Bryan Fuller is a friend of Pete's from his Army days. Back when graduating from college and enlisting was a thing. Pete and Bryan got to their first unit the 165th Military Intelligence Battalion within a few months of each other. They were fast life-long friends.  

Pete, always eager to do something was marshaling fellow spies to go do the Nijmegen 100 mile march...Bryan, ever willing to do something hard was instantly recruited. The rest is history. 

BTW Bryan also rowed across the Atlantic Ocean!

Qubyte Expands Connor's Byte Series - Today's show is a fun jaunty chat between Cat and Pete as they discuss her new book. Cat Connor is the author of the Byte Series featuring FBI Agent Ellie and her world of fellow agents and special crime-fighting operatives from Delta A. 

Qubyte places Ellie back in a town where she's fought crime and for her life in the past. This time, there's a bigger foe and for sure, not everyone is making it out alive.

Penitent, Liberated and X-Raided - The story and life of Anerae VeShaugn is complex. Yes, as a 17 year old gang member, he and 3 fellow Crips broke into the home of Patricia Harris and she was murdered. Anerae was convicted and spent 26 years in prison.

Throughout the next quarter-century, Anerae was also a rapper. He released over a dozen albums. As a signed artist, Anerae was unique in prison in that, he made good money and was able to change the environment for his gang members wherever he served.

Mixtape Semifinal match 2 - Today's album fight is the penultimate battle in our Mixtape Challenge. One of today's fighters advances to the finals. Brian Theis's wife-centric list of love songs takes on the leather pants clad 80's themed list of Mike McKloskey. 

Today's judges are Todd Nemet, DJ Carlisle and Dan White. Phil "Double Duty" Green and Richard Lackie provide their world-class work along with producer/host Pete A Turner on this episode. See you in the finals.

Middle Earth, Middle East, Album Fights - Today Pete and Dr. Tim Furnish have a ranging chat about President Trump, MIddle-Eastern policy, Islamic approaches to counterinsurgency and Album Fights. 

Dr. Furnish is an expert on history, Islamic faith and surprisingly, JRR Tolkien's middle earth. Tim and Pete talk about the doctor's new book discussing the history of rulers and conquests. Get your nerd on here with the Break It Down Show today.

Today we celebrate episode 400. Pete A Turner and best-selling author of Echo In Ramadi, Scott Huesing hang out at the Huesing Ranch and have a low-light relaxing chat. The fellas recorded this conversation about an hour after the excitement of interviewing Jimmy Fitzpatrick; so the mood is reflective and relaxed. 

Scott takes Pete through a series of questions including a daring Ratheresque "Listening?" What we get in this episode is the wisdom of 400 experiences.

Flipping Over Fitzland - Jimmy Fitzpatrick is an icon in the world of freestyle motocross. Riders from all over the world come to Fitzland to hang, prove their metal and pay homage to one of the best riders of all time. Best-selling author Scott Huesing and Pete A Turner sat with Jimmy on his dock over his pond along with a few ducks. They talked about what it means to get beyond riding and evolve with a sport that doesn't on the surface project for a long career.

Mix Tape Match 1, Battle for Love - Mix-tapes are an artform. What's better than taking listeners mixtapes and comparing which one wins in an #AlbumFight. This Semi-Final match features similar themes from listeners Matt Menard-Pete's spy buddy, combat vet & an album fight judge, VS DJ Carlisle who's part of the Virginia Beach BIDS crew--we're trying to convince him to judge a fight too. Judges today are Phil Green, Analyst Richard Lackie and Co-Producer Mike Lipari. Pete hosts this late nigh-recorded ep

Investing in Haiti - Rise Haiti's Benite Jeune's effort to educate kids from Haiti. Benite Jeune previously appeared on BIDS with Kelly Lowrey to discuss his work and the challenges to getting the work done.

This ep focuses on what he's accomplishing. Among other things, feeding and educating Haitian children. More than just the basics, Benite's program is graduating kids out of secondary school at a rate exceeding the country's education system. He's also getting kids into universities--great work ind

UFC Fighting, Green Beret - Tim Kennedy was forged from an early age to fight, keep active and repeat; he honed his mind, body & spirit in the ways of warriors. 9/11 opened Tim's eyes to the value of life and made him question what he was doing with his. Tim is a Green Beret wearing Special Forces, who's been top 5 ranked UFC fighter. He's beating champions like Michael Bisping and Robbie Lawler. Ya, that's badass.  Tim can't stop though, he's got a Master's degree and has founded several companies.