Prop Culture Podcast

Real Talk about the NFL Being Rigged

Super Bowl Talk

Wrestlemania

Wrestling Fans Are Toxic

And So Much More

In this Episode Trader & Shane Propose Changes to solve some of sports biggest problems. Including...

Changes to Overtime Rules 

How to prevent Tanking

Creative ways to determine Draft Picks

How to Make NBA All-Star Weekend Better

How the NFL can draw more youth interest

How to speed up Baseball

How to make the US dominant in Soccer

All of this and so much more!!!

This is the perfect Podcast Episode To Get you in the mood for The Christmas Season. Don't Miss It!!!

What are the Best Christmas Movies

Best Christmas Carols

Best Ever Christmas Presents

Christmas Traditions

Shared Memories

And SO MUCH MORE

The Realest and Most Open Conversation about Sports & Sports Betting You Will Ever Hear...Nuff Said!

Prop Culture Podcast Episode 24: "Thanksgiving, White Russians & Gravy on Everything"

Highlights In This Episode Include:

Shane & Trader discuss their Thanksgiving Traditions

Shane gives us details on his engagement

The Start Of White Russian Season

How Drinking White Russians became Trader's Tradition

Do you like your Food Touching?

Mix It All Together and Pour Gravy on Everything

Favorite Thanksgiving Foods

Is Ham Underrated?

Does Turkey Broth make the best soup?

Hear Old Stories about Past Thanksgivings

Recap of the Epic Bills Vs Vikings Game 

Do you eat with your mouth open or closed?

Trader talks about the Epic Poker Games that his family used to have after Thanksgiving Dinner

Epic Turkey Bowl Battles

How Old Is Too Old For The Turkey Bowl?

Prop Culture Episode 23: "Be Grateful Not Wasteful"

How Less Spending and waste can bring down inflation

Fake Philanthropist 

Are people Giving for the right reasons

Giving and doing good deeds just to get Business is WACK!

Clout Chasing

Finest form of giving is anonymous to anonymous 

Social Media Pressures on Parents

Influencers need to stop with all the Hustle All Day Bullshit

People need to appreciate what they have

Time Vs Money

The Addiction of money

How do you define happiness?

It's Easy to Show Up when everyone's watching

Influencers need to tell people to relax more

Social Media is a False reality

The Struggle of balancing family & business

How to become more mentally present at home

Business Influencers are Brainwashing the youth

Teaching Kids the value of work and saving

Memories are worth more than material possessions 

Leveraging money for time

Being Famous can be lonely

What 90's Grunge taught us about authenticity 

Pop Culture has become so Corporate

Woodstock 99 Documentary 

Be who you are and don't change for anyone

Don't listen to anyone who tells you not to hold on to your cash

Cash is King

Prop Culture Episode 22: "You Get What You Consume"

Highlights From This Episode Include:

America's Obsession With The Dahmer Series

Should we change the type of of content we are consuming

If we don't want to see so much Bad News, We need to quit watching it.

We need to get back to more wholesome programming 

The media produces what sells. If we don't buy it, they won't sell it.

Is society becoming a product of the content?

The missteps of the Justice System that allowed Dahmer to get away with murder for years.

Is Meme Culture glorifying Dahmer a problem?

Art should always be protected!

Should violence be more acceptable than sex?

It's becoming harder for Kids to get their hand's on derogatory content. 

Are Video Games destroying kids?

Will Role Playing Violent Video games lead to a more violent society?

You become what you Consume. 

The difference between 50's & 60's Pop Culture Vs. Today

Societal Pressures that comes from Pop Culture

Is society a reflection of the content or is content a reflection of society

Do we have control over inflation if we spend less money?

Does America have a spending problem?

Should we stop blaming politicians and the media and start looking at ourselves.

What is the definition of living below your means?

The Abuse of PPE money is part of the problem

Are we being fooled to think Debt is a good thing?

People are taxing their futures to keep up with the Jones's

We have to make status more about the people and less about Material possession 

We need to make businesses compete more for our dollar

Never Meet Your Heroes

Celebrities are Human

We Need to Realize that we have the ability to control what we are getting!

Prop Culture Podcast Episode 21: "The NFL's Long Term Problems"

Highlights From This Episode Include:

How Hard Primetime NFL Games are To Watch

Will the younger Generations watch the NFL as much as today's Generation? 

How to make the NFL more appealing to younger Audiences with Shorter attention spans. 

