Break It Down Show

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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,...

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🎙️ 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...

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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...

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Soumen Sarkar is a philosophical architect and technical product director, with 30 years of experience in Retail, internet, and telecommunications software. His expertise includes software engineering, system architecture, technical people development, product and program management. Soumen's colleagues describe him as a driven, resourceful individual who maintains a positive, proactive attitude when faced with adversity. Co-host for this episode Brad Hutchings, would describe him as the guy who brings the goods to any discussion on LinkedIn. Soumen just shows up and elevates the discussion...

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Mike Cote returns to the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner to discuss current events in the realm of US foreign policy. The recent NATO conference as well as the failure of the MOU between Iran and the US provides a wide canvas on which the fellas can paint. If we catch a break Dr Amber Brittain-Hale will join in as we discuss how the world sees and communicates about foreign policy. Be sure to follow both Mike and Amber on X at @ratlstates and @drbrittainhale

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Pete Horne is a food broker from Southern California. His company Sunwest Sales, is a decades old compnay that breaks brands that you reach for every day. Here's more on Sunwest's mission: Sunwest Sales collaborates with each principal to focus sales attention on areas that best serve the strategy and vision needed to achieve your goals. We have the experience and skills necessary to achieve all sales objectives, brand strategies and corporate directives. Areas we cover for you include: management, sales, merchandising, customer service, deductions and marketing. Our knowledgeable sales and...

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MOTHERMARY makes retro-futuristic Art Pop. Named after the mother of Christ, the ultimate symbol of religious hypocrisy and the impossible expectations placed on women, the bicoastal project is the brainchild of identical twins Elyse & Larena, who grew up in a Mormon family in Missoula, Montana, the youngest of nearly a dozen children. “It was our world… our paradigm,” Larena says about those days. “We were brainwashed.” Check out MotherMary at mothermary.band   Elyse was the first to get out and started MOTHERMARY in her bushwick bedroom in early 2016. After leaving...

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Chris Coglianese is back on the Break It Down Show talking about Texas, its policies and politics. Chris has served as a Texas Judge, which means he's the legal authority over the election at a polling place within his county. Beyond that, Chris is a seasoned veteran with lots of deployment time. Pete and Chris are likely to discuss how the various US ventures abroad are progressing. This is Chris' 2nd appearance on the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner

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🎙️ Getting The Gig welcomes Digital Black, Todd White & Alan Healy Some collaborations are more than just songs—they're full-circle moments. Today's conversation brings together three artists whose journeys helped shape different chapters of R&B history, each leaving a lasting imprint on the genre in their own way. Digital Black first earned his place in R&B history as a founding member of Playa, one of the standout groups to emerge from DeVante Swing's Da Bassment camp alongside future icons including Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Ginuwine, and Static Major. A respected singer,...

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Speech has successfully balanced creative innovation, social impact, and entrepreneurial leadership. As the founder and frontman of the groundbreaking hip-hop group Arrested Development, he helped redefine the sound and message of rap with Grammy-winning hits and award-winning videos that emphasized unity, culture, and positive change. Decades later, his influence continues to reach audiences around the world. In addition to touring (he just played Bottle Rock in our backyard) and developing new creative projects, Speech is a sought-after keynote speaker, sharing his insights on leadership,...