Dropping Bombs

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers an unfiltered sit-down with William Stern, the Cardiff founder who went from 24-year-old startup owner to funding over $2.5 billion in small business loans this year.

The conversation goes straight at the topics most podcasts avoid: where U.S. money to Israel really goes, whether Building 7 was a controlled demolition, and what happened to JFK. They also take on the moon landing, abortion, Islam, and the case for wiping out Congress and starting over.

Nothing is off limits, and no side gets a pass.

🔗 Connect with William

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justwilliamstern

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamstern

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@justwilliamstern

🎙 A Stern Talk Podcast

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asterntalk

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/209Xgm3G73zxdw7lqk8cjD

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-stern-talk/id1719202302

✅ Additional Resources

Coaching & Speaking: https://joinwilliam.com

Cardiff Business Funding (Dropping Bombs offer): https://cardiff.co/bradlea

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & Veraskope

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers a true mud-to-multi-state success story with Phil Dudley, founder of Elite Builders, a family-owned contracting company now licensed across three states — built without a college degree, a mentor, or a safety net.

Phil breaks down how a broken home and the free lunch line shaped his hustle, how he went from the worst salesman on his team to the best, and why he built VERASKOPE, an AI-powered platform solving the tool chaos every contractor quietly struggles with.

If you've ever used your circumstances as an excuse, this episode removes it — and shows exactly what building something out of nothing really looks like.

🔗 Connect with Phil Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_capital_living_ Instagram (Elite Builders): https://www.instagram.com/elitebuildersmd

Instagram (VERASKOPE): https://www.instagram.com/veraskope

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-dudley-987a86393

✅ Additional Resources

VERASKOPE (AI CRM Platform for Contractors): https://veraskope.com

Elite Builders: https://eliteroofbuilders.com

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (book Phil credits for shifting his mindset): https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-secret-rhonda-byrne/576337

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers raw redemption with Curtis Riggleman — a former car thief who slept in stolen cars as a homeless teenager. He's now Director of Operations over nine dealerships for LFG Auto Group, one of Central California's largest automotive groups.

Curtis breaks down how growing up in chaos taught him to read people better than any sales manual ever could. He explains why today's impatient, social-media-driven customers actually make closing easier, and reveals the real difference between a stall tactic and a genuine objection. He also opens up about the 2008 crash that wiped out everything he'd built — and the six months it took on the sales floor to claw it all back.

A kid who slept in stolen cars now runs nine dealerships. Whatever your excuse is, it's not good enough anymore.

🔗 Connect with Curtis

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialcurtisriggleman

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@curtisriggleman

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OfficialCurtisRiggleman

Website: https://www.officialcurtisriggleman.com

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & OnYa Roof

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode features Sam and Olly Arch, the Australian entrepreneurs behind OnYaRoof — a done-for-you system that's teaching everyday Americans how to run a roof rejuvenation business without ever picking up a hammer.

The Arch brothers reveal how one roofing client accidentally stumbled onto an extra $75,000 a month, why homeowners actually thank you for the cheaper fix, and how their model hands new dealers a built business, qualified leads, and word-for-word scripts — no experience required, and dealers keep every dollar.

If you're not making 40 to 50 grand a month working for yourself, you're not lacking opportunity — you're lacking an excuse not to. This episode hands you one less reason to wait.

🔗 Connect with Sam & Olly

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onyaroof

Website: https://startonyaroof.com

Main site: https://onyaroof.com

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & Li Hydro

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode features Dane Mandriota, the Long Island entrepreneur who spent a decade putting breathing tubes in newborns and hand-loading heart valves for cardiac patients. Now he's traded operating rooms for a different kind of high-stakes venture: Hypotency, one of the first recreational cannabis dispensaries opening on Long Island.

Dane gets into the wild backstory behind his partner's cannabis license, born from a motorcycle crash and a prison sentence. He also opens up on the frequency medicine and manifestation practices he credits for his success, plus the Ferrari club world he now runs in.

From saving lives to building an empire, Dane proves reinvention has no ceiling. Miss this one, and you'll miss the blueprint.

🔗 Connect with Dane

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successondmand

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@successondmand

✅ Additional Resources

Hypotency Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hypotencyny

Hypotency Website: https://hypotency.com

LI Hydro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lihydro

Mrs. Casual (Jennifer Mandriota's Fashion Brand): https://www.instagram.com/mrscasual

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode sits down with Kap Chatfield — a pastor, filmmaker, and former atheist who's built a following of over 4 million across platforms, including a million YouTube subscribers in under a year, after his media company nearly collapsed.

