Arroe Collins

Thanks for being part of the conversation I am the Poet In The Forest. A children series I penned out in the 1990s. None of it would be possible if it wasn’t for this forest in South Charlotte, NC. I talk about it so much that I thought maybe it’s time you get to meet all that inspires me. Thanks for being part of the conversation

Hey it’s Arroe. Pod Fest brings together three different conversations from musicians, authors, doctors environmentalists or cooks in their own kitchen. It’s real people with real stories. Pod Fest 67 We kick things off with a way of life that starts with a seed. The beautiful and wonder pistachio with Dr. Mike Rousell. Then we’re going to get a free tour of what it’s like to be a movie author with Dwayne Epstein. Our third conversation is all about locating peace and calm and who better to be our guide then actor Ed Begley Jr. Pod Fest 67

For the first time ever, agave spirits (made from Mexico’s agave plant such as tequila and mezcal) will outsell vodka in U.S. bars this year, becoming the #1 selling liquor category. And sales for Mezcal in particular, (often referred to as tequila’s smokier cousin) have soared, making it the fastest-growing spirit in North America.

According to a new research report about the skyrocketing growth of mezcal, part of its popularity is due to consumers’ fascination with Mexican cuisine and culture. Others note that more and more people are developing an appreciation for premium artisanal spirits and are drawn to mezcal’s unique flavor profile. Whatever the reason, the hottest bars and restaurants across the country now feature mezcal cocktails on their menus. Previously viewed as an up-and-coming spirit, mezcal has gone mainstream and 2024 is poised to be its biggest year yet.

FORCE OF NATURE is a well-researched and timely free verse novel on the life, inspiration, and impact of Rachel Carson. Carson is the naturalist, marine biologist, and author of Silent Spring, whose work is credited with bringing much-needed urgency and action to the global environmental conservation movement. Burg began writing Carson's story in response to her nagging worry over our ailing planet. As an intrepid researcher looking into climate change, she discovered it was impossible to research the environment without coming across the words and warnings of Rachel Carson: Man is a part of nature and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself. Who was Rachel Carson? Where did she find her courage? How did she forge her path to define the global climate movement as we know it by writing Silent Spring? FORCE OF NATURE answers those questions and more in brilliant free verse written for young scientists, environmentalists, feminists, and students.

Thank you for being part of the conversation. This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 616 with author Ridley Pearson. You’ve likely heard of Ridley Pearson as the Edgar-nominated author of over sixty novels including two New York Times #1 bestsellers. The Fulbright fellow who plays in a band with Stephen King, Dave Barry, Amy Tan and Scott Turow is also the author of KINGDOM KEEPERS INHERITANCE: VILLAINS' REALM, the second in a trilogy for middle grade readers which follows young heroes to Disney parks around the world. The first volume has sold over a million copies. With the help of Cinderella's very own Fairy Godmother-the notorious FGM as she's known in this world-they set out to stop Ursula-jumping from Epcot to Disneyland to Disneyland Paris, where the ultimate battle between good and evil plays out.

"Ali Smith's The Ballad of Speedball Baby is a sometimes-harrowing ride poetically described in neon prose. Ali takes me to places I've been myself as a fellow 'woman of the road' and rocked and rolled. She brings it all back home so vividly with humor, originality, and love-and 'oh-yeah-that-happened-to-me-too' truthfulness. Like the touring band's rite of passage: crashing in a stranger's house in Where-am-I? USA and barely escaping with your life and bass guitar.or bartending in an East Village dive bar. It's a special experience being a Woman in Rock, and as Ali's story unfolds, she'll bring you along for the trip of your life." -- Kate Pierson, the B-52's A Stylist Magazine (UK) Pick of Best New Nonfiction A Kobo Pick of Best Book of the Month in Biographies & Memoirs The Ballad of Speedball Baby is the thrilling, darkly hilarious, and heart-wrenchingly vulnerable story of Ali Smith's coming-of-age in '90s New York as she commits to the messy, exhilarating life of a musician and must survive the slings and arrows society reserves for women who refuse to comply.As an only child reeling from the demolition of her parents' toxic marriage, the New York City underground music scene offers a young Ali a different family of misfits and talented outsiders to belong to. She becomes the bass player for edgy band Speedball Baby, a decision that will take her around the world-from onstage at the legendary CBGBs to the red-light district of Amsterdam. She's often the only girl in a broken-down tour van, being strip-searched at the Croatian border, chased by lunatics, and navigating the seedy underbelly of a male-dominated music scene full of addiction, violence, and misogyny-all while keeping her sharp wit and dark humor intact. Rimmed with heavy black eyeliner and smelling faintly of cheap booze, The Ballad of Speedball Baby is a pulse-quickening, unpredictable ride through the '90s music scene-alternately terrifying, hilarious, and painfully evocative-as well as a love letter to the power of female solidarity

