Arroe Collins View From The Writing Instrument

It can be quite confusing... in the spring, the human does their cleaning. Letting go, clearing out and replenishing of new. When it comes to nature, that process starts in the fall. What should we be learning from those late months? Are we walking separated paths of process? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-view-from-the-writing-instrument--102324...

More than 55 years after forming in the U.K., FOGHAT--Roger Earl (founding drummer), Bryan Bassett (lead/slide guitar), Scott Holt (lead vocals/guitar), and Rodney O'Quinn (bass/vocals)--remains one of rock & roll's hardest working and most respected live bands. Throughout their 2025 “Slow Ride 50th Anniversary Tour” and in-progress 2026 “Twang & Bang Tour,” FOGHAT has kept the wheels turn...

The creative force behind the Aflac Duck, Clairol's "Yes! Yes! Yes!" and the Toys "R" Us jingle reveals how 30 seconds can change a career - and a life. Linda Kaplan Thaler, one of the most influential creative minds in modern advertising, returns with herfirst solo book in more than a decade, My Life in 30 Seconds (Macrose Press - September 8, 2026).Funny, candid and deeply personal, the memoir t...

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   What’s heavier to carry, physical weight or mental weight?  Wait before you answer!  Plus…why are people choosing to work at grocery stores?   I’m Arroe…  I am a daily writer.  A silent wolf.  I stand on the sidelines and do nothing but watch, listen study then activate.  I call it The Daily Mess.  A ch...

Country music legend Neal McCoy releases his heartfelt interpretation of "Alfie," the GRAMMY®-winning composition by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, to all major streaming platforms today. Often described by Bacharach as his personal favorite among the hundreds of songs he wrote during his career, McCoy's "Alfie" is the first single from "Melodic Genius: The Songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David" wh...

-Missed Opportunity- I love sharing conversations.  Hosting requires show prep.  My podcasting platforms feature thousands of guests.  What you don’t have access to are the missed opportunities. The show prep was completed.  The conversation didn’t happen.  I keep all my notes! Paths will cross again.  Let me explain Missed Opportunity.  It’s my questions and statements without their answers.  I’m...

In everything we do, in all we share, it's based upon a true story. How you think, act, react and repair. Based upon a true story. You lived it! How you share it is based upon a true story. It changed me as a daily writer. Although I just lived a moment, the writer inks the page with its interpretation of the actuality which makes it based upon a true story. Become a supporter of this podcast: htt...

1961. The world is on the brink of nuclear war. Walls are dividing East and West.  Empires are crumbling. And in Barcelona, chaos is unleashed when a rogue officer of the East German STASI attempts to blackmail a pair of struggling arms dealers.  The secret—30 tons of stolen gold hidden in an icebound wilderness at the end of the world. Mike Fowler is a former Navy salvage diver and OSS assassin....

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Are there any fashion rules when it comes to wearing religious jewelry?  Which way should the cross be pointing?  Plus…cremation jewelry, is the fad officially over?   I’m Arroe…  I am a daily writer.  A silent wolf.  I stand on the sidelines and do nothing but watch, listen study then activate.  I call...

The band's new album wasn't performing the way record company decision makers needed it to.  It meant going back into the studio to pick out a tune about another musicians butt.  What?  Preserving a music legends dance moves made this one song a legacy all its own.   Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-view-from-the-writing-instrument--1023245/support...

Pod Crashing episode 507 with Kelly Marie Tran and Rob Benedict from the podcast Saigon.  One city, a divided country, and the war that tore America apart. Saigon is an epic saga of love, blood and revolution starring Kelly Marie Tran and Rob Benedict. An eight-part audio drama for iHeart adapted from the best-selling novel by Anthony Grey, it is a story of political intrigue and romance in a time...

These are some dark times on the American job front. No your boss doesn't care about you. No they aren't interested in your future. It's SYA their own asses. No matter how many years you've spent with a business, the times have changed. Being aware of all things while taking note of your next job actually being worse. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-colli...

