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Ryan Petty – Parkland School Shooting and Mental Health
March 21, 2021 06:37 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBRyan Petty – Parkland School Shooting and Mental Health - Ryan and Pete A Turner have a fast-paced conversation that covers a LOT of ground. First, Ryan and Pete discuss ELO Ratings for politicians. Pete talks about the challenges of President Trump-basically trying to balance the good vs the bad. Get resources to make your school safer at Ryan's Daughter Alaina was murdered in the Parkland High School Shooting on 14 FEB 2018. Ryan, and a group of parents sat with President Trump to get fu...
William Bonk - Exposure: Surviving Historical Ft McClellan
March 17, 2021 06:20 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBWilliam Bonk - Exposure: Surviving Historical Ft McClellan - Bill Bonk is a veteran, but that's only part of the story. He's also been an investigator. His latest case is understanding the exposure of veterans at Ft McClellan. Hundreds of thousands of service members and support folks work on the camp. In part because the chemical corps is trained there, think combating mustard gas, there's constant exposure. Get on Amazon at Joining Pete A Turner is Terrane Long another expert, and vetera...
Dave Raetz - Irvine Ranch Conservancy, Managing Nature
March 16, 2021 06:20 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBDave Raetz - Irvine Ranch Conservancy, Managing Nature - Dave Raetz is a friend of Pete's. Dave is the Vice President and COO of the Irvine Ranch Conservancy. The conservancy focuses on managing huge tracks of land throughout Orange County. Their goal is to create open spaces that are preserved, recreational, with an eye on stewardship and care. The area the manage cover 10s of thousands of acres. This means more than simply mapping trails...Dave talks about dozens of organizations that he m...
Nicole Rodrigues – Beverly Hills Boss
March 11, 2021 07:35 - 53 minutes - 122 MBNicole Rodrigues – Beverly Hills Boss - Nicole Rodrigues, CEO and founder of NRPR Group and Young Dreamers, is also the author of Beverly Hills Boss! Before she began work in the PR industry, she was an NFL cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders. This ultimately led to her working internally with the Raiders and helping with their PR, after her cheerleading career. She always knew that she wanted to start her own agency, and in 2014, made this dream come true with NRPR Group. Get Beverly Hills B...
Chip Jacobs - Arroyo, Pasadena's Mysterious Colorado St. Bridge
March 10, 2021 06:55 - 57 minutes - 42.8 MBChip Jacobs - Arroyo, Pasadena's Mysterious Colorado St. Bridge - Chip Jacobs is a LA-area author and journalist who has written multiple books of non-fiction, including the social histories Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles (2008) and its follow-up, The People’s Republic of Chemicals (2014). His debut novel, Arroyo (2019), was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. For more on Chip Jacobs and his books go to We talk about his most recent book, Arroyo, historical fictio...
Jeff Trager & Kevin Frazier – Frazier Trager Presents, Empress Theatre
March 09, 2021 08:08 - 26 minutes - 17.1 MBJeff Trager & Kevin Frazier – Frazier Trager Presents, Empress Theatre - Jeff Trager is a legend in the music industry breaking acts like Ike and Tina Turner. Trager has promoted records for everyone from the Eagles to Linda Ronstadt to The Rolling Stones. Kevin Frazier was a pro saxophone player for over 30 years. He has shared the stage with Huey Lewis, Elvin Bishop, Clarence Clemmons, and many others. For the of this episode head to Jeff Trager returns to the Break It Down Show with Kevi...
Andrea Albright – Visionary Boss, Beverly Hills Publishing CEO
March 08, 2021 15:27 - 1 hour - 143 MBAndrea Albright – Visionary Boss, Beverly Hills Publishing CEO - Andrea Albright, CEO of Beverly Hills Publishing, is also the author of Visionary Boss! After 16 years as a pioneering entrepreneur, Andréa knows that being a Visionary Boss involves belief in yourself, creating change and giving back. That’s why she’s authored over 20 books and has mentored entrepreneurs, showing them how to establish their unique vision as a place of comfort. Get her book Visionary Boss at Andrea brings such ...
