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Phil Rosenthal, creator of the hit CBS comedy, "Everybody Loves Raymond" and star of the award-winning "Somebody Feed Phil" Netflix food and travel show, has also launched his "Somebody Feed the People" campaign, providing meals to voters at the polls this election season. "Somebody Feed Phil" returns to Netflix for a fourth season (see trailer here) on Friday, Oct. 30 and features Phil traveling...

Think "if Nashville and Galway had a baby."  We finished recording this album just before Covid hit and all our live shows had been cancelled. The band bi-weekly live streams they dubbed Quaranstreams where they partnered with 15-20 festivals nationally and have been averaging between 40,000-50,000 views per stream and 2,200 comments. Its been amazing. 

His is the latest in the Rick Riordan Presents series.  City of the Plague God is a grand, mythological adventure about what would happen if an unstoppable disease should appear out of nowhere and infect everyone! Could never happen in real life, eh?  First generation Muslim immigrant, he says he was born and brought up in London and writes kick-ass adventures with a...

January 13, 2021 I wish you could see this forest. Heavy thick fog bank. Twenty nine degrees. It’s cold! Very cold. Which is where I think a lot of us are. I mean, if someone were to ask me to describe what it was like to live in the days of Covid and Capitol building takeovers I’d hand them a picture of this forest. Foggy. Cold. Saw my neighbor for the first time in four weeks yesterday. I cheerf...

January 12, 2021 I’m not a dictionary freak but close to it. My writing instruments don’t come with spell check. It’s a hidden fear of what others will think of my words on paper. It’s already too far out there! I’ve always been fascinated with the way kids shape words. So often misspelled and yet I find it inspiring because their letter formations look better than what’s been labeled the right wa...

Dave Schrader is an experienced paranormal investigator and radio host. He became fascinated with the unexplained at an early age, reading books by parapsychology pioneers like Hans Holzer. He has traveled the world in search of the truth behind some of the most terrifying claims of the supernatural. Dedicated listeners from across the globe have been tuning into Schrader nightly via his popular r...

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 173 with Mic Box British hard rock legends Uriah Heep are one of the “big four” rock bands, along with Led Zeppelin, Deep Purp...

Lauren was raised on a farm in Colorado. Singing from an early age, she began piano lessons at 6 and later took vocal lessons with a focus on theater and opera. She was thrilled to discover the School of Rock Aurora and her talents quickly blossomed as she began gigging and touring with the School of Rock AllStars. Lauren is home-schooled, which allows her to pursue songwriting and music, both as...

Cadie Kessler is a forestry researcher on the verge of an important discovery that could prevent costly damage to the very wilderness that is her safe haven. But when she gets an urgent message from her long-estranged best friend, Daniela Garcia, they must face a dark secret that ended both their idyllic childhood bond and the magical summer they shared over 25 years ago. Cadie must decide what sh...

January 12, 2021 I’m not a dictionary freak but close to it. My writing instruments don’t come with spell check. It’s a hidden fear of what others will think of my words on paper. It’s already too far out there! I’ve always been fascinated with the way kids shape words. So often misspelled and yet I find it inspiring because their letter formations look better than what’s been labeled the right wa...

How can someone who finds faith in prayer and strength in meditation be harder than the granite walls that shape the Grand Teton's in Wyoming?  I'd love to see what other daily writers are putting on their pages.

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 172 with Elaine Culotti In the first season of Discovery’s hit series Undercover Billionaire , self-made businessman Glenn Ste...

Tamara Payne is available for interviews immediately through Friday, February 26, 2021.   I would love to get you a copy of the book and schedule an interview.  If there is interest, please respond with the best way to send the book (PDF or hard copy) and a time/date for the interview. This biography gives new meaning to our understanding of Malcolm X and his ever-expanding impact o...

Pod Crashing Episode 87 with Annaliese A different type of episode this time. The focus not being on the digital platform of play and thought but rather the art of survival inside the four walls of terrestrial. For many podcasters this is how we got our start.  Voluntarily held up in a control room spinning music we truly had no control of and unless you were hosting the morning show most of...

Tyler Perry’s Sistas became appointment viewing during its first season on BET. The hit series follows a group of single black females as they navigate their complicated love lives, careers and friendships through the ups and downs of living in a modern world of social media and unrealistic relationship goals. Now, the highly anticipated second season – premiering in back-to-back episodes Wed., Oc...

January 11, 2021 Stream thinking.,. The power of Now.  The writing discipline is to give myself ten minutes. One page. No editing. Our greatest decisions are made in the moment of Now. Train yourself to be stronger in what is Now. Not any easy task in a world where everybody wants to build a relationship with this thing called the new normal. I want to understand it while getting it under con...

Content overload.  Too much information.  The daily goal is to let it move through us.  Not to get tangled up like fishing line swimming around a lake.  I'm talking about more than the content on news websites and Amazon. We're getting beat up badly by emails and text message.  People are dumping their emotions right into your head and heart.  All of these energies si...

Growing up in Kansas City, Missouri, artist and songwriter Parker Bata (pka PmBata) always had an ear for music. Raised by two band directors, the Midwest native was introduced to music at an extremely early age. PmBata listened primarily to the jazz and the radio until he discovered artists like Mac Miller, Chance the Rapper, and Childish Gambino. These influences inspired him to learn how to rap...

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 171 with Film Director David Charles Rodrigues and Chorus’ Artistic Director Tim Seelig. Audience Award Winner at the Tribeca...

Ryan Jay is back with more reviews.  It's an all out girl weekend.  Four features that have enough connection to keep your love for moving pictures alive and healthy.  Pieces Of A Woman is a heavy film with an incredible payoff.  Ryan's review puts it in the category of an Oscar contender.  New in physical theaters this weekend is Fatale.  Ryan was quick to say, "Don'...

You know the old adage: Breaking up is hard to do!  But, according to Amy Chan, heartbreak can be transformed into healing.  Her book, Breakup Bootcamp: The Science of Rewiring Your Heart, is a  self-affirming, holistic guide for everyone—single or married, divorced or dating—by the founder of the innovative and revolutionary Renew Breakup Bootcamp. But it isn’t only for those exper...

January 8, 2021 Getting beyond the mind. So often we’re told to get out of our hearts. With so much digital content moving through us day and night we’ve evolved into walking zombies. No day passes that I’m not reminded of the movie Short Circuit. The only thing the visiting alien/robot wanted was more input. We’re doing the same thing! I’m so guilty of picking up the smart phone to look up inform...

The making of a moment requires nothing more than showing up.  Being present and having a purpose.  Where it may or may not find light is based on how the messenger or carrier of thought decides if what's to become has reason to be.  And in making that choice the existence of cause and effect fuels the action with the ingredients to generate a reaction.  

Guitarist/songwriter/singer Brian Ray continues his string of provocative singles with “Got A New Thing,” out November 13 from Wicked Cool Records.  The track was written, produced and arranged by Ray who sings, plays guitars, and keyboards on it.  He’s joined by Weezer’s Scott Shriner on bass and background vocals along with Abe Laboriel Jr., Brian’s fellow Paul McCartney bandmate, on d...

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 170 with Mr Skin Jim McBride 2020 is gone. But not the moving pictures that made their way into movies and television shows. &...