Arroe Collins: Unplugged & Totally Uncut

ESPN Original Series Full Court Press returns for a second season, immersing viewers in the world of elite women’s college basketball. This season, the four-part series tracks the experiences of sophomore Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo, junior LSU guard Flau’jae Johnson, and graduate student USC forward Kiki Iriafen. Through exclusive interviews and inside access, viewers will experience pivotal moments from the 2024-2025 season, both on and off the court, as each athlete blazes a path in this new era of women’s basketball.Hannah Hidalgo (University of Notre Dame, Sophomore Guard) - The youngest of the show’s featured athletes, Hannah Hidalgo’s dazzling play on the court secured her ACC Rookie of the Year honors and national attention in 2024. Hannah is having a standout sophomore season with her faith and her family grounding her along the way.Flau’jae Johnson (Louisiana State University, Junior Guard) - Flau’Jae Johnson is an emerging leader for the LSU Tigers who are looking for their second title in three seasons. Off the court, Flau’jae can be found managing her flourishing music career and growing list of NIL deals, while contemplating declaring for the WNBA draft.Kiki Iriafen (University of Southern California, Graduate Student Forward) - LA native Kiki Iriafen transferred to USC for the 2024-25 season. The 2024 Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year is motivated to succeed as the missing piece of this Trojans championship run and hopes to secure her spot as a top-5 WNBA pick.Episodes 1 and 2 air Saturday, May 3, at 1pm and 2pm ET on ESPN and episodes 3 and 4 air Saturday, May 10, at 9pm and 10pm ET on ESPN2. All episodes are available for streaming on ESPN+ immediately after their broadcasts.Full Court Press season two was directed by Nikki Spetseris, a storyteller who has been at the forefront of sports documentary filmmaking for over a decade. Nikki’s work as a director and producer has garnered both critical acclaim and industry recognition, including four Emmy Awards. She has worked for virtually every major network, including NBC, HBO, ESPN, Showtime, CBS, ABC, and FOX, remaining committed to crafting powerful narratives at every turn.Nikki started her television journey at NBC’s prestigious Olympics unit, working alongside the world’s top sports journalists to capture the singular stories of Olympians across the globe. In addition to her Olympic work and a range of other sports projects, she’s developed content for Netflix, UNICEF, Sony, Time Inc. and Disney+. 


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From an eminent legal scholar and the president of the ACLU, an essential account of how transportation infrastructure-from highways and roads to sidewalks and buses-became a means of protecting segregation and inequality after the fall of Jim Crow.Our nation's transportation system is crumbling: highways are collapsing, roads are pockmarked, and commuter trains are unreliable. But as acclaimed scholar and ACLU president Deborah Archer warns in Dividing Lines, before we can think about rebuilding and repairing, we must consider the role race has played in transportation infrastructure, from the early twentieth century and into the present day.As Archer demonstrates, the success of the Civil Rights movement and the fall of Jim Crow in the 1960s did not mean the end of segregation. The status quo would not be so easily dismantled. With state-sanctioned racism no longer legal, officials across the country-not just in the South-turned to transportation infrastructure to keep Americans divided. A wealthy white neighborhood could no longer be "protected" by racial covenants and segregated shops, but a multilane road, with no pedestrian crossings, could be built along its border to make it difficult for people from a lower-income community to visit. Highways could not be routed through Black neighborhoods based on the race of their residents, but those neighborhoods' lower property values-a legacy of racial exclusion-could justify their destruction. A new suburb could not be for "whites only," but planners could refuse to extend sidewalks from Black communities into white ones.
Drawing on a wealth of sources, including interviews with people who now live in the shadow of highways and other major infrastructure projects, Archer presents a sweeping, national account-from Atlanta and Houston to Indianapolis and New York City-of our persistent divisions. With immense authority, she examines the limits of current Civil Rights laws, which can be used against overtly racist officials but are less effective in addressing deeper, more enduring, structural challenges. But Archer remains hopeful, and in the final count describes what a just system would look like and how we can achieve it.


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In their first ever feature documentary nearly sixty years after they met as teenagers before the British Invasion music scene, THE ZOMBIES tell their story of navigating the tumultuous music industry over the decades and making one of the most influential albums of all time, Odessey and Oracle. "She's Not There" made them the first British band after The Beatles to reach #1 in the US. After years of touring and many missteps in the 60s, sadly the band missed out on their biggest moment yet, when "Time of the Season" hit #1 and became a global success, inspiring new generations each year. The band looks back on their journey, where true friendship led them to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 
Here's the trailer:
Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JctjMqtsFsU 

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I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…

Why are so many restaurants putting chicken on their menus?  Plus…Is binge watching TV hindering our lives?  

I’m Arroe…  I am a daily writer.  A silent wolf.  I stand on the sidelines and do nothing but watch, listen study then activate.  
I call it The Daily Mess.  A chronological walk through an everyday world.  
Yes, it’s my morning writing.  As a receiver of thoughts and ideas, we as people tend to throw it to the side and deal with it later.  
When a subject arrives, I dig in.  It’s still keeping a journal!  By doing the research the picture becomes clearer.  
This is the Daily Mess…



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I’m CT…  When I’m not busy being Arroe the podcaster, I live in the real world.  Everybody has to have a job.  Mine is C.S.  Customer Service.  Solutions, relationships while keeping my team motivated to keep a constant connection with each guest who’s chosen to stop their day to visit our location.  
Episode 175 New Pepsi product, I effed up bad and more time with Edward
This is C.T.C.S.    

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Welcome back to the studio.  This is My Day of Play, where you’re taken into the real events and actions of how it happens long before the process of editing or cleaning up.  The original purpose of these episodes was to give my broadcasting students something to edit, to practice with and to call their own.  Then I realized that you are just as important.  Share the reality of how it really went.  
We begin things with professional wrestlers Trick Williams and Roxanne Perez from WWE’s NXT.  
And we’ll wrap things up with sports historian Art Garner whose penned out the latest book on legendary racer AJ Foyt.  Survivor. Champion, legend.
This is My Day of Play.  Completely unedited in the way of meeting the wizard behind the curtain.   

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The Long Journey Out (Wipf and Stock)? Born in Japan and raised between the strong cultural frameworks of his Japanese mother and his Jewish-American military father, Lieber lived in fourteen different places by the time he was 14. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica before settling in NYC, where he is a retired professor from SUNY Nassau and a licensed psychoanalyst in private practice. The book is culled from the many poems written over his 70 years of living. For more information, visit https://www.ronaldokuakilieber.com/.

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After being fired in disgrace, a hedge fund manager (Jon Hamm) resorts to stealing from his neighbors' homes in the affluent Westmont Village, only to discover that the secrets hidden behind the wealthy facades might be more dangerous. Also starring Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn and Lena Hall.
Here's the link to Lena Hall's EP:'Https://lenahall.lnk.to/YourFriendsAndNeighbors 

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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 explore what it means when making a choice is the obvious choice.  Plus…why do people think mobile and club DJ’s have every song released by mankind?
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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