The Curry Guy – Dan Toombs Teaching Us How To Make Curry - Live
March 08, 2021 07:28 - 53 minutes - 33.7 MBThe Curry Guy – Dan Toombs Teaching Us How To Make Curry - Dan "The Curry Guy" Toombs joins us to talk about his life's work and passion...CURRY. Dan's written several books that bring home the best curry recipes. Whether you like vegan, the sauces or mixing y our own spices, Dan does it all for you. BTW it's a LOT of fun. Get Dan's books on Amazon at Dan is constantly going live on Facebook making dishes in real time. Watch him cook...his dishes are authentic, really pretty easy, and delic...
Bryan Fuller - Doctors Without Borders and Rowing Around the World
March 04, 2021 07:16 - 1 hour - 43 MBBryan Fuller - Doctors Without Borders and Rowing Around the World - Bryan Fuller returns to the Break It Down Show to discuss his latest Herculian effort. In past episodes we've discussed Bryan's past as spy, a record setting trans-Atlantic rower and his COVID canceled attempt to set the absolute speed record for rowing across the Atlantic. Sign up to row around the world at Bryan is back and he's built a multi-national team that is going to row 40 MILLION!!! meters continuously. That's a ...
Mark Victor Hansen & Crystal Dwyer Hansen – Chicken Soup Series, Ask
March 03, 2021 05:14 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBMark Victor Hansen & Crystal Dwyer Hansen – Chicken Soup Series, Ask - There's best-selling then there's what Mark Victor Hansen has done. His Chicken Soup books have sold over half a BILLION copies around the world. Mark's a renowned speaker, mentor and just a powerful good dude. Mark and his wife Crystal Dwyer Hansen join Pete A Turner to discuss their latest book "Ask" on the Break It Down Show. But you don’t need to ask us, go ahead and play this great episode. Get more of their books, c...
Rob Paulsen - Pinky and the Brain, Anthony Weiner and HPV
March 02, 2021 05:52 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBRob Paulsen - Pinky and the Brain, Anthony Weiner and HPV - Rob Paulsen returns to the Break It Down Show. He and Pete talk about HPV, Rob survived throat cancer. Rob is the spokes voice for the Rob and Pete discuss more of the behind the scenes aspect of voice acting. Pete tees up a few scenarios for Rob to play with. We're given his Anthony Weiner-themed song, a middle aged Carl Weezer and what happens when Yakko drives a car on the LA Freeways. You are going to love Rob in this episode....
Dr. Andrea Vitz - The You You've Never Met
February 26, 2021 15:03 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBDr. Andrea Vitz - The You You've Never Met - Dr. Andrea Vitz is founder and CEO of LevelheadedDoc, LLC an educational platform committed to a global Emotional Sobriety movement. Along with being an Emotional Sobriety Educator, she is a Doctor of Chiropractic, Life & Relationship Coach and Strength & Rehabilitation Expert. Get Dr. Andrea's book on Andrea, the author of 'The You You've Never Met' returns to discuss her transformative work, how her approach has evolved, the upcoming audiobook, ...
10 Gauge - UK's Rock Band, I Am Broken
February 25, 2021 13:16 - 1 hour - 87.2 MB10 Gauge - UK's Rock Band, I Am Broken - comes to us from UK and our friend . This is a fun romp of a show that includes drinking, no pants wearing and a riot of a great time--or just a rock and roll band keeping the band going. Rob Jewson fronts this hard rocking band out of the UK. Neil Felgate-Drummer, Keiran Best-Rhythm Guitar, Gareth Dearing-Bass and TJ-Lead Guitar and songwriter. The songs rock, the band is fun and you are going to love this episode, get over to their website and supp...
