Debt free with a household income in the six figures.  This is the goal of most middle class families.  Shan and her family are those people.  But they still have found home buying to be unaffordable.  This looming housing crisis is not just for first-time homebuyers.  It will impact everyone.  This is the first in a new series of conversations with listeners over topics discussed on the podcast.  

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Former President Biden announced that he has Stage 4 prostate cancer.  The timing of the announcement has raised skepticism as to how long this diagnosis has been known and again questions the level of cover-up done to keep him running for office prior to dropping out.  Judge Jefferson Griffin finally conceded to Justice Allison Riggs in the only outstanding 2024 race in the country.  And Jake Tapper is out with a book, The Original Sin, calling out the cover-up of Biden's cognitive decline - ironic since the author was a key catalyst for the cover-up.  

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In 2008, we saw the housing market take an unprecedented crash that took over a decade to recover.  I bought in 2008.  I saw signs then.  I was told not to worry by the experts.  I learned my lesson.  It's now 2025.  I'm seeing other signs that again nobody is publicly worried about or talking about.  But they are there.  There's a reason first-time homebuyers are unable to purchase - and lowering interest rates isn't going to resolve the problem.  A housing crisis is looming.  All one