Kap unpacks the four-month, all-or-nothing bet that rebuilt his business from zero, why AI is quietly reshaping who wins in business and who gets left behind, and his unfiltered breakdown of the Antichrist, Bill Gates' cryptocurrency patent, and the mark of the beast in the Book of Revelation.

Faith or no faith, this conversation will make you rethink what you're building and why you're building it. Press play — you won't get this perspective anywhere else.

🔗 Connect with Kap

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kapchatfield

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialkapchatfield

YouTube (Main): https://www.youtube.com/@KapChatfield

YouTube (Kingdom Creator): https://www.youtube.com/@kingdom.creator

YouTube (Directed Life Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@directedlifepodcast

X: https://www.x.com/kapchatfield

Rumble: https://www.rumble.com/kapchatfield

Website: https://www.kapchatfield.com

✅ Additional Resources

The Elite Creator (Coaching): https://www.theelitecreator.com

The Power to Prosper (Book by Kap Chatfield)

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & Michael James Remodeling

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode sits down with Michael James, a Georgia contractor who lost his house, his marriage, and nearly his business in the 2008 crash — then rebuilt it into an award-winning, seven-figure luxury remodeling company.

He explains how three years living in a friend's basement taught him the discipline that saved his business. Then he takes us inside the solo 3,500-mile bike ride from San Francisco to North Carolina — 42 days, completely alone — that changed the way he leads.

Michael proves rock bottom isn't the end of your story, it's just mile one. Press play before you talk yourself out of your own comeback.

🔗 Connect with Michael

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themichaeljamesway

Instagram (business): https://www.instagram.com/michaeljamesremodeling

Podcast: https://t-sml.mtrbio.com/public/smartlink/themichaeljamesway

Website: https://themichaeljamesway.com

Remodeling Website: https://michaeljamesremodeling.com

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers a real self-made story with Matt Wright, the British backpacker who landed in Australia with nothing and built the country's largest used-car operation before selling it to Toyota's global trading arm for $120 million.

Matt breaks down the COVID gamble that turned a struggling car business into a $500 million empire, the crypto bet that funded his first big move, and why he's now giving away $3 million of his own money to fund founders in Australia, the UK, and the US.

If a broke backpacker staying in a "share house" full of strangers can build a nine-figure exit, your excuse just ran out. This one's required listening.

🔗 Connect with Matt

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realmattwright/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realmattwright

Website: https://www.founderfindsfuture.com

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff, Smilo Group, & The Smilo Foundation

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers a story most people wouldn't survive to tell: Mike Smilo, a Valley Bank market president and multi-industry entrepreneur, was handed a stage four melanoma diagnosis with weeks to live — and refused to accept it.

Mike breaks down how he tracked down an unapproved T-cell therapy trial in Germany that no oncologist would mention, why the system meant to save you often works against you, and how he built the Smilo Foundation to connect other patients with the trials, doctors, and options nobody tells them about.

If you or someone you love has ever heard "there's nothing more we can do," this episode could be the difference between giving up and finding a way. Listen now — it might save a life.

🔗 Connect with Mike

Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/sm1lo

Instagram (Foundation): https://www.instagram.com/thesmilofoundation

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SM1LO

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/smilofoundation

✅ Additional Resources

Smilo Foundation (Donate/Info): https://www.smilofoundation.org

Bang Cookies: https://www.bangcookies.com

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode sits down with Sean Stone — son of three-time Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, a former child actor in JFK and Natural Born Killers, and a Princeton grad who traded the red carpet for a lifelong hunt for the truth Hollywood and Washington don't want out.

Sean breaks down his Princeton thesis on the New World Order, why he calls the JFK assassination "the gateway drug to conspiracies," his conversion to Shia Islam and the buried history of Imam Ali, the moon landing debate, and the doomsday map billionaires are quietly buying land against.

If the insider's own kid is asking these questions on camera, maybe it's time you started asking them too.

🔗 Connect with Sean

Website: https://www.seanstone.info

Instagram: https://instagram.com/therealseanstone

X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/seanstonelives

Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealseanstone

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAikwXquRUgKTLBDUkU3FeA

Patreon: https://patreon.com/SeanStone

Telegram: https://t.me/seanstone

Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/SeanStone

✅ Additional Resources

10 Things to Learn: Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Soul (his new book): https://www.amazon.com/10-Things-Learn-Ancient-Wisdom/dp/1683585607

New World Order (his Princeton thesis, published book): https://www.amazon.com/New-World-Order-Strategy-Imperialism/dp/1634240901

Best Kept Secret (docuseries on the Epstein/dark elite topics he discusses): https://vimeo.com/ondemand/bestkeptsecret

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/