Robin Dreeke – Unbreakable Alliances
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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 of alliances, build unbreakable relationships, and achieve unparalleled success in your...
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Dan Goldbacher and Scott Weldy – OC Bird of Prey Center
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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 federally-licensed 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Orange County, CA, dedicated to treating and...
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Brad Hutchings – AI and The Median Baseball Player
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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 don't work this way. Brad notes that AIs will give loquacious answers, but the results are more...
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Matt Tardio - The Impact of Trump's Policies
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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 for Pete and Matt to cover on the Break It Down Show
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Tony Tost – Directing Movie, Poker Face and Cinema
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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 is the Show Runner for season 2 of Poker Face. This is gonna be a huge episode.
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Everett De Morier - All About Everett
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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 In-Fisherman, Florida Keys, Bride, and Parenting. De Morier is the author of Crib Notes...
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Ronnie Simpson - Yacht Racing and Open Ocean Adventures
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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 the founder of Boarder Rowers and Power Rowing of Brookline Mass. Ronnie Simpson is a...
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Howard Blum – When the Night Comes Falling
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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 mysterious murders of the four University of Idaho students. Having covered this case from its start,...
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Dan McLaughlin – The New York Mets and Donald Trump
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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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Larry Sanger – Why I am A Christian
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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 an Orthodox faith in 2025. From Larry's Blog, "It is finally time for me to confess and...
info_outlineBrad 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 don't work this way. Brad notes that AIs will give loquacious answers, but the results are more fantasy than fact. Then a funny test happens...what happens when you ask an AI, while offline, to reference an online resource...well...AI does a performance of giving an answer. This is a fun one.