The Broken Agenda

This week we're joined by another Special Guest: Stephen Gieringer of Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Berks!   Steve takes us through NHS' mission and their role in creating first-time home buyers, educates us on the generational importance of owning a home, and much more!   Join us this week for another great episode of the The Broken Agenda and be sure to subscribe!

This week we're joined by William "Billy" Spannuth, from Unique Snacks to discuss pretzels. Well, we certainly discussed more than just pretzels. Despite our ever growing hunger - you try staring at those delicious snacks for an hour without becoming hungry :-) - we did manage to discuss Unique's unique story ( ha, see what we did there ), how they fared through the 2020 lockdowns, and what today'...

Help wanted signs continue to hang outside of seemingly every business and few seem to be applying to fill these roles. Are the vacancies due to the shutdowns from 2020? Are they a product of the Great Resignation? Will this trend shift in the near future? This week we're joined by Carl Rudolph, from Champion Personnel, to answer these questions and get to the bottom of the labor shortage. Carl's...

Special Guest Alert: Brad Weisman, from Keller Williams Platinum Realty, joins the guys to discuss what's going on in real estate today.   Be sure to subscribe to catch all of our content and check out Brad's podcast, "Real Estate and You w/ Brad Weisman." Links Below!   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-estate-and-you-w-brad-weisman/id1511822683  https://youtube.com/playli...

Everything is trending down including Crypto.   Will the crypto market rebound?   Are there any projects worth keeping an eye on?   Join the guys this week as they revisit the world of cryptocurrency.   NOTE: There is not a thing in here that could be considered financial advice. Do not assume that it is wise or prudent to follow anything we say. It's not. Always do your own du...

Climate Change   Is it happening or is it imaginary?   Is it a natural occurrence or man-made?   Should we start settling Mars now?   Be sure to subscribe to get all of the latest Broken Agenda Content

Episode synopsis: Guns, Gentrification, Guns.   The guys got together this week to take a explore the world of guns then, did what they do best, and broke their agenda.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement was recently found to be harvesting large swaths of data, from multiple sources, on nearly all American citizens to aid in their investigations.   Domestic spying isn't new - from COINTELPRO to Snowden's NSA revelations - the US Government has been spying on US citizens for decades.   But is it all truly for the greater good with or without due proc...

We're back with another Conspiracy Theory episode!!   We took the feedback we received from our first episode and focused in on more recent conspiracies - John McAfee, The Las Vegas Shooting, and Jeffrey Epstein.   Join the guys this week as they each present a conspiracy and provide any evidence they can to either prove, disprove, or explain the odd circumstances around their conspiracy...

This week the guys are joined by special guests, Matt and John, who are the brains behind a new way to transact carbon credits.  Find us and all of our episodes at https://thebrokenagenda.com

Did you get out to vote last week or did you complete a mail-in ballot?   The voting process has been at the forefront of the news for the last few years and, here we are again, with another primary in the books and more controversy.   How does this whole voting thing break down?  Are there inconsistencies and irregularities occurring when the polls open?   Join the guys this w...

With the recent swimming controversy at UPENN, the guys got to wondering about transgender athletes crossing over to compete with their chosen genders.  Is it a good idea?  Are there any challenges?   Join the guys this week as they look at transgender individuals in sports.

After Will Smith's infamous slapping of Chris Rock over a joke about his wife's Alopecia, the guys got to wondering: what diseases are truly the worst of the worst.   With the idea of, what Charitable causes most deserve donations, the guys set up a Double-Elimination bracket of the worst ailments and diseases to narrow down - in their own, definitely not a Doctor, opinions - which disease or...

Tax season is officially over - is now a good time to talk about the IRS?   A completely inefficient organization is in charge of telling us whether we're right or wrong about how much we owe them?   Join the guys this week for Episode 31 as they discuss the IRS.

Economic Collapse. Natural Disaster. World War. Any of these situations could affect how we go about our lives. With current events as they are, fuel and food prices continue to climb. If things continue to escalate, how far off from we a survive-or-die scenario? What happens when what we have access to - grocery stores, Prime shipping, gas stations - is no longer available? Do you have the skills...

If you own something, shouldn't you have a right to make it yours or, at a bare minimum, be able to repair it if you have the skillset?  Even if you do not possess the skills to handle the repair yourself, shouldn't you be able to find someone, not related to the company, to help you repair what you own?   More and more, companies are choosing to create a closed ecosystem where everythin...

There's a lot that can be said about genetic engineering and the guys - who dig in with vigor - get in to all sorts of interesting conversations to answer the age old question:   Is Genetic Engineering a blast from the past or a new, unknown frontier.   Join the guys as they explore genetic engineering and discuss:   - Genetically modified foods  - Genetically modified animals&...

Warfare is no longer limited to boots on the ground - now wars can be fought from anywhere in the world with a PC and an internet connection.  We're seeing modern warfare play out before our eyes in Ukraine and a big component of the ongoing conflict has been happening through 1's and 0's.   What's considered cyber warfare? Who's engaging in these acts?   Join the guys this week as...

Is what Hollywood is showing us true about hackers? Can they really breach a system with a few swift keystrokes? Nothing in Hollywood is truly real so what is hacking? How do these bad - and sometimes good - actors breach systems? What can you do to secure yourself from attacks? Join the guys this week as they explore hacking and give you some insight into what you can do to better combat their ef...

Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, have become increasingly more popular over the last few years to secure internet traffic and help users navigate the web more anonymously.   In this episode, the guys explore VPNs with you to help clarify some key points on what VPNs are and how to use them successfully.   Here are some links to a few resources we leveraged while recording this podcast:...

Social Media....benefit to society or the downfall of society?   We're be right upfront: none of the hosts are particularly fond of social media but wanted to explore the topic to see how the social media landscape has changed over the years and how it's contributing to society as a whole.   This one is kind of a slow burn but hang in there with us...we promise it finishes strong.

What we commonly refer to as "The Internet" is only a fraction of the world-wide-web.   But what lies beneath the surface?   Is it truly the Wild West?   Should you choose to go there, what tools do you need and what are you potentially exposing yourself to?   If you've always wondered what the Dark Web entails, join the guys this week as they walk through everything from what...

ESG Ratings are supposed to measure an organization's long-term Environmental, Social, & Governance risks that can have financial implications.   But is there a structure to how these scores are applied or is it all based on biases and opinions?  Join the guys this week as they take ESG head-on.

COVID-19 has dominated our lives for the last two years and there's so much information out there - good and bad - that it's often hard to let facts prevail.   This week the guys decided to tackle the controversial issue of COVID-19 and vaccines to try and find a middle ground in it all.   Join them as they discuss:   Where did COVID-19 come from?  COVID-19 Statistics  Bre...

*This week's episode includes a lot of visual references that are best viewed on YouTube. If you'd like to see the references, please check out the video version of this week's episode at https://youtu.be/pfDW51Dl2_Y Welcome to Part 2 of our special episode on Non-Fungible Tokens, otherwise known as NFTs.   In this Episode, we start with a quick refresher on NFTs and then turn Jimi loose to t...