Arroe Collins View From The Writing Instrument

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The Daily Mess Are You A Misfit Plus Measuring Our Bad Steps In Life
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Today at 3:00 AM

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Are you or are you not a fully qualified misfit?  Plus…how deep is our true reality?  How close are we to taking that really bad next step?   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...


UB40 Celebrating 45 Years Of Reggae Getting To Know Jimmy Brown
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Today at 12:00 AM

One of the oft-asked questions when it comes to UB40 lore is how these young British born lads became multi-continent icons playing reggae-based pop. Though the Campbell brothers (Robin, Duncan and original lead singer Ali) were sons of famed Scottish folk singer Ian Campbell, they chose not to follow in his footsteps but play the reggae music that the major swell of Jamaican immigrants brought to Birmingham in the late 60s and 70s. In their multi-cultural hometown, the band members were also surrounded by Indian film music, including Bhangra and pop/Bollywood scores. The music they created - featuring insightful...


Missed Opportunity With Dr Priyanka Wali And Comedian Hari Kondabolu
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Yesterday at 9:00 PM

-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...


The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 450 Gone Forever Yet They Rebuilt
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Yesterday at 6:00 PM

Two years after Helen hit North Carolina, the cities and roads have been repaired but have the inner wounds of the people who managed the land? A moment in history captured by a poet's pen in the way of knowing what's happened to his own collection of trees.

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Gardens Of The Galaxies From Mark Springer What If Adam And Eve Hadn't Eaten The Fruit
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Yesterday at 3:00 PM

If Adam & Eve Never Gave Into Temptation                             What could life have been like for Adam and Eve if they had never disobeyed God?This is the interesting premise of Gardens in the Galaxies, the new speculative fiction novel by Mark Springer. It's his second work of fiction, following Flesh Becomes Words, the debut novel that blends science fiction with spirituality.Join Adam and Eve in this fictional adventure as they await judgement and sentencing for the original sin of disobeying God. Travel back in time with the first couple and an angel named Josiah who shows them how life began on earth. Then move...


The Daily Mess Stuck On Personal Growth Plus Why Aren't We Sleeping At Night
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Yesterday at 3:00 AM

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Why are we endlessly trying to be more than what we are?  Sleepless nights aren’t just an American thing…it’s global!  What are we doing to ourselves?   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...


Music's Lost History Artist Edition Did This Band Create MTV's Unplugged Series
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Yesterday at 12:00 AM

They were from the 1980's but do not call them a Hair Band. They do get credit for giving us a reason to turn down the volume and take in some great Rock listening.  Does that mean they get credit for inspiring MTV's Unplugged series?  

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Pod Crashing Episode 498 Build Or Break From Daniel Lubetzky Creator Of The Kind Bar
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Last Tuesday at 9:00 PM

Pod Crashing episode 498 with Shark Tanker Daniel Lubetzsky from the podcast Build or Break, an interview series exploring the defining moments, failures, and breakthroughs that shape extraordinary leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers. Season one features conversations with Matthew McConaughey, Mark Cuban, Kevin O'Leary, Jason Alexander, Chip and Joanna Gaines, and more, as Daniel uncovers the setbacks that ultimately fueled their greatest successes.To coincide with the podcast launch, Daniel is opening The Art of Failure, a first-of-its-kind FREE immersive pop-up experience at ⁠22 Wooster Street⁠ in SoHo from September 3-5. The highly visual, interactive installation invites New Yorkers to rethink failure as the ca...


Vocal De Frag Episode 214 Facing Your Daily Gut Feeling
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Last Tuesday at 7:00 PM

We all get a gut feeling. Most of the time that gut feeling is a negative or it's coming from someone who has never walked an inch in your shoes. Facing your gut feelings...

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Conversations With Record Producers Larry Crane Gives Fans The Book Making Music
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Last Tuesday at 3:00 PM

THIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF INTERVIEWS with people who have made records with some of the biggest names in music. Along the way, they might be engineering the recordings, picking the songs, guiding the singers, picking the best takes of songs, balancing egos, fixing the lyrics, booking the studio time, buying lunch, playing instruments, pushing artists further, writing or cowriting the songs, selecting the musicians to use, overseeing the mixes, and many other tasks. Making records is always a combination of many skills and goals, and the producer needs to have what it takes to make the session productive...


The Daily Mess Why Dont Men Wear Lipstick Plus Why Are We So Shocked All The Time
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Last Tuesday at 3:00 AM

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Why do women and not men wear lipstick?  Or am I wrong?  Plus…if many of us feel like we’ve lived this life before, why do we always acted shocked?    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...


