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Break It Down Show

Pete A Turner explores great conversations across a vast array of topics and personalities. The Break It Down Show is over 10 years old and has published over 2000 episodes. Find Pete at @peteaturner on most social media sites.

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57:15

Robin Dreeke – Unbreakable Alliances

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2025/03/07

Robin Dreeke Returns to the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner. Robin is discussing his new book Unbreakable Allies. Robin and Pete always vibe well and inspire one another. This will be a great episode. Get Unbreakable Alliances: A Spy Recruiter’s Authoritative Guide to Cultivating Powerful and Lasting Connectionsamzn.to/3YQcDB6 A blub from Robin's new book . From the former Chief of the FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program comes an authoritative guide on how to unlock the power

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58:50

Dan Goldbacher and Scott Weldy – OC Bird of Prey Center

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2025/03/06

How's this for cool? We're hanging with Scott Weldy and Dan Goldbacher who study and work with birds of prey at the Orange County Bird of Prey Center. Dan Goldbacher and Scott Weldy are experts in birds of pretty. How we managed their habitat is one of the most fascinating things you'll encounter. Joining us from the Irvine Ranch Conservancy is David Raetz David produced this episode. To learn more about the OCBoPC ocbpc.org The Orange County Bird of Prey Center (OCBPC) is a state- and

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01:06:45

Brad Hutchings – AI and The Median Baseball Player

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2025/03/05

Brad Hutchings returns to discuss AI. Pete A Turner of the Break It Down Show has been working to use AI in some of his projects. He tried to find the Median debut for all baseball players. He did the work to find Detroit Tiger phenom, Jim Proctor who today is the middle player in all players, based on debut date, in MLB history (per baseball reference). Pete Writes about Jim in an article on X. Brad and Pete discuss Grok's inability to find the median player. Pete tried a few other AIs...they just

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01:14:57

Matt Tardio - The Impact of Trump's Policies

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2025/03/04

Post military career former Green Beret Matt Tardio hit the ground running. HIs company tardioconsultinggroup.com focuses on Risk Management, SOP development and other custom solutions for companies. Beyond Matt's consulting work he runs the Speak The Truth channel on YouTube @SpeakTheTruthActual Pete A Turner hosts Matt to talk about practical tactical realities about the new President Trump administration. From DOGE, USAID, Dept of State adventures, Gaza and plane crashes...there's a lot of ground

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01:03:37

Tony Tost – Directing Movie, Poker Face and Cinema

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2025/03/03

Director Tony Tost returns to the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner. Tony hit Hollywood running. The perfect man to take Craig Johnson's brilliant Longmire series to the small screen. Since climbing the ranks at Longmire, Tony has directed/written several projects. Tony created the series Damnation. Then he directed the 2nd season of The Terror. Then back to the northern great planes to direct Americana with Sydney Sweeney. His most recent project, that is so fresh we can only mention it, is he

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01:04:32

Everett De Morier - All About Everett

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2025/02/28

Everett De Morier became a professional writer in 1994, when he sold a copy of his son’s ultrasound picture along with an article entitled “My Wife Is Having the Reincarnation of Elvis” to the Weekly World News. For this, he received fifty dollars and a Bat Boy T-shirt. Get Everett's latest book In the Ghost Shadows with Peter Chin on Amazon at amzn.to/4kxs4Zh De Morier has appeared on CNN, Fox News Network, NPR, and ABC, as well as in The New York Times and the London Times. He has also written for

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41:46

Ronnie Simpson - Yacht Racing and Open Ocean Adventures

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2025/02/27

In 2024 both Ronnie Simpson and Bryan Fuller had an ocean adventure. Ronnie was solo sailing in a race around the world. Bryan doing one of the only Atlantic crossings from Boston to London in a rowboat. Neither event is simple or easy. Both men are experts. Each mission failed...and both boats were abandoned during their attempts. Bryan and Ronnie don't know one another, yet, they have much in commo. Ronnie returns for his second visit to the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner. With Bryan Fuller

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58:20

Howard Blum – When the Night Comes Falling

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2025/02/26

Howard Blum is an investigative journalist who has drawn his attention to the Brian Kohberger quadruple murder case. Brian is accused to have murdered 4 co-eds in Moscow Idaho. The Case has been a national sensation. The biggest question is why? Why did this happen. Pete A Turner and Brook Urick welcome Howard to the Break It Down Show. Get When the Night Came Falling on Amazon at amzn.to/437Dht9 Timed for a trial that will capture national attention, When the Night Comes Falling examines the

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01:09:33

Dan McLaughlin – The New York Mets and Donald Trump

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2025/02/25

Dan McLaughlin is a head writer for the National Review. His body of work covers a ton of ground from a deeply researched history of slavery to critiques of US foreign policy under Donald Trump. Dan is also a noted baseball blogger under the monicker, Baseball Crank. Dan has one more bit of baseball bona fides that's become known through the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner...Dan is the nephew of Vin Scully. Dan was at Vin's induction into the Hall of Fame back in the 1980s