Brian Scolaro - Standup, Actor, and Pamela Anderson
February 24, 2021 06:18 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBBrian Scolaro - Standup, Actor, and Pamela Anderson - Save the Brave Presents - Brooklyn born Brian Scolaro is an actor and stand-up comedian. He got his start at The Comedy Cellar in NYC, and he is most known for his appearances on “CONAN”, his half-hour Comedy Central special “COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS: BRIAN SCOLARO”, as Doug on TBS’s “SULLIVAN AND SON”, Gordon on NBC’s “THREE SISTERS”, and as Stuart on FOX’s “STACKED”. About his role of Stuart Miller on “Stacked”, The LA Times said “Scolar...
Paul Korfonta - Getting off the Camp and Dodging Mortars
February 22, 2021 07:28 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBPaul Korfonta - Getting off the Camp and Dodging Mortars - Paul Korfonta and Pete A Turner worked together in Iraq. While deployed to Baghdad Province, they worked with the 3rd of the 82nd Airborne, then under the 2nd of the 10th Mountain. Their job gave them access to the battlefield in unprecedented ways. Paul is working on going back for his 13th deployment. His ability to write, his experience and his combat wisdom makes him a valuable asset to US interests abroad. Of course, that is wh...
Scott Huesing and Nick Velez - Save the Brave
February 21, 2021 07:26 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBScott Huesing and Nick Velez - Save the Brave - As many of you know, Save the Brave is our primary charity here at the Break It Down Show. In the past, we've covered the #RidefortheBrave and other STB endeavors. Yet, we've never sat down with Nick Velez and Scott Huesing and discussed the charity and its origins. Get to Bastards Canteen by going to This is a quick episode and we encourage you to head to . If you're moved to support, send us a note, or simply set up a recurring donation vi...
Rick Marotta - Drummer, Composer, Steely Dan
February 19, 2021 08:36 - 1 hour - 37.9 MBRick Marotta - Drummer, Composer, Steely Dan - Rick Marotta is a renowned drummer and percussionist. He has appeared on recordings by leading artists such as Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Paul Simon, John Lennon etc. He is also a composer who created music for the popular television shows, Everybody Loves Raymond and Yes, Dear. Rick and our hosts Jon and Pete start the talk with his drumming in a video for Zoom, they talk about spies, beards even, Rick writing kids s...
JB Yanni - Time Benders and the Long Road Home
February 19, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBJB Yanni - Time Benders and the Long Road Home - is the author of YA time traveling science fiction series the Time Benders She was born and raised in Wheaton, IL, a suburb of Chicago. She has been a voracious reader her whole life, often being told to put the book down for dinner or to go to sleep. Get JB's books on Amazon at In this episode, the talk is all about books. JB's books, the classics, controversial books (in today's context), writing books, selling them, books books books! Cat ...
Jonathan Cane - FARE, Making Food Allergies Normal
February 17, 2021 06:18 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MBJonathan Cane - FARE, Making Food Allergies Normal - Jonathan Cane is the Creative Director for FARE, with a mission to ensure FARE’s messaging touches the entire Food Allergy family. Jonathan works across the organization to build and implement a cohesive strategic and creative plan for the organization. He oversees all of FARE’s Social Media and video channels, as well as the broader Living Teal initiative. For more on FARE and knowledge about food allergies Previously, Jonathan served ...
Michael Broderick - Fathers and Sons
February 16, 2021 07:32 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MBMichael Broderick - Fathers and Sons - Hollywood actor Michael Broderick returns to the Break It Down Show. Michael talks with Pete A Turner about his most recent project, . This film is a short he produced, wrote and starred in features a number of veteran creators. Watch Fathers and Sons on YouTube Fathers and Sons is written in the Jack Carr Terminal List universe; with Michael wanting to showcase vets, as well as his own desire to work on the upcoming Terminal List series. Chris Pratt...
Dr Tracy Gapin - Male 2.0: Cracking the Code to Limitless Health and Vitality
February 12, 2021 05:12 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBDr Tracy Gapin - Male 2.0: Cracking the Code to Limitless Health and Vitality - Dr. Tracy Gapin focuses on precision medicine. This is a more holistic approach to healing, and better staying healthier and maintaining that health and fitness through a greater understanding of what one needs to get and stay well. He combines his compassion and extensive experience with men’s health care and cutting-edge technology to offer patients individualized, state-of-the-art care. Check out the - In t...
