Arroe Collins View From The Writing Instrument

The aspects of her grandmother’s storytelling that strikes her as the most timeless or visionary.Madeleine L'Engle,wrote boldly about themes like individuality, love, and resistance to conformity—ideas that feel just as urgent today. In fact, these are many of the same themes that are played out in the Netflix hit series, Stranger Things. How she sees A Wrinkle in Time speaking to a modern audience.Meg Murry’s journey is ultimately about courage born from love, something we also see in the friendship and loyalty at the heart of Stranger Things. How this theme—love as a radical, wor...

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Does it really take 7 years to break down gum that’s been swallowed?  Plus…what’s the difference between science fiction and fantasy?   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.  Wh...

Grammy-winning musician Ani DiFranco explores her creativity, spirituality, and evolving consciousness.The Spirit of Ani is a captivating journey of intimate reflections with Ani DiFranco, a pathbreaking, highly original artist of our time. In this powerful collaborative work, the legendary folk-rock star and feminist icon is in conversation with author, artist, and cultural anthropologist Lauren Coyle Rosen. In these exchanges, Ani is remarkably open about her creativity, spirituality, personal experiences, and evolving consciousness. She is vulnerable and unapologetic, offering an unprecedented window into her fiercely prolific journeys.Expanding on themes from her best-selling memoir, Ani also offers fascinating reflections on...

Every forest has a story. So many of them are missing from the making of a new tomorrow. Ernie was and still is a huge part of my love for writing inside this collection of trees. Now that his body has been returned to the soil, what's next?

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Gaming has grown into one of the biggest entertainment industries in the world-bigger than movies and music combined. 2026 is packed with incredible game launches across all genres - from big blockbusters to creative indie hits. Whether you are looking for an action title, a sports game or the heavily anticipated next installment in a major gaming franchise (i.e Grand Theft Auto), PlayStation's Kristin Zitani can share which titles you should be on the lookout for this year.2026 Titles:Grand Theft Auto (All Platforms) Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is an iconic open-world, action-adventure video game series by Rockstar Games, where p...

Nationally recognized health expert and #1 NY Times bestselling author Dr. Ian Smith releases a transformative 7-week program that helps men and women finally overcome the hardest weight to lose-those last 15 pounds-and keep it off for life. The "last 15 pounds" are where most Americans get stuck, and The Last 15 finally explains why.Dr. Ian breaks down how metabolism adapts, why quick fixes backfire, and how strategic nutrition phases turn plateaus into progress. While many diets chase temporary solutions with extreme strategies, The Last 15 focuses on natural, sustainable methods backed by the latest science. Each week introduces a targeted nutritional phase-from protein optimi...

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   If opposites truly attract, why is there still war?  Plus…how do we mend areas of distraction inside a gift of attraction?   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.  Wh...

This highly anticipated 20th installment is signature Berry, an unputdownable tale steeped in real history and locations – including a kidnapped Swedish princess, a precious medieval book with a controversial backstory, unforgettable and atmospheric locations across Stockholm and Sweden, cat-and-mouse spy games involving elite agents from the US and Russia, and so much more. When the younger sister of Sweden’s King Wilhelm I is kidnapped, former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is called in to quietly investigate before the public finds out. The ransom demand?  An 800-year-old book – the Codex Gigas – the largest illuminated medieval manuscript in the world that has been ke...

-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...

Do you believe in resurrections?  They happen every day.  But are you willing to listen, to participate, to explore and find newer ways to understand your personal journey? This podcast isn’t about what we study and see through the eyes of religion. My Boy Boy Ernie spoke with me every chance we had together.  But this isn’t about resurrecting a spiritual brother of nearly 34 years.  This resurrection is that of a writing instrument. Verbal documentation of what some may call a vision quest.  Trusting the great mysteries of life.  Tools are handed to us to carve out each expectatio...

A past he can’t escape. A secret that won’t stay buried. A murder that changes everything. 
It’s 1980, a time of peace and tranquility on a legendary island off the coast of New England. Inhabiting the island is a vibrant cast of locals that includes scallopers, tradespeople, and a mysterious recluse -the wealthiest man in Massachusetts. But that peace is shattered with the murder of a prominent lawyer, a pillar of the community.

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I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Is placing a huge collection of your hair in a gravesite seen as an act of being spiritual?  Plus…a lot of American celebrities are being seen at the winter Olympics in Milan Italy…are they getting paid to appear on camera?   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 r...

When Nate is forced to leave his fabulous city life behind and move in with his grandparents after a bad breakup, he is determined to escape the confines of retirement community life and his meddlesome grandparents' relentless attempts to 'improve' him. But when his Holocaust-surviving grandfather, Saul (F. Murray Abraham), shows signs of cognitive decline and his grandmother, Miriam, refuses to acknowledge her husband's early dementia, Nate finds himself torn between his desire to flee, family responsibilities, and an unexpected romance with his grandparents' handsome doctor...

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Pod Crashing episode 445 with Nikki Richardson from the podcast The Girlfriends Untouchable. When Niko Quinn saw her favourite cousin murdered in broad daylight, her life turned upside down. She went looking for justice, but instead uncovered a dark scandal at the heart of her community: A police detective had spent decades targeting, threatening and sexually abusing black women across Kansas City Kansas. Detective Roger Golubski used the power of his badge to launch a reign of terror. He acted as if he was above the law, until Niko, and an incredible group of women, came together to take him down...

We surround ourselves with the elements that protect our four walls of foundation. Personal security is huge on our list of needs, and it requires a sense of knowing. But, in this age of major corporations failing not only consumers but their employees, walls are coming down. What are you doing to protect your path?

