Arroe Collins Like It's Live

Broadcasters are connectors. The ambition and drive to reach beyond the microphones and cameras. They become authors, so many of them are musicians and can cook up a pretty mean plate of Gordon Ramsey like dinners. Oh wait. Not Stacey Simms.
She laughs out loud when talking about that little room with hot and cold things. Her strength is in that connection with the community. Instead of privately dealing with Types 1 and 2 Diabetes in her family she chose to learn about it. When I say it. I mean everything that is lived out every day from the medicines to machines and beyond.
It started as a blog. Grew to a book. Now a podcast. See what I mean. Broadcasters are connectors.
Yeah, we have a fairly lengthy conversation. It’s not only about November being National Diabetes Month. We swap real radio stories, what it’s like when you can’t turn off creativity, we share our personal experiences with September 11th. A lot of incredible talk in an age that’s completely addicted to letting our thumbs do the communicating.

Hey it’s Arroe. This is Play It Forward. A look at the unexpected changes endured by entertainers, writers, camera people and all others affected but not infected by the global invasion of the Coronavirus.
Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward.
Episode 117:
During the hot steamy days that were once July 2020, Round Hill Records reissued 11 solo Rik Emmet recordings in the digital format. Which is an extremely important part of music history moving forward.

After five decades in the biz, Rik Emmett has earned the adjectives ‘prolific’ and ‘eclectic’. Following over a dozen platinum albums with his band Triumph. He’s produced 20 more as a non-platinum indie, ranging from rock and blues to jazz, folk & classical

Rik's latest release is the singer-songwriter acoustic project, Folk Songs for the Farewell Bonfire. Retired from touring, he has just completed a manuscript of poetry – working title, Reinvention. He works in his home studio The Rockit Lab, capturing new singer-songwriter-guitarist material. He also blogs regularly on his website's member forum, interacting with his fans and answering posts.
That’s Play It Forward. You can listen to the full conversations with these artists on three different podcasts. Like Its Live, Unplugged and Totally Uncut and View from the Writing Instrument found on all digital platforms.

Pod Crashing Episode 72 with Jason Flom
Jason’s always been a longtime advocate for reform of the criminal-justice system, earning a strong reception with his podcast, Wrongful Conviction.

The series, touts a tale of "tragedy, triumph, unequal justice and actual innocence,” earning him a sweet spot in the Top 50 podcasts on iTunes.

Launched in collaboration with the production company reVolver, Wrongful Conviction is a 10-episode series featuring interviews with exonerated men and women who’ve spent many long years in prison for crimes they did not commit.

He says that creating the podcast was an emotional roller coaster for me. It's also been a tremendous privilege to interview, document and help draw attention to the unimaginable experiences of these extraordinary men and women.

Three new movies are on their way to your viewing hot spot. If you're lucky enough to get into a theater or hit an outdoor drive in Ryan Jay Reviews a couple of them. The Broken Hearts Gallery puts a fun little spin on breaking up. If its terror and weirdness that you seek Ryan says Rent A Pal starts off really good then it takes a huge freaky walk half way through. Did you see there's another Pets movie? It's on Netflix only. Its called Pets United and has nothing to do with any of the other Pet films.