John Murray – Counterintelligence Agent Abroad - John Murray and Pete A Turner were both Counterintelligence Agents in the 165th Military Intelligence Battalion. During their tour in Germany, the Dayton Peace Accords attempted to border peace in the crumbling and lethal Balkans. As members of the IFOR forces deployed to ensure that peace, the 165th deployed and scattered around the region. Deployed as the initial force, folks like John and Pete had to venture off the camp daily to figure out the ground truth in their specific region. In the US military, small teams like theirs are the exception. Some units even worked in support of international units...so a team might with a Polish, Swedish, etc unit. This episode is sure to give insight into tactical intelligence gathering that is not available anywhere else. Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show  All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show!   For the  of this episode head to  Haiku Two of the pros here To teach you Counterintel Ground Truth for your ears   ​Similar episodes: Pete A Turner John Green  Chase Hughes  Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD.  Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner  Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev  Writer: Dragan Petrovski  The Break It Down Show is your favorite best, new podcast, featuring 5 episodes a week with great interviews highlighting world-class guests from a wide array of shows.

Chris Goulstone - Chapel of Rock - Producing TV and Film music for over twenty years with over 100 albums to his name, Chris Goulstone works from Sambourne House Studios, providing cutting edge tracks for shows around the globe. Chris Goulstone runs the Chapel of Rock. When Wes says, "You should have...on the show" Pete stops what he’s doing and books the guest. Chris is a wealth of music knowledge and a multi-decade pedigree as a multi-instrumentalist.  He's worked with and for everyone...so we'll skip the list, you know, if you want to get this ep recorded. For the  of this episode head to  Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show  All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show!​ ​​Haiku The Chapel of Rock                                                                            Run by our guy, Chris Goulstone                                                       Check that s**t out, man! ​Similar episodes:  -   -   -  Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD.  Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner  Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev  Writer: Dragan Petrovski  The Break It Down Show is your favorite best, new podcast, featuring 5 episodes a week with great interviews highlighting world-class guests from a wide array of shows.

Erik Kleinsmith - DB Cooper, Hoffa, Zodiac, Cracking the Coldest Cases - Erik Kleinsmith Erik has authored books on intelligence analysis, found the 9/11 hijackers BEFORE 9/11, helped solve the DB Cooper case...and a lot more. Erik used to be Pete A Turner's commander in Bosnia when they were in the might 165th MI Bn. You'd imagine that commanding a company of spies would be the pinnacle of one's career, but that's just the beginning... Erik returns to the Break It Down Show. It's always a good time when we get to hear from him. Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show  All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show!   For the  of this episode head to  ​Haiku Commanding the spies Just the tip of the iceberg Coop', Hoff', Zodiac!!!   Similar episodes:  -   -   -    Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD.  Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner  Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev  Writer: Dragan Petrovski  The Break It Down Show is your favorite best, new podcast, featuring 5 episodes a week with great interviews highlighting world-class guests from a wide array of shows.

Chris Bell - Chapel of Rock, Drummer - Chris Bell is known as a drummer. However, our buddy Wes Maebe says Chris can do it all. As a drummer, Chris' credits include Big Country (this band is a personal fav for those of us who grew up on the Quake in San Francisco) Thompson Twins, Donovan, Plant/Page, Gene Loves Jezebel and BIDS alum Raie. Check out the Chapel of Rock at Chris is part of the crew at the Chapel of Rock, a collection of badass musicians in England who are changing how the music industry records music. And here is a fun note for you: per Wes, Chris plays the best sounding drum kit he's ever heard...and that is saying something.  For the  of this episode head to  Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show  All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show!​ ​​Haiku Maybe a drummer                                                                            Although, he can do it all                                                                Big Country's his band ​Similar episodes: -  -   -  Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD.  Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner  Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev  Writer: Dragan Petrovski  The Break It Down Show is your favorite best, new podcast, featuring 5 episodes a week with great interviews highlighting world-class guests from a wide array of shows.

Dave Matheny – The Silencer Shop - Dave Matheny founded the Silencer Shop. It's interesting when we hear the word silencer for guns, we have images in our head that likely have no bearing in reality. For most people, the next time they see a silencer in real life, will be the first time. To learn more head to the SIlencer Shops website For most people, silencers are something from the movies, yet for many Americans, suppressors are a part of a normal range day. Dave joins Pete A Turner on the Break It Down Show to demystify silencers and help us by answering questions. Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show  All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show!   For the  of this episode head to  Haiku The Silencer Shop Dave Matheny opened it So give it a glance   ​Similar episodes: Adrian Goldsworthy  Nathan Gorenstein David Pietrusza Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD.  Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner  Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev  Writer: Dragan Petrovski  The Break It Down Show is your favorite best, new podcast, featuring 5 episodes a week with great interviews highlighting world-class guests from a wide array of shows.

