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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 bit.ly/2ZyWfdW All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show! For the live version of this episode head to youtu.be/_xObcxuacW8 ​Haiku Commanding the spies Just the tip of the iceberg Coop', Hoff', Zodiac!!! Similar episodes: Erik Kleinsmith - youtu.be/dL8Amy88504 Tom Colbert - youtu.be/d4KITBBnX0U Jennifer Bucholtz - youtu.be/3EnGhc6NEYI Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD. www.savethebrave.org Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner youtu.be/mYoUxRJzXcA Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev youtu.be/3Ciw2tLo_hg Writer: Dragan Petrovski youtu.be/JVum9nRpyUs 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 chapelofrock.com 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 live version of this episode head to youtu.be/1-TOeA5p7kQ Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show bit.ly/2ZyWfdW 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: Jack Hues - youtu.be/1M1OzzcnGDk Dilan Jay - youtu.be/YWgdnIFIdMM Michale Graves - youtu.be/9ZBDGLdGfS4 Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD. www.savethebrave.org Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner youtu.be/mYoUxRJzXcA Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev youtu.be/3Ciw2tLo_hg Writer: Dragan Petrovski youtu.be/JVum9nRpyUs 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 silencershop.com 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 bit.ly/2ZyWfdW All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show! For the live version of this episode head to youtu.be/AhWk085Yk-0 Haiku The Silencer Shop Dave Matheny opened it So give it a glance ​Similar episodes: Adrian Goldsworthy youtu.be/2BTLSL7sFhE Nathan Gorenstein youtu.be/fdI3GM9ZPz4 David Pietrusza youtu.be/pAEiOke4L1U Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD. www.savethebrave.org Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner youtu.be/mYoUxRJzXcA Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev youtu.be/3Ciw2tLo_hg Writer: Dragan Petrovski youtu.be/JVum9nRpyUs 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 amzn.to/3gIoYlY Get everything on David at: davidpietrusza.com 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 bit.ly/2ZyWfdW All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show! For the live version of this episode head to youtu.be/AhWk085Yk-0 Haiku Lots of initials But hey, it's six presidents Gathered in a book ​Similar episodes: Adrian Goldsworthy youtu.be/2BTLSL7sFhE DW Wilber youtu.be/inY3g3NAUe8 Mark Sullivan youtu.be/MbC0SgQMoFk Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD. www.savethebrave.org Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner youtu.be/mYoUxRJzXcA Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev youtu.be/3Ciw2tLo_hg Writer: Dragan Petrovski youtu.be/JVum9nRpyUs 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 amzn.to/3q4ceJB Visit Nathan's website thegunsofjohnmosesbrowning.com 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 bit.ly/2ZyWfdW All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show! For the live version of this episode head to youtu.be/AhWk085Yk-0 Haiku The Guns "Edison" Homage paid in Nathan's book Inform yourselves, folks! ​Similar episodes: Adrian Goldsworthy youtu.be/2BTLSL7sFhE DW Wilber youtu.be/inY3g3NAUe8 Mark Sullivan youtu.be/MbC0SgQMoFk Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD. www.savethebrave.org Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner youtu.be/mYoUxRJzXcA Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev youtu.be/3Ciw2tLo_hg Writer: Dragan Petrovski youtu.be/JVum9nRpyUs 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 JackHues.com to learn more about Jack's tour dates and music, or you can visit jackhues.bandcamp.com 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 live version of this episode head to youtu.be/1-TOeA5p7kQ Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show bit.ly/2ZyWfdW 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: Aaron Casserly Stewart - youtu.be/i0PwsgUde4A Dilan Jay - youtu.be/YWgdnIFIdMM Michale Graves - youtu.be/9ZBDGLdGfS4 Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD. www.savethebrave.org Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner youtu.be/mYoUxRJzXcA Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev youtu.be/3Ciw2tLo_hg Writer: Dragan Petrovski youtu.be/JVum9nRpyUs 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 amzn.to/30tuTGm 