Break It Down Show
By Jon
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Description
Jon and Pete talk with artists, authors, musicians, filmmakers, athletes and creators about their processes, challenges, origins, relationships that influenced their work, and what brings them to the place where they perform at their peak.
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ExplicitHarold Bray – WWII Vet Survived the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis | WWII Vet Survived the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis - Today we sing the song of Harold Bray who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in WWII. The "Indy" delivered "Little Boy" the atomic bomb which ultimately was dropped on... | 2/14/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitDr. Greg Daddis – Chapman U’s Fighting Professor of War and Society | Chapman U’s Fighting Professor of War and Society - Dr. Greg Daddis is a director/professor at Chapman University's War and Society program. Greg is a friend of best-selling author Scott Huesing. Pete, Scott and special guest retired NFL player... | 2/12/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitWoody Williams - Liberator of Guam, Iwo Jima Medal of Honor, Gold Star Families | Liberator of Guam, Iwo Jima Medal of Honor, Gold Star Families - Today's guest is our hero Woody Williams. At 95 years old, Woody has spent his life living up to Marine Commandant Gen Vandegrift's guidance to live up to the demands of the... | 2/11/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitAnson Mount - CPT Pike's 2nd Act, Star Trek Discovery | CPT Pike's 2nd Act - Today on the Break It Down Show we're featuring actor Anson Mount. Anson's a leading man who's current role is playing Capt Pike on CBS' Star Trek Discovery. Anson also has a podcast we love called The Well, that he hosts... | 2/8/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitHuey Lewis and the News vs Bon Iver Album Fight | Huey Lewis and the News vs Bon Iver Album Fight - Today's episode is an Album Fight between Huey Lewis and the News and Bon Iver. Huey and the boys put out what we consider to be the gateway to greatness album, Sports. Any album that can best Sports... | 2/6/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitJohn Murphy, Mike Reiter - Agents Unknown Spying with the Enemy in Vietnam | Agents Unknown Spying with the Enemy in Vietnam - John Murphy was a spy, training spies in Vietnam. His life during that time is full of incredible stories that Michael Reiter captured in a documentary. The film captures the challenges that guys... | 2/5/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitBryce Vine - Rocking the Hollywood Hills | Rocking the Hollywood Hills - Today's guest is Bryce Vine. Bryce is a solo musician. His hits include Drew Barrymore his breakout tune that has been spun on Spotify 100 million times. This is Bryce's second visit to BIDS. Bryce is... | 2/4/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitLou Baczcewski - Singing the Song of Louch of the 3rd Armor in WWII | Singing the Song of Louch of the 3rd Armor in WWII - Lou Baczewski's grand-father Louch was a tanker in the 3rd Armor Division during WWII. Lou's documentary follows him as he retraces his grandfather's during the war is called "Path of... | 2/1/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitMike Day - Shot 27 Times and Kept Killing Bad Guys | Shot 27 Times and Kept Killing Bad Guys - Navy SEAL Mike Day walking into a room in Iraq and the shooting started. All combat starts with that first shot. Immediately, Day was in a fight for his life. Already shot several times, he killed 2 of... | 1/30/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit418 - Wes Maebe The Wesonator Our Favorite Gun-Slinging Music Producer | Wesonator Our Favorite Gun-Slinging Music Producer - Today Jon and Pete feature the Wesonator. During the recent NAMM Show, the fellas grabbed lunch and a chat with Wes. Wes is a world-class music producer/engineer. The list of acts Wes has... | 1/29/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitJack Brennan - Pres Nixon's Chief of Staff | Pres Nixon's Chief of Staff - When you dedicate your life to serving your country chance plays a major role in what you do. Young LT's think of valor and the Medal of Honor. Today's guest, Jack Brennan is no different. Except, his greatest... | 1/28/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitMark Pattison - Six of Seven Summits in the Bag. Vinson in the Rear-view Mirror | Six of Seven Summits in the Bag. Vinson in the Rear-view Mirror - Today we're featuring Mark Pattison who's just bagged his sixth summit. His guide is the incredible Vern Tejas who's done the 7 summits over 10 TIMES!!! The Vinson Massif is... | 1/25/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitWillie Nelson vs The Pretenders Album Fight | Willie Nelson vs