David Pietrusza - 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents - The presidential election of 1920 was one of the most dramatic ever. For the only time in the nation's history, six once-and-future presidents hoped to end up in the White House: Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and Theodore Roosevelt. It was an election that saw unprecedented levels of publicity -- the Republicans outspent the Democrats by 4 to 1 -- and it was the first to garner extensive newspaper and newsreel coverage. It was also the first election in which women could vote. Get David's book, 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents on Amazon at Get everything on David at: Award-winning historian David Pietrusza's riveting new work presents a dazzling panorama of presidential personalities, ambitions, plots, and counterplots -- a picture of modern America at the crossroads. Author David delivers ANOTHER incredible book on the mid-20th century. This one sets the stage for most of the rest of the century. If you love history, David is your kind of author. Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show  All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show!   For the  of this episode head to  Haiku Lots of initials But hey, it's six presidents Gathered in a book   ​Similar episodes: Adrian Goldsworthy  DW Wilber  Mark Sullivan  Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD.  Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner  Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev  Writer: Dragan Petrovski  The Break It Down Show is your favorite best, new podcast, featuring 5 episodes a week with great interviews highlighting world-class guests from a wide array of shows.

Nathan Gorenstein – The Guns of John Browning - Nathan Gorenstein offers the first major biography of John Moses Browning, “the Thomas Edison of guns,” brings to life a visionary inventor whose astonishing array of firearms have shaped American culture and armed the world’s militaries for more than a century. Get Nathan's book on Amazon at Visit Nathan's website Gorenstein joins Pete A Turner, on the Break It Down Show...and you're gonna love it. BTW in addition to Pete A Turner, Jim DeFelice joins as cohost. Jim has his own work on the history of guns in the US. One more note. the book is really fantastic. A great way to support Nathan and BIDS is by using our link to purchase the book. Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show  All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show!   For the  of this episode head to  Haiku The Guns "Edison" Homage paid in Nathan's book Inform yourselves, folks!   ​Similar episodes: Adrian Goldsworthy  DW Wilber  Mark Sullivan  Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD.  Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner  Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev  Writer: Dragan Petrovski  The Break It Down Show is your favorite best, new podcast, featuring 5 episodes a week with great interviews highlighting world-class guests from a wide array of shows.

Jack Hues - We Gotta Work Together  - Jack Hues is the singer-songwriter and composer best known as the frontman for Wang Chung. In standard times Jack would have spent most of 2020 performing in the USA and Europe promoting his first solo album, PRIMITIF but as the pandemic shut the world down Jack set his living room up as a studio and began writing and recording ideas. Go to to learn more about Jack's tour dates and music, or you can visit Jack has announced the release of his second solo album ‘Electro-Acoustic Works 20:20’ written and recorded during the national lockdowns along with a series of shows for September 2021. For the  of this episode head to  Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show  All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show!​ ​​Haiku Damn, 2020                                                                                  You messed many of us up                                                          But, Jack made music! ​Similar episodes:  -   -   -  Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD.  Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner  Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev  Writer: Dragan Petrovski  The Break It Down Show is your favorite best, new podcast, featuring 5 episodes a week with great interviews highlighting world-class guests from a wide array of shows.

Pete A Turner – Customary Disregard for Religion - Sometimes, Pete A Turner is the guest on the Break It Down Show. Our host for this episode is Dr Wilfred Reilly. Wil is covering Pete and Dr Rich Ledet's recent academic article discussing the impact of religion on operations in Conflict Zones. This article was published in The Challenge to NATO Global Security and the Atlantic Alliance get this book at Amazon at Here's an excerpt from the Abstract - Abstract This paper examines the relationship between religion and political development in the context of recent military operations in predominantly Islamic countries. We help advance the argument that disregarding the power of local religious customs detracts from the broader political development objectives of modern-day NATO member military missions, primarily because it hinders the creation and building of state capacity. Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show  All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show!   For the  of this episode head to  Haiku Pete with his two cents How religion disregard's so customary   ​Similar episodes: Xander Bullock  John Green  Chase Hughes  Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD.  Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner  Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev  Writer: Dragan Petrovski  The Break It Down Show is your favorite best, new podcast, featuring 5 episodes a week with great interviews highlighting world-class guests from a wide array of shows.

Mike Guardia - Skybreak, the 58th Fighter Squadron - Mike Guardia returns to the Break It Down Show to talk military history with Pete A Turner. Mike cranks out books at a pace that makes us shudder. We'll discuss the 58th Fighter Squadron, the top MiG Killers of Operation Desert Storm. To support Eric J Turner’s family, go to the donation link: or hit Pete on FB, DM etc. Get Mike’s book Skybreak on Amazon at: August 1990: Iraqi forces under the command of Saddam Hussein invaded the tiny emirate of Kuwait. Within hours, the Kuwaiti defenses collapsed under the onslaught of the Iraqi Army. In response, the US military led a coalition of thirty-four nations in what became known as Operation Desert Storm—a violent air and ground campaign to eject the Iraqis from Kuwait. At the tip of the spear were the men of the US Air Force’s 58th Fighter Squadron. Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show  All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show!   For the  of this episode head to  Haiku Mike's at it again Cranking out book, pace is high Read about Skybreak   ​Similar episodes: Adrian Goldsworthy  DW Wilber  Mark Sullivan  Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD.  Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner  Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev  Writer: Dragan Petrovski  The Break It Down Show is your favorite best, new podcast, featuring 5 episodes a week with great interviews highlighting world-class guests from a wide array of shows.