Tracy LaLonde – The Joychiever Journey - Tracy LaLonde is an overachiever, business development coach, and professional speaker with 28 years of experience in professional public speaking and 20 years in the legal industry. At the peak of overachieving, Tracy traveled 40 weeks per year. Exhausted and conflicted, Tracy left her company to go on a Joy Journey. She founded Joychiever to help other overachievers discover their unique path, define their joy, and apply their ambition to achieve a balanced, happy life. Learn more about becoming a Joychiever at Get Tracy’s book on Amazon at: As our guest, Tracy talks about self-awareness in today’s young generation, what made her want to write the book, learning to find joy in every moment, how we can retrain our brain to find joy, and other ways of bringing joy in our lives. We say hitting “play episode” is one of them. 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 Joyous is the one That finds joy in little things Become Joychievers! 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.

Doc Shauna Springer - Beyond The Military - Shauna “Doc” Springer is a best-selling author, frequently requested keynote speaker, and one of the world's leading experts on psychological trauma, military transition, suicide prevention, and close relationships. She is the author of WARRIOR: How to Support Those Who Protect Us and the co-author of BEYOND THE MILITARY: A Leader’s Handbook for Warrior Reintegration. Get Beyond the Military on Amazon at: Get more on Shauna at: 2020 was hard on everyone mentally. There's lots to be learned from Doc Springer as she helps us trim back the things that seek to bury us. Enjoy this therapeutic episode that anyone, not just veterans, can enjoy. 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 Instead of Dr. The veterans trust a "Doc" Her rightful prefix 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.

John Bonzo Butler - Lasso the Moon and Madeleine Marsh - John "Bonzo" Butler is a multi-instrumentalist. He comes to us through our dear friend Wes Maebe. Among the many things Bonzo has done is co-found the Lasso The Moon project. As COVID locked down live music, folks in the London scene wanted to continue doing what they love. John Dunn is a fellow Lasso the Moon project member. John usually lays down the beginnings of the songs that eventually become the covers for the project's published covers.  Thus, the Lasso the Moon isolation sessions were born. The crew has covered, Paul McCartney, Rush, Elvis Costello, the Black Crowes and more. Watch all of the LTM videos on Youtube here This is a very relaxed episode between friends who all love music. The Johns (being one Jon short – our own Jon LG), Wes and OL Pedro as the catalyst for great conversation. 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 They're Lasso the Moon                                                                    Jammin' together, how great                                                          Got room for one more? ​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.

Frank Agin - AmSpirit Business Connections - Frank Agin is the founder and president of AmSpirit Business Connections, where he works to empower entrepreneurs, sales representatives and professionals around the country to become more successful through networking. In addition, he is a "sought after" speaker and consultant to companies and organizations on topics related to professional networking and business relationship development. Get more on Frank at: Get more on amspirit on Being a fellow podcaster himself, Frank talks about why he brings 5 business cards to a 100-person meeting, how he sorts out who’s worthy of his time, where does he go next with his podcast and more. ​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 Five cards to meetings Those are real connections That's the AmSpirit! Similar episodes: Richard Titus  David Norman  Kris Duggan    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.

Joe Posnanski - The Baseball 100 - Joe Posnanski has been named Sportswriter of the year by 5 different organizations. He's widely recognized as the best sportswriter of his generation. His latest book is a history called Baseball 100. Joe has worked on this project for years, slowly evolving it and crafting into it's current form. An 808 page opus of biographical baseball essays.  Get Baseball 100 on Amazon If you've got a baseball lover in the house, this book is an easy win...Joe is masterful in his lay down...thorough in his history and provocative in his numbering. Pete A Turner and Dan McLaughlin cohost this romp through 100 of the greatest players in history. 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 Baseball 100 Joe’s History of the Game Oscar lurks at FIVE ​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.

