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Kick-Ass Audio Breaks

For even more inspiration, check out these breaks from my clients—and get a taste for what I bring to the proverbial table with my talent coaching.

Anna and Raven, Star 99.9, Bridgeport, CT (syndicated) with Are Minivans Cool?

May 3, 2026

We talk often about how character development is revealing yourself to the audience. When you tell a story happening in your world, you define who you are and connect with the audience.  Real life is funny.  That’s great content to drive relatability.  Yet, we often only think of ourselves when doing that.  What’s happened to us?  There is real life content all around you every day.  If you journal (the single, biggest, easiest way to aggregate real life content to find stories to prove you are just like the audience), why not ask some co-workers to do it, too?  If they have a good story, bring them in to launch that content!  Anna and Raven, Star 99.9, Bridgeport, CT (syndicated) did that recently.  A co-worker got a minivan.  And he was totally geeked about it.  That’s content as you’ll hear here.

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Karen Carson in the Morning with Johnny Minge and Intern Anthony, WNEW-FM, New York with That Thing on Your Ring

April 26, 2026

There is nothing funnier than real life and stories are what entertain the best.  When you wrap all that into a pop culture reference, the win is both big and relevant.  How many times have you seen Ring Doorbell camera footage online?  It seems like everyone has one.  So we decided to make this a recurring feature on Karen Carson in the Morning with Johnny Minge and Intern Anthony, WNEW-FM, New York City.  The audience calls with stories of interesting things they saw on their Ring Doorbell camera that happened overnight when they woke up or they were away from home.  In this bank of stories, the first one will grab your attention, but the second call is leading to a divorce.  The second call in this set easily leads to a second break follow-up to see what the wife did.  Keep observing your life and you’ll see easy, relatable, story-based content like this for your show.

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Zog and Ivy Unleashed, Power 96, Miami with Real Talk with Z

April 19, 2026

I love when family members of the cast contribute content to a show.  If the family member is engaging and fun, the cast member shifts from being a show host into that person’s uncle, son, father, mom, aunt, or sister.  There’s a guy I work with who, when his mother comes on, calls her “mommy”.  It’s funny and touching.  That’s when you become real.  A weekly feature for Zog and Ivy Unleashed, Power 96, Miami is called Real Talk with Z.  Ivy’s son, Z, continues to be in that age of interacting with his mom, where he comes off as well…real.  In this week’s episode, he’s worried about his mother’s behavior and wonders if she’s not going through menopause.  How many other moms of kids listening are laughing along?!

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Kyle, Bryan, and Sarah, WRAL-FM, Raleigh with One Shining Moment

April 12, 2026

When there is a big pop culture story, do you know what I wonder?  I wonder what do you wonder?  Your curiosity can easily fill a break and drive interest in any topic.  March Madness was a big pop culture event the last few weeks.  An iconic moment in the tournament is its end.  Not in who the winner is, but in the yearly video highs and lows montage with Luther Vandross’s iconic One Shining Moment song.  Kyle, Bryan, and Sarah, WRAL-FM, Raleigh wondered how that song became the tradition.  What’s the story behind it?  They found Leslie Anne Warren, who many years ago was the one to ask Luther to sing it.  Her story is amazing.  You won’t believe what he asked for to give CBS lifetime rights.  Near every show is on the big topics.  What you do with them makes it memorable.  This is a great example.

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Anna and Raven, Star 99.9, Bridgeport, CT (syndicated) with Raven’s Mom Gets Pushed Down at the Grocery Store

April 5, 2026

One thing many in radio do is hear a story that involved someone, then tell that person’s story to the audience.  So much is lost if you do that.  You lose the nuance and, even worse, you lose the first-person emotion that comes with the experience.  You also lose the ability to be inquisitive and get more from that person it happened to because you can’t explore their story.  Which is why it’s so important to get the person central to the story to tell it to you on their own.  Anna and Raven, Star 99.9, Bridgeport, CT had this experience.  Raven’s mom (who’s always money) got pushed down by another shopper at the grocery story.  They invited her on to share what happened.  Raven turned into her son (character development) and you got all the nuance with all her emotion.  All of that made it much more memorable.

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