Break It Down Show

DJ Severe is a friend of the Break It Down Show. The other day Severe and Pete were talking about DJing during the pandemic and what's it's been like in this most unusual of seasons for MLB teams; especially for the Los Angeles Dodgers who normally have 50+K fans in the stadium each night. One of the many stadium upgrades the Dodgers put into place for the 2020 season, a season that was supposed to include the All Star game at Chavez Ravine, was the stadium's new state of the art LAccoustics sounds system.

Tom Coyle – Veteran, Lessons from the Battle of Gettysburg and AI - We cover a LOT ground in this episode, in part, because our guest Thomas Coyle is a hell of a dude. We talk about history, leadership and putting actions into the appropriate context.  

Pete A Turner, always searching for ways to expand the Break It Down Show network introduces us to a new member of the BIDS family. Tom is excited to start producing episodes and continuing to expand the roster of guests. How about that!

Russ has been an artist his entire life. He's created everything during his 80 years, except an album of music. That has changed. Now his musical side is shining with his lastest track Oom Chugga Remix Challenge,

Big Poppa Russ Ellis has created a family of artists...woven a network of wonderful musicians--and now with his musical talent realized, he's more inspired than ever. Jon Leon Guerrero runs Russ through a lively chat about life, music and art.

Jason Van Camp joins Pete A Turner to talk about Warrior Rising an organization Jason founded to provide guidance, mentoring & success to vetrepreneurs. Another part of Jason's vision is seeking and pushing through discomfort. .Jason also founded Missions Six Zero which utilizes his principles on discomfort, experience as a Green Beret and a power Rolodex help individuals and organizations optimize performance. Fellow BIDS alum J Macaskill & N Boyer.

The challenges in the US with policing, taxation and the black lives matter movement creates challenging multi-perspective multivariate problems that don't allow for easy answers and conversations. Jon Pete provide an unvarnished, unrehearsed and undoubtedly essential conversation. It's not just BLM...it's not just understanding the challenges of policing...but the conversations and community that are required to deal with these challenging issues.

We love space! Our guest is NASA's Knicole Colon who's come to BIDS to tell us about the TESS observation platform. The TESS project 

Knicole also works on the Webb telescope project. The Webb will be the biggest, most modern telescope ever built and it's going to change everything about what we know about the cosmos. 

We're about to learn so much more and maybe confirm intelligent life on some distant globe.

Na'ama Moran started a restaurant supply company. Things were bustling, growing and her company Go Cheetah was working on the problems a start-up normally encounters.

Getting customers, figuring out how to service customers...then COVID hit and the restaurant business all of it was shuttered. Na'ama like a true entrepreneur pivoted. Go Cheetah would still provide for restaurants...but people needed food so they answered a community need.

British Actor Mattew Marsden joins Best-Selling and Award Winning author Scott Huesing and our beloved host Pete A Turner on the Break It Down Show. Matthew has landed some incredible roles working with Sly Stallone on Rambo, Ridley Scott on Black Hawk Down, 

During his roles playing military members, Matthew has developed a deep respect and admiration for service members and is a proud support of veterans and their causes. A quick production note--we recorded this show at Phil Green's house-we love Phil!

When you think about the funniest things you've read in the past 20 years, The Onion must be at the top of the list. The guy who led the company from idea to juggernaut is Scott Dikkers. 

When it comes to satirical writing, Scott has led us all to think more deeply about our daily lives, what folks are saying and most importantly; makes us uncomfortable with our own beliefs. This aspect of Scott's art is what drove Pete A Turner to invite Scott to appear on the show.

Jack Stafford is a British singer-songwriter renowned for his thought-provoking lyrics. Jack’s new album Deeper is a series of self-help songs that will help people get perspective on the current Corona crisis. Jack previously lived a toyboy lifestyle in Amsterdam, working as a copywriter, musician, and fashion designer. However, this led to burnout and breakdown, so Jack set off on a bicycle tour through 45 countries as a nomadic troubadour, playing over 700 house concerts in return for a place to sleep.