A Stern Talk

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💸 Fund your Business in 5 minutes - https://cardiff.co/business/apply/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_campaign=YTSternTalkDemandIs the biggest battle today being fought with bombs... or with narratives? Wars aren't won by military strength alone. They're also won by controlling what people believe. In this episode of A Stern Talk, William Stern sits down with Nick Matau to discuss media influ...

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💸 Fund your Business in 5 minutes - https://cardiff.co/business/apply/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_campaign=BehindTheBusinessHow did Israel go from being attacked on October 7th to being accused of the very crimes committed against it? In this A Stern Talk episode, William Stern sits down with Travis Hawley, a former U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst who previously worked with the National Secur...

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💸 Fund your Business in 5 minutes - https://cardiff.co/business/apply/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_campaign=BehindTheBusinessAI is not coming someday. It is already here. In this episode of A Stern Talk, William Stern sits down with Austin Armstrong, founder of Syllabi and one of the most influential voices in AI, social media, and vertical video, to break down what business owners are missing abo...

💸 Fund your Business in 5 minutes - https://cardiff.co/business/apply/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_campaign=BehindTheBusinessDouglas James did not come from money. He grew up in a home shaped by abuse, instability, drugs, alcohol, and a lack of real male leadership. For him, the military was not just a career move. It was an escape. In this episode, William Stern sits down with Douglas James, foun...

💸 Fund your Business in 5 minutes - https://cardiff.co/business/apply/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_campaign=BehindTheBusinessMatt Cox didn’t just commit fraud. He studied the system. In this episode of A Stern Talk, William Stern sits down with Matt Cox, the former mortgage fraudster who committed over $50 million in fraud during the housing boom, served 13 years in federal prison, and later rebui...

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💸 Fund your Business in 5 minutes - https://cardiff.co/business/apply/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_campaign=BehindTheBusinessMost men don’t realize they’re falling apart until it’s already obvious. They wake up tired. They stop recovering. They gain weight around the middle. Their drive disappears. Their marriage gets colder. Their energy drops. Their sleep gets worse. And then the system tells th...

💸 Fund your Business in 5 minutes - https://cardiff.co/business/apply/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_campaign=BehindTheBusinessWhat if making more money still doesn’t make you feel complete? In this episode of A Stern Talk, William Stern sits down with Abraham Gray — founder of We Buy Gold, serial entrepreneur, real estate investor, and builder of 40+ businesses. Abraham Gray shares how a chaotic ch...

💸 Fund your Business in 5 minutes - https://cardiff.co/business/apply/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_campaign=BehindTheBusinessHe lost everything… and that’s when he finally found his purpose. Most people think success is money. A bigger house. A better title. A bigger paycheck. But what happens when you get all of that… and still feel empty? In this episode of Stern Talk, William Stern sits down wi...

💸 Fund your Business in 5 minutes - https://cardiff.co/business/apply/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_campaign=BehindTheBusinessWe’re not going to lose this war because of Iran. We’re going to lose it because of math. Everyone’s arguing strategy. Bombs. Missiles. Leadership strikes. But that’s not the real game. In this breakdown, William Stern dismantles the mainstream narrative around a potential w...

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💸 Fund your Business in 5 minutes - https://cardiff.co/business/apply/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_campaign=BehindTheBusinessIn this episode of A Stern Talk, William sits down with real estate investor and fund manager Shane Seo — a self-described “nerdy real estate guy” who went from being born in a trailer park to building a large residential and commercial portfolio through creative finance. Sh...

💸 Fund your Business in 5 minutes - https://cardiff.co/business/apply/?ut... David Packouz went from massage therapist to arms dealer… to facing 355 years in prison. In this episode on Stern Talk, we sit down with David Packouz, the real-life figure portrayed by Miles Teller in War Dogs, to unpack the full story behind the headlines — the Chinese ammo, the 71 acts of fraud, the federal raid, the...

What actually breaks businesses between $2M–$20M isn’t lack of effort — it’s lack of clarity. In this SternTalk episode, I sit down with Yarin, a former venture capital entrepreneur-in-residence who walked away from a high-paying VC role to build something harder, slower, and far more meaningful. We unpack why:⚪Revenue is vanity, profit is truth⚪Most founders get trapped scaling the wrong versio...

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Most people are being lied to about networking. They’re told to “get in the room.”So they spend thousands chasing proximity… and walk away with nothing. In this conversation, we break down why relationships—not access—create leverage, why most coaching rooms are broken, and how the people who actually win stop paying to enter rooms and start building rooms instead.🧠 What You’ll Learn From This Ep...

From splicing cables in Manhattan sewers for $90/week to building a pop-culture juggernaut and reshaping modern media — this episode is a masterclass in scrappy execution, capital raising, and staying “pirate” when the world tells you to play it safe. Larry Namer, founder of E! Entertainment shares the wild early days of launching what became E! (and the mindset that made it possible): getting rej...

AI isn’t just a technology shift — it’s a power shift. In this deep, wide-ranging conversation, we unpack the real risks behind artificial intelligence: AI feudalism, wealth concentration, loss of autonomy, monopoly power, and why the future isn’t about sentient machines — it’s about who owns intelligence.🧠 What You’ll Learn From This Episode⚠️ Why AI could recreate modern feudalism🏛️ How monopol...