Casey Honniball - NASA Finds Water on the Moon
February 10, 2021 17:26 - 49 minutes - 67.3 MBCasey Honniball - NASA Finds Water on the Moon - Dr is a researcher for NASA. Her academic writing palette in 2020 was robust. She published 4 articles that covered years of work exploring space, building tools and discovering things. One of Casey's tools was deployed on SOFIA a jet airliner turned observation platform. The big discovery we discuss in this episode is the . The presence of bonded hydrogen and Oxygen on the moon, means with some energy and processing the moon has water, air ...
Mark Pattison – The Lhotse Challenge, Emilia’s Everest
February 09, 2021 18:59 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MBMark Pattison – The Lhotse Challenge, Emilia’s Everest - In every facet of his life, Mark Pattison scales personal and professional summits. Mark is a former NFL Player, philanthropist, podcaster and successful entrepreneur & currently an executive at Sports Illustrated while he seeks to become the 1st NFL player to ever climb the Seven Summits. To contribute to Mark's charity head to Mark and our host Pete converse about his plan to climb Lhotse the day after he summits Everest, its char...
Steve Moretti - Macon Pops and Rosemary Clooney
February 07, 2021 05:40 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBSteve Moretti - Macon Pops and Rosemary Clooney - has done well. He advanced through HS drumming in a variety of bands. Realizing that percussion was going to be his career, he knocked out a few degrees firmly establishing his academic and gigging credentials. Then he went pro and goodness has he done it all. He co-founded and runs the . He produced the PBS televised A Grand Mercer Christmas, He played in Rosemary Clooney's band. Finally, he's our hometown, Benicia, homeboy. If you're in G...
Raul Vega - Producer/Director of Rose Drive Podcast
February 04, 2021 04:34 - 56 minutes - 44.1 MBRaul Vega is the Producer, Director, Writer and Composer of the soon to be hit Rose Dr Podcast. Raul talks with Jon and Pete about the town they come from, storytelling and sipping beers on Jay Mohr's back porch. Really, we recorded this at Jay's house and he was a hell of a host. Raul's show ended up being a smash hit...and he's been picked up and is working on several other projects. Kid is killing it!!! Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show ...
Hal Bradley - Drug Smuggler for El Chappo, Crisis Victory
February 03, 2021 16:10 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBHal Bradley - Drug Smuggler for El Chappo, Crisis Victory - On June 7th, 2020 was executed. Targeted by the cartels, who specialize in violence and grotesque acts to create the proper fear and influence. Shot, stabbed in the skull, bleeding out, with his own brain matter on the ground...he survived the attack. This was just another event in an impossible life. Hal's book is wonderful Hal isn't that guy any longer...but he needed to be to save people. Having seen it all, the vilest acts, t...
Melissa Greenberg - Stand-up comedian, Friends Giving Birth to Siblings
February 02, 2021 17:16 - 1 hour - 92 MBMelissa Greenberg - Stand-up comedian, Friends Giving Birth to Siblings - When the police aren't at her door due to reports of underage sunburns, is a stand-up comedian. Well, not at the moment because there's this virus thing going on, but hey, it can't last forever. What did Melissa, Matt Balaker and our OL Pedro talk about? What DIDN'T they talk about?! Why cops came to her house, IVF, friends giving birth to siblings, stand-up comedy/comedy show producing and more. These comedy sho...
Jason Piccolo – Human Trafficking, Sex Workers, Burn Pits
February 02, 2021 13:21 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBJason Piccolo – Human Trafficking, Sex Workers, Burn Pits - Dr. has been in law enforcement for over twenty years. He has patrolled trafficking corridors as a U.S. Border Patrol agent near the San Diego and Mexico Border and then went on to disrupt major narco-smuggling organizations to landing an assignment to the prestigious White House Security Council’s Human Smuggling Cell. Jason has also authored several books. Check out the - Sometimes we have to revisit hard topics. Jason, jo...
