Our Veterans Voice Radio Show
Join Ralph Oko as we inform Veterans and Families about services and information. Listen on WZTA 107.9 FM / 1370 AM every Saturday at 8am and 6pm... or listen to the podcast anytime on your schedule!
Episodes
September 23, 2026 • 24 mins
Scams and phishing ploys are non-stop. Some of them can be fuel and finagled with AI. The best advice is to hang up! Another good tactic to save your sanity is to have a unique password within your trusted circle and/or family. Being educated on how scammers are trying to dupe you is another tactic that can save your willingness to actually believe the story/scamline they are trying to get you to fall for and send them money, gift ...
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September 23, 2026 • 25 mins
Scams and phishing ploys are non-stop. Some of them can be fuel and finagled with AI. The best advice is to hang up! Another good tactic to save your sanity is to have a unique password within your trusted circle and/or family. Being educated on how scammers are trying to dupe you is another tactic that can save your willingness to actually believe the story/scamline they are trying to get you to fall for and send them money, gift ...
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September 16, 2026 • 24 mins
Voted 'Best Local Artist' Tutti Jenkins is one of the 26 Hall of Fame Florida Highwaymen Artists. Host Ralph Oko is honoring Tutti at his Highwaymen Gallery. Tutti's paintings will be on display and featured for sale with a generous discount. Another Highwaymen artist - Rodney Demps - is featured on today's show. Rodney's perspective has been labeled 'Surrealist' because as Rodney always told everyone, "That's the way I see t...
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September 16, 2026 • 25 mins
Voted 'Best Local Artist' Tutti Jenkins is one of the 26 Hall of Fame Florida Highwaymen Artists. Host Ralph Oko is honoring Tutti at his Highwaymen Gallery. Tutti's paintings will be on display and featured for sale with a generous discount. Another Highwaymen artist - Rodney Demps - is featured on today's show. Rodney's perspective has been labeled 'Surrealist' because as Rodney always told everyone, "That's the way I see t...
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September 9, 2026 • 25 mins
Army veteran Rande Harris joins host Ralph Oko. Mobility and logistics go hand in hand for Rande. When he joined the Army in 1983, on advice and direction from his mom and a mentor and neighbor, Rande knew it was for him. Originally, the military poster 'We Want You' spoke to him hanging on his bedroom wall as a teenager. Fast forward and Rande gained traction with his Army training and civilian employment, including Disney and man...
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September 9, 2026 • 25 mins
Army veteran Rande Harris joins host Ralph Oko. Mobility and logistics go hand in hand for Rande. When he joined the Army in 1983, on advice and direction from his mom and a mentor and neighbor, Rande knew it was for him. Originally, the military poster 'We Want You' spoke to him hanging on his bedroom wall as a teenager. Fast forward and Rande gained traction with his Army training and civilian employment, including Disney and man...
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September 2, 2026 • 24 mins
Professor Paddy McAllister does it again. Delving into the history of the Phillipine involvement in WWII and becoming alliances with the U.S. military. To this day, the Phillipines acknowledges the U.S. help in securing the Treaty of Manilla which gave the Phillipines their freedom from U.S. involvement. Also celebrated in the Phillines is their independence from Spain on June 12 1898.
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September 2, 2026 • 24 mins
Professor Paddy McAllister does it again. Delving into the history of the Phillipine involvement in WWII and becoming alliances with the U.S. military. To this day, the Phillipines acknowledges the U.S. help in securing the Treaty of Manilla which gave the Phillipines their freedom from U.S. involvement. Also celebrated in the Phillines is their independence from Spain on June 12 1898.
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August 25, 2026 • 25 mins
WFLX - FOX 29 - ran a BEST LOCAL contest which included 170 winners. Including hamburgers, Happy Hour, medical services, and auto shops among also many others. Janie Graves Hoover joins host Ralph Oko to highlight some of the local favorites. Ralph Oko's 'Highwaymen Gallery' was among the winners! Highwaymen artist Tutti Jenkins won, won, won. Accolades to him!
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August 25, 2026 • 25 mins
WFLX - FOX 29 - ran a BEST LOCAL contest which included 170 winners. Including hamburgers, Happy Hour, medical services, and auto shops among also many others. Janie Graves Hoover joins host Ralph Oko to highlight some of the local favorites. Ralph Oko's 'Highwaymen Gallery' was among the winners! Highwaymen artist Tutti Jenkins won, won, won. Accolades to him!