Too much Standing around. Not enough Action 

Football is better when there are multiple Games on

Will DirecTV survive without the NFL Ticket? 

Who Should Get the Rights to the Sunday Ticket?

Can you watch an NFL Game without a bet or a Fantasy player involved? 

Will injury concerns decrease the talent pool long term?

What Happens to the NFL and Football when Someone Dies on the Field from contact?

Marketing the Team over the Players.

Is going to a game worth the Ticket Prices? 

The Challenges of Bringing a Family to an NFL Game 

Obsessed Super Fans

Don't wear other Teams Gear in Philly! Your Asking For Trouble 

How Stadiums can be more Family Friendly 

Super Bowl Viewership declining in the key (18-49) Demo 

Fighting and Drunkenness at NFL Stadiums 

Kids choosing other content over 3 Hour Football Games 

Only 11 minutes of action in a 3 Hr game

Fantasy Team Vs. Favorite Team. What's more important?

How Madden helps bring in a younger Audience 

NFL Recognizes It has  a Youth Problem

The Best Young Coaches look like they play Dungeons & Dragons 

Trader Defends Mike McDaniels against Shane's Hate

Did McDaniels actually play Football?

Walter Payton Vs Ray Lewis

If less kid play football will less watch it? 

How to Grow Long Term.

The NFL knows they have a youth problem.

Ideas to make the broadcast experience better

The Life Lessons From Football.

Prop Culture Podcast Episode 20: "Engineering For The Modern Age" Sponsored By Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates

Special Guests: Nick Fulford and Joshua Miller of Hills-Carnes Engineering Associates. 

Highlights From This Episode Include:

Who is Hillis-Carnes

Engineering in the modern age

How Hillis-Carnes helps gets deals done faster

Where is the Economy headed?

The importance of Environmental Due Diligence

What is Geotechnical Engineering

What is Construction Materials Testing

How Does Hillis-Carnes Differ from others in the Sector

Football Talk

Should the Ravens resign Lamar Jackson?

Prop Culture Podcast Episode 19: "Karate's Bad Boy Mike Barnes & The Way Of The Cobra"

Special Guest:  Emmy Winning Actor Sean Kanan (Karate Kid 3, Cobra Kai, Bold and The Beautiful and Studio City)

Highlights From This Episode Include:

The incredible story of how Sean Kanan landed the role as Mike Barnes in Karate Kid 3

How Sean almost died while shooting the film

Sean's relentless battle to keep the role while battling death

One of the only actors in the movie who actually knew Martial Arts

How Sean performed all of his own stunts

Inside look at filming of Karate Kid 3

Details on the Epic Final Scene of Karate Kid 3

Sean discusses being bullied as a kid

How being bullied helped prepare him to play Mike Barnes

Playing Deacon on Bold And The Beautiful

How it feels to return as Mike Barnes for Cobra Kai S5

Details on Cobra Kai Season 5

Where was Johnny Lawrence during Karate Kid 3?

Trader says that Mike Vs Johnny is a natural story line

Does Sean Give Us Clues on a potential partnership with Johnny?

Furthering the Character of Mike Barnes

Mike Barnes was Superior To John Lawrence

Why Mike Barnes is the strongest Of all Daniel's Opponents

How Sean Relates to the Johnny's 80's Character in Real Life

The Brilliance of Cobra Kai's Writers

The Father issues that many of the characters struggle with

Sean's Relationship with his parents

The value of absence

Sean tells why most of the things that you see Celebrities post on Social Media are Bullshit

Sean gives details on the his Book, "Way Of The Cobra"

Sean wrote the book to help himself turn his life around

Sean wins Emmy for the show he wrote, Studio City

The importance of Philosophy

The value of a morning routine

Starting your day with gratitude and meditation

The importance of Reading

Need to silence your inner critic

Making Peace With Your Inner Child

Why humans are bad historians

Are past events are not exactly what we remember

Trader says he thinks Philosophy should be required in every Middle & High School

Reserve judgement when bad things happen to you. It might wind up being a positive.

Making other people wrong for the beliefs is what creates problems.

Battling Chuck Norris

About Sean:

Sean Kanan is an American actor, producer, and author, best known for his portrayals of Mike Barnes in The Karate Kid Part III and Cobra Kai, A. J. Quartermaine on General Hospital, Deacon Sharpe on The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless, and Sam Stevens on Studio City. Sean is also Author of many books, including "Way Of The Cobra"

Episode Sponsored By: Bowden Construction and Roadie Joes

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