Break It Down Show

Pete A Turner

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.

  1. 1 day ago

    Robert Eringer - Spymaster of Monaco

    Robert Eringer has had a wide-ranging career as a private intelligence consultant, undercover operative, journalist, novelist, editor, and literary agent. Before going undercover for the FBI, he was an investigative reporter, once infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan. Since parting with the Bureau, Eringer has created and directed an intelligence service for Prince Albert II of Monaco. He divides his time among London, Monte Carlo, Washington, D.C., and Santa Barbara. His website is www.roberteringer.com. Get Spymaster of Monte Carlo on Amazon at amzn.to/4qw2rez Ringer has appeared on The Tonight Show, Today, The Dennis Miller Show, Good Morning America, ABC Nightline, and The Charlie Rose Show, as well as Fox News and Fox Business. In addition, he has been the subject of feature articles in such major publications as Time, People, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Barron's, and The New York Times.

  2. 1 day ago ·  Bonus

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    Introducing PARIS JACKSON: “No Intervention Could Have Gotten Me Sober” from On Purpose with Jay Shetty. Follow the show: On Purpose with Jay Shetty Musician and artist Paris Jackson joins Jay for an extraordinarily raw, courageous, and deeply honest conversation on addiction, recovery, and the messy, non-linear journey of healing. Paris reflects on her unconventional childhood, the chronic loneliness that shadowed her early years, and the dark reality of substance abuse that nearly cost her her life and her voice. She opens up about the trauma of adolescent rehab centers, surviving severe mental health crises, and why true recovery requires moving beyond symptom-focused treatment to embrace holistic health, self-grace, and spiritual surrender. Together, Jay and Paris explore the power of inner child work, why pain can be alchemized into medicine, and how finding a conscious connection to something higher can help us feel truly safe in our own skin. Healing is not linear, and growth is not a straight line, it’s a spiral. Every time you revisit a challenge, you are meeting it with more wisdom, more resources, and a deeper capacity for self-forgiveness. Trust that your darkest moments can become your most potent medicine, and that peace begins the moment you give yourself permission to feel it all. With Love and Gratitude, Jay Shetty PURPOSE10 for 10% at altrarunning.com/onpurpose. Free Shipping and Free 30-Day Trial. Your future is waiting, and Walden is here to help you achieve it. https://WaldenU.edu JAY’S DAILY WISDOM DELIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX Join 900,000+ readers discovering how small daily shifts create big life change with my free newsletter. Subscribe here: https://news.jayshetty.me/subscribe Check out our Apple subscription to unlock bonus content of On Purpose! https://lnk.to/JayShettyPodcast What We Discuss: 00:00 Intro 1:31 The Meaning Behind 'Happiest Day of My Life' 5:07 Unconventional Childhood and Homeschooling Reflections 6:32 One of Paris’s Most Defining Childhood Memories 8:03 Buddhist Parables, Balance, and Letting Go of Judgment 10:52 Chronic Loneliness and The Roots of Addiction 12:20 Redefining Gateway Drugs and Escapism 14:15 The Severe Consequences of Substance Abuse 19:30 Rebuilding Trust and Finding Authentic Friendship 22:27 Suicide Attempts, Turning Points, and Choosing Sobriety 23:34 Adolescent Rehab Trauma 31:38 Developing a Relationship with a Higher Power 35:17 The Dance Between Spiritual Surrender and Intentional Action 36:37 Analyzing 'Stitched' and Soul Connections 40:22 Inner Child and Inner Teen Healing Work 43:07 The Spiral Nature of Healing and Growth 46:24 ECT Treatment, Western Medicine, and Holistic Health Shifts 54:42 Finding Regulation Through Physicality, Nature, and Animals 59:25 Temporality of Emotions and Embracing Life's Full Spectrum 01:03:17 Paris Jackson on Final Five Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices DISCLAIMER: Please note, this is an independent podcast episode not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in conjunction with the host podcast feed or any of its media entities. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the creators and guests. For any concerns, please reach out to team@podroll.fm.

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  3. 6 days ago

    Soumen Sarkar - Tech Leadership is Not Leadership

    Soumen Sarkar is the Tech Philosopher who's worked, failed, won, built and designed tech solutions for decades. Soumen's in a point in his career now where he's more reflective and contemplative. This gives us a chance to have in-depth conversations about where tech is headed, how it leads itself...and why it struggles to design and relize outcomes. Brad Hutchings sits in to cohost with Pete A Tuirner. Brad is the founder the Mmojo Knowledge Appliance. Pete A Turner is glad to welcome Soumen BACK on the Break It Down Show

  4. 12 Aug

    Jeff Frye – The Player Who Was Never Supposed to Be

    Jeff Frye is a former Major League Baseball player. He stayed in the league longer than usual. When folks told him he wasn't this enough or too much of that...what they didn't account for was his desire, relentlessness and refusal to regress to the mean. Jeff is joined on the Break It Down Show by Pete A Turner, Cullen Chapron and Brian Wetzel.

  5. 10 Aug

    Amber Brittain-Hale - Political Discourse and Leadership

    Dr Amber Brittain-Hale joins Pete A Turner on the Break It Down Show. Part of what Amber does is evaluate how people, especially folks in the political space. Pete A Turner LOVES having these discussions from a point of Policy and discourse rather than from a political persepective.