Tampa Bay, Florida, 1992. Javier—a Spanish-speaking street-smart cop who had grown up in the South Bronx—is a decorated cop who produces results. Recently awarded Officer of the Year, he is married to a beautiful and brilliant attorney, Elizabeth. Javier knows exactly what he’s getting into when he goes undercover in Operation PROMO, infiltrating a savage Colombian drug cartel. He lives on the edg...

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   I’ve been in radio 47 years, we have to keep logs and or documents for govt depts…why do truckers have to keep logs?  Plus…someone of decision making fame in an office the world tends to see as being the biggest on the planet says hunters can now take down wolves in Yellowstone Natl Park.  Hmmmm don’t k...

Bosses that treat their employees like nobody but them have the answer to all questions and if you're in question revert back to the original thought.  Plus...who really can become the next President.  Will it be the loudest voice or the one who figured out how to buy off the Electoral College? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-view-from-the-writing...

I’m CT…  When I’m not busy being Arroe the podcaster, I live in the real world.  Everybody has to have a job.  Mine is C.S.  Customer Service.  Solutions, relationships.  Keeping my team motivated in an age of constant connections.  Each guest has chosen to stop their day to visit our location.  Episode 242, I'm now that guy. You know! The one people don't want to call or talk to because you can't...

How did you cut your finger? Whoa! Look at that bruise on your hand! Where did they come from? Your brain thinks its unimportant, yet the pain has turned you back into a screaming two-year-old wanting mommy. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-view-from-the-writing-instrument--1023245/support .

Orville and Wilbur Wright always loved figuring out how things work, and from the day they received a toy wind-up helicopter as kids, they were especially focused on solving the puzzle of flight. Eventually, that curiosity-combined with lots of hard work-led to an invention that changed the world: In 1903, the Wright Brothers created the world's very first successful airplane. Complete with compre...

Based on an outrageous true story, CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN' is a wild ride through ambition, identity, and the high-stakes world of musical make-believe. In the early 2000's, Dundee rappers Gavin Bain (Seamus McLean Ross) and Billy Boyd (Samuel Bottomley) were talented, hungry, but dismissed for sounding "too Scottish" to make it in hip hop. So they hatched an audacious plan: fake American identities,T...

Music reviews site The Real Gone Singles Bar praises Erinn as having, “an absolutely captivating vocal presence – someone who would have been an absolute shoo-in for the Lilith Fair festival back in the day. The way Erinn shifts the tone of this track to strong and questioning on the verse to presenting an absolute outpouring of emotion at the climax creates a great listen throughout.”   “What You...

Do people care about a band or performers story and or legacy or are we just devouring our music like chips and salsa.  Plus...who are Stanley Simmons?  A Duo?  A band?  What are they doing right in a world that's grown tired of arena concerts and artists that think they're better than?   Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-view-from-the-writing-instr...

This unforgettable and in-depth exploration of The Beach Boys' incredible output during their early to peak years, from 1961 to 1967, interweaves recollections by group members, family, friends, and musical colleagues. David Beard compiles a wide range of fascinating and eye-opening conversations and original interviews with the group and integral figures in the band's history, including Brian Wil...

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Why do faith healers whap people upside the head and shout out heal!!!  Plus, are there still traveling medicine shows in the United States?   I’m Arroe…  I am a daily writer.  A silent wolf.  I stand on the sidelines and do nothing but watch, listen study then activate.  I call it The Daily Mess.  A ch...

How do you know your guest on a podcast isn't the voice of foreign propaganda? You don't! Doing your show prep will help enlighten but it's not enough. You really have to pay close attention to whom they're trying to reach and why. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-view-from-the-writing-instrument--1023245/support .

We hear it every day. People use it as their excuse to not check in at work or why a project wasn't completed. I'm under the weather. Really? Where did this come from and why is it still trusted even today? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-view-from-the-writing-instrument--1023245/support .