Arroe Collins View From The Writing Instrument

In the early 1970s, playground courts across the United States were jammed with hoops buffs experimenting with showy moves and aerial shots that were changing the look and feel of a sport once stubbornly earthbound. Out of this scene emerged a pair of incomparable yet dissimilar streetball sensations both of whom would make their name in the American Basketball Association, an upstart professional league characterized as much by flamboyance as invention. Julius Erving, better known as Dr. J, became a mythical figure whose airborne acrobatics inspired an army of high-flying acolytes. Moses Malone, a down-and-dirty banger, scrambled basketball apprenticeships forever...

A poetic memoir of trauma, resilience, and the struggle to rest in a body shaped by fear? Sharmiley D. explores the lingering impact of childhood abuse, abandonment, and emotional silence—and how these early wounds can follow us into adulthood, even into the night. With lyrical prose and raw reflection, this book is for anyone who has struggled with trauma-rooted insomnia, misplaced shame, or the belief that healing must be perfect. It offers no easy answers—but it does offer compassion, clarity, and a map back to yourself, even on the nights when nothing else works.

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I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Who’s really in control of the television remote?  The man or the woman?  Plus…people who’ve been married 35 plus years, do they think about that moment of transition and if the person they’re with isn’t far behind?   I’m Arroe…  I am a daily writer.  A silent wolf.  I stand on the sidelines and do nothing but watch, listen study then activate.  I call it The Daily Mess.  A chronological walk through an everyday world.  Yes, it’s my morning writing.  As a receiver of thou...

Liberty and the American Idea calls for a national dialogue rooted in truthfulness, trustworthiness, and forbearance.  Will the United States survive as the republic envisioned by the Founders, or be torn apart by alienation, distrust, and enmity?  Do we have the fortitude and grit to learn the lessons and embrace the principles that will lead to an authentic American renewal?  This book brings together a brief history of ideas that have influenced the United States with a strategic proposal to help Americans engage in genuine dialogue about the future we want to see.  Are we willing to rise above our differe...

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I’m a daily writer of over 32 years.  A terrestrial radio and podcasts host for 46 years.  Everything I create and share through broadcasting is a personal experience. Alexa hasn’t lived a day in any decade or century yet endlessly offers information and acceleration to anyone tapping in.  Street Speak is all about making an authentic connection with a digital device and sheer know it all.  None of this is scripted.  This really is Alexa from Amazon.  You can’t predict a single word Alexa shares.  She’s AI technology.  Endlessly we are warned to never believe what she shares.  Yet it sounds ama...

-Missed Opportunity- I love sharing conversations.  Hosting requires show prep.  My podcasting platforms feature thousands of guests.  What you don’t have access to are the missed opportunities. The show prep was completed.  The conversation didn’t happen.  I keep all my notes! Paths will cross again.  Let me explain Missed Opportunity.  It’s my questions and statements without their answers.  I’m leaving open enough space at the end of each question hoping they’ll download the talk and insert their answers.Missed Opportunity is a lost piece of history.  Like a message in a bottle tossed out to sea. I hope to loca...

Are there loan companies that will now pay your rent?  How legal is that?  Plus… coffee, when comparing it to my parents in the 1950’s… who is drinking more coffee, them or us?   I’m Arroe…  I am a daily writer.  A silent wolf.  I stand on the sidelines and do nothing but watch, listen study then activate.  I call it The Daily Mess.  A chronological walk through an everyday world.  Yes, it’s my morning writing.  As a receiver of thoughts and ideas, we as people tend to throw it to the side and deal with it later.  When a subject arrives, I di...

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Banned In Sparta”- Collaborative Album with Classical Greek Poets and Modern Folk Singers Helmed by Robin BatteauRobin Batteau’s “Banned in Sparta” is a collaborative album of songs based on poems by Classical Greek poets and recorded by a number of friends Tom Paxton, Eric Andersen, Livingston and Kate Taylor, Matt Nakoa, Robin Lane, 2-time Tony winning actor James Naughton and his gifted children Keira and Greg, plus Carolyn Hester.  Robin was inspired by an Ancient Greek History class he took when he returned to Harvard during the Pandemic to finish a degree he started in the 1960s. Robin earned th...

Pod Crashing episode 452 with DJ Hesta Prynn from the podcast DJ Hesta Prynn’s Music Is Therapy. What if the song you can't stop playing isn't random?What if it's pointing to something you want - or someone you're becoming?DJ Hesta Prynn's Music Is Therapy is a podcast about identity - and how music shapes the way we see ourselves, make decisions, and move through the world.Hosted by Hesta Prynn, an NYC-based DJ and licensed therapist, each month focuses on one area of life - money, love, self-worth, relationships, career - using music not as entertainment, but as a t...

The majority of us have fallen witness to a mirage on a highway. It never feels like we can catch up to them. Or can we?

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Steven C. Law, author of the new book, THE STORY OF BOB (Feb. 16, 2026)? Steven tells the life of Reverend Robert W. Wood: a World War II veteran, ordained Christian minister, and early gay rights advocate who chose visibility at a time when silence was often the only path to survival. In 1960—nearly a decade before Stonewall—Wood published Christ and the Homosexual, a radical act that openly affirmed gay people within a religious world that overwhelmingly rejected them.Drawing from intimate interviews and deep archival research, Law traces Wood’s life from his early awareness of his identity, through wartime service, t...

