Break It Down Show

Nick Davis - Once Upon a Time in Queens - Nick Davis returns to the Break It Down Show. Last time, he created a documentary for the American Masters series featuring his movie about Ted Williams. Get Nick's latest book Once Upon a Time in Queens amzn.to/3a0Cs8D Davis is back with his next masterpiece, with another massive partner in ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Once Upon a Time in Queens tells the sto...

Phil Green – ALS Cure Project - Phil Green is Pete's friend. Recently he was diagnosed with ALS. On the Break It Down Show, Pete A Turner has been checking in with Phil as he progressed through the terminal disease. As we chronicle Phil's progression, we've learned quite a bit about ALS. We've also been proud of our friend Phil as he works relentlessly to knock down the barriers between science, t...

Perttu Pölönen - Future Skills - At just 25-years-old, Finnish inventor, composer, futurist and author Perttu Pölönen has already been honored on the list for "Innovators under 35 Europe 2018" by MIT Technology Review and on September 14, he releases his first book translated to English. Future Skills (Viva Editions) takes a practical, personal look at our ever-changing technological landscape whi...

Alison Argnrim - Confessions of a Prairie B*tch - Alison Argnrim is a New York Times Best Selling author of "Confessions of A Prairie B*tch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated", Alison Arngrim is best known to viewers world-wide for her portrayal of the incredibly nasty "Nellie Oleson" on the much loved, long running hit television series "Little House On The Prairie," an...

Robert Fisher – Biodiversity, Urbanization and Conservation - Dr. Robert Fisher is a conservation biologist with the US Geological Survey's Western Ecological Research Center and works as part of a large integrated team. His focus has been on how natural systems are responding to the Anthropocene, and what types of resiliency they have or lack as it relates to maintaining ecological integrity and...

Malcolm Joseph – Robotronics - Malcolm Joseph is back on the Break It Down Show. Malcolm brings us some funk that calls back to simpler days...while focusing on modern concepts...with sounds from various eras. Listen to Robtronics on Spotify at open.spotify.com/album/3hXaVi His new EP dropped earlier this month and is available on Spotify, Amazon heck all the places where music is available. Malco...

Winston Vickers – The Survival of the California Mountain Lion - Winston Vickers studies big cats in California. Pumas, mountain lions etc are his sweet spot. Winston's efforts help us understand what it take to keep California's ecosystem in a healthy balance between predator, prey and homes on the edges of big cat habitat. Check out camountainlions.com to learn all about the work being done to s...

Andrews and Wilson - Dark Intercept - Andrews and Wilson barely need an introduction on the Break It Down Show. Jeff and Brian have been on a bunch of times...and always come back when they launch a new book. That happened today with their latest series launch called Dark Intercept. Pete lives the big life getting to hang with dudes like Andrews and Wilson. Get Dark Intercept on Amazon at: amzn.to...

David Howe - US Army, Afghanistan and the Military Abroad - COL David Howe joins Pete A Turner on the Break It Down Show. COL Howe and Pete worked together in Afghanistan. Their work in AFG provides us with some powerful insight on the current state of the AFG retreat...and why things went so poorly. Beyond AFG, David has worked on issues in Africa, and is currently in the Pacific theater. One of...

Matthew FitzSimmons – Constance - Matthew FitzSimmons, an American boy from Illinois, grew up in London in the 1970s under the baleful eye of the Kings Road punks. His otherwise idyllic childhood was shattered by the traumatic experience of seeing Star Wars on December 27, 1977 in Leicester Square, listening to his father sleep through what was clearly the greatest cinematic achievement of all tim...

Lisa Jackson - The Great Resignation - Lisa Jackson is an expert on corporate culture. One of the emerging trends, as we battle through multiple challenges borne out of the COIVD virus, is the growing challenge of hiring and retaining talent in corporate America. A fascinating aspect of this is the "Great Resignation" phenomenon. Get more about Lisa's work at corporateculturepros.com Lisa Jackson...

Janeshia Adams-Ginyard - Emmy Nominated Stuntwoman and Actor - Janeshia Adams-Ginyard is an award winning stunt woman, actress, wrestler, writer, and motivational speaker. Born on Valentine's Day and raised in Southern California, Janeshia graduated from Gahr High School in Cerritos and completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley. Check out Jane...

John Green - The Counselor of Afghanistan - John Green returns to the Break It Down Show to talk about his experiences in Afghanistan. Pete A Turner and John go back about 15 years...they've both found incredible things throughout their time. Most importantly, John's experience is rooted in the Ground Truth...his tales will reveal why the US lost in both Afghanistan and Iraq. John has worked for b...

