Arroe Collins Like It's Live

When people start saying the end of the world is happening, look at all the earthquakes!  Calm down!  This is nothing compared to past history.  Plus, facing ego maniacs at work.  

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Rob is a longtime working actor with decades of experience across film, television, theater, commercials, and voiceover, while also coaching actors on confidence, presence, auditions, self-tapes, and what it really takes to build a sustainable creative career.His work includes Argo, Mad Men, The Office, Gilmore Girls, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Breaking Bad, Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, Young Sheldon, Straight Outta Compton, Blonde, and Velvet Buzzsaw, among many others. He appears in Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic starring Jaafar Jackson, where he plays the burn doctor. His recent and upcoming film work also includes The Rooster Prince with Shia LaBeouf and Melissa Leo, and Last Appeal.In addition to acting, Rob is a teacher and coach who runs An Actor’s Space in Los Angeles. He works with actors at many different stages, including people pursuing acting later in life, and he loves talking about the craft in a way that is honest, practical, and not precious.

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Written by Meyer Lansky's grandson and an award-winning investigative reporter, this definitive portrait of the legendary "Mob's Accountant" chronicles the singular life of the business entrepreneur who built a gambling empire, perfected money laundering, established a more efficient Mafia, and changed the course of organized crime forever-featuring never-before-seen personal letters, photographs, and firsthand stories.Meyer Lansky was more than a co-founder of the Mafia. He was a truly transformative figure, a key player who balanced criminal enterprise and legitimate business, ushering in a "Golden Age" of the Mafia that lasted half of the 20th century. His impact lives on today-in the lavish casinos of Las Vegas, the offshore banking strategies of major global industries, and the countless Hollywood films like The Godfather Part II and Bugsy, with Lansky portrayed by actors Lee Strasberg, Ben Kingsley, Harvey Keitel, and others. He remains a legend in the annals of American crime. But even now, after decades of fictionalized accounts, historical conjectures, and larger-than-life mythmaking, the question remains:Who was the real Meyer Lansky?In this eye-opening account-featuring personal letters, rare and exclusive photographs, and stunning new details never before revealed-the grandson of Meyer Lansky dares to answer the most intriguing questions that have fascinated the public to this day: Why and how did a serious Jewish boy from Poland get involved with mobsters like Lucky Luciano and Bugsy Siegel? What was his role in the growth and consolidation of the Mafia, and why couldn't the Feds pin any crime on him besides illegal gambling? How many millions had Lansky amassed by the time of his death in 1983-and what happened to the money? But most shocking of all: Who really killed Bugsy Siegel, and can the truth finally be told?Packed with surprising insights from the grandson and his family, The Lansky Legacy is a must-read for crime buffs, Mafia enthusiasts, and anyone invested in the American Dream.

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Folk‑Americana songwriter Michael Veitch has long believed that songs are living things — carriers of memory, mentors in disguise, emotional landmarks that stay with us long after the moment passes. On October 12, he releases “Discovered,” a new album produced by Julie Last, gathering thirteen songs that have shaped his artistic life. Each track is a story, a friendship, a coincidence, or a turning point — a songwriter’s memoir told through other people’s works.

Veitch’s journey has never followed a straight line. He grew up in Vermont, found his artistic footing in Greenwich Village’s Monday Night Songwriters Meeting led by Jack Hardy, and was encouraged early on by Shawn Colvin, who sent him to Hardy’s legendary circle. He later opened a tour for Colvin, performed at the Newport Folk Festival, won a songwriting award at Kerrville, and continued building a career rooted in community, conscience, and craft.

His political and humanitarian instincts were shaped in part by Bernie Sanders, whose mentorship helped Veitch understand that songs — like leadership — can be both beautifully built and socially awake.

That blend of craft and conscience has defined his career. Veitch’s song “Veteran’s Day” was discovered at Kerrville by Judy Collins, who later recorded it for her album "Bohemian," calling it “one of the best songs I ever recorded.” In 2022, on the heels of his Top 20 Folk album “Wachtraum,” which produced the #1 Folk Radio single “Valentine’s Day” (co‑written with Julie Last) — Veitch appeared on the PBS television special We Remember: Songs of Survivors, collaborating with Holocaust survivor Rita Schwartz on the song “Above the Rain.”

With "Discovered," Veitch brings that same depth, dignity, and historical sensitivity to the songs that shaped him.


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When it’s extremely difficult to make up your mind.  Having the power of choice can actually weaken someone.  On this episode we’re going to focus in on why singer songwriters with accents hardly if ever sound like they’re from other parts of the planet.  Plus…is it half full or half empty?  What are the ups and downs of the way we plant and place our words?  I’m Arroe.  Life is a series of choices.  Who decides when you’re not making it the right choice?  Is it the fear of going wrong?  The greatest lessons in life are often lost inside hidden away attempts and concepts.  It’s time to reopen your heart. Having a choice is a daily gift.  On this highway we learn to trust mirages… What is the choice? 

