#515 - Montel Williams on Why He Joined the Military + Origin of His Talk Show + How He Started a Trend on His Talk Show Before TikTok + Bobby Gets Interviews About What He Wants His Legacy to Be
Bobbycast
Nashville Podcast Network
4.9 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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On this BobbyCast, Bobby talks to Montel Williams who is best known as the host of the Emmy-nominated daytime talk show, The Montel Williams Show. It ran for 17 years (1991–2008) and aired over 4,000 episodes, making it one of the longest-running daytime talk shows in TV history. He currently hosts Military Makeover with Montel and Military Makeover Operation Career on Lifetime. He talks about how his 22 years in the military led to him starting his talk show. Montel’s new book, The Sailing of the Intrepid: The Incredible Wartime Voyage of the Navy’s Iconic Aircraft Carrier is out now. Bobby then gets the tables turned on him as Julia Pelham who is a student at Chapman University interviews him! She talks to Bobby about his daily routine, what his favorite part of doing the radio show is, how he really ended up on Dancing with the Stars and what he wants his legacy to be.
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| 1:37.7 | Welcome to Bobbycast, episode 515. |
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