The Pretenders - Today's episode is an #AlbumFight between Willie Nelson and the Pretenders. Willie submits his Red Headed Stranger concept Album against Learning to Crawl, the Pretenders first album after the death of 2... | 1/23/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitRob Neyer - Commissioner, and 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees | Commissioner, and 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees - Today we're featuring Author Rob Neyer on the Break It Down Show. Rob and Pete discuss the state of modern baseball and propose how to keep the game updated. But the real reason for this... | 1/22/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitDan Blumenthal - Chinese Grand Strategy and Naval Warfare | Chinese Grand Strategy and Naval Warfare - Dan Blumenthal is an expert in Far-Eastern Strategy and the director of Asian Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He and Pete discuss the US' and China's strategic goals. Dan also illustrates the... | 1/18/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitZZ Top vs David Bowie – La Futura vs Heroes AlbumFight | ZZ Top vs David Bowie – La Futura vs Heroes - It's crunchy, blues thin string playing Billy Gibbons and ZZ Top taking on David Bowie and Brian Eno's experimental music. La Futura locks up with Heroes. Will Bowie's, a music industry darling,... | 1/17/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitPhil Green - Courage in the Face of ALS | Courage in the Face of ALS - Getting a terminal diagnosis has entered everyone's thoughts at one point or another. How would I respond? What things would I click off of the list? Today's guest, Phil Green discusses his reality as he receives his... | 1/15/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitJoshua Dudley - Independent Wrestling and Writing About Podcasts | Independent Wrestling and Writing About Podcasts - Today on the Break It Down Show, we're featuring entertainment writer, Joshua Dudley. Joshua writes about podcasts for a variety of publications like Forbes...his home genre is discovering... | 1/14/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitKris Duggan - Coaching Entrepreneurs and Throttling Back at Turn Six | Coaching Entrepreneurs and Throttling Back at Turn 6 - Today we feature Entrepreneur Kris Duggan in a conversation with Pete. Kris builds companies for a living. His latest BetterWorks, a goal based company, has reached the point where Kris can... | 1/11/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitMixTape Finals #AlbumFIGHT Matt Menard vs Brian Theis | MixTape Finals - This is the final battle in our Break It Down SHow MixTape Tournament. Matt Menard puts a down the middle song list up against Brian Theis' hype track. Our theme for the finals is "Getting Jiggy With It." Our Judges are Todd... | 1/10/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitJyri Raitasalo and John Spencer - Modern War and Global Conflict Threshold Management | Modern War and Global Conflict Threshold Management - Today on the Break It Down Show, Pete's invited both John Spencer from the Modern War Institute at West Point and Jyri Raitasalo from the Finnish National Defence University back for... | 1/8/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitAlec Lace - First Class Fatherhood, Making A Difference | First Class Fatherhood - Alec Lace's kids wanted to become YouTube stars...like any good dad, he said, "Let's get to work." The work turned into a fantastic podcast called First Class Fatherhood. Alec's show features, among others, NFL Hall... | 1/7/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitBryan Fuller - Power Rowing's Cult Leader | Bryan Fuller is a friend of Pete's from his Army days. Back when graduating from college and enlisting was a thing. Pete and Bryan got to their first unit the 165th Military Intelligence Battalion within a few months of each other. They were fast... | 1/4/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitCat Connor - Presents Her New Book Qubyte | Qubyte Expands Connor's Byte Series - Today's show is a fun jaunty chat between Cat and Pete as they discuss her new book. Cat Connor is the author of the Byte Series featuring FBI Agent Ellie and her world of fellow agents and special... | 12/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitAnerae VeShaughn - Penitent, Liberated and X-Raided | Penitent, Liberated and X-Raided - The story and life of Anerae VeShaugn is complex. Yes, as a 17 year old gang member, he and 3 fellow Crips broke into the home of Patricia Harris and she was murdered. Anerae was convicted and spent 26... | 12/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitMix Tape Semi-Finals Match 2 Mike McKloskey vs Brian Theis | Mixtape Semifinal match 2 - Today's Break It Down Show is an album fight is the penultimate battle in our Mixtape Challenge. One of today's fighters advances to the