Hey it’s Arroe. Pod Fest brings together three different conversations from musicians, authors, doctors environmentalists or cooks in their own kitchen. It’s real people with real stories. Pod Fest 66 We kick things off with a true lover of all animals The Incredible Dr. Pol from Natl Geo Wild. Then we’re going to get a little real with U.S. soldier and author of A Patriot’s Promise Israel Del Toro. Our third conversation is all about music and the touring that comes with it. From the 1980’s group Wang Chung the one and only Jack Hues. Pod Fest 66

IN THEORY is a Muscle Shoals-style Led Zeppelin. A swampy gritty version of Soundgarden, all laced with powerhouse hard-rock vocals and an attitude that screams rock n roll. With In Theory you get a new style and sound unto itself that captures you in a way that leaves you wanting much more.​IN THEORY is bringing something exciting to the table for listeners to engage with. As a band they are not typical or easy to put in a box, they are unique and diverse. Combining the musical ingredients from their pasts, In Theory is a band to easily get excited about. Over the years they have worked with many of the top musicians in the world from Victor Wooten, Vinnie Appice, Rob Morgenstein, Jared James Nichols and more. IN THEORY is currently working with famed director Juan Ibanez on a new music video and music that will release in the summer of 2023.

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 guests who’s chosen to stop their day to visit our location. Episode 118 New Years Eve Weekend, Taco Tradition and Not Doing Reflections This is C.T.C.S.

Pod Crashing Episode 298 with Jen Smith and Jill Sirianni From Frugal Friends. It's the start of a new year. Good time to think about budgeting, new year financial goals, and practical financial advice. That's where Frugal Friends comes in. Controlling your spending is hard to do. On every episode of Frugal Friends, we'll try to help you gain a little more control on one aspect of the countless directions your money is being pulled toward through frugality and a few laughs. If you're trying to save money, spend less, adopt minimalism, pay off debt or reach financial independence, we think you'll like the show. Episodes here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-frugal-friends-podcast-87491591/

The geography speaks for itself. The bad guys are just kilometers away, across the river. We are the only international (or locals) with a brick and mortar office downtown, for them to go for help. No assistance from govt unless elderly, and the assistance they get is shit.

Office safe from “normal” shelling (tank fire, most mortars). Glide bombs and attack drones are new since Ukrainians landed on other side and have beachhead. Quietly, that is a total massacre over there — poorly kept secret here. can’t do much about the big stuff … if we get hit with a glide bomb we’re fucked. I like our chances.

Mon wed Friday the FREE STORE AT THE FRONT is open at our office. Basic foods medicines hygiene and winter clothes. Mondays we run bread into insanely dangerous places by the Antonivky bridge, do other stuff like that. Off the radar. For city admin. We are an important “off the books asset” for them.

Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. makes his debut with a powerful YA memoir in verse, tracing his journey from being a closeted gay Black teen battling poverty, racism, and homophobia to becoming an openly gay first-generation college student who finds freedom in poetry.Tony dreams about life after high school, where his poetic voice can find freedom on the stage and page. But the Boogeyman has been following Tony since he was six years old. First, the Boogeyman was after his Blackness, but Tony has learned It knows more than that: Tony wants to be the first in his family to attend college, but there’s no path to follow. He also has feelings for boys, desires that don’t align with the script he thinks is set for him and his girlfriend, Blu.Despite a supportive network of family and friends, Tony doesn’t breathe a word to anyone about his feelings. As he grapples with his sexuality and moves from high school to college, he struggles with loneliness while finding solace in gay chat rooms and writing poetry. But how do you find your poetic voice when you are hiding the most important parts of yourself? And how do you escape the Boogeyman when it's lurking inside you?

