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Here at It's Your Break we have dedicated the entire month of August to festivals. And in this episode, we are focusing on a local Kentucky festival, the Shelbyville Art and Craft Show. We speak with Sherry Kramer with ArtSpark Productions, the minds behind the festival.

This year marks their 3rd year and the show keeps growing. Listen to the episode and learn how the festival came to be.

We are in the heart of the festival season, but why? In this quick break from It's Your Break you'll learn why!

Also, do festivals benefit small towns? The answer may surprise you in this episode!

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In life, there always seems to be that one person you lean on the most. That person could be your best friend, spouse, partner, grandparents, your mom, or your dad. No matter who that person is you confide in them and you put your trust in them. Sometimes they have a way of seeing things with their wisdom and perception that makes us understand situations better.

In Reena Friedman Watt's case, her rock is her dad. He is the one she always turns to and is the inspiration behind her podcast Better Call Daddy. Why did she focus her podcast around him? Join host Jonathan Mertz to find out the answer to this question and more in this latest podcast episode of It's Your Break!

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This is It's Your Break's new information and news feature called Audio Forensics. It's where we break down some of the most iconic pieces of audio and/or music by getting the stories that surround them or finding out what makes them up. In this episode, we will take a look at the Doobie Brothers’ classic, What a Fool Believes and find out why it is so controversial!

Can this song be called a Doobie Brothers' song? Who are the superstars involved with the legends of this song? Was Michael McDonald a record label plant? We cover these questions and more in this episode.

This news and information piece used the following sound bites:

Song Clips:

Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes

Kenny Loggins - What A Fool Believes

Kenny Loggins - Footloose

Michael McDonald – I Keep Forgettin’

Warren G – Regulate

News and Interview Clips:

Entertainment Tonight – Michael Jackson – What A Fool Believes Clip

This is It's Your Break's new information and news feature called Audio Forensics. It's where we break down some of the most iconic pieces of audio and/or music by getting the stories that surround them or finding out what makes them up. In this episode, we will take a look at the Doobie Brothers’ classic, What a Fool Believes and find out why it is so controversial!

Can this song be called a Doobie Brothers' song? Who are the superstars involved with the legends of this song? Was Michael McDonald a record label plant? We cover these questions and more in this episode.

This news and information piece used the following sound bites:

Song Clips:

Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes

Kenny Loggins - What A Fool Believes

Kenny Loggins - Footloose

Michael McDonald – I Keep Forgettin’

Warren G – Regulate

News and Interview Clips:

Entertainment Tonight – Michael Jackson – What A Fool Believes Clip

Our host Jonathan Mertz reconnects with his friend and former co-worker Chris McGill (of McGill Media) to talk about his new internet radio station, "Crossroads La Grange - Classic Hits."

This station plays the classics like Aerosmith, Fleetwood Mac, and Doobie Brothers but the station does much more than that. 

So, why start a new internet radio station? Well, you can watch or listen to the episode on Spotify or listen to it on Apple, Amazon, Google or iHeart radio apps.

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We've all had our fair share of relationships in our life. Sometimes they don't always work out, especially the intimate ones. Most of our relationships with family or friendships tend to be okay but even they can turn or are toxic. Life isn't always peaches and cream, that's why we need to call in a chef to collect and prepare the right ingredients into a splendid dish. That's what we have done in this episode,  we enlisted the help of a Life and Relationship coach (our chef) to help us identify toxicity and how to handle it.  Coach Amy Shoen is here to talk about Toxic Relationships and to give some advice based on our listener's questions. So, sit back and Take A Break with us on this episode of It's Your Break! 

- Jonathan Mertz

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In this episode of It’s Your Break, we're going to deep dive into the emotion of everything surrounding your own emotions, anxieties, and even your despair. All of these things can lead to panic attacks which are hard to handle and overcome but with the right methods, they can be managed.

I have struggled with panic attacks and anxiety throughout my life, as many of you may have. But this episode doesn’t revolve around my experiences, it focuses on an author that was inspired to write a book because of her own life trauma, experiences, stresses, and anxieties.

Author and Anxiety Sufferer Jennifer Juvenelle openly shares her life stories that caused her own anxieties that ultimately lead to her writing ‘Daughter of Belial’.

So listen or watch as we deep dive into the emotional side of things.

- Jonathan Mertz

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On this Black Friday Edition of It’s Your Break we talk about the upcoming Ratchet and Clank Movie with Ratchet himself Jame Arnold Taylor! JAT is back and this time we blast him with questions and make him think deeply in addition to promoting his movie.

“This episode is Rated C for Clean”

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In this, It’s Your Break Exclusive Interview we find out little about the world of Voice-Acting and our guest James Arnold Taylor the voice of Obi-Won Kenobi, Fred Flintstone, and Johnny Test just to name a few.

People have always been warned about the voices in their heads but nobody said what to do if they came out. Thomas Edison was one of the first pioneers to find a place for these voices when he made one of the first recording devices. Nowadays anywhere there is an audio recording device you just might find one of these voices.

Okay so the first few lines are just semi-B.S. but there is some truth to the content. Ever since the first audio recording was made people really started to experiment with their own voice and soon their sounds, as well as their speech, was turned into a form of entertainment we call Voice-Acting.