finals. Brian Theis's wife-centric list of love songs takes on the leather pants... | 12/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitDr. Tim Furnish Middle Earth, Middle East, Album Fights | Middle Earth, Middle East, Album Fights - Today Pete and Dr. Tim Furnish have a ranging chat about President Trump, MIddle-Eastern policy, Islamic approaches to counterinsurgency and Album Fights. Dr. Furnish is an expert on history,... | 12/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 400 Pete A Turner and Scott Huesing Break Down 400 Experiences | Pete A Turner & Scott Huesing Break Down 400 Experiences - Today we celebrate episode 400. Pete A Turner and best-selling author of Echo In Ramadi, Scott Huesing hang out at the Huesing Ranch and have a low-light relaxing chat. The... | 12/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitJimmy Fitzpatrick - Flipping Over Fitzland | Flipping Over Fitzland - Jimmy Fitzpatrick is an icon in the world of freestyle motocross. In the world of action sports, Jimmy's compound in Temecula is the Mecca for riders. Riders from all over the world come to Fitzland to hang, prove their... | 12/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitMix Tape Semi-Finals Match 1 Matt Menard vs DJ Carlisle | Mix Tape Match 1, Battle for Love - Mix-tapes are an artform. What's better than taking listeners mixtapes and comparing which one wins in an #AlbumFight. This Semi-Final match features similar themes from listeners Matt Menard-Pete's spy buddy,... | 12/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitBenite Jeune - Rise Haiti, Educating Haiti's Future | Educating Haiti's Future - Rise Haiti's Benite Jeune's effort to educate kids from Haiti. Benite Jeune previously appeared on BIDS with Kelly Lowrey to discuss his work and the challenges to getting the work done. This episode focuses on... | 12/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitTim Kennedy - UFC Fighting Green Beret Warrior | UFC Fighting, Green Beret - Tim Kennedy is a warrior. Forged from an early age to fight, keep active and repeat; he honed his mind, body and spirit in the ways of warriors. 9/11 opened Tim's eyes to the value of life and made him question... | 12/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitMark Schaefer - Marketing Rebellion, the Most Human Company Wins | Marketing Rebellion, the Most Human Company Wins - Today on the show, we've got another visit from Mark Schaefer who's a leader in the field of marketing. Mark is constantly looking ahead at what it takes to build an audience or a brand. Mark's... | 12/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAndrew D Bernstein - The Mamba Mentality, How I Play | The Mamba Mentality - Andrew D Bernstein has taken 1000 photos a game, over 37 years, about 250 times a year for the NBA, Lakers, LA Kings, LA Sparx, Clippers--that's 9.2 million pictures. He's a Kurt Gowdy Media Award winner, meaning he's... | 12/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitTracy Gapin - Epigenetics Health Coach | Getting Your Edge Back with - Dr. Tracy Gapin is a urologist who specializes in using epigenetics to tailor custom wellness plans for his patients. Since we're about to talk about epigenetics, we've brought in Attila Hajdu from Stelvio... | 12/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitPrince vs Van Morrison Album Fight | Love Sexy vs Tupelo Honey, Album Fight - #AlbumFight #Episode today. Our judges Jon Leon Guerrero, Mike Lipari and Brian Theis sit down and break down Prince's 10th studio album in a compare/contrast against Van Morrison's 5th. It's Love Sexy... | 12/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitBill Valenti - Rantcaster Art of the Protest Song | Rantcaster Art of the Protest Song - Bill Valenti is a complex dude. A successful businessman whose ventures benefit all of us in our day to day lives turned troubadour. Bill's life and struggles with cancer are chronicled in Mark Pattison's ... | 12/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitChad Gabriel - Search for Aliveness | Search for Aliveness - Chad Gabriel has a cool gig. He's the Sherpa of Purpose at Tuthill HQ. Tuthill and Chad got together and wanted to do something special. From Tuthill's stated goal of waking the world, Chad and crew came up with the idea to... | 12/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitNick Reveles - Animateur of the San Diego Opera | Animateur of the San Diego Opera - Nick helps make opera more accessible for folks in San Diego. Akin to longtime friend of the show, Dr. Robert Greenberg, Nick takes time before each opera to illustrate what the audience members are about to... | 11/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitMadonna vs Sheryl Crow Album FIght | Like a Tuesday Music Prayer - Today's episode is a #AlbumFight between Madonna and Sheryl Crow. Madonna's 11-track Like a Prayer is in the ring