Still Sixteen

Listen to "Still Sixteen" on Spreaker. October 30, 2020 Wow here we are! Google Maps says this is where we’re supposed to be. A huge moon in the sky at 4:30 this morning. The stars acting like an incredible backup band. And we get an extra hour of sleep this weekend? The little things make beautiful days! Gratefulness doesn’t just happen. It needs to be practiced. It needs to be activated and if you don’t show up then you need to be held accountable. All the things that make you grateful require energy from a different source and it needs to be recognized. We’ve made it too easy to locate everything that’s wrong in the world. Too much of our time is spent trying to repair what we’ve declared broken. I get it! Nobody wants to be looked upon as being a thrift shop. Who wants to be second hand news or an antique road show? We are convinced that every day is supposed to be new and improved. Yet we keep eating the same food. Watching the same television shows and complaining about the very things we did one to two years ago without investing anytime in helping to change it. You do realize there’s gonna come a day when we’ll meet for coffee and one of us is going to ask, “Do you remember eighteen years ago when that Covid 19 shut down the planet” What we’re allowing ourselves to live out daily is food for an already poisoned self. Changing your lifestyle means being aware of what you say not only to yourself but others! It’s too easy to be a Debbie Downer. Insert bad news here and then point a finger at who we assumed put us in that state of mind. Umm winning is a choice. So is sitting around complaining about politics, religion and a pandemic. Every person around us is built the same. Gotta get us some negative. It’s easier to complain then it is to change. I’m not embarrassed to say that the current state of the world put me behind a cash register at a grocery store. I get to talk with you. Listen to your stories. Laugh a lot and send you home in a better mood. A man said to me yesterday, “You must be new here. All this positive energy will soon wear off.” Not a negative. It’s awareness. A reminder to keep the ship moving forward. Being on the radio kept me away from your facial expressions. Being at a grocery store makes memories that can be carried into future conversations. Maybe this really is my dream job. If you could only feel the experience when a grumpy tired person steps up and within a minute or two we’re talking like two best friends. Find your real dream job. Careers are what we did before Covid 19 shut down everything.

Unplugged And Totally Uncut Friday October 30th

Today Friday October 30th on Unplugged and Today Uncut Barbara Res, was the first woman put in charge of a skyscraper in New York. She was thirty-three at the time . . . half the size of most of these bruising guys, but she wasn't afraid to tell them off when she had to, and she knew how to get things done. Her new book is Donald Trump Tower of Lies. 7am post time There are three new movies out this weekend and Ryan Jay is ready to review them. The Craft, Come Play and His House. 10am post time Did you know Night Of The Living Dead is now an out loud extremely fun and funny live stage performance with a mind blower soundtrack? Jordan Wolfe is the creator. 1pm post time Then we’re playing it forward with Chris Golden who’s currently in Madagascar doing something that will probably infect your life. He’s a Virus Hunter which can be watched on National Geographic. We hit it strong as to what to expect and how to protect. 4pm post time https://www.spreaker.com/show/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut

Believing In Nothingness

Listen to "Believing In Nothingness" on Spreaker. October 29, 2020 Inventing sentences. I love sharing conversations with comedians that built their careers around an improv stage. They believe in turning the moment of “Now” into a connection. Inventing sentences is craftsmanship. It can take years to finely tune every string. Yet when you page through social media you fall witness to a lot of invented sentences that have a stinging effect on your emotional journey. Without daily writing my pages would sit empty. It’s learning how to physically trust the energy of the initial thought. It inspires the mental images to take shape. Not just writers but every walk of life requires each participant to find trust in “Nothingness.” To be without thought. Only to bring forward a process of connections. Most people walk away of the journey saying things like, “I’ve got nothing. I’m out of here.” I honestly look at the Covid crisis as being that single moment in history where the entire world was thrown into "Nothingness” and look how far the newer paths are reaching! Believe in your “Nothingness”. Amazing things grow from having a cleared heart and mind. We’re all consumed with too much information which in so many circles demands that you have an action to their reaction. The present day open space of “Nothingness” provides your ambition with the needed energy to either sort things out or take a step outside your protective self-governing self. To be seen as something you never thought you’d do. To participate with a layer of unexpected creative energy that was bombarded by your old self. The one that was trapped at a job that demanded 12 hours a day. It wasn’t your career. You being there was all about those who hired you. It was their career. Thanks for you time. Here’s a pink slip. Look it easily fits into a frame! “Nothingness.” Any page, canvas, song, movie, TV show to having a friend to friend conversation would sit empty without your investment of having faith in “Nothingness”. New ideas. New dreams. New ambitions and progress. Your heart generates endless amounts of character and a personality. You have plenty of selfies of who you used to be. Clear your mind and allow “Nothingness” give you the new air required to make yourself stronger than yesterday.