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   How much of our life goes unremembered?  Plus… is it true that we only remember 20 to 30 of the days during a single year?   I’m Arroe…  I am a daily writer.  A silent wolf.  I stand on the sidelines and do nothing but watch, listen study then activate.  I call it The Daily Mess.  A chronological walk through an everyday world.  Yes, it’s my morning writing.  As a receiver of thoughts and ideas, we as people tend to throw it to the side and deal with it later...

Hulu has announced a new three-part documentary series “Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese,” from Dorothy St Pictures, directed by Clair Titley.When 16-year-old Skylar Neese vanishes from her West Virginia home, her family and community are thrown into turmoil. As the search for answers intensifies, attention turns toward Skylar’s closest friends — uncovering a tangled web of secrets, betrayal and identity. Told through social media posts, intimate interviews and Skylar’s own words, “Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese” is a gripping true-crime docuseries that immerses viewers in the emotional intensity of adolescence. From the thrill of rebellion...

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I’m CT…  When I’m not busy being Arroe the podcaster, I live in the real world.  Everybody has to have a job.  Mine is C.S.  Customer Service.  Solutions, relationships while keeping my team motivated to keep a constant connection with each guest who’s chosen to stop their day to visit our location.  Episode 216 Thanksgiving Day at a grocery store, Famous Jim Jokes and fighting shrinkage. 

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We are hell bent on trying to reach that place called a final time. Sometimes it just happens then its instantly branded the final time. Does that really mean that?

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Diana Spencer's life seemed like a fairy tale, especially when she married the future king of England and became an actual princess. But in reality, things were difficult from a very young age. Diana's love for her sons and her belief in kindness and giving kept her strong. Her hard work on behalf of so many suffering people around the world will be forever remembered.This friendly, fun biography series inspired by the PBS Kids TV show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum follows one great role model at a time, and encourages kids to dream big.Included in each bo...

Welcome back to the studio.  This is My Day of Play, where you’re taken into the real events and actions of how it happens long before the process of editing or cleaning up.  The original purpose of these episodes was to give my broadcasting students something to edit, to practice with and to call their own.  Then I realized that you are just as important.  Share the reality of how it really went.  We begin things with author Jonas Olofsson who in January of 2025 released not only a new book but view of how we smell things.  The forg...

Nashville recording artist and country singer-songwriter Whey Jennings reveals his sophomore album, Baptized By Firearriving everywhere digitally on March 27, 2026 by Dirt Rock Empire.Baptized By Fire finds the Jennings family disciple writing and singing more songs about his own life's journey as a traveling troubadour, father, and man of God who was saved in 2020 during the pandemic from a life of drug and alcohol addiction.Reflecting his artistic ambitions, Jennings co-wrote several of the songs from first time songwriting sessions with Jim "Moose" Brown (Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson, Jimmy Buffett), Tyler Booth (Josh Turner), and Whey's second duet with The Voi...

I’m a daily writer of over 32 years.  A terrestrial radio and podcasts host for 46 years.  Everything I create and share through broadcasting is a personal experience. Alexa hasn’t lived a day in any decade or century yet endlessly offers information and acceleration to anyone tapping in.  Street Speak is all about making an authentic connection with a digital device and sheer know it all.  None of this is scripted.  This really is Alexa from Amazon.  You can’t predict a single word Alexa shares.  She’s AI technology.  Endlessly we are warned to never believe what she shares.  Yet it sounds ama...

The band Genesis is a lot of things to a lot of people. For most, the name evokes memories of the popular three-piece lineup, featuring Phil Collins on lead vocals, who peppered radio with numerous Top 40 hits and MTV with music videos like “Abacab,” “That’s All,” and “Land of Confusion.” For others, they’re the pinnacle of 1970s progressive rock, led by charismatic lead singer Peter Gabriel, who left the band in 1975 and refashioned himself into a pop hit machine equal to his old band, leaving his fingerprint on pop culture with hits like “Solsbury Hill,” “Shock the Monkey,” and “Sledgehammer.” What...

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Was it just TV or did real people really sleep in twin beds pre-1960?  Plus…during the days of Moses, were they really out there 40 years?    I’m Arroe…  I am a daily writer.  A silent wolf.  I stand on the sidelines and do nothing but watch, listen study then activate.  I call it The Daily Mess.  A chronological walk through an everyday world.  Yes, it’s my morning writing.  As a receiver of thoughts and ideas, we as people tend to throw it to the side and deal wit...

Anyone who uses their voice daily loathes the idea of having morning voice. That gravely out of tune husky coughing hacking sound that says you're sick, but you aren't. Is it a bad thing? How can we utilize its presence?

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Everyday street speak and its history. This week the focus is put on shit a brick.

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When it’s extremely difficult to make up your mind.  Having the power of choice can actually weaken someone.  On this episode we’re going to explore our choice to stay or go at work.  When fun loving bosses suddenly turn into corporate freaks.  Plus…learning more about the choices you make during those down moments after creating something. I’m Arroe.  Life is a series of choices.  Who decides when you’re not making it the right choice?  Is it the fear of going wrong?  The greatest lessons in life are often lost inside hidden...