against Crow's Tuesday Night Music Club. Today's judges are Mike Lipari, Phil Green and new judge... | 11/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitLynn Vincent - USS Indianapolis Emotional History | Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man | 11/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitRobert Vera - A Warriors Faith | Warriors Faith - Before Robert Vera became a best-selling author, he met and befriended Navy SEAL, Ryan Job. Ryan's life has been captured in other SEAL books as his peers sing their warriors song. Ryan's was wounded in Iraq, losing sight in both... | 11/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitDave Bray USA- God Fearing, Flag Waving | God Fearing, Flag Waving - Dave Bray USA - Patriotic Entertainer Dave Bray is a United States Navy Veteran. Dave, Scott and Pete sat down and got into how Dave writes his songs. They discuss Dave's faith and how it informs his art. Finally, they... | 11/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitU2 vs The Doors #AlbumFight | Doors vs U2 - U2 takes on the Doors in today's Album Fight episode. The Doors inaugural self-titled album The Doors goes up against All That You Can't Leave Behind in our song v song format. Today's judges are Todd Nemet, Dr. Timothy Furnish and... | 11/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitKris Primacio - Surf Therapy as a Prescription for Healing ISTO | Kris Primacio - CEO of the International Surf Therapy Organization is working hard to make surf therapy something a doctor can prescribe. Being in or on the water has proven to be good for human, even on the molecular level. The ability to get one's... | 11/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitTony Tost - Longmire Writer Moves to the Terror | Tony Tost - Tony took an unconventional path to screenwriting, and producing TV shows. Looking at his immediate path and subsequent ascension on Longmire, one could say he had it easy, OR, as we learn on today's episode, Dr. Tony Tost spent 10+... | 11/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitRyan Weaver - Black Hawk Pilot and Country Singer | Weaver Country - Ryan Weaver is a country singer. We encourage you to check out Straight Outta Combat (Pete produces this show) for background on Ryan's incredible life leading up to his singing career. Ryan is a retired Army BlackHawk pilot.... | 11/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitBing West - One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War | Bing West - One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War is Bing West's latest book. Bing has been writing, advising and ground-truthing (ya I just made up a word) war since the mid-60's. Nobody has seen or done more across more eras. Scott... | 11/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Cure vs The Smiths #AlbumFight | The Cure Disintegrate the, The Smith's Queen - Today's episode is an #AlbumFight between The Smiths and The Cure. These two seminal 80's bands dominated the airwaves with their albums Disintegration and The Queen Is Dead. Today's judges... | 11/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitRobin Dreeke - Code of Trust and Predicting Behavior | Code of Trust - Today we continue our veteran salute by inviting back the best-selling author of Code of Trust, Robin Dreeke for a follow-up episode. Yes, we're going #spyvsspy with Robin and discussing Robin's upcoming book. Robin is a... | 11/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitDale Comstock - American Badass in Bali | American Badass - Dr. Dale Comstock, President of Strategic Outcomes Asia, is a pinnacle performer. Education? PhD. Join the Army? Delta Force! Learn to fight? Multiple black belts and a professional fighter. Entrepreneur? Sells 2 companies and is 3rd.. | 11/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitCharity on Top - Ambushing the Holidays with Charity | Charity on Top - Ambushing the Holidays with Charity The Break It Down Show works to promote charities as often as possible. Kathy Selders and Marchelle Sellers founded and run Charity on Top. The ladies are back for the 2nd visit to the show. This... | 11/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitDale Midkiff - Elvis and Pete Talk Pet Cemetery | Pet Elvis - Today's episode features actor Dale Midkiff. Dale played Elvis in Priscilla Presley's "Elvis and Me" movie. Dale also played Louis Creed in the movie based on Stephen King's Pet Cemetery. With dozens of credits, 30+ years in... | 11/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitPeter Gabriel So vs Tina Turner Private Dancer #AlbumFight | So Private - Today's show is an Album Fight featuring Peter Gabriel's So album vs Tina Turner's Private Dancer. Both albums highly decorated and celebrated albums debuted in the mid-80s. Gabriel works with former Break It Down Show guests Stewart... | 