Unplugged and Totally Uncut Thursday October 29th

Today Thursday October 29th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut. Marissa Sebastian has just released a new book that unveils the women of history that kept their pace and made a huge difference many generations down the road. Girls Can. 7am post Deana Carter loves her Country Music while falling deeply in love with making movies. Her latest A Very Country Christmas Homecoming is ready to rock your world starting Sunday. 10am post The music worlds Willie Taylor and Shanda Denyce knew their marriage needed some attention. Why not take it to Marriage Boot Camp Hip Hop Edition? 1pm post Then we're Playing It Forward with the nations most loved veterinarian Dr Jeff Young from Rocky Mountain Vet. And yes we do get really serious about how your pets can get Covid 19. 4pm post. https://www.spreaker.com/show/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut

To Get By

Listen to "To Get By" on Spreaker. October 28, 2020 I still hear the conversations my parents had with me as a child, “What is it going to take to get you to shut up in class? Your teachers claim you talk too much!” When I finally learned how to simmer down is when I picked up my need to write. I still have the stories penciled into place while sporting a pair of second grader shoes. Writing has always been my voice. It’s not always easy to throw down thoughts. My discipline is to be present on the page at 4:30 every morning. Some crazy stuff is always churning. You may not know it but we all walk into walls of words. Constantly and endlessly hearing things and playing things out. It’s as if we’re getting ready for something that doesn’t want to be identified. A wall of words. Not always mine. Especially these days. News reels playing over and over. Friends and co-workers from our past leaping into play mode like subliminal messages designed to break us down. The daily goal for all of us should be to remain focused. These dimly lit often cloudy untouched new steps of experience are leaping out to a horizon only the naked eye can see. Eight months of quarantine and it’s gotten old to just show up. To play along. To allow the atmosphere of the greatest mystery of our time to consume every breath available. Unlocking the blocked. Freeing up the creative flow so that all things hear music. It’s time to help heal the silenced soul. In moments like this I envision my daughter calmly looking at her children and saying, “Use your words. Its best if I know what you’re thinking.” For all of us there’s too much to deal with. We feel as if there’s not enough room to build new foundations of hope and ability. We’ve got this right? This? What is this? Standing next to a wall of words it could take on the shape of anything. We’ve got this. What is this? We must remain disciplined. Focused on walking. Which is a valuable lesson learned while growing faithfully into a third degree black belt. Focus on walking. We weren’t trained to take things out with the foot fist way. The black belt path is making sure you don’t put yourself in places where you think you may need to use the tools. Uncertain times put so many people on the edge of a cliff unseen by those who make up your circle. Unless you use your words the human heart naturally thinks we’ve got this. What is your this?

Unplugged and Totally Uncut October 28th

Today Wednesday October 28th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut. Kwame Mbalia's released a new book. It brings forward African history by way of utilizing the strength of super heroes. Tristan Strong Destroys The World. 7am post Comedian Voice Over actor Lucky Yates from Archer 10am post MTV's Travis Mills is back to talk about Ghosted and we're aren't talking Halloween 1pm post Then we're Playing It Forward with Jeff Plate from Trans Siberian Orchestra. The band is preparing for a holiday performance like no other and we go all out with the experience. 4pm post https://www.spreaker.com/show/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut

Unplugged and Totally Uncut Tuesday October 27th

Today Tuesday October 27th these are my guests on Unplugged and Totally Uncut. The conversations will post at these times. Rick Riordan has turned the young adult readers world upside with the Apollo series. His final book is Tower Of Nero. 7am Peter Frampton returns to bring his story and music forward 10am Tate Brusa was part of season 8 of NBC's The Voice 1pm Then we'll Play It Forward with Rick Ness from Gold Rush 4pm https://www.spreaker.com/show/994165/episodes/feed