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01:07:15

Larry Sanger – Why I am A Christian

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2025/02/24

Larry Sanger is one of the founders of WIkipedia. Since then he's taken on a litany of projects including Everipedia, ZWI Book, a Declaration of Independence, he started his own social media platform sangerfeed.org, and he converted to Christianity. Get a Slick ZWI USB drive with nearly 70000 books at shop.encyclosphere.org/product-category/zwibook A life long skeptic Larry Sanger, converted to Christianity after 35 years of skepticism, inspired by Bible study and "intelligent Christians," embracing

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56:12

Peter Chin & Everett De Morier – The Ghost Shadows

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2025/02/21

As the US struggles with its relationship with immigrants we offer the story of Chin Chit Chuey, AKA Peter Chin who came to the US with his family. Struggled with an abusive family life and li out for the Streets. The Ghost Shadow gang became his family and he became their Dai Lo "Capo." It couldn't last, Rikers and the Jade Squad were always battling Peter's efforts. Get in the Ghost Shadows on Amazon at Everett De Morier and Peter Chin sit with Pete A Turner from the Break It Down Show to

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01:20:30

Morgan Lerette - Your Tax Dollars = Migrant Child...

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2025/02/20

DOGE is holding to account various Departments within the US government, As our comprehension of fraud waste and abuse, other crimes grows, we're also beginning to realize the full impact of unchecked agencies. Policies intended to create positive impacts to humanity are now shown to have the opposite impact. Our desire to be compassionate has caused incalculable harm when it comes to the human trafficking of children. Even worse, the trafficking of tender aged children. Get Guns, Girls and Greed on

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40:52

Gregg Hurwitz - Nemesis

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2025/02/19

Gregg Hurwitz is a New York Times best-selling author. He's also educated by Jordan Peterson. Gregg has appeared on the Break It Down Show, AND on Jordan's show...you may draw your own conclusions about that. Gregg and Pete A Turner hit if off several years ago during a Break It Down Show recording session at Gregg's house. That has led to many conversations about culture, social problems and how things work. They'll also discuss the recent LA fires what accountability in government leadership looks

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01:12:41

John W Troxell – Surrender or Die

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2025/02/19

Army Command Sergeant Major John Wayne Troxell served as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the senior noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Armed Forces, from Dec. 11, 2015, until his retirement on Dec. 13, 2019. In this role, he served as the principal military advisor to the Chairman and the Secretary of Defense on all matters involving joint and combined total force integration, utilization, health of the force and joint development for enlisted

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01:02:27

Tim Grover - Barnstorming Babe Ruth

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2025/02/14

Babe Ruth is probably the biggest cultural figure of the 20th century. Nearly 100 years after his death, his name remains relevant. In 1922, after losing the World Series to the cross bridge rival NY Giants, Babe Ruth and Bob Muesel departed for a barnstorming tour of the Mid West. Tim Grover, a Mid West kid from Iowa took to this story and wrote a book about Bob and Babe's tour. The story is full of early 20th century greatness. Pete A Turner welcomes Tim Grover to the Break It Down Show. Get Tim's

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01:00:26

Hasard Lee – The Art of Clear Thinking

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2025/02/13

JUSTIN "HASARD" LEE is a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and an International bestselling author known for his work in leadership, decision-making, and change management. He specializes in applying lessons from the cockpit along with the latest research to transform how organizations approach strategy, culture, and innovation. He works with a diverse range of clients, from Fortune 500 leaders like Meta (Facebook), Google, Northrop Grumman, and Microsoft, to universities and startups. To get

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01:09:19

Brooks Crenshaw & Wil Reilly - Trump, Policy and the...

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2025/02/12

Brooks Crenshaw and Dr Wilfred Reilly join Pete A Turner on the Break It Down Show. A lot of going on in the world today. President Trump is moving fast, and fulfilling campaign promises...but is this a good thing? Pete A Turner and the folks at the Break It Down Show are working to bring some insight and some reason to this new/old administration. Let's see if we can make sense o what might be in store for the US.

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01:03:02

Scott Richards – The Israel vs Palestine Cease Fire...

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2025/01/27

Scott Richards returns to the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner. Scott's influence on the negotiations between Hamas and families is undeniable. Further, Scott has helped international partners seek to bring an end to the violence fomented on 7OCT 2023 when the terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel. Now that Israel and Palestine have entered a cease-fire...it's time to check in with Scott. Among the things we want to ask is whether the ceasefire will be held. Will Hamas/Palestine honor the

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42:46

Brad Hutchings – AI, DYI

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2025/01/24

Brad Hutchings and I continue our discussion of AI and it's practical applications in the business world. Be sure to get to BradHutchings.com to learn more about what Brad is up to...Pete A Turner and the Break It Down Show are proud to present Brad Hutchings and AI.

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57:51

Allona Kagan – The Weaver

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2025/01/23

Allona Kagan earned her BA in Art History from UC Berkley and MA in Arts Administration from Columbia University. Art spirituality and writing are her life long passions. A reiki healer and a channel, she connects to spiritual source for inspiration for her life and writing. She lives in Marin county, California. Allona joins Pete A Turner on the Break It Down Show with special GUEST!!! Teresa Rodriguez. Get Kagan's The Weaver on Amazon at amzn.to/3WlCosS From the Blurb about The Weaver - An

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