Wil Reilly – Taboo, 10 Facts We Can’t Talk About - Dr. Wil Reilly has written a challenging book. He tees up taboo topics and drags us through realities and data to unseat us from our beliefs. Taboo; 10 Facts We Can't Talk About gets into topics like: Cultural Appropriation, Black Lives Matter, the IQ gap, racial issues, and white supremacy in the US. 

Get Wil's book here

Dr Reilly is a professor at Kentucy State University. Wil and Pete A Turner go through several of the chapters touching on the topics that, as Pete said, unseat him from his own beliefs and hypocrisy.  Here comes a challenging show that's a fun ride. Get ready to be uncomfortable as we learn a little something about ourselves. 

#podcast #KSU #TBCU #politics #taboo #race #whitesupremecy #newsbias #author #phd #politicalscience #episode #groundtruth #bantu #black #white #asian #education #facts #research 

Brian Drake - Spy vs Spy vs Spy, Agents Unknown III - This is our third episode from the Agents Unknown documentary by Michael Reiter. Pete A Turner is joined by film producer/director Michael Reiter, John Murphy, the subject of Agents Unknown and fellow intelligence collector  Brian Drake.  

These three spies share stories of their time during service and compare their experiences, John and Brian were both deployed in Vietnam. They talk about their experiences as intelligence collectors in Vietnam; plus, the challenges of satisfying US governmental needs to success, real or imagined.

Meanwhile, Pete shares his own experiences during deployment in the Middle East which gives us a contrast between how things were done in these different eras.

We love these episodes, because they are fascinating and ONLY available on the Break It Down Show.

Haiku
Spy tales from the field
Confirm, we lie to ourselves
Does anyone care?

#spy #film #intelligence #counterintelligence #Vietnam #modernwarfare #advisor #agentsunknown #Afganistan #episode #future

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Jacob Morgan - Inside the Cone, Building a Future Leader - Jacob is a Futurist, a 4-time best-selling author and founder of The Future of Work University. Jacob’s latest book from Wiley is called The Future Leader: 9 Skills and Mindsets to Succeed in the Next Decade.

Check out Jacob’s Podcast The Future of Work

he idea behind Jacob’s book is to identify the skills and mindsets required to be a great leader. Each of these achievable hallmarks are bolstered with scenarios and founded on Jacob’s interview work.

Pete A. Turner and Jacob Morgan expand on the thousands of conversations Jacob had with CEOs, employee and others to determine the elements of a future leader.

Haiku
9 skills and mindsets
Success in the next decade
The Future Leader

​Dana Commandatore - Great American Star Baker - Pete won't stop talking about the baking shows that he loves. He watches the Great American Baking Show, and the Great British Bake Off. Admittedly, we love them too. 

Watch Great American Baking Show on ABC

Our guest is Dana Commandatore, who is a contestant on the Great American Baking Show. As of our recording, she was headed into the semi-finals and has 1 #starbaker award under her belt. BTW, Dana's Husband is Marine turned actor Michael Broderick. Michael has been on the show before, be sure to check out his episode. 

A perk of recording with people like Dana, she made Palmiers cookies for us, YUM. The episode is full of insight 

Floyd Landis – Redemption Comes from Within, Floyd’s of Leadville - Here's what folks forget about Floyd Landis; On 19 July, 2006, during stage 16, Floyd Landis lost the Tour de France. It was the day that everything went wrong.

The next day, Floyd had the ride of his life. He rode his heart out...on a ruined hip, he destroyed the field like few others ever did. When he needed it most, he had the ride of his life.

Ultimately, Floyd won the 2006 Tour De France, of course, the story doesn't end that way. The 2006 tour, tainted before it began, had entire teams and numerous favorites barred from competing; such was the state of cycling in the mid-aughts. 

Angelo Sisco – Keep Going, CrossFit, Alpha Hippie - Angelo Sisco is a cross-fit trainer, gym owner of O'Hare Crossfit, podcast host and people’s person. He a pioneer in the cross-fit training community.

Pete A Turner is joined by Angelo Sisco where he shares with us his life story of how from an overweight boy with a tough childhood he became one of the most successful cross-fit trainers.

Angelo turned his life around, lost 95 pounds and became happy through self-discipline and sheer focus. Now he helps others accomplish the same thing.  He teaches people how to re-learn their bodies and live a better life. He connects with them and through positive reinforcement and lessons from his own experiences 

Larry Sanger - Liberty and Freedom with Encyclopedic Information -
Larry Sanger is an internet project developer and co-founder of the Wikipedia. He's an advocate of freedom of access to encyclopedic information on the net; in particular his latest project Encyclosphere. Encyclosphere is designed to not be controlled by one entity-so Facebook, Twitter, etc can't block opposing views etc-it's more akin to the blogosphere. Larry explains is well in his video here.

Pete A Turner and Jon Leon Guerrero's discussion moves fast and covers info discussed in past visits with Larry. He points out the problems with the centralized management of a single site and how this can be abused. Larry shares his thoughts on the problem of politicization of education and how this has made a generational gap between different generations and how a more advanced and alternative education could help close this gap.

Haiku
Encyclopedic
With data that is open
Freedom of knowledge

#internet #developer #Wikipedia #encyclopedia #teacher #education
#website #knowledge #information #generations #politicization
#episode #discussion

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Dr. Robert Gioia - Getting Fit with Dentist/Doctor Rob Gioia - Dr Rob Gioia is hyper fit. His trainer is our co-host former NFL start Pete Koch. Pete and Pete A Turner host Rob to discuss Rob's passion for fitness...and the big question, why would someone go from being a dentist to being a medical doctor? 

​The book referenced in this episode is Spark available on Amazon

The bottom line for this episode is discussing fitness, health and inspiring a longer-lasting more healthy life. The problem is always the motivation, scheduling and habit-forming activity.  Rob and #thePetes pave the path for all of us to get to a more healthy place in 2020. 

Get moving! 

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#health #fitness #workout #training #doctor #exercise #epigenetics #podcast #episode #converation #life #bodybuilding

Haiku
Rob is a Dentist
But he’s also a Doctor
He does things two times

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Sammy Nestico - An American Treasure Made From Music - This episode is our gift to all of you as we drop this episode on Christmas day. Sammy Nestico is a 95-year old composer. His home genre is swing and all you have to do is hear him talk about music to get it. 

You have to watch Sammy's documentary. 

Sammy has written and arranged music for dozens of TV shows. He's worked with Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Barbara Streisand, Quincy Jones and dozens of other giants from the music industry. 

Get Sammy's book--it's PACKED with incredible stories and his documentary is absolutely 5-stars

Pete Koch - Diamonds Giving Santa Every Life is Made Better with Koch - Pete Koch is a professional actor, voice actor, former NFL player, and a fitness guru.

Want Pete Koch to train you? Head to his website and get started. 

Pete A. Turner and Pete Koch #ThePetes have a chat at Q's on Wilshire, their favorite haunt to discuss what's new with Koch.  They discuss what an actor needs to become professional. Also, how tiny details of professionalism make all the difference on set. Getting a SAG card is a critical hurdle for any actor...Pete got his by crashing and booking a truck ad.