Nuclear physicist, doctorate in experimental physics from Caltech. Host of science and comedy podcast “Surely You're Joking”. A dozen patents in 3D printing, robotics, tablet computing, machine learning, optics, etc.

In this episode of BIDS, our guest Kevin explains nuclear energy - and that it doesn’t have to mean Chernobyl, the effectiveness of facemasks - which concerns us all, and more science-talk. His humor in all this science-talk shows you how funny he is and also how much he misses stand-u

Get ready for one of our strategy shows. COL Andrew Dziengeleski joins Pete A Turner to survey modern combat/diplomacy. Whether it's theory, Great Power Conflict, or nanobots, we've got strong thoughts on the topic. 

Andy and Pete provide us an unvarnished look at the complexities of foreign policy, and why the US struggles to reliably create positive outcomes. Also, the fellas dive into multi-dimensional combat considering the ultra-complex urban fight.

Hosting Johnny Walker on an ep is a good day. Johnny & Pete go back nearly 20 years, to their time working together in Mosul Iraq. If you've not read Johnny's book Code Name Johnny Walker, you need to. You've never heard a story quite like Johnny's  MSG Juan Mata, freshly retired from the Green Berets fills us in on what's next for this elite warrior. Feeling called to give back some of the training the US military provided him, Juan teaches tactical skills through his company Quiet Pro Tactical LLC.

Jan Rutherford is an elite level leadership consultant. Jan is joined by hosts Pete A Turner and Tom Coyle. Jan and the fellas discuss leadership and the value of employees. Jan notes that 95% of companies will spend less if any time measuring leadership interaction with it's employees. 

Get more about Jan's work at selfreliantleadership.com

The basic advice from Jan is: be interested, read more, and work to ensure that your crew understands what's expected, what's next and that they're valued.

One of our favorite guests, we say this a lot don't we, is Dr Robert Greenberg. If you hear our smiles, it's cuz Dr Bob is an absolute joy to talk with. If you don't already know, Dr. Greenberg is THE voice in bringing literate music to the masses. His work with the Teaching Company (where you should buy his courses) redefined how people learn.

Whether it's historic figures like Bach, Wagner or Mozart--or genres like Opera or Quartets, there's a lecture that will fill your mind with wonder and knowledge.

Steve S Ryan is the best comedian among flight attendants. He is also the best flight attendant among comedians. He chose telling dick jokes as a profession since he was 17 years old thanks to an open mic night and is hooked ever since.

Our guest Steve, Comedian Matt Balaker and our host, Pete A Turner have a fun chat about comedy, addiction and how are we going to get out of this COVID mess and get back into comedy clubs. Soon we'll be back to it and doing live shows at Bastards Canteen in Temecula.

Matt Braynard heads up the Voter Integrity Project. Matt built out a call center and dove into the data. Among their sources are commonly available postal address records, voter roles and phone numbers. 

The team looked for several things: Instances of people voting in 2 states, fictitious addresses used to register, Identifying when people didn't vote, yet were recorded as having voted -- people who voted with no record of a ballot received at the state. What did they find, you're about to find out

Suzi Quatro started playing in bands in 1964. Rock and Roll was still a new genre...and the list of female musicians, she plays bass, fronting rock bands begins with Suzi. Her peers are Grace Slick, Tina Turner & Debbie Harry. With over 60 million albums sold and dozens of releases, Suzi among the most successful musicians of all time. Jon Leon Guerrero & Pete A Turner host Suzi on a brilliant chat about her career & what's next. A bit of advice, don't ever tell Suzi to use a pick when playing her bass.

Jeff Pearlman comes back to the Break It Down Show to discuss his latest book, Three-Ring Circus. From 2000-2002 Shaquille O'Neil's Lakers coached by Phil Jackson were the dominant NBA franchise. Each year they won a title. We could also write--From 2000-2002 Kobe Bryant's Lakers coached by Phil Jackson were the dominant NBA franchise. Each year they won a title. The whole thing worked and it truly was a circus. Jeff completed over 1000 interviews compiling data for this fantastic book.

Steve Tyszka returns to share his latest business with us on the Break It Down Show. Steve is joined by his CTO Brian Lau. The company is called Trubify. 

Check out Trubify at trubify.com

Pete A Turner navigates us through a conversation explaining the vision and ethos of Trubify. Steve and Brian-also musicians-explain the seemingly limitless potential for the platform. Getting musicians paid, labels paid and performers paid is the goal...and we think they've cracked the code.