Aaron Casserly Stewart - The Sounds of Blackness - Aaron Casserly Stewart is a force! He's a singer, manager, professor, producer, board member, advisor--the list is long and impressive. Aaron is joined by our friend Singer/Songwriter Matt Hoy. Matt's day job is singing for UB40, With Ali and Astro. Aaron manages Matt's solo work. Check out Matt Hoy on Spotify:  Matt's returning for his 3rd visit to the show to discuss his new project-as we get to know Aaron's work as well. This is a fantastic episode as we explore music, love and creating a better world. 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 Aaron and Matt Hoy                                                                          Trying to bring back music                                                            We hope they suceed ​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.

Jay Bushman Novel Advice: Practical Wisdom for Your Favorite Literary Characters - Jay works at the intersection of traditional and emerging formats, reinterpreting and reimagining classic stories in new ways. He won an Emmy for his work as a writer and transmedia producer on the groundbreaking series ‘The Lizzie Bennet Diaries,” an interactive adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. He was the co-creator and co-showrunner of the sequel interactive series, “Welcome To Sanditon.” As a writer and producer at Fourth Wall Studios, Jay helped to create the Emmy-winning series “Dirty Work,” and wrote and created the show “Airship Dracula." For the  of this episode head to Get Jay’s book: Novel Advice: Practical Wisdom for Your Favorite Literary Characters at Jay writes for many kinds of media, TV, BOOKS on and on…he's also a well-educated literature head who's ready to battle Pete A Turner character for character!  Goethe's Werther...oh ya.  We go there. Listen and maybe you’ll find out what Batman and Hamlet have in common. Get more on Jay's work at 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 He's all characters Practical wisdom to share Batman to Hamlet 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.

Donnelly Wilkes - Code Red Fallujah - Dr Donnelly Wilkes joined the Navy prior to 9/11. At the time, it seemed like a great way to serve his country and maybe see a few things. Then the War on Terror broke out and just prior to Dr Wilkes completing all of his physician training, he deployed. Get Code Red Fallujah on Amazon at amzn.to/3i0C6UQ Yes, he was a doctor, but the Marines needed help so off he went, to an aid station as close to the front lines during the battle of Fallujah as they dared. But it still wasn't close enough to save all the Marines in 2004. Pete A Turner gets Donnelly to open up like few others have...get the incredibly gripping story of a doctor deployed. ​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 Tearing down the street The Golden Hour times flies He fights to save lives Similar episodes: Andrews and Wilson Jack Carr Mick Betancourt   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.

Dr. Ian Jenkins - Three Men and a Family, Polyamory Throuple Thrives - As a closeted teen, Ian wondered if he would ever be able to live openly with a male partner. Years later, he had not one but two partners in a polyamorous Throuple—what more could he ask for? But something was still missing. Get Ian's memoir on Amazon: Join Ian and his partners, Alan and Jeremy, as they embark on a sometimes hilarious, sometimes tearful quest to become parents. They run the gauntlet: IVF failures, the threat of Zika virus, the urgent hunt for a new doctor, pregnancy-threatening bleeds, costly legal battles and a reluctant superior court judge. Ultimately the grace of women—embryo donors, their egg donor, their surrogate, even a surprise milk donor—allow them to complete their family with one perfect girl, and become the first polyamorous family ever named as the legal parents of a child. 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 A throuple you say? They probably want just sex Nope, it's family! Similar episodes: Gregg Hurwitz  David Norman  Dr. Thomas Jordan   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.

Victoria Gordon – Pilot Season, Behind the Times - A native of Los Angeles, Victoria got her start as a violinist. She later transitioned to singing and acting before adding behind-the-scenes creative roles to her growing résumé. She is the recipient of the IFS Film Festival Vanguard Award for Breakthrough Performance for her work as writer, producer, and star of the indie pilot BEHIND THE TIMES. Her film and television projects have received more than a million views online and awards at film festivals throughout the US and Europe. Get more information on Victoria at The lovely Victoria shares on where she sees herself in 20 years, her goal to be multitalented, her upcoming project Pilot Season, the importance of practical experience, how did she get to sing cabaret and more in this episode of your favorite show, BIDS! 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 Multitalented                                                                                She made five pilots, no less!                                                            A girl with a plan. ​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.