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August 19, 2026 • 24 mins
Locally, Frank's frame shop has been the longest opened frame shop in Vero Beach. Framing artwork is an art unto itself. Sondra is a Master Certified Picture Framer with knowledge gained with 40+ years of experience. "UV glass is sunscreen" is one of the important concepts when framing delicate or historic artwork. Lighting is key for palcement of the artwork. Look into creating a shadowbox when you want to preserve fabric swatches...
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August 19, 2026 • 25 mins
Locally, Frank's frame shop has been the longest opened frame shop in Vero Beach. Framing artwork is an art unto itself. Sondra is a Master Certified Picture Framer with knowledge gained with 40+ years of experience. "UV glass is sunscreen" is one of the important concepts when framing delicate or historic artwork. Lighting is key for palcement of the artwork. Look into creating a shadowbox when you want to preserve fabric swatches...
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August 12, 2026 • 24 mins
It's south Florida hurricane season. But why are they called hurricanes? Ralph Oko and Paddy McAllister discuss the Carribbean input of the name and the season. Did you know Florida was once nearly a French settlement? Did you know a hurricane decided the outcome? What hurricanes impated Florida and with how much devastation? Do you stay put? Evacuate? What are the essential elements to remember and prepare for? Remember Joahna's L...
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August 12, 2026 • 25 mins
It's south Florida hurricane season. But why are they called hurricanes? Ralph Oko and Paddy McAllister discuss the Carribbean input of the name and the season. Did you know Florida was once nearly a French settlement? Did you know a hurricane decided the outcome? What hurricanes impated Florida and with how much devastation? Do you stay put? Evacuate? What are the essential elements to remember and prepare for? Remember Joahna's L...
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August 5, 2026 • 24 mins
Faust Ruggerio, PhD. talks about PTSD. How it's treated, how people can learn to live through it on to a more satisfying and productive life. While our mind never erases the trauma, you can learn to move on from it being at the forefront of your mind, controlling your every thought. Military veterans and wartime cause severe trauma. Ralph Oko talks about his TBI and athetes with concussions and repeated trauma.
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August 5, 2026 • 25 mins
Faust Ruggerio, PhD. talks about PTSD. How it's treated, how people can learn to live through it on to a more satisfying and prproductive life. While our mind never erases the trauma, you can learn to move on from it being at the forefront of your mind, controlling your every thought. Military veterans and wartime cause severe trauma. Ralph Oko talks about his TBI and athetes with concussions and repeated trauma.
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July 29, 2026 • 25 mins
Bicycles were a novelty. Then the military decided to incorporate them in the Infantry. The 25th Infantry - Buffalo Soliders rode 1900 miles - Missoula, MT to St. Louis, MO to test out the feasibilty of bicycle usage in the military. Originally refered to as Velocipedes, bicycles revolutionized military tactics. First used in the Franco-Prussian War the United States first used them in the connecticut National Guard. Years later bi...
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July 29, 2026 • 25 mins
Bicycles were a novelty. Then the military decided to incorporate them in the Infantry. The 25th Infantry - Buffalo Soliders rode 1900 miles - Missoula, MT to St. Louis, MO to test out the feasibilty of bicycle usage in the military. Originally refered to as Velocipedes, bicycles revolutionized military tactics. First used in the Franco-Prussian War the United States first used them in the connecticut National Guard. Years later bi...
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July 22, 2026 • 24 mins
Fraud Protection information is valuable to keep you safe from the "bad guys." So many scams are out there. Please keep abreast of all the possible ways scammers can take your information and your personal details in order to get your money. They try to intimidate you, be kind to you, and friend you in order to hoodwink you. Do not be gullible. Beware of every thing that "seems too good to be true." It is not true.
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July 22, 2026 • 25 mins
Fraud Protection information is valuable to keep you safe from the "bad guys." So many scams are out there. Please keep abreast of all the possible ways scammers can take your information and your personal details in order to get your money. They try to intimidate you, be kind to you, and friend you in order to hoodwink you. Do not be gullible. Beware of every thing that "seems too good to be true." It is not true.
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