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Two hairdressers, one Wednesday, eight different worlds before lunch. This week Dave and Anthony get into what this job actually costs you — the part nobody warns you about. Clients crying mid-blowout, the confession-booth energy of the chair, the wild secrets people drop without thinking (including the client who showed up with a menu of sexual positions to discuss). The 20-year run of parents as...

AI made it to the chair — and Dave and Anthony have thoughts. This week: whether hairdressers still exist in 10 years, the $20 AI haircut kiosks already running in China and Japan, and the quiet deregulation that almost let CVS start cutting hair. From there it goes into personal branding, why being good at the job stopped being enough, and the loneliness nobody in this industry talks about — you...

Anthony drops a bombshell: he's closing his salon to launch the Professional Stylist Network — a new model built around the artist, not the building. He and David break down why 80% of stylists quit in five years, why salon owners only profit a dollar on every ten, and what it actually takes to build something that works for everyone — stylist, owner, and client.

David and Anthony break down why hair school is stuck in 1970, why the consultation is the most skipped part of every haircut, and why à la carte pricing punishes both stylist and client. Plus: the curly hair pricing debate, the "it's just a trim" problem, and a standing challenge to any stylist who thinks they can defend four different prices for the same hour of work.

Most people don’t question the numbers—they just repeat them. In this episode, we break down the difference between stats and actual facts—and how misunderstanding that gap can completely change the way you think, make decisions, and run your business. Because numbers don’t lie… but people definitely do.

Most people think pricing is about numbers—but it’s really about perception. Anthony and David break down why “too expensive” isn’t always wrong, how industry standards can be misleading, and what actually makes a price fair. Because at the end of the day, it’s not about the price—it’s about what it’s worth to you.

Everything looks bigger online—but how much of it is actually real? In this episode, Anthony and David break down how hype really works—why visibility often matters more than quality, how repetition builds belief, and why so many people mistake attention for success. They get into the difference between what’s trending and what actually lasts, and why chasing hype is a shortcut that usually leads...

In this episode we just flipped the open sign.