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Eli Burnstein's PHRASED & CONFUSED: The Curious Meanings of Timeless Quotations explores the fascinating stories behind the world's most famous quotes: above all, those we commonly misunderstand.Did you know that "The road less traveled" has nothing to do with actually taking the road less traveled, for instance?Or that Carpe diem is more accurately translated as "Pluck the day"?As for Marie Antoinette's infamous "Let them eat cake," it predated her birth by over a century (and she never said it at all)And did you know that money isn't "the root of all evil," if we read St. Paul closely?Or that his New Testament phrase "vengeance is mine" is paradoxically all about peace?How is it that "the exception proves the rule"? Shouldn't it do the opposite? There's a fun story here that goes all the way back to Cicero.Eli Burnstein also unpacks the meanings behind such iconic and rich quotations as "I think therefore I am," "The medium is the message," "Beauty is truth, truth beauty," and "A rose is a rose is a rose."In Phrased & Confused, Burnstein (contributor to publications including The New Yorker and McSweeney's Internet Tendency and host of the popular event "Spelling Bee") takes readers on a lively, thought‑provoking tour of some of history's most enduring quotations, unpacking the ideas, contexts, and curiosities behind the words we think we know so well. Familiar phrases reveal unexpected depth when examined a little more closely.With clarity, wit, and a gift for explanation, Burnstein explores how timeless quotations came to carry such weight-and why they continue to resonate, confuse, and provoke debate centuries after they were first written.

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Steve Hirsch, a recently retired senior CIA executive with three decades of experience across the U.S. intelligence community, who is available as a source on national security, intelligence, AI, critical infrastructure, biosecurity, and emerging global threats. Steve Hirsch is available for interviews immediately.During his CIA career, Hirsch served in senior leadership positions spanning counterterrorism, intelligence analysis, public affairs, workforce and organizational transformation, and the Agency’s business analytics modernization. Following 9/11, he served as a President’s Daily Briefer, briefing Cabinet-level officials as the intelligence community adapted to a dramatically different threat environment. He briefed the Secretaries of Homeland Security, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services, as well as the FEMA Administrator. He also led CIA Public Affairs and the Agency’s business analytics transformation.  He also served in senior counterterrorism and Middle East crisis roles and, earlier in his career, analyzed chemical and biological weapons, including the countries and facilities developing them.What makes Steve particularly useful as a source is his ability to explain how the intelligence community assesses threats and makes decisions, while staying firmly outside classified information.  Steve is comfortable speaking on the record or on background while respecting the clear boundaries around classified information.  Would you be interested in speaking with Steve for a story you are currently working on, talking with him on background, or simply connecting now to establish a relationship for future stories?Later, as a senior CIA executive, Hirsch led major initiatives involving public affairs, business analytics, workforce development, and organizational transformation, giving him a perspective that extends beyond identifying threats to understanding how large institutions prepare for and respond to them.

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At a moment when so much of the political conversation is about what divides Americans, Meeks believes we need to get much better at talking about what connects us. That means creating conversations that can cross racial, political, geographic and cultural lines and getting beyond labels long enough to talk about what people actually care about: their families, their communities, safety, opportunity, dignity, faith, education and the kind of country they want their children to inherit. Meeks has spent decades doing this work. She led African American Studies at Mercer University for 25 years, served as executive director of the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing, and has worked extensively with communities on racial healing and reconciliation. Her work recognizes that real bridge-building is difficult, requires patience, and cannot simply ignore disagreements. Her new book, Bridging the Rivers of Difference: A Proclamation of Unity in Resistance (Morehouse Publishing; June 16, 2026), expands that conversation. Rather than treating Black, Latino, Asian, Indigenous and white Americans as separate constituencies, Meeks asks what happens when people begin recognizing shared humanity and building relationships across the lines that traditionally separate them. The book specifically examines how coalitions can be built across communities that have different histories and experiences.

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Rocket Horse is a songwriter-led independent project based in Jasper, Georgia. I’ve written well over 1,000 songs, with roughly 170 released or release-ready tracks spanning rock, country-rock, Americana, pop-rock, ballads and faith-centered material.There are really two eras to the project. We have roughly 50+ older recordings from the traditional pre-AI period, made through the normal songwriter/musician/studio process, and newer material where I sometimes use AI-assisted/generative production tools while still directing the songs creatively.The project has grown substantially over the last year — more than 1 million total streams across platforms, 100K+ combined social followers, strong Pandora growth, radio support, interviews/features and ongoing sync outreach.

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Jasmine Guillory is a household name in the rom-com world. Author of nine books for adults including the New York Times bestselling The Wedding Date, The Proposal, and Flirting Lessons, she’s making her YA debut this fall with IT’S ONLY DANCING. This new book addresses body image issues, socioeconomic status, perfectionism, coming- of-age, first loves, and so much more. It's the summer before her senior year of high school and Kat (Kitty to her family) planned to spend it reading good books, working on her college applications, and enjoying her independence. Instead, she's stuck for an entire month with her family at a camp in the desert in Southern California. When she stumbles across a staff party on the first night, she's jealous of their joyful, uninhibited dancing. She hasn't danced like that since two years ago, when she was forced to quit ballet, which she once loved more than anything. She's determined to leave dance where it belongs—the past. But Jordan, the handsome and magnetic hip-hop dance instructor, keeps dragging it into her present. As Kat begins sneaking around and lying to her parents to spend time with Jordan, she'll have to ask herself—what is she willing to risk to finally feel free? And is it possible her feelings for Jordan could reignite her love for dance? IT’S ONLY DANCING is a retelling of the 80s classic Dirty Dancing. The themes of the movie (abortion rights, socioeconomic class differences, coming-of-age, and taking a stand for what you believe in) are still incredibly relevant to today’s teens. Jasmine Guillory takes all the dancing fun of the original movie and brings it into modern times with a hip hop instructor and a recovering ballet dancer. Rest assured, the lift at the end with Kat and Jordan is just as cathartic as it is in the original movie.

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