TJ Brady - The Shooter TV, The 100 and The Fix
January 31, 2021 20:46 - 1 hour - 85 MBTJ Brady - The Shooter TV, The 100 and The Fix - T.J. Brady is a West Point graduate and has achieved the rank of Captain in his military career. In 2001, T.J. left the military to pursue his writing dreams. He wrote two seasons of the series Lie to Me, three seasons for the series Army Wives, was a writer/producer for The 100, Shooter and his latest writing/producing work is for The Chi. Check out TJs work on Our conversation moves from his starting as a screenwriter, advice for beginners, ...
Leah Anaya – Alone in Oakland, 1 Cop for a City
January 30, 2021 16:48 - 1 hour - 95.8 MBLeah Anaya – Alone in Oakland, 1 Cop for a City - As we try to understand modern policing and movements like BLM, we struggle to balance goals and norms. On the Break It Down Show, we continue to work to balance the conversation and provide perspective. is a retired police officer who came up with the Oakland PD. Leah Anaya's Police Man Daddy Anytime we're talking police, we love to have join us. His expertise on police is elite. Each guest is an author. Leah wrote Policeman Daddy a child...
Julia Maki Pyrah and Nico Cotroneo - Guardians & Civil Unrest DC
January 28, 2021 16:32 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBJulia Maki Pyrah and Nico Cotroneo - Guardians & Civil Unrest DC - Julia Maki Pyrah is back with another book. Julia serves in the DC Air National Guard. In June of 2020, Julia deployed to protect the George Floyd protestors and limit the damage done by the rioters. The response to the Guard's presence was problematic. Notable folks like Sen Amy Klobuchar and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser were openly disdainful and combative. Similarly, the news was also negative, or dismissive of the task at hand. ...
Russ and Zoe Ellis – Oom Chugga Remix Challenge, Songs From the Garden
January 28, 2021 06:36 - 1 hour - 85 MBRuss and Zoe Ellis – Oom Chugga Remix Challenge, Songs From the Garden - As his daughter Zoe would say, Russ’ album is more than just him finding his songwriting voice at 85, it’s his celebration of learning and doing. He is a participator in life and a connector of humans. Get on Berkeley Cat records berkeleycatrecords.com/category/russ-ellis This father-daughter duo joins us to discuss new songs, family ties, participating and enabling participation. chimed in, his Berkeley Cat Records...
Rob Neyer & Jim DeFelice – Baseball Hall of Fame
January 26, 2021 20:22 - 1 hour - 105 MBRob Neyer & Jim DeFelice – Baseball Hall of Fame - and talk with Pete A Turner and the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rob discusses his idea of a player needing 2 hooks. Jack Morris had that great world series game 7. Andy Pettie however doesn't quite have it. The Baseball Hall of fame announces is 2021 class of players...and we're glad to post our thoughts on the day the hall makes the call. Is it Curt Schilling? Roger Clemens? Barry Bonds? Gary Sheffield? We'll talk about all of them. W...
Jeffrey Reddick - Don't Look Back & Final Destination
January 26, 2021 03:52 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBJeffrey Reddick - Don't Look Back & Final Destination - Jeffrey Reddick returns to the Break It Down Show to discuss his directorial debut . During the last episode, we discussed Jeffrey's back story and how he developed as a screenwriter with New Line Cinema. Jeffrey hit an absolute smash with his Final Destination franchise. Watch on Amazon at Pete A Turner and Jeffrey talk about Don't Look Back, what it takes to make a movie like this, the actors, and some of his inspirations like Wes Cr...
Jordan Hodges and Chris Faulisi – The Shade Shepherd
January 25, 2021 04:35 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBJordan Hodges and – The Shade Shepherd - The movie started out as, "Let's go to the woods and just improve and shoot a movie." Jordan Hodges had been working on Faulisi to make a movie for years. After several failed attempts...he got him The movie ended up becoming the Shade Shepherd. A tale of two brothers helping each other when drugs, the law and time all start to run short. Watch the Here's what you'll love in this episode: Geoff Calhoun joins Pete as cohost-there's never enough Geof...