Hey it’s Arroe. Pod Fest brings together three different conversations from musicians, authors, doctors environmentalists or cooks in their own kitchen. It’s real people with real stories. Pod Fest 65 We kick things off with sports journalist Jason Reid author of the book Rise Of The Black Quarterback. Then we’re going rip out our Rock guitars and voices and jam with two of the most creative people in the business today Janet Gardener and Justin James. Our third conversation is with one of the most talented and vibrantly lifted comedian actors of our time, the always funny and very entertaining Jane Lynch. Pod Fest 65

Olivia works as a receptionist at a dental practice and her colleagues wholeheartedly support her singing journey. Growing up, Olivia was a musical theater enthusiast, thanks to her mother who owned a local musical theater company. Starting at 3, she graced her mother's productions, although always being cast in small roles to avoid any semblance of favoritism. Now, she assists by teaching classes, setting up stages and even lends a hand with costumes and makeup. Olivia is a lifelong self-proclaimed One Direction fangirl, and she's so excited to get the opportunity to work with Niall.

1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold, and other stolen valuables, in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947 some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the United States government, which told no one about the find. Instead, those assets were stamped classified, shipped to Europe, and secretly assimilated into something called the Black Eagle Trust. Present day. Retired Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is in Switzerland doing a favor for a friend. But what was supposed to be a simple operation turns violent, and Cotton is thrust into a war between the world’s oldest bank and the CIA, a battle that directly involves the Black Eagle Trust. He quickly discovers that everything hinges on a woman from his past, who suddenly reappears harboring a host of explosive secrets centering around bitcoin. The cryptocurrency is being quietly weaponized, readied for an assault on the world’s financial systems, a calculated move that will have devastating consequences. Cotton has no choice. He has to act. But at what cost? From the stolid banking halls of Luxembourg to the secret vaults of Switzerland, and finally up into the treacherous mountains of southern Morocco, Cotton Malone will finally come face-to-face with the Atlas Maneuver.

NewsNation, America's fastest-growing cable news network, today announced the launch of a new Sunday public affairs program entitled, The Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt on Sunday, March 3rd at 10 a.m. ET. Every Sunday, the program will feature a variety of politicians and newsmakers discussing the latest political news from the nation's capital. The program also will feature a panel of guest commentators offering insight and analysis of the week's key stories. "We are delighted that Chris will be joining the new weekend lineup," said Michael Corn, NewsNation's President of News. "He is a legendary figure in Washington and one of the most respected, intelligent, and well-sourced journalists covering U.S. politics." Mr. Stirewalt joined NewsNation in early 2022 and currently serves as the network's political editor. During his tenure, he has covered the 2022 midterms, major political events, and led the editorial team involved in the network's 2024 presidential town halls. He played an integral role in the planning and preparation for NewsNation's first presidential primary debate last December, which generated more than four million viewers across NewsNation and The CW Network. Mr. Stirewalt is the host of two reoccurring segments on the political ensemble program The Hill entitled "Pulse of the People" and "Stirewalt Breaks it Down," where he offers key insights regarding the 2024 election cycle. "I am proud to be part of NewsNation, where the promise of fair, honest, independent coverage has real meaning," said Mr. Stirewalt. "Our industry has a nearly 80-year history of devoting time on Sunday mornings to programming that, in its best form, helps Americans to be better citizens by better understanding their government, the issues we face and their choices as voters. It is a privilege to get to make whatever small contribution I can to that tradition." Mr. Stirewalt works as a contributing editor for The Dispatch and he is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on American politics, public opinion, and the media. Prior to NewsNation, Mr. Stirewalt served as political editor for FOX News Channel where he provided news and analysis on politics.