11/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitChris Thomas King - GRAMMYs Banned Him From His Blues | Not The Blues - Bluesman Chris Thomas King was banned from the Contemporary Blues GRAMMY category for 2019's award season. This makes no sense to Jon or Pete and certainly not to Chris who penned an open letter to the GRAMMYs trying to sort... | 11/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitJason Madden - Counterintelligence Entrepreneur | Counterintelligence Entrepreneur - Today's guest is fellow, to Pete, counterintelligence agent, Jason Madden. Jason's experiences include Iraq, Africa-places such as Mali etc...The fellas go #spyvspy and we love it. Jason's new endeavors... | 11/5/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitAndrew Friedman - Scientific Method pt 2 | Scientific Method - Today we've got part 2 of our episode with Dr. Andrew Friedman a cosmologist from UCSD's CASS courtesy of Dr. Brian Keating. BTW we love science around the show. In part 2 of our chat, co-host David O West,... | 11/1/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitMichale Graves - Prolific Misfits | Prolific Misfits - Michale Graves former frontman for the legendary band the Misfits is our guest today. Michale got his start at 20 years old with an established band AKA dream job! Here's the thing, the guys in the band recognized immediately, not... | 10/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAndrew Friedman - Cornering Quantum Physics | Quantum Cornered - Dr. Andrew Friedman from UCSD's CASS (Center for Astrophysics and Space Science) is our guest today. He comes courtesy of multi-show guest Brian Keating also from UCSD's CASS. Dr. Friedman and his team, he's a... | 10/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitMike Baker - Clandestine Operations | Clandestine Operations - This is a #SpyvsSpy episode featuring former CIA clandestine services collector Mike Baker (Mike's company is called Diligence) . We had to scramble to grab this episode...but that's how it goes in the... | 10/29/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitJustin Levitt - Life Music | Maestro Life - Today's guest is composer Justin Levitt. Justin's published, to date, 7 seven books of musical composition. His work is so highly regarded, his work is compulsory for piano players qualifying in Austrailia. Beyond Justin's... | 10/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitLed Zeppelin vs Led Zeppelin #AlbumFIGHT | Four Houses - WOW, this fight is huge. For the first time, we've got 2 albums from the same band. Houses of the Holy takes on Led Zeppelin IV (or untitled if you prefer). In this episode returning judges, Dr. Tim Furnish and Scott Burford sit... | 10/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitBernie Taylor - Cave Paintings, Archetypes, Picasso and animals as a map | Cave Man - Today's show is a mind bender. Bernie Taylor is a guy that looks at things and sees a different world. Show him a cave full of paintings, and he sees rites of passage, archetypes and the stars. This is a short summary for... | 10/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitBob Nickman - The Exploding Human | Hohner Joker - Hollywood writer, comedian and musician Bob Nickman has been through all of it. He's written and appeared for dozens of shows, Roseanne, Freaks and Geeks, Mad About You, The Drew Carey show...suffice to say, Bob's done a lot... | 10/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitGahlord Dewald - Improvisational Jazz Bassist | Under the Bus - Gahlord Dewald has played the double bass for decades. He's a true freestyle player playing improvisational jazz as his home genre. Gahlord pursues art without bounds or form. His acceptance of miscomfort (even the word... | 10/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitBilly Idol vs Talking Heads - Album Fights | Yell Talking - Today's episode is an #AlbumFight show featuring Billy Idol's Rebel Yell album against Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Talking Heads own Speaking in Tongues. These early 80's albums were heavy rotators on MTV. Each has a number... | 10/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitJeff Adamec - Hearts and Minds | Special Heart - Jeff Adamec is a former Special Forces, "Green Beret" warrior who's spent years working overseas in conflict zones, teaching and training indigenous forces, and mastering cross-cultural communication. Jeff and Pete discuss... | 10/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMegan Kane - Future Martian | Future Martian - In the next 10 years or less, we will be sending humans to Mars. Among the people qualifying to go is Megan Kane. Megan has, get this, a Master's degree in Space Management from the International Space University. Megan... | 10/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitPete Koch - Swede Raider | Swede Raider - Pete Koch is a retired NFL player. Towards