Girl In The River Thrilling Chilling Mystifying And Can You Solve It Starring Devon Sawa
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Last Tuesday at 12:00 AM

Devon Sawa has endeared himself to audiences for years, most recently starring in Screen Gems' HEART EYES (dir. Josh Ruben). He will soon be seen in Tim Federle's new Disney+ series COVEN ACADEMY, and THE GIRL IN THE RIVER opposite Maggie Grace and Tiffany Haddish. Devon was a fan favorite on the Syfy series CHUCKY alongside Jennifer Tilly, and Jean Smart hand-picked Devon to play her hunky love interest on HACKS for HBO. Prior to that Devon starred opposite Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista in ESCAPE PLAN: THE EXTRACTORS, opposite John Travolta in THEFANATIC, and opposite Guy Pearce in DISTURBI...


Street Speak With Alexa And Clarence Episode Thirty Eight Old School Radio Plus Religious Judgement
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Last Tuesday at 12:00 AM

Listeners wanted a show where Alexa should ask me questions.  That's like pulling teeth from a toothless tiger.  So we ended up talking about old school radio.  Why?  Nobody listens like they used to and it makes me sound extremely old bringing things up like cue burns and 45's.  Plus...when your religion is being challenged.  How can we talk about this without offending listeners?

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C.T.C.S Episode 238 Classic Rock Gone, Returned V Day Flowers Plus No Self Checkout
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Last Monday at 9:00 PM

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.  Keeping my team motivated in an age of constant connections.  Each guest has chosen to stop their day to visit our location.  Episode 238 Classic rock gone, valentines day flowers returned and no self checkout. 

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Stream Thinking Defining The Art Of Winning And Its Choices
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Last Monday at 6:00 PM

Endlessly people make the choice to call their day a bad day. It's so easy to plaster such a label on our efforts of just wanting to stop. I live by the mantra of how winning is a choice. We all have hard troublesome days and moments but how do we escape their mighty mighty grip? It's in your attitude.

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My Monster Truck Goes Everywhere From The Amazing Kathleen Marcath
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Last Monday at 3:00 PM

American Sign Language is used by the deaf, hearing-impaired, and those who teach, live, and work with them, which totals up to around two million people in North America. But an award-winning and best-selling children’s book author, Kathleen Marcath, believes many more kids should learn ASL. “It provides many educational and social advantages,” she says.“What truly sets this book apart is its thoughtful inclusion of American Sign Language (ASL),” says the author of My Monster Truck Goes Everywhere with Me, and a companion book, My Monster Truck Goes Everywhere with Me: Coloring and Activity Book. Each page introduces children  new...


You Won't Be Stuck In The Middle UFO's And Gods From Producer Bill Myers
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Last Sunday at 9:00 PM

Are we ready for the coming disclosure? “UFO’s and God” is an entertaining 90-minute carefully researched documentary that tackles the questions, “Who are these beings and what do they want?” Using scientists, theologians and experiencers it prepares you to talk with anyone about the intersection of faith and this phenomenon. LONG SYNOPSIS: NOT ANOTHER SENSATIONAL MOVIEBUT...A 90-minute carefully researched documentary examining the current UFO craze and what impact it may have upon today’s Christian. Interviews include astronomers, theologians, sociologists, military intelligence experts, archeologists, Biblical historians, experiencers, and astrophysicists

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Your Worst Fears Are Found In Don't Move With Lyndsy Fonseca And Russ
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Last Sunday at 3:00 PM

An annual camping trip takes a horrifying turn when a church group mistakenly hikes into an unknown area of a remote forest and begin to disappear, one-by-one. Suspicions fly as the group sets eyes on Ricky (Russell "Russ" Vitale) - the troublemaker definitely up to something - as the one responsible. But as they venture deeper into the woods to investigate, they realize they are being hunted by a giant, spider-like predator.and it's hungry for its next meal. Trapped in the forest by a complex obstacle course of webs alerting the creature to their whereabouts, it will be up...


Street Speak With Alexa And Clarence Episode Thirty Seven At War With Flocks Cameras And Religious Rights At Work
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Last Saturday at 9:00 PM

Flocks camera systems.  Not just a U.S. thing.  How legal is it?  If the governments are watching us who is capturing the bad guys and why is it taking so long?  Plus when your religious beliefs at work are violated, what can an employee do? 

