Break It Down Show

Professor Paul Manna returns to the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner. In Paul's syllabus for Gov 351, he provides his guidance for the use of AI in his class. Paul's class focuses on the required bureaucracy that well formed governments have. This notion of the power of the bureau being essential is right up our alley. It's likely that Paul and Pete will discuss baseball. Both are active writers/commenters on X in the world of baseball.

Victor Davis Hanson makes his return to the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner. Victor's latest book, "The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement." Get Counterrrevolution on Amazon at amzn.to/4d9uStf droped on 8SEP2026. Joining Victor and Pete is USC President Emeritus Max Nikias. Max and Victor are longtime friends. What makes this episode unique beyond Victor's brilliant mind is Max sitting in as the primary host on the episode. Rather than a political book celebrating Donald Trump, VDH's work is a history and accounting of what happened, and how Pres Trump fell, then returned to power. From his nadir post January 6, including his long legal battles, to his historic rise featuring a series of unprecedented events. A few of the improbable things that led to Pres Trump's re-election. He survived being shot during an assassination attempt in Butler, Pa. He became the first Republican in decades to win the popular vote. Trump shutting out incumbant VP and 2024 Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris in all the key swing states. This unlikely collection of events culminated in just the 2nd perforated presidency in US political history following Grover Cleveland's equally improbable phoenixing return to the presidency. Victor Davis Hanson is a Senior Fellow at The Hoover Institution. USC President Emeritus Max Nikias is the author of "American Trojan," available now on Amazon at amzn.to/4A34yuN Thanks to Brad Hutchings for the work on the graphic

Brian Samson left The City, AKA San Francisco and headed for Buenos Aries. He wanted to start a FinTech company away from the distractions of Silicon Valley. That's when Brian realized that South America was teeming with talent. This caused Brian to realize the value of LATAM talent for companies in the US. To learn more about Brian and PLUGG Technologies, head to PLUGG.tech Pete A Turner is proud to present Brian Samson on the Break It Down Show. The world of workers is wider than ever. Brian's work and desire to get out of the box and see things from a new perspective has change his and many other lives.

Tim Neverett returns to the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner. Pete and Tim are joined by Cullen Chapron and Brian Wetzel. Tim is the radio play by play man for the Los Dodgers. Tim works with Rick Monday calling the games...and often breaking Dodger news when something breaks mid game. Tim had called a variety of sports in a bunch of markets. His taks on this show? hand with Pete and the fellas and talk baseball. Join us!!!

Dr Amber Brittain-Hale returns to the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner. Amber and Pete are set to discuss messaging around foreign policy, the ongoing G20 conference and the discursive nature surrounding the US, Israel and Iran war. When we discuss these topics, we're focused more on policy than politics. Still, political discourse is set to message to different groups for different reasons. Dr Brittain-Hale helps us to understand what is said, what it means and how/why it's being delivered. For more on Amber's work, check out her linkedin or X accounts

Sayre Blake returns to the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner. Sayre comes back to talk with Pete and Brad Hutchings. Brad is the founder of the MMOJO Knowledge Appliance or better said your own personal Data Center. Sayre is the CEO of SkillSaige and a systems engineer, programmer, designer, and artist. Her work focuses on how complex technology like AI and Unity3D can become more useful, humane, and understandable in the hands of real people through sustainable design. For more than a decade, She's worked across software, systems architecture, AI integration, learning technology, games, and visual development in the difficult middle ground where technical constraints, human needs, and strong visual language all have to balance in harmony with limited resources. Sayre led SkillSaige is building a training solution for the interpersonal work that too often gets reduced to a one-off lesson. The goal isn't to automate people (spoiler alert: we can't), but to give them clear, repeatable ways to rehearse the moments that matter no matter their experience. That same principle guides my wider work with interactive technologies and my desire to find grounded, sensible, and ethical ways to use technology for all.

Jack Stewart returns to the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner. Jack is a former Top Gun fighter pilot who's turned to thriller writing in his post military career. Jack writes under Tom Clandy's Jack Ryan Jr banner. The latest book in the series, the 15th, drops in early Sept of 2026. This is the 15th novel in the series. Get Tom Clancy's Pressure Depth on Amazon amzn.to/3SeqGkU Jack Ryan Jr. is on Guam to work on a project for Hendley Associates. It's a perfectly ordinary insurance matter, but trouble finds the Ryans wherever they go. So, it's no surprise when Jack's involvement with a US Navy dive team working off the coast uncovers a threat to international security. For years, rumors persisted that the Soviets had placed a device for tracking American submarines on the sea floor. By now, the technology should be outdated. But the Americans are still interested in recovering it. It's a seemingly routine mission until they make a shocking discovery: the defensive network they thought they were looking for is actually a weapon unlike anything they've ever seen.

Robert Eringer has had a wide-ranging career as a private intelligence consultant, undercover operative, journalist, novelist, editor, and literary agent. Before going undercover for the FBI, he was an investigative reporter, once infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan. Since parting with the Bureau, Eringer has created and directed an intelligence service for Prince Albert II of Monaco. He divides his time among London, Monte Carlo, Washington, D.C., and Santa Barbara. His website is www.roberteringer.com. Get Spymaster of Monte Carlo on Amazon at amzn.to/4qw2rez Ringer has appeared on The Tonight Show, Today, The Dennis Miller Show, Good Morning America, ABC Nightline, and The Charlie Rose Show, as well as Fox News and Fox Business. In addition, he has been the subject of feature articles in such major publications as Time, People, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Barron's, and The New York Times.

Soumen Sarkar is the Tech Philosopher who's worked, failed, won, built and designed tech solutions for decades. Soumen's in a point in his career now where he's more reflective and contemplative. This gives us a chance to have in-depth conversations about where tech is headed, how it leads itself...and why it struggles to design and relize outcomes. Brad Hutchings sits in to cohost with Pete A Tuirner. Brad is the founder the Mmojo Knowledge Appliance. Pete A Turner is glad to welcome Soumen BACK on the Break It Down Show

Jeff Frye is a former Major League Baseball player. He stayed in the league longer than usual. When folks told him he wasn't this enough or too much of that...what they didn't account for was his desire, relentlessness and refusal to regress to the mean. Jeff is joined on the Break It Down Show by Pete A Turner, Cullen Chapron and Brian Wetzel.