the end of his career, talking with Al Davis about what Al needed from Pete, "I need someone who can cause disruption--Can you still do that?" Pete's answer, "Yes, I can still do... | 10/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitSting vs King - Album Fight | Earth and Sun - Today's episode is an album fight between Sting's Nothing Like the Sun, against Carole King's Tapestry. Both performers are Rock and Roll and Songwriters Hall of Famers. Each artist at this point in their careers gets to call... | 10/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanErik Weihenmayer - No Barriers | No Barriers - Erik Weihenmayer is one of those special people that see opportunity in everything. He focuses on his efforts on himself, what he needs to overcome, and then pushes through to rise to the challenge. If you don't already know Erik's... | 10/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitChad Michael Collins - Sony Sniper | Sony Sniper - This is Chad Michael Collins 2nd visit to the Break It Down Show. Last time we talked about, "Being on time, hitting your marks and telling the truth." In this episode Pete, Scott and Chad discuss the choices one makes to be... | 10/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitDr. Brian Keating Nobel Prize | Nobel Prizes - Dr Brian Keating was a leading candidate for a Nobel Prize...he got a team together, transported a giant experiment, telescopes, computers etc down to the S. Pole...and he started trying to take pictures of the beginning of the... | 10/5/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitJohn Brenkus - Soul and Science | Brenkus' Soul - For years John Brenkus has entertained us. His production company is called BASE....and they've made stuff you've loved--Fight Science and Sport Science. His work examining sports is featured on Fox and ESPN--he's even written a... | 10/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitAlbum Fight Best OF | Big Rounds - Some of the best #AlbumFight rounds are featured in this week's show. We listen to what the judges have said in some of our favorite rounds. Bands include: U2, B52's, AC/DC, Beatles, Beach Boys, Joy Division, Michael Jackson, Depeche... | 10/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitRob Neyer - Power Ball | Rob Ball - Rob Neyer returns for another visit. This time, he's promoting his new book Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game The book will release OCT 9th (2018). In the episode, Rob talks about the structure of his new book, how... | 10/2/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit351 - Jeff Pearlman - Football for a Buck | Dollar Ball - Jeff Pearlman wrote a fantastic book called, Football for a Buck: The Crazy rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL. Jeff has written a variety of books on sporting topics, a biography of the Showtime Lakers, a biography of Brett... | 10/1/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit350 - Nick Davis | Splendid Nick - Documentarian Nick Davis sits with Pete and best-selling author Jim DeFelice for an episode about Nick's latest project. Nick documents the life/career of Ted Williams for PBS' American Masters series. Jim and Nick dive into... | 9/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit349 - Beastie Boys vs NWA | Compton License - Remember that time when the Beastie Boys drew a line in the sand, and NWA stepped across? It happens today on the Break It Down Show. First, our judges are Dan Ruppert, Brian Theis and Pete A Turner. Second, our albums are... | 9/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit348 - Roger Clinton | First Brother - Straight up, I LOVE Roger Clinton. When discussing Roger you start with, he's Bill's brother-Yes, that Bill Clinton. Next, you look up Roger, and sure, there's a lot of negative things...BUT when you slow down and meet the guy,... | 9/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit347 - Stewart Rogers | Rogers World - Today we've got the incredible life of Stewart Rogers on the Break It Down Show. Stewart's life is purposely designed to maximize his ability to travel, be with friends around the world. Stewart works with tech-world publisher Venture... | 9/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit346 - Cam Perridge | Producer, guitarist, adventurer | 9/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit345 - Beatles vs Kendrick Lamar (#AlbumFight) | Damn Abbey - When we worked to put Abbey Road in the ring we had several things to contend with. First, Abbey Road is likely the greatest rock album of all-time. Second, the structure of the album is such that it doesn't line up like more... | 9/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean344 - Ed Beakley | Strategic History - Today we've got a fascinating chat with military historian and strategic thinker, Ed Beakley. Ed's website is called Remembered Sky If you