Charles Arthur – Social Warming, Social Media's Dangerous Effects - Charles Arthur is a journalist, author and speaker, writing on science and technology for over thirty years. He was technology editor of the Guardian from 2005–2014, and afterward carried out research into social division at Cambridge University. He is the author of two specialist books, Digital Wars and Cyber Wars. Get SOCIAL WAR...

Ripley Rawlings – The Kill Box - Lt Col Hunter "Rip" Rawlings, IV (Ret.) is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tyce Asher series and co-author of RED METAL with Mark Greaney. With over twenty-three years of active duty service as a Marine Corps infantry and Reconnaissance Officer, he completed ten combat and peacekeeping deployments to Afghanistan (OEF), Iraq (OIF), Saudi Arabia, and Nor...

Gina Wilkinson - When the Apricots Bloom - Gina Wilkinson writes, "I've been a nomad from the age of six-months, when my parents packed me and our Siamese cat into an old Renault and set off for a remote gold-mining town in Australia's Nullarbor desert. Since then I've circumnavigated the globe many times. As a foreign correspondent, I reported from some of the globe's most intriguing and dangerou...

Steve Pieters - The Eyes of Tammy Faye - Steve Pieters has lived with AIDS since, ready? - 1982. Not only did Steve acquire AIDS early, before many of us were even alive, he also had to survive through the various epochs since then. In the past 40 years, things have changed wildly...and we'd suggest for the better. Steve is a central figure in that growth. His appearance in 1985 with Tammy Faye's...

Dee C Lee – Soul, Rhythm and Blues - Dee C Lee is a highly successful recording artist who has been at the heart of the British Soul and R & B music scene for more than thirty years. With her distinctive and entrancing vocal tone, she has performed with chart-topping acts, including Wham!, Animal Nightlife, The Style Council, Guru and Mother Earth. As well as writing her own hits, such as the accl...

Anna Simons - Sovereignty as a Solution - Anna Simons is the author of The Sovereignty Solution. Her book describes a path, rarely taken by the US when they look to partner overseas. Time timely topic gives us another lens through which we can examine the Afghanistan failure. Get The Sovereignty Solution on Amazon at amzn.to/3xVPGNl Her book offers a number of ways in which the United States might...

Brian Mullins - The Cold Stares, Heavy Shoes - On his recent road trip, Pete A Turner stopped in at @The Cold Stares studio with Drummer Brian Mullins. If you love all-American Blues based rock and roll...it's the Cold Stares. The band's new album is called Heavy Shoes. Pete and Brian get into topics that get beyond what sticks does he use, and the challenges of running a small band. Instead, Bria...

John Langellier - Southwest History and Scouting with Buffalo Soldiers - John P. Langellier is a historian from Tucson. John is a prolific author who's written a LOT of books. His latest covers one of the Buffalo Soldier units from Southern Arizona. It's an interesting note that Buffalo Soldier is not a very descriptive term. US units throughout the west employed black soldiers in a variety of cap...

Bryan Fuller - Rowing Around the World - If you've been around for a while, you know our friend Bryan Fuller. Fuller founded Power Rowing in Brookline Mass. Bryan's gym is a hit and he's been creating a community of health-minded folks with powerful charitable charters. How'd Bryan get into rowing? Pete recalls, "Bryan wanted a big task...and suggests to me that he was going to row across the Atla...

Ferose V R - Specialisterne and Neurodiversity - Ferose V R is the spearhead for a concept called Neurodiversity. He works from several angles on creating work opportunities for people on the Autism spectrum. How do we as a society, flatten barriers between the dignity of work and earning a living and our perception of what's possible for folks on the spectrum? Feroes is working to answer that que...

Steven Greenhut - Winning the Water Wars in California - Steven Greenhut is an investigative reporter who's looked into a variety of topics in his career. He's written for over a dozen papers, testified as an expert in court and is generally a badass writer speaking truth to power. Steven's book talks about a pathway for California that leans on abundance rather than a shortage of water. Check out...

Nate Nelson - Stacking Air Support and Living - United States Air Force Captain Nathan Nelson suffered a spinal cord injury from a rocket blast in Afghanistan. He has no movement below his chest and limited use of his hands. Captain Nelson was part of a special operations team that took heavy fire in September of 2013 during his third tour in Afghanistan. Luckily, none of his fellow soldiers were...