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Life begins for Anita in 1968 when she graduates from college, leaves her family home in Brooklyn, and moves to Greenwich Village, stepping into the revolutionary heyday of her times. Against the turbulent backdrop of charged school strikes, the Stonewall Inn and Attica uprisings, and the nascent feminist movement, Anita grapples with gang violence, job restrictions, gender stereotypes, as well as the corrosive nature of familial secrets and regrets, and, ultimately, her own evolution as a woman during and after this volatile era. As she ages, Anita asks herself and her friends the question: “Did you have the life you wanted?” prom...

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   How important is professionalism today?  It feels like everybody’s winging it.  Plus…is it such a good idea to host dress down days at work?   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...

Love Story is an upcoming biographical romance anthology television series created by Connor Hines and executive produced by Ryan Murphy. The fifth installment in the American Story media franchise, it will air on FX and FX on Hulu. The first season, John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, charts the whirlwind courtship and marriage of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.Here's the trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw2RakWShdE 

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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 Mafia expert RJ Rogers who in 2025 amped up the world with the book The Don: 36 Rules Of Bosses. Then we’re going...

Time travel is a subject we've talked about for hundreds of years. If you keep a journal or jot down important dates, you in essence are time traveling.

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Join Chet the dog, “the most lovable narrator in all of fiction” (Boston Globe), and his human partner Bernie as they scramble to solve a case exposing the dark side of internet fame.
Chet the dog is less than enthusiastic about the Little Detective Agency’s next case. Chet and his human partner, PI Bernie Little, have been hired to find a missing person—only the missing person is a cat. Miss Kitty, an internet sensation, has disappeared, and Chet and Bernie have been hired to find her before her many followers realize something is wrong.
Miss Kitty belongs...

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 film director Dean Alioto who in January of 2025 unveiled to the world The Alien Perspective. Then we’re going to spend som...

Peyton found a fresh start through music when he moved to Gainesville in 2022. After losing touch with his musical passion in his early 20s while working full-time in other jobs, he rediscovered it after visiting his father and falling in love with the town's slow pace, kind people and live music scene. Weekly gigs at Bourbon Brothers quickly earned him loyal fans, including Don and Susan Parr, who encouraged him to audition for "The Voice." Now fronting his band Quiet Fire, Peyton has become a key part of Gainesville's growing music community. He performs regularly and recently launched Sunday Serenades...

I've lived life for six decades and growing.  Alexa from Amazon hasn't stepped one foot on this planet.  This week our focus is on her presence in a Super Bowl commercial.  We openly speak about God appearing in so many famous people's conversations, numerology and lets talk music especially Yungblood.  

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Viewership Averaged More Than One Million Total Viewers Per Week for 33 RacesTotal Audience Increased 10 Percent Compared to Previous YearChampionship Race in Phoenix Drew 1,015,000 Total ViewersThe NASCAR Xfinity Series reached the finish line of its 2025 season on Saturday, November 1, with a thrilling championship race from Phoenix Raceway, wrapping its first full season on The CW Network as the most-watched in four years. Through 33 races, the NASCAR Xfinity Series averaged 1,034,000 total viewers per week, according to Nielsen, an increase of 10 percent compared to last season, as well as a seven percent gain in adults ages 18-49. The championship race, which saw Jesse...

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   When someone says you look like your mother, why do some people turn that into a negative?  Plus…so what happens the comparison to your mom take place because of you or something in your past?   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...

Podcasting is no different than broadcasting, it won't last forever. Where do the former podcasters run off to? Is there a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

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Those things that our parents say such as, "Speak of the devil." Who what where why and when did it come into play? What does it mean and are we using it correctly?

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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 the music in your head… do you plant the music there or is it a more mental exploration.  Plus…healing versus recovery, which is the better choice? 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 away attempts and concepts.  ...

The Book of Reservations is the second installment of The Ghost Table trilogy. It picks up one year after The Coat Check Girl ends. It is autumn 2000 and Miss Sylvie’s Bistrot in Greenwich Village, New York is struggling to survive. Growing pains, an unreliable clientele, and the threat of a hotshot real estate developer loom large. Josie Gray, co-owner, is confident things will turn around, while her much more pragmatic partner thinks she’s being unrealistic. She’s not. Josie has the benefit of friends on the “other side” of the veil who make her feel like everything’s going to be all right...

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Artists who create trolls inside the warmth of a collection of trees, is that seen as good or bad luck?  Plus, why do people have a tough time readjusting themselves when associated with a large crowd?   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, w...

IT'S NOT LIKE THAT is a show about two families dealing with immense loss and change, leaning on each other and their shared faith, finding a way forward together. The title is a wink to our rom com roots, but more importantly, it speaks to the essence of our show. As we move through the world, we all make assumptions about each other, misunderstand one another. We look through our own narrow lens, and that is rarely the whole or real picture. Everyone you meet is battling something you don't know about. In other words, it's not like that. There...

New Year's Day is supposed to be a moment of rejuvenation and first-time new beginnings. There's nobody in the forest! What's the message?

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A heartfelt memoir about the search for religion and identity “I’m not Jewish.” For years, that’s what David Weill told anyone who asked about his religious background. Yes, his father was a Jew who had left Nazi Germany as a boy. But his mother was a Southern Baptist. Growing up in New Orleans, religion wasn’t something his family discussed, let alone practiced. As an adult, he developed a fervent zeal and profound devotion to his work as a specialist in organ transplants. Transplantation was all he needed to define and fulfill him—until a crisis shook him to the core.