Andy Summers - Triboluminescence and Being the Limit
January 23, 2021 22:12 - 52 minutes - 34.8 MBAndy Summers - Triboluminescence and Being the Limit - status as a legend was certified when he, and Sting formed As a band they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. He's won several GRAMMYs and sold over 100 million albums. Andy's work on the keyboard and guitars gave texture to the incredible body of work he created with the band. Check Andy's latest work The success of the Police ultimately enabled/forced Andy to find new things to explore as an artist. In particular pho...
Benjamin Madrid – No Place, Scam of the Century
January 23, 2021 00:06 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MBBenjamin Madrid – No Place, Scam of the Century - Benjamin Madrid is a seasoned commercial actor, who also performs stand up comedy. Benjamin co-writes and stars in No Place a movie about a low level hustler who gets in deeper than he expects. is cool watch it on Amazon at No Place is directed and co-written by Peter Matsoukas. We love Indie movies...and we love supporting . One of the things about Indie movies is there's a family in each project. In this case a new community of filmmakers...
Nicholas Joseph Cunha and Nicole Fahel - Bang! Bang! Movie
January 21, 2021 02:06 - 1 hour - 87.8 MBNicholas Joseph Cunha and Nicole Fahel - Bang! Bang! Movie - What do you do when you graduate from film school...be it from the acting, directing or other programs? Why you make films of course. This is exactly what Nicholas and Nicole did with their movie . at Pete A Turner discusses the filmmaking process with Nicole and Nicholas. They managed to get a 6 figure budget, shoot in Brazil and get Indican to pick up their movie. Not bad for some emerging, yet talented moviemakers. Bang Bang...
Celeste Butler - No Peace
January 19, 2021 15:09 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBCeleste Butler - No Peace - is getting it done. Her parents said she couldn't start pursuing her pop music career until she was 16. Celeste's response was to book an audition on her 16th birthday-and she nailed it. Celeste went on to get a BA and MFA from USC founding her pop dreams with education. Get all the news on She entered a contest judged by John JR Robinson...and won. JR mentioned her on the Break It Down Show...and now here we are, on JR's birthday being inspired by Celeste and ...
Phil Chalmers – Where the Bodies are Buried
January 18, 2021 19:23 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBPhil Chalmers – Where the Bodies are Buried - life work involves getting to know, befriend and understand serial killers. Along the way, he's spoken with notable serial killers like Dennis Rader, the BTK killer. At his best, Phil is creating closure for families of victims. His decades of work understanding the murderous mind enables him to create paths to confessions solving the unsolvable. Phil tells these stories on his show Get all of Phil's at Phil's book, , reveals clear identif...
Dr Wil Reilly - Debunking Critical Race Theory and Woke Ideology
January 16, 2021 14:59 - 1 hour - 126 MBDr Wil Reilly - Debunking Critical Race Theory and Woke Ideology - We cover a lot of ground on the Break It Down Show. We welcome back Dr Wilfred Reilly to the show to do a comprehensive break down of the problems with woke ideology. Fans of the show will recognize our desire to look at social problems. Dr Reilly has written two books that support this show. the Second is . We cover a laundry list of topics challenging fallacies like: White Privilege, Inter-racial crime, Police Use of Forc...
Dan McLaughlin - Crank Discusses the Hall of Fame
January 15, 2021 06:49 - 58 minutes - 80 MBDan McLaughlin - Crank Discusses the Hall of Fame - We like to talk about baseball on the Break It Down Show. Our guest is widely read at the . Dan McLaughlin breaks down politics as his profession...but is a plank holding blogger in baseball. The Baseball Crank has held fans' attention for years. - Pete A Turner and Dan break down the 2021 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. Discussing names like Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. Turns out, the PED era players are slowly getting into t...
Rufus McGaugh – Joy Riding with a Terrorist
January 14, 2021 06:39 - 1 hour - 96.6 MBRufus McGaugh – Joy Riding with a Terrorist - Rufus McGaugh has built an incredible life. As a Marine, he served in Vietnam. Then he graduated from college and became a teacher. Along the way, he made a commitment to travel to every country in the world. He's done it. Yes, even all of the Micronesian, Polynesian and Caribbean states. Get Rufus' book But what did he learn from al of this? Spanning Asian from East Timor to Israel, with all of the beauty of people, culture and food. Traveling...
