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A quote that fell free from the nib of my writing instrument, "The depth of a mess unseen by the naked eye because we keep covering up our reality with well tailored excuses fed by a personal need to seek a disability more than accountability."  What defines your weakest point?  How do you know you're there?  How long do you stay on the ground?  Who picks you up?  My stepf...

Wow!  Our opening conversation is a movie all its own.  With so much going on in the center of social distancing and rebuilding we're still finding the space to leap into incredible conversations.  Yeah!  We're up front and honest about how the Coronavirus shutdown is starting to have its affect on people and to what lengths will people go through to be seen as well as heard. &...

So they laid out the three rules that must be achieved before we can truly move toward reopening the state and the rest of America. The first is going to be the biggest hurdle. There can be no rise in the Coronavirus numbers in your region for fourteen days. Two more weeks added to the already lived and experienced five. On this podcast we take that on. Not as a middle aged man whose tires will pr...

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. The goal is to feature two different types of episodes. The individual conversations as well as a collected array of the entire picture. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forwar...

Joei’s first performance was at 2 years old when she joined her dad’s band on stage to sing “Jingle Bells” in front of 2,000 people. Her dad was a professional bodybuilder until he quit to be a traveling musician, taking the family all over the world. Now Joei and her siblings all play with their dad in the family band and make their living as musicians. She describes her close-knit family as the...

Best known for his graphic novels and cartoons exploring issues of assimilation and racism, Gene Luen Yang has created his first non-fiction graphic novel. It’s about a high-school basketball team that he followed for a season. Gene understands stories—comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn’t get sports. As a kid, his friends called...

It's not selfish or the physical act of being spoiled. I'm just not interested in being what has been labeled the New Normal. I see it instead as a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience rebirth. We almost got there in 2001 when the nation took a hard hit then another in 2008 with the financial crisis. The big difference is how the entire planet didn't stop. I grasp why they'r...

I wonder how my mother would react if I mentioned that I meditate. A lot!  Would she tell me to stop?  That thing is going to fall off. The word meditate is treated like a dirty moment of self serving.  Just like prayer the words get completely wrong reactions until one early morning or late night your system of choice decides that maybe it time to activate one or the other.  &...

Heavy metal band ZombieKing drops their latest EP, Dead to Life , via Pavement Entertainment. The EP was recorded and mixed at Hammer Forged Records in Corpus Christi, Texas, and mastered at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden by Jens Bogren. Produced by Robert Beltran, this EP is packed with unique music which takes influence from both traditional and contemporary heavy metal/rock. Vocalist Juan...

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. The goal is to feature two different types of episodes. The individual conversations as well as a collected array of the entire picture. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forwar...

New York Times best-selling authors Newt Gingrich and Pete Earley are back with SHAKEDOWN (Broadside Books/an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers; March 24, 2020; $27.99), the second in their riveting series of ripped-from-the-headlines political thrillers featuring Valerie Mayberry and Brett Garrett. As this unlikely pair-a disgraced former FBI agent and a dishonorably discharged ex-Navy SEAL-team...

I keep reading about how many peop e are sleepless. Very quickly they blame it on the current wave of energy created and caused by the Coronavirus.  Which I totally grasp because there is a reason to be concerned. It's unknown.  Everything about it from beginning to end and beyond is totally out of our nearest reach.  But...  As someone who has spent his entire life battling sl...

As long as people have been eating, they’ve been preserving food by salting, smoking, jarring, fermenting and canning, but every food has an expiration…or does it? Many foods from our past still exist  sealed in their original packaging -- buried in bunkers, rotting in cellars, forgotten in fridges, or collecting on shelves. Potentially dangerous to eat, it’s being rediscovered, shared and tr...

Not because I originate from Montana but because I truly have a passion to study animals and their behaviors that I'm given the daily opportunity to watch as nature teaches the human.  Especially during this Coronavirus outbreak.  The forest I've called home for twenty eight years is more brilliant this season then any other time.  It knows it has to be.  There are a lot of wan...

When Stanley Berman, a Jewish New York attorney, is appointed Chief Counsel at a North Carolina University, he opts to share a house with his good friend, Thomas McClellan, a professor in the school’s English  Department. The men spend their evenings drinking wine, playing chess, and lamenting their ineptitude with women. Then the Professor, a Southern good old boy, former high school footbal...

Allegra grew up on the beautiful island of St. John, spending her time freediving and sailing with her family. When she was 11, her family moved to Florida for more opportunities in music and education. Allegra has always been surrounded by music with her  mother being a music therapist and her family would often play open mic nights together around town. At 12, Allegra began songwriting and...

Become a leader in your one man band and locate the source of your light.  Don't be so quick to set it free.  Make sure its connected to a source of fuel capable of feeding beyond your means.  Do all you can to shy away from the conspiracy theories on the web.  Be aware that people are feeling the financial pressures of trying to survive.  Through awareness we need to be r...

A quote fell from the nib of my writing instrument this morning, "For the purpose will feed each generation beyond where we are even though we still feel blind."  Think about that.  Take it beyond judging a book by its cover.  "For the purpose will feed each generation beyond where we are even though we still feel blind."  Where we presently stand we're choosing to allow the po...

Slowly we are seeing the flattening of the curve.  Which means nothing to a generation away.  Everyday is a new sunrise.  A new opportunity to extend our reach. To belong while being in isolation.  The universe is always present and the mind body and soul remain aware of its positive affect not just in this moment but all things beyond a generation away.  To not have to ex...

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. The goal is to feature two different types of episodes. The individual conversations as well as a collected array of the entire picture. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forwar...

Pod-Crashing Episode 51: The Depth Of The Interview First. I’m not a fan of the word interview. Why I chose to hoist it into the title is totally trying to spend less time having to explain what it is I do. I always say, “Let’s have a conversation!” People are like, “OK what about?” “No No No… lets do an interview.” “Ohhhhhhhh” I get in a lot of verbal wrestling matches with friends, family, socia...

The one thing I'm loving about this current Coronavirus shut down is the time I'm getting to share incredible conversations for mind blowing creative people.  How they are personally handling the moment while learning to grow into what's been labeled the new normal.  What about chefs and party planners? They're artists as well and they too have been put on hold. I think the more we talk...

We get into a conversation this week that reaches beyond movie reviews.  With AMC announcing that they may not survive this Coronavirus shut down what does that mean to Hollywood and how about those fast approaching Oscars?  We've all known about On Demand viewing for years but is this the year when the makers of movies start putting focus on where people are and where you can take them....

Can I say happy Good Friday or will it end up being a trip to the Linkdin HR department?   We're nearly five weeks into isolation so I don't care.  Happy Good Friday!   Yeah the day Jesus died.  If any of us would've been there not one person would've believed on this Friday what was going to happen in the days ahead.  Which is how I look at this entire Coronavir...

I don't do much wandering or wondering during this time of the Coronavirus. The greatest thing I like about this present moment is not having to deal with conversations face to face. Unless you're on Zoom or Google Meeting.