are into history, into WWII history from the big battles of the Pacific, Ed is... | 9/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit343 - Hilliard Guess | Script Writer - Hilliard Guess is a dear friend of Jon and Pete...that means he's your friend too. Pete got a chance to sit down with Hilliard and get caught up on whatever Hill is working these days. Check out Hilliard's current... | 9/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit342 - Jason Justice | Distilled Justice - Jason Justice comes for a long line of moonshiners. That legacy of the Justice family. Today, Jason runs a distillery called Justice Label-Pete says, "I personally stand behind their products." Justice Label crafts a variety... | 9/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit341 - Beck Vs Kendrick Lamar (#AlbumFight) | Damn Phase - Today's #AlbumFight is a mega-battle that is actually a qualifying fight. The winner between Beck's Morning Phase vs Kendrick Lamar's Damn will face off against the Beatles Abbey Road. Jon is our MC/Host/Judge this week and... | 9/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit340 - Yascha Mounk | Liberal Democracy - Today on the Break It Down Show we are featuring the incredible mind of Yascha Mounk. Yascha, is a PhD who is now a Lecturer on Government at Harvard University, a Senior Fellow in the Political Reform Program at New... | 9/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit339 - Big Sam Al Helli | Ramadi Strong - When "Big" Sam Al Helli was just a college kid in Baghdad, his buddy approached him and said, "Let's go become interpreters for the Americans." That moment set off Sam and his body "Ford" on adventures over the next few years as... | 9/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean338 - Romal Tune | Author, motivator, healer, sage | 9/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit337 - The Clash Vs The Kinks (#AlbumFight) | Power Clash - Today we feature a wonderful all Brit #AlbumFight between The Kinks' Lola v Powerman/Money-go-Round album against the Clash's self titled debut album. The Clash send to the ring a 5-star album, Richard's analysis confirms a perfect... | 9/5/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit336 - Joe Luttwak | Ekoa Magic - Today's guest is Joe Luttwak CEO of Lingrove and Black Bird Guitars. Joe's first company Blackbird Guitars was a proving ground for a new construction material. The material Joe and his team created is called Ekoa. Ekoa is... | 9/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit335 - Bob Dvorchak | Bedouin Bob - Bob Dvorchak has been an author/writer for 50+ years. He's interviewed Muhammad Ali, he's written about the Korean war, Jeffery Dahmer and now about his time working with the 3-82 of the 82nd Airborne. Coincidentally, Pete also... | 9/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit334 - Chris Merrick Hughes | Big Ant - Chris Merrick Hughes list of acts he's worked with is deep. Let's just cover two of them...he produced Tears for Fears, Songs From the Big Chair, which featured world-wide hits Shout and Everybody Wants to rule the world. Chris also... | 8/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit333 - REM vs B52s (#AlbumFight) | Cosmic Athens - The B52s get in the ring with their album Cosmic Thing to take on fellow Athens GA band, REM and their 1989 album Green. Each of these albums represent each groups elevation from regional act to world-wide phenomenon. Green... | 8/29/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit332 - Don Randi | These Hands - Don Randi sits down with Jon, Niko! and Pete at Aroma in Studio City. If you're not already aware, you've heard Don Randi's music. He's played on thousands of songs you know and love. Don's latest album is called Good Jazzy... | 8/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit331 - Stan Larimer | Unmanned Stan - Crypto currency, things like Bitcoin and Etherium are quickly changing how we deal with, value, power and freedom. Stan Larimer, the "Godfather" of Bitshares sits with Jon and Pete to discuss all of it. His company Cryptonomex is... | 8/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit330 - Hank Bordowitz | The Odyssey - Hank Bordowitz has been a musician, a producer, a critic, he's written over 10 books, he's authored 100's of articles...needless to day, he's steeped in music. He's done pretty much ever job in the industry. Some people take decades... | 8/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit329 - Aerosmith vs Boston (#AlbumFight) | Boston Battle - The debut albums from Boston's own bands, Aerosmith and Boston. Each 70's debut features 8 rocking tracks that announce the arrival of some of rock's most successful acts. Aerosmith weighs in with Dream On, launching a career that's... | 8/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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