Heroes Behind the Headlines: a new podcast featuring an explosive new story every episode. First-hand accounts of adventures and events which have shaped our world . The real stories behind the headlines you know, told by the heroes you don’t. Hosted by NYT and international bestselling author Ralph Pezzullo.
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Booking probability
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Signup to Generate a PitchHeroes Behind the Headlines: a new podcast featuring an explosive new story every episode. First-hand accounts of adventures and events which have shaped our world. The real stories behind the headlines you know, told by the heroes you don’t. Hosted by NYT and international bestselling author Ralph Pezzullo.
Recent episodes include "One Man Who Knows Secret Societies Run the World" (26 October 2026, 37 minutes), "Our Testosterone Crisis And The Last Men" (19 October 2026, 45 minutes), and "Breaking Down The Vince Foster Coverup" (5 October 2026, 61 minutes).
Heroes Behind Headlines publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 52 minutes.
Booking probability for Heroes Behind Headlines is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Heroes Behind Headlines requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Heroes Behind Headlines's contact route on record: verified email.
Heroes Behind Headlines is a commentary podcast.
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Episode #44
Our guest today is Kris Millegan, publisher of TrineDay books whose father served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II, Military Intelligence (G2), and later the CIA, rising to Branch Chief...
Episode #43
Author Dr. Charles Cornish-Dale lays out the extraordinary decline of testosterone levels in men globally: A 50% drop over the last forty years! In his book, " The Last Men: Liberalism and the Death of Masculinity. "...
Episode #41
On Tuesday afternoon, July 20, 1993, Vincent W. Foster, President Bill Clinton’s deputy White House Counsel and close friend of the Clinton’s was found dead in a seclude area of Fort Marcy Park, ten miles from the White...
Episode #40
Our guest today is Lt. Randy Sutton founder and chairman of the board of The Wounded Blue, a national non-profit that supports injured law enforcement officers and emphasizes the critical need for community, purpose and...
Episode #39
On the 25th anniversary week of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, guest and international bestselling author of over 30 books, Jeffrey Robinson, talks about his latest work, Ash and Honor: The Untold 368 Minutes of 9/11...
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Heroes Behind Headlines Executive Producer Ralph Pezzullo Produced & Engineered by Mike Dawson Music provided by ExtremeMusic.com
Episode #37
We're proud to reprise this amazing episode from Season Two: U.S. A WWII hero speaks... Shot down over Formosa and facing a firing squad, Sgt. John Shott – radio operator and rear gunner of a B-25 Mitchell bomber –...
Episode #36
Our guest today is former Navy SEAL, CIA contractor, bestselling author, motivational coach, podcaster and all-round great guy David Rutherford: Honorably discharged from SEAL teams, he went to work for Blackwater as an...
Episode #35
Travel writer and investigative journalist Michael McCarthy. Michael has traveled to over fifty countries, but his special interest is China. So wherever he goes he keeps his eye out for hidden clues about ways the...
Episode #34
Successful entrepreneur and former CEO of Overstock.com, Patrick Byrne is a passionate advocate for constitutional republicanism, election integrity, and school choice. After seeing what he considered convincing...
Episode #33
This week's guest, researcher and podcaster Mike Mosley, is a graduate of the prestigious Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, MD., just outside DC. At his alma mater, Michael socialized and played football with...
Episode #32
Our guest today is geopolitical analyst and bestselling author Brandon Weichert to talk about his recent book, A Disaster of Our Own Making: How the West Lost Ukraine which is a devastating critique of US policy failure...
Episode #31
Dr. Eugene Lipov is a pioneer of the Stellate Ganglion Block for emotional trauma and mental health challenges and a renowned anesthesiologist with decades of experience. Through his research, Dr. Lipov developed the...
Episode #30
Native New Yorker Bryan Stern served in both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy; worked in military intelligence; is a Purple Heart recipient; 9/11 survivor; and a first responder. As a private citizen frustrated with the...
Episode #29
On January 24, 1975, six young businessmen were enjoying lunch in lower Manhattan’s historic Fraunces Tavern when a bomb placed inside the restaurant exploded, tearing through the building. It had been planted by a...
Episode #28
Award-winning journalist Bill Conroy is back dishing the inside dirt on how America's war on drugs has really turned into a complex business of law enforcement and political policy conflicts. Bill describes how the...
Episode #27
Writer Ian Trottier has penned a biography of John Brennan, government intelligence figure with a stellar biography--under former president Obama, Brennan served as head of the CIA, oounterterrorism advisor; and Deputy...
Episode #26
Charismatic mastermind and one-time meth cook Scott Scurlock befriended Steve Meyer and pulled him into a surreal world of treehouses and crime in Washington in the early to mid-90s. Scott earned notoriety as the most...
Episode #25
Colonel Robert Howard was a very distinguished member of the top-secret MACV-SOG units that fought during the Vietnam War in America’s secret war in Laos and Cambodia. Comprised of only one to a few U.S. special force...
Episode #24
Right after the U.S. dropped the bomb on Nagasaki, Victoria Kelly’s grandfather was sent there as part of the U.S. forces sent to occupy the city after its destruction. Victoria grew up curious about her grandfather’s...
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Associate Professor and the Graduate Program Director for Healthcare Mission Leadership, Irish Society for Medical Oncology
Professor Emeritus of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Liverpool John Moores University
whistleblower and former CIA officer, legendary CIA Officer
associate professor and author of White Fatigue, Northern Illinois University
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