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 bit.ly/2ZyWfdW All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show! For the live version of this episode head to youtu.be/UtJbw9PBoWY Haiku Pete with his two cents How religion disregard's so customary ​Similar episodes: Xander Bullock youtu.be/GYC79EEboFs John Green youtu.be/inY3g3NAUe8 Chase Hughes youtu.be/zwqIDu3ZOvo Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD. www.savethebrave.org Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner youtu.be/mYoUxRJzXcA Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev youtu.be/3Ciw2tLo_hg Writer: Dragan Petrovski youtu.be/JVum9nRpyUs 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: gofund.me/8684337c or hit Pete on FB, DM etc. Get Mike's book Skybreak on Amazon at: amzn.to/3I41Yce 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 bit.ly/2ZyWfdW All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show! For the live version of this episode head to youtu.be/AhWk085Yk-0 Haiku Mike's at it again Cranking out book, pace is high Read about Skybreak ​Similar episodes: Adrian Goldsworthy youtu.be/2BTLSL7sFhE DW Wilber youtu.be/inY3g3NAUe8 Mark Sullivan youtu.be/MbC0SgQMoFk Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD. www.savethebrave.org Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner youtu.be/mYoUxRJzXcA Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev youtu.be/3Ciw2tLo_hg Writer: Dragan Petrovski youtu.be/JVum9nRpyUs 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.

Matthew Dennison - The Queen - Matthew Dennison is the author of eight critically acclaimed works of non-fiction, a journalist and broadcaster. He read English at Christ Church, Oxford, as Douglas Jerrold Scholar, and afterwards the History of Decorative Arts at the University of Glasgow. Get Matthew's last book on Amazon at The Queen: An elegant new biography of Her Majesty Elizabeth II amzn.to/3fXb9jr Matthew is on the BIDS to talk about his new book. For millions of people, both in Britain and across the world, Elizabeth II is the embodiment of monarchy. Her long life spans nearly a century of national and global history, from a time before the Great Depression to the era of Covid-19. Her reign embraces all but seven years of Britain's postwar history. Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show bit.ly/2ZyWfdW All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show! For the live version of this episode head to youtu.be/AhWk085Yk-0 Haiku God save the Queens' book Matthew made it elegant Just as she is too ​Similar episodes: Adrian Goldsworthy youtu.be/2BTLSL7sFhE DW Wilber youtu.be/inY3g3NAUe8 Mark Sullivan youtu.be/MbC0SgQMoFk Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD. www.savethebrave.org Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner youtu.be/mYoUxRJzXcA Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev youtu.be/3Ciw2tLo_hg Writer: Dragan Petrovski youtu.be/JVum9nRpyUs 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.

Adrian Goldsworthy – The Fort - Adrian Goldsworthy is a British historian and novelist who specializes in ancient Roman history. Adrian Goldsworthy attended Westbourne School, Penarth. He then read Ancient and Modern History at St John's College, Oxford, completing a D.Phil. in ancient military history from the University of Oxford in 1994. That dissertation laid the foundation of his first book, The Roman Army at War 100 BC – AD 200. Get Adrian's latest book "The Fort" on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3vztgkK From Adrian, "THE FORT is my latest novel, following on from the Vindolanda Trilogy. While it involves many of the same characters, it should stand alone and a reader does not need to have read the earlier stories to enjoy it. Those who have will hopefully enjoy meeting again some old and familiar friends." Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show bit.ly/2ZyWfdW All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show! For the live version of this episode head to youtu.be/AhWk085Yk-0 Haiku They're in the same land He and the Wall, his namesake Hadrian's Wall, duh! ​Similar episodes: Chase Hughes youtu.be/zwqIDu3ZOvo DW Wilber youtu.be/inY3g3NAUe8 Mark Sullivan youtu.be/MbC0SgQMoFk Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD. www.savethebrave.org Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner youtu.be/mYoUxRJzXcA Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev youtu.be/3Ciw2tLo_hg Writer: Dragan Petrovski youtu.be/JVum9nRpyUs 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.