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What's the difference between a message in a bottle and daily writing in a journal?  In reality, they'll both be one day found.  To the future reader none of it is supposed to make sense.  Not unless their hearts are cleared by the reality of what's in their "Now"

Hey it’s Arroe. This is Play It Forward. A look at the unexpected changes endured by entertainers, writers, camera people and all others affected but not infected by the global invasion of the Coronavirus. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 240 with Pinky from The D.O.O.D. That’s Play It Forward. You can listen to the full conversations with these artists on three...

Legendary pop star and 80’s icon, Tiffany, is best known for the #1 Billboard hit, “I Think We’re Alone Now”, which recently garnered a whopping 100 million streams on Spotify. At the start of her career, Tiffany earned two U.S. #1 hit singles with the aforementioned “I Think We’re Alone Now”, as well as the ballad, “Could’ve Been,” and also set a record as the youngest female artist to top the Bi...

Pod Crashing Episode 104 with Jake Brennan from 27 Club Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, and many more musical icons all died at the age of 27. Scandalous, tortured, dramatic, incredibly talented, these artists torched a wild path to their early graves and shifted and shaped our culture along the way. 27 Club tells their stories. Season 3 is all about Janis Jop...

May 18, 2021 A lot of things used to get under my father’s skin. So much so that I was truly bothered as a kid. I always assumed he was pissed off at the world. Rightfully so. He was a sergeant in the Army during WWII. He never spoke of the experience. It was wrapped up so tight inside of him. Is that why he always let the smallest things irritate him? I’m not him but I’m at an age he once lived a...

I serve on the frontline because I heard something.  I started podcasting in 2012 because I heard something.  This morning I heard something.  Get off the boat!  Get off the boat! Tell yourself in the mirror.  Tell yourself in the car.  Get off the boat!  Selfish isn't a good catch.  

Hey it’s Arroe. This is Play It Forward. A look at the unexpected changes endured by entertainers, writers, camera people and all others affected but not infected by the global invasion of the Coronavirus. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 239 with Greg Harris President of the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame That’s Play It Forward. You can listen to the full conversation...

iTunesertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to first time writer-director Charles Scharfman's crime thriller "Killer Among Us". The film stars Yasha Jackson ( The Flight Attendant ), Andrew Richardson, Bruce MacVittie and Imani Lewis. On the 4th of July, a rookie female cop partners with a veteran detective to save the life of a high-school student from a radicalized serial kill...

Corey was inspired to pursue music by his father, who was a drummer. He began playing drums as a child, and later learned to sing and play the guitar. Chasing his passion for music, Corey brought his talents to "The Voice" last season. Unfortunately, the chairs didn't turn and even worse, his mother was rushed to the hospital that same day due to complications from her battle with cancer. While hi...

For Andrea, how Watercress is a moving autobiographical story of a child of immigrants discovering and connecting with her heritage For Jason, how he worked in an entirely new style, inspired by Chinese painting techniques For both, their collaboration and how their childhood experiences with their parents shaped their book For both, why it is important for children to understand their f...

May 14, 2021 I don’t know if I should travel to South Carolina to buy fireworks or step back six more feet. A huge milestone was conquered yesterday afternoon. After sixty plus weeks of wearing a diaper over our faceS the CDC reached that point in Covid 19 recovery where it’s OK to walk into a building without wearing that strip of cloth. But! But! You have to be fully vaccinated. I burst out in h...

You have to shape the willingness and availability required to locate success. It has to be crafted. It will stay a forever distant dream unless you put in the time and effort to materialize the path.  What remains silent is your side of the process.  Not an accusation but the realization of developing the skills to be present in a new age of Now.

Hey it’s Arroe. This is Play It Forward. A look at the unexpected changes endured by entertainers, writers, camera people and all others affected but not infected by the global invasion of the Coronavirus. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 238 with Alicia Dennis. People Magazine Senior Editor That’s Play It Forward. You can listen to the full conversations with th...

Gihanna grew up surrounded by music. She started singing in church when she was five years old, and was later inspired to learn piano. She went on to attend a performing arts school, got involved in theater, and found a love for storytelling after winning a statewide writing competition. To date, she has written two movies, 12 short films and four plays while also working on her songwriting. Gihan...

Pod Crashing episode 103 with Minni Driver from the podcast Minni Questions In the intimate talk show style podcast, Driver asks a wide-range of celebrity guests the same seven "mini" questions to uncover larger truths and help us better understand ourselves and the world around us. "Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver"

From Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, film scholar/historian, and bestselling author of The Searchers and High Noon – GLENN FRANKEL -- has a new book on Hollywood legends and history --  SHOOTING MIDNIGHT COWBOY: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and The Making of a Dark Classic (Farrar, Straus and Giroux: March 16, 2021). John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy is something unique in the histor...

May 11, 2021 The daily writing exercise is called Stream Thinking. Being present in all things right now. No judgement, no perfectionisms, raw writing by way of documenting all things right now. I was recently introduced to a new term: First World Covid Problems. A great example is how we feel that being back to normal is about removing the walls designed to protect clients and guests from the pot...

There are days that I want to leave the writing page blank...  I still spoke.  I made a point.  I am empty.  But the future reader won't understand the point or protest. 

Hey it’s Arroe. This is Play It Forward. A look at the unexpected changes endured by entertainers, writers, camera people and all others affected but not infected by the global invasion of the Coronavirus. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 237 with Dianne Grossman from the film Mallory. Dianne is a business owner, mentor, and esteemed guest speaker. She uses her l...

Four new movies make their way into our lives this weekend.  Two in theaters and others on demand.  But are they worth your time and presence.  We're checking in with Ryan Jay as he reviews Wrath of Man, Here Today, Queen Marie Of Romania and Monster.  Plus Ryan is on the road next week to host the 2021 Wizard Of Oz event in Indiana.  

Devan has always loved singing and committed to pursuing music after graduating high school. He got hired to sing in an Afrobeat band and took on the task of teaching himself to sing in Swahili. For the next 17 years, Devan continued his passion for music by performing in a wedding band and at various community events, but spent most of his time working his way up in office jobs to pay the bills....

Lala Kent is one of today's most recognizable personalities, a rising actress, and the founder of Give Them Lala Beauty. This May, Lala will bring her talents to the page with GIVE THEM LALA , a debut collection of humorous and brutally honest essays (Gallery Books; on sale 5/4/21). Lala (born Lauren Burningham) brings her signature sharp wit and endearing vulnerability to the page, exploring her...

May 7, 2021 Wow. The sixth anniversary of my father’s passing. Which happens to be my brothers sixtieth birthday. Here’s how I think. I can’t help it. I just am the way that I am. My brothers tormented life as a teen and beyond. Have we lived this life before? Did he know inside his unwritten chapters that his birthday would no longer carry the celebration on the day that would become my father’s...

Where do we grow from here?  Technology and science are at their highest peak.  But where are the rest of us?  The new response seems to be, "I'm here." Where is your here?  How did you get here?  You can't sit here waiting for a miracle.  It's over there!

Hey it’s Arroe. This is Play It Forward. A look at the unexpected changes endured by entertainers, writers, camera people and all others affected but not infected by the global invasion of the Coronavirus. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 236 with Dr. Stephanie ZaZa whose new book is Reaching Beyond the Pandemic. That’s Play It Forward. You can listen to the full...