  6. 8 Aug

    Don Kurz - Do The Hustle

    What if the biggest lessons in business and life came not from classrooms, boardrooms, or balance sheets, but from disco lights, devastating knee injuries, and hard-earned second chances? Life isn't a straight line to the top. It's a hustle. From NCAA lacrosse champion to Studio 54 regular to public company CEO, Don Kurz has moved through wildly different worlds and carried a lesson out of every one of them. In Do the Hustle, he takes readers on a high-energy tour through the wins, wipeouts, and late-night detours that shaped his philosophy on work, passion, and resilience. Get Don Kurz's, Do The Hustle on Amazon at amzn.to/4wxLId0 Blending humor, heart, and hard-earned insight, Kurz shows how to turn failure into fuel, trust your instincts even when they shake, and reinvent yourself every time the beat changes. Whether he is building a billion-dollar brand or rebuilding himself after a fall, his message is constant: Success is not a straight line; it is a dance. And every step counts.

  7. 6 Aug

    Masta Ace – Richmond Hill

    🎙️ Getting The Gig welcomes one of hip-hop's greatest storytellers, a Juice Crew original, and a true architect of the art form — Masta Ace. Before streaming, algorithms, and instant access changed how we discovered music, hip-hop was built differently. It lived through radio waves, park jams, cassette tapes, and cyphers where your reputation was earned one verse at a time. That's the world that shaped Masta Ace. A Brooklyn native who entered hip-hop during its formative years, Ace became a cornerstone of Marley Marl's legendary Juice Crew, standing alongside some of the culture's most influential voices and making history on the groundbreaking "The Symphony." But he was never simply part of the moment—he helped shape the direction of what the culture could become. From his debut Take a Look Around, to the evolution of Masta Ace Incorporated with classics like SlaughtaHouse and Sittin' on Chrome, Ace expanded the possibilities of what an MC could be. He wasn't just delivering verses—he was creating characters, painting scenes, and bringing entire worlds to life. Long before concept albums became commonplace, Masta Ace perfected the art of narrative-driven hip-hop. Projects like Disposable Arts and A Long Hot Summer showed that rap could be cinematic, layered, and deeply personal while still staying connected to the roots that inspired it. But the architect never stopped creating. Through eMC, the acclaimed group featuring Ace alongside Wordsworth, Punchline, and Stricklin, he demonstrated that elite lyricism knows no expiration date. The group became a bridge between hip-hop's golden era and a new generation of voices. That same chemistry carried into his celebrated collaborations with producer Marco Polo, including A Breukelen Story and Richmond Hill, proving that masterful production and sharp penmanship remain timeless. More recently, Ace stepped back into familiar territory with Bobby Digital Presents: The Juice Crew, joining forces with RZA and Mathematics for a project honoring a legendary collective while reminding listeners that true craftsmanship never fades. And because his creativity has always extended beyond the microphone, The Falling Season brings his gift for characters, concepts, and cinematic expression into the world of theater—another chapter in an artistic journey defined by imagination and evolution. More than three and a half decades in, Masta Ace remains what he has always been: a student of the culture, a master of the craft, and one of hip-hop's most respected architects. The voice remains clear. The pen remains powerful. The legacy continues to unfold. 🎙️ Getting The Gig proudly welcomes Masta Ace. Getting the Gig is a Break It Down Show production. It's produced and hosted by Jon Leon Guerrero. The episode is produced by Todd Davis. Pete A Turner is the Executive Producer

  8. 5 Aug

    Edmund Richardson – Alexander, God, King, Man

    An enthralling new biography of Alexander the Great, written as an intimate, present portrait of the way his world saw him and the price he paid to become history's greatest military mind. Alexander the Great: a wide-eyed boy from the hills of Macedon who ruled most of the known world by his mid-twenties. For centuries, historians, refugees, poets, and explorers have told his story, and yet Alexander himself has remained a mystery. Get Edmund Richardson's, "Alexander: God, King, Man" on Amazin at amzn.to/4fOhf39 But over the last few years, a series of remarkable discoveries has changed everything. From the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea and the dust of Central Asian hillsides, the remains of Alexander's cities have emerged. The diaries of Babylonian astronomers who knew him have been deciphered. The tombs of his ancestors have been unearthed. Now, for the first time since antiquity, it is possible to tell a different story. The story of a young man whom almost no-one noticed, until the day he became king. A king who became a hero, a hero who became a living god, and a god who died broken-hearted in Babylon. Using cutting-edge research and a unique narrative approach, Alexander thrusts readers into Alexander the Great's world in ways which have never before been possible: to see the same stars wheeling overhead, feel the desert wind, and experience the full horror of battle. Alexander is a cinematic work of non-fiction, a revelatory retelling of one of the most famous and elusive stories in history. Pete A Turner is STOKED to present Edmund Richardson with USC President Emeritus Max Nikias live on the Break It Down Show to discuss Edmund's history of Alexander the Great

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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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  • Creator
    Pete A Turner
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2026
  • Episodes
    296
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Break It Down Show

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