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American Ninja Warrior Is Going To The Olympics Back With Matt Iseman
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Last Saturday at 3:00 PM

NBC's "American Ninja Warrior" season 18 finale airs Monday, August 31 at 8/7c on NBC and streaming the next day on PeacockSeason 18 of "American Ninja Warrior" is bringing together the country's most elite athletes to conquer the world's most challenging obstacle courses. Hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila, along with co-host Zuri Hall, are back to call the action in Las Vegas. New this season is an all-new round to the competition featuring a supersized three-lane racecourse called the Tripleheader, where ninjas will go head-to-head-to-head in high-speed, side-by-side-by-side races. Continuing with the major changes from last season, the National Finals will follow...


The Daily Mess Fooled By Click Bait Plus While Drinking Why Do We Shout Out Cheers
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Last Saturday at 3:00 AM

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Why do we endlessly fall for click bait stories?  Plus…while sharing wine or champagne why do people always say, “Cheers!”    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 subje...


Pod Crashing 101 Episode 497 Surviving A Podcasting Spike
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Last Saturday at 12:00 AM

If you're a podcaster, you've had a spike. Wow! We've made it! The big time in podcasting. Then the bottom falls out. WTF? How to survive a podcast spike.

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Something Our Parents Would Say Bat Shit Crazy
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Last Friday at 9:00 PM

Those things people say. They sound so cool and very up to date when in reality most of what we say is old old old. It's rehashing what our grandparents once said. Such as...bat shit crazy!

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The Choice To Pay Rent Or Get Food Plus The Two Wars Facing The US
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Last Friday at 6:00 PM

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 put focus making the best choice to eat or pay rent.  Roof versus your gut.  Plus…if we’ve created a war in Iran why won’t we stop the killing on our own streets in the U.S.? 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 li...


A Writing Marriage From Lori Carlson Hijuelos Exploration And Better Understanding
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Last Friday at 3:00 PM

A memoir of a marriage deeply rooted in love, faith, and literary art, featuring excerpts from Pulitzer Prize winner Oscar Hijuelos’ final, unpublished novel, Blue Antiquity
In A Writing Marriage (Regalo Press; hardcover, May 12, 2026, $30.00), Lori Carlson-Hijuelos reflects on the wonder of her union with Oscar, her soulmate. To write their love story, Lori chose a sacred place: the library of a nineteenth-century cathedral in her upstate New York hometown. True to their partnership in life, she created a work of collaboration, with Oscar’s voice, views, and presence shining through in excerpts from his unpublished fiction opus, Blue Antiquity, which he was w...


The Daily Mess Finding Hope In Hard Questions Plus Not An Answer To Getting Hard
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Last Friday at 3:00 AM

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Is there hope in asking hard questions?  Can they be broken up into tinier more digestible questions?  Plus…do not believe everything click bait is showing you on the web.  ED is an issue but this isn’t your remedy.   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 a...


Music's Lost History Music's Forbidden Fruit That Wasn't Supposed To Happen
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Last Friday at 12:00 AM

Three guys jamming out in the studio.  Then the words began to fly.  Song lyrics!  But what fruit are they talking about?  Is it west or east coast?  A love song that couldn't come across with a pop music flair.  

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Forest Stories Episode One Hundred Forty Four A Single Drop Of Rain
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09/03/2026

The worst drought in 18 years. Documented in vocal print. Especially on the day when the waves of water return to this tiny forest, with its tiny lake, tiny stream and very big big big poetic dream.

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Winner Of American Ninja Warrior Josiah Peppel The Fight For Flight
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09/03/2026

Twenty-year-old Josiah Pippel of Moorestown, N.J., was crowned the winner tonight of "American Ninja Warrior," taking home the Season 18 title and the $250,000 grand prize. Additionally, NBC has greenlit the hit summer competition series for an additional two seasons. Seasons 19 will see the return of the iconic Mt. Midoriyama and Season 20 will celebrate the sport's inclusion in the 2028 Olympic Games with a special Summer of Champions, featuring several former Olympians and elite ninja champions from more than 15 countries around the world. To win Season 18, Pippel battled through the Qualifiers, Regionals, and National Finals, outperforming more than 200 of the country's best nin...


