Thank you for being part of the conversation. This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 578 With Thunder Rosa And Powerhouse Will Hobbs From AEW TNT launches a second night of professional wrestling with a new tentpole series, “AEW: Collision” on Saturday, June 17. This live, two-hour, in-ring show will air every Saturday night from 8-10 p.m. ET and feature more wrestlers, more stories and more action to super-serve fans. “AEW: Collision” will feature headliners including CM Punk, Thunder Rosa, Powerhouse Hobbs, Samoa Joe, and Andrade El Idolo.

Thank you for being part of the conversation. This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 577 With Grunge Rocker Steve Turner A down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth and evolution of the Seattle grunge scene-from amateur skate parks and underground hardcore clubs to worldwide phenomenon-as told by one of its founding fathers and the lead guitarist of legendary alternative rock band Mudhoney. "I'm a Seattle musician who got started playing in punk bands in the early '80s-a few years before the music scene blew up. And I kept playing in a cult band for over 30 years," says Mudhoney lead guitarist Steve Turner. "My book covers three parts: the early days, the glory days, and the post-glory days that still see many of us playing, raising kids, and earning a living." Turner's MUD RIDE: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion (Chronicle Prism, June 13) is an exceedingly joyful promenade through the Seattle grunge scene of the late '80s, early 90s-it's clear everyone was having a great time, and that infectious energy jumps off the page as readers travel on a nostalgic journey with Turner through the basements that shaped the sound to the underground flophouses to the sold-out arenas with screaming fans. Along the way are stories about the key moments, musicians, and albums from grunge's beginnings to its comedown, told by someone who was there for it all.

Thank you for being part of the conversation. This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 576 With MTV’s Jay Osterman As part of its Mental Health is Health initiative, MTV’s second-annual Mental Health Action Day has once again brought together more than 1,600 companies and organizations in cities across the country to support the global movement that encourages and empowers people to take action for mental health.

Focusing on the theme Connection, brands and nonprofits in cities around the world will host free in-person events - from music concerts to public art installations to comedy shows – and virtual events designed to support people of all ages with communal and engaging ways to cope with the rise of loneliness during the pandemic.

Thank you for being part of the conversation. This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 575 with Lonestar… Re-recording songs that fans have loved for years can be a tricky proposition, but TEN to 1 strikes the perfect balance between fresh and familiar. It was a labor of love for Lonestar's Dean Sams, drummer Keech Rainwater, guitar virtuoso Michael Britt and lead vocalist Drew Womack. "We've been doing this for a very long time, and we've been super blessed in our 30 plus years together to have 22 top 10 singles and then have 10 of those go No.1," says founding member Dean Sams, who has produced the group's last six albums. "We've adapted our sound so much over the years through playing live, we've started approaching songs a little bit differently and so we just thought we should put a version of who we are today out there with all 10 of our No. 1's." Michael Britt adds: "Most of these songs we've played for 25 years or so, and we know these songs like the back of our hand. It was fun to be able to record songs that everybody knows and just put a different spin on them because we've changed them over time."

Thank you for being part of the conversation. This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 574 With Naturalist Kris Tompkins From The Film Wild Life WILD LIFE follows conservationist Kris Tompkins on an epic, decades-spanning love story as wild as the landscapes she dedicated her life to protecting. After falling in love in midlife, Kris and outdoorsman and entrepreneur Doug Tompkins left behind the world of the massively successful outdoor brands they'd helped pioneer -- Patagonia, The North Face and Esprit -- and turned their attention to a visionary effort to create national parks throughout Chile and Argentina via their nonprofit Tompkins Conservation. WILD LIFE chronicles the highs and lows of their journey to affect the largest private land donation in history.

WILD LIFE comes from Oscar®-winning filmmakers Jimmy Chin and his wife Chai Vasarhelyi, the directing team behind Free Solo which took home the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Jimmy and Chai also directed the award-winning film The Rescue, which chronicles the daring rescue of 12 boys and their coach from a cave in Thailand, and they’re currently working on their first scripted feature, Nyad, starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster about Diana Nyad’s historic swim from Cuba to Florida.

Thank you for being part of the conversation. This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 573 With Singer Song Writer Lana Scott She’s a Top 8 finisher on The Voice Season 21. Kelly Clarkson called her 'Unstoppable,' John Legend called her a 'Songbird,' while Ariana Grande said she's a 'perfectly packaged star!' During May - mental health month – she is partnering with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to release a new song called "Permanent." Proceeds from all streaming (digital and video) will be donated to AFSP. The song was inspired by a close friend who Lana lost to suicide. Recognizing the power of music in her own life, Lana wanted her first release after being on the TV show to be a song of hope and encouragement - that whatever you are going through right now, it's not permanent. Lana will host the Nashville GALA for AFSP in May

Thank you for being part of the conversation. This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 572 With Kevin Kelly From Speedfreak “Doomsday Devices” was one of the last songs written for the Fast Lane Livin’ album. It’s a song about living in the moment and the temptations people all deal with every single day.

Speedfreak says, "Even though you know you might make some bad decisions along the way, you only live once. You’re not getting any younger so go for it! It’s about living every day like it could be your last with no regrets. It’s the age old saying that it’s better to regret something you HAVE done than something you HAVEN’T."

The music video for “Doomsday Devices,” directed by Zane Rerek, made the rounds on the film festival circuit and won the award for Best Metal Music Video at the Audio Shoot International Musician Video & Film Festival in Wexford, Ireland as well as being selected at over a dozen other fests including an official nomination at Cannes Shorts.

Thank you for being part of the conversation. This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 571 With Jared Harris From The Ghost Of Richard Harris The Ghost Of Richard Harris tells the story of a once famous actor, poet, lover and singer, whose prodigious career was overshadowed by a reputation for drinking and riotous behavior, earning him the epithet 'hell raiser'. It is the story of a legendary Irishman, perhaps the greatest actor Ireland has produced, who still lives in the hearts of his countrymen. And it's the story of a father whose three sons still think about him every day, since his unexpected death twenty years ago. They are still in search of, and argue about, who he really was - a complex, flawed genius.

Thank you for being part of the conversation. This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 570 With Elizabeth Vargus NewsNation, America's fastest growing cable news network, announced that Emmy award-winning journalist and television host Elizabeth Vargas will anchor "Elizabeth Vargas Reports," an hour-long weekday news program debuting April 3, 2023 (6 p.m. ET/5 p.m. CT) from a new state-of-the-art studio in New York City. "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" will feature one-on-one interviews with headline makers across the country and on-the-ground reporting by NewsNation's team of seasoned journalists. Additionally, Ms. Vargas will serve as a regular contributor to NewsNation's daytime and primetime lineup of news, analysis and talk programming.

Thank you for being part of the conversation. This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 569 With Steven Raichlen Creator Of The Barbecue Bible. Steven Raichlen is synonymous with barbecue. The James Beard Award-winning author of an impressive array of New York Times bestselling cookbooks, a Barbecue Hall of Famer, indefatigable barbecue anthropologist and a PBS star, he has shaped America’s obsession with live-fire cooking for decades. It started in 1998, when Workman published Raichlen’s groundbreaking THE BARBECUE! BIBLE, which fired a grilling revolution around the world, transforming the arts of smoking and grilling to the cult status it enjoys today. When this 500-recipe homage to global live-fire cooking was first published, American grilling was limited to simple summer weekend cookouts with little technique or creative thought. And now, it’s hard to believe that there was ever a time when grilling and barbecue weren’t ubiquitous American obsessions.