Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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 58: When the world feels like a scary place…
Which happens to be the name of the new book from Dr. Abigale Gewirtz.

Teaching kids to grow up with confidence and resiliency in a world that’s become quite challenging. Beyond Covid 19, there are other social stresses – from bullying to school shootings to relentless tech and media exposure.

So how can we tool our kids to be strong in a world that can feel like a scary place?

Dr. Abigail Gewirtz is a child psychologist and leading expert on families under stress – she provides a roadmap for parents wondering how to best help their kids through this and other situations.

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.

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 57:
Cammwes just wrapped his big moment on NBC’s The Voice. What a lot of viewers didn’t know was how his heart was endlessly locked in on his mother back home in South Carolina. She’s a nurse set inside a global pandemic.
Staying on the subject of music in motion. Angelo from Detroit’s The Low has kept his mind pretty busy during this downtime with Coronavirus. The goal is to keep this machine running then be prepared to take it to a live stage.
Zan Fiskum is a singer/songwriter from the Seattle area. The Pacific Northwest has always been an awesome hangout for creative minds connected to inviting peace to other people’s hearts. That’s her mission during this shutdown of entertainment.
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 59: My Conversation With Comedian Todd Riley
Not all funny people are built the same. Which is why you can’t hit a comedy club once a year. The stories, the laughter, the multiple layers of performance style, some meant to be improv others well-rehearsed and timed out.
That being said not all comedians instantly stopped their careers twelve years ago during the Rogan and Maron birthing years and took up Podcasting or YouTube videos.
Covid-19 has though changed a lot of funny folks around. It first started out as trying to feed the beast demanding the stage to now it’s more of a deeper more enriched connection with not only fans and followers of the comedic walk but a new connection with listeners living vicariously through the daily struggles of the everyday unwritten chapter.
I’ve always wondered how many times a comedian is asked, “Hey got a podcast yet?” Over the past eight years of my experience the answer they’ve shot back has been, “Nope. Podcasting is too far along and I don’t have the time or energy to catch up.”
Then it happened. The world of entertainment stopped. Covid-19 became the evil empire in law that is still camping out within your fortress.
When I first started the podcast Play It Forward back in March of 2020, I reached out to comedian Todd Riley because I truly wanted to hear about this new world without a live crowd. He has evolved from never doing a podcasting to thinking about it. The first week of June 2020 and he’s got five episodes posted and growing.
Like the pain in the ass I am I wanted more of the story. I love swapping tricks of the trade. I just happen to record the conversations then blast it up to the International Space Station and back.