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Veteran Made with Carey Kight is where military grit meets the heart of arts, entertainment, and culture. Hosted by filmmaker and veteran storyteller Carey Kight, this podcast delivers unfiltered conversations with guests at the top of their fields — Hollywood directors, acclaimed actors, visionary producers, and best-selling authors who are redefining how American culture bridges the military-civilian divide.
This isn’t polite small talk — it’s bold, revealing, and relentless. Veteran Made fuses the intensity of military discipline with the creative pulse of media and storytelling. Carey’s sharp, cinematic interviewing style cuts past surface talk to expose how creativity, courage, and conviction collide behind the scenes of today’s biggest cultural moments.
Listen to Veteran Made with Carey Kight for the conversations other shows won’t touch.
Episodes
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Carey spoke with Brian Hueske, an Army Green Beret and co-Founder of GrōvPure.
They talked about taking the harder path.
You can follow @GrovPure on Instagram.
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Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Carey spoke with Mason Rodrigue, a Marine Corps machine gunner and poet and author of Rock Eater published by Dead Reckoning Collective.
They talked about poetry as a means for conversation with yourself and not peaking in the military.
You can follow Mason on Instagram at @deadgunnerpoetry.
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Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Carey spoke with Nick Betts, an Army sniper and Creative Director at VetTV.
They talked about finding – and executing – the similarities between reconnaissance and marketing.
You can follow Nick on Instagram at @n_betts.
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Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Carey spoke with Sophie Hilaire, an Army officer, former consultant, and budding homesteader.
They discuss the importance of grounding yourself, finding yourself, and living your life.
You can follow Sophie on Instagram at @sophiehilaire.
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Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Carey spoke with Rob Henderson, an avionics technician and PhD candidate at St. Catherine's College, Cambridge.
Best known for coining the phrase, luxury beliefs, Rob has written for written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Quillette, among other outlets.
They discussed the importance of being productively disagreeable both in the military and out of it.
You can follow Rob on Substack.
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Sunday Mar 27, 2022
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
On this 2021 Veterans Day special from the Chicago Brewseum, Carey spoke with Kelly Hinderer, Program Manager @ Verizon Business, Edgar Gallardo, Creative Director @ FanDuel, Nyles Thorne, Senior Associate of Addressable Strategy @ Matterkind, and Veronica Villegas, Manager of Military Recruitment and Programs @ Verizon.
They discussed avenues veterans can take to enter the field of digital advertising as well as practical advice for building military resumes.
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Thursday Dec 30, 2021
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
On this 2021 Veterans Day special from the Chicago Brewseum, Carey spoke with Timothy Parker, co-owner and operator of Chula Vista Brewery and Dedrick McFadden, recipient of a brewing scholarship from the Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing & Distilling which he is using to earn an AA in Brewing, Distillation, and Fermentology at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College.
They discussed breaking down both racial barriers in the brewing industry and the perception of military veterans as entrepreneurs.
Follow @veteranmadepod on Instagram for daily updates, and follow @chibrewseum and @mjfbrewdistill.
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Carey spoke with Brandon Nergararian and John Bockstanz, owners and operators of Bravo Actual.
They discussed how military and law enforcement training and operations is the best preparation for entrepreneurship.
Follow @veteranmadepod on Instagram for daily updates, and follow @bravoactual_.
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Carey spoke with Ethan Nagel, a Marine Scout Sniper and filmmaker at Black Rifle Coffee.
They discussed the importance of living life and having something to say before making films.
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Friday Nov 05, 2021
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Carey spoke with the filmmakers from Team House Studios behind the recently released horror film, The Secret of Sinchanee.
Steven Grahym (civilian) as well as Nate Boyer (Army Special Forces) and Don McAlister (Army Infantry) discussed the relationship between veterans and Hollywood and shed light on the similarities between deploying and being on set.
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