memories of the baseball legend and Navy veteran.

    Jan 11, 2022·23m
  40. 40

    American Valor 2021 Year in Review

    Dec 28, 2021·6m
  41. 41

    Tribute: Remembering Tommy Lasorda

    Dec 21, 2021·19m
  42. 42

    Tribute: Remembering Anne Feller

    Dec 14, 2021·9m
  43. 43

    Meeting Bob Feller with former U.S. Army Inspector General Paul Mikolashek

    Nov 30, 2021·24m
  44. 44

    Admiral Jonathan Greenert (U.S. Navy Retired) on Submarines

    Nov 16, 2021·30m
  45. 45

    Raymond Kemp on Travel and Leadership Skills

    Oct 26, 2021·28m
  46. 46

    Richard H. Schmidt III on Commitment to Country and Fellow Veterans

    Sep 15, 2021·29m
  47. 47

    Master Chief Ken Falke (U.S. Navy Retired) on the Power of Healing and “Struggling Well”

    Sep 7, 2021·29m
  48. 48

    Naval History and Baseball with Rear Admiral Sonny Masso (U.S. Navy Retired)

    A podcast honoring military service and teaching the legacy of the Greatest Generation through the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award.

    Aug 24, 2021·41m
  49. 49

    Jim Brady on the State of Journalism

    Aug 10, 2021·44m
  50. 50

    History of the Act of Valor Award with Rear Admiral Michael Jabaley (U.S. Navy Retired)

    This episode discusses the importance of service and valor, highlighting the Bob Feller Act of Valor Foundation and the lessons of citizenship and sacrifice from the Greatest Generation.

    Jul 27, 2021·30m