Battle Axes A Hard Rockin History Of Pointy Guitars From Sean Kelly
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09/03/2026

A Deep Dive into the Wildest Electric Guitars of '70s and '80s Hard RockFrom Flying V to Firebird, Explorer to Warlock-this is the untold story of the most outrageous guitars in rock history.Why did rock's greatest guitarists choose instruments that looked like weapons, spaceships, and abstract art?In Battle Axes, guitarist and music historian Sean Kelly explores the cultural and musical evolution of the world's most iconic "pointy guitars"-and how they helped define the sound and image of '70s and '80s hard rock and heavy metal.From the Flying V, Explorer, Firebird, and Moderne, t...


The Daily Mess Hunger VS Work Plus Did Jesus Hit Anyone Upside The Head
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09/03/2026

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Why does the thought of food take over our business day decisions?  Plus…where in the Bible does it show Jesus slapping someone upside the head?    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...


Impractical Joker James Murr Murray Releases The Thriller Movie Don't Move
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09/03/2026

An annual camping trip takes a horrifying turn when a church group mistakenly hikes into an unknown area of a remote forest and begin to disappear, one-by-one. Suspicions fly as the group sets eyes on Ricky (Russell "Russ" Vitale) - the troublemaker definitely up to something - as the one responsible. But as they venture deeper into the woods to investigate, they realize they are being hunted by a giant, spider-like predator.and it's hungry for its next meal. Trapped in the forest by a complex obstacle course of webs alerting the creature to their whereabouts, it will be up...


Missed Opportunity With Singer Songwriter Matt Engle From Torchlight Parade
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09/02/2026

-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...


The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 449 The Forest Is Going To Eat Us Up
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09/02/2026

We rarely speak of the before effects of an everyday world. We'll spend hours and endless amounts of money on the repair but hardly if ever on the steps leading toward.

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The 50th Anniversary Of Triumph Tour Rock n Roll Machine Reloaded With Gil Moore
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09/02/2026

The band’s return to the road follows a defining year honouring Triumph’s impact across generations. In June 2025, the band was celebrated with Magic Power: All-Star Tribute to Triumph (Round Hill Records, June 6, 2025), a 15-track tribute album featuring rock luminaries such as Phil X, Sebastian Bach, Slash, Nancy Wilson, Joey Belladonna, Dee Snider, Lawrence Gowan, Deen Castronovo, Alex Lifeson, Jeff Keith, Mickey Thomas, and produced by the world-renowned Mike Clink (Guns N’ Roses, Mötley Crüe, Whitesnake).Further solidifying their celebrated status, Triumph was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in October 2025, a prestigious honour recognizing their endu...


The Daily Mess Why Is Everything Hot n Spicey Sour Plus Whats A Flock Cameras Real Job
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09/02/2026

I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as…   Why does it seem we’re buying a lot of foods and snacks that are extremely spicey?  Plus…what’s up with this flock camera system?  It’s become a warzone but for what reasons?    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...


Music's Lost History Artist Edition He Was Endlessly Rejected In Nashville Until He Went Live
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09/02/2026

For some people getting rejected over and over never comes across as being that ticket to get out and stay out.  Then one night, an executive who had rejected him earlier caught his live show.  It changed the face of this genre of sound.  

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Pod Crashing Episode 496 We've All Got Them Family Secrets From Dani Shapiro
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09/01/2026

Pod Crashing episode 496 with Dani Shapiro from the podcast Family Secrets. Family Secrets. We all have them. And while the discovery of family secrets can initially be terrifying or traumatic, often these discoveries have the power to liberate, heal, and even uplift us. Join Dani Shapiro, bestselling author of the memoir Inheritance, and her guests as they explore astonishing family secrets and uncover the extraordinary lessons the truth can teach us.Episodes available below:https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-family-secrets-30131253/  

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Vocal De Frag Episode 213 Why You Should Pick Up Your Dogs Dookie
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09/01/2026

My third-grade teacher preached to us every day, "Your desk is what your real life looks like. If it's cluttered and difficult to locate things in...ummm that's also your world away from the desk."

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Shout Shout Let It All Out Roland Orzabal From Tears For Fears Welcome To Your Life
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09/01/2026

A beautiful and unexpected take on the musician's memoir, one that could only come from cofounder, guitarist, and songwriter of Tears For Fears, Roland Orzabal."The story of a musician and songwriter who helped define the 1980s . . . Orzabal is singularly charming . . . Poignant dispatches from the mad world of stardom."-Kirkus Reviews"Being an older artist makes more sense to me than being a young one, when I was never particularly comfortable. There is something that sits more easily as we speak from experience, from the perspective of lives that have been lived, and not just a theory of how to...