Chris Herd - Director, Find Your Voice Movie
January 11, 2021 08:10 - 1 hour - 113 MBChris Herd - Director, Find Your Voice Movie - Aussie filmmaker joins Pete A Turner on the Break It Down Show to discuss his latest movie . Chris a cinematographer as his home discipline works by producing and directing his film. Check out the incredible -it's really a neat movie if you love New Zealand or Maori people as a topic. Find Your Voice features Adam Saunders as Elvis Peniaha, a young man who's trying to discover who he is. Also a big shout out to Michael Long who plays, "Road...
Jeffery Madoff - Design and Creative Careers
January 08, 2021 06:09 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBJeffery Madoff - Design and Creative Careers - Jeffrey Madoff has done everything in the creative world. He's designed clothing--btw he's been incredibly successful at that. He's also founded a production company--that creates video advertisements for major brands. Of course, there's more Jeffrey has also written a book called which helps others build the kind of professional lives they dream of. Pete A Turner and Jeffrey discuss the basics of the creative process. Figuring out how to edit ...
Slim Jim Phantom - A Stray Cat Struts: My Life as a Rockabilly Rebel
January 07, 2021 04:46 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBis best known as the drummer for , the band he started with childhood pals Lee Rocker and Brian Setzer. They spearheaded the rockabilly movement in the 80s and have kept the torch burning for vintage American rock and roll ever since. Their modern take on the throwback style gave new life to a beloved but almost forgotten musical sensibility, and their execution made them undeniable. Jim sits down with Jon and Mark to talk about his book, , and some of the friends he's made along the way. ...
James Rickards - The New Great Depression, Currency Wars
January 07, 2021 01:55 - 48 minutes - 67 MBJames Rickards - The New Great Depression, Currency Wars - has been writing about our crumbling financial state for years. His latest book, it drops, January 12th 2021. BTW it's already a best seller. James declares the pandemic recovery isn't coming and worse, we're in a depression. Get all of James' books at Pete A Turner introduces us to a new friend Michael Lucci. They take Jim down a path talking about Fed, State and personal financial resilience as well as identifying some inter...
Gangstagrass – Justified Theme Song, Bluegrass and Rap
January 05, 2021 14:12 - 1 hour - 86 MBGangstagrass – Justified Theme Song, Bluegrass and Rap - Initially formed in 2006, started to see its music reaching a wide audience when the band's song "Long Hard Times to Come" was selected to be the opening theme song of the acclaimed television show Justified on FX in early 2010. In July 2010, Gangstagrass producer Rench and rapper T.O.N.E.Z were nominated for an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for "Long Hard Times to Come." The - We talk about how ...
Clint Emerson – The Right Kind of Crazy and 100 Deadly Skills
January 05, 2021 04:55 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MBClint Emerson – The Right Kind of Crazy and 100 Deadly Skills - Clint Emerson is our kind of dude. He's a former Navy SEAL who's transitioned into a guru on self-preparedness. His books including are designed to transfer some of his experience and training to the regular person. Clint elevated beyond a, stay safe while traveling thought leader and started authoring 100 Deadly Skills books. These tomes are renowned for being found on bathroom book racks around the world. Pete A Turner and ...
Bryan Lloyd – USMC Counterintelligence, HUMINT Collector, Badass Warrior
January 04, 2021 05:42 - 1 hour - 106 MBBryan Lloyd – USMC Counterintelligence, HUMINT Collector, Badass Warrior - Bryan Lloyd is a combat spy. You know what that means. We're about to have a #spyvsspy episode with Pete A Turner and Bryan having a chat that's not available anywhere else. We love having incredibly famous folks on the show, but it's guys like Bryan that really make the Break It Down Show shine. We've only scratched the surface in this hour+ episode. We get into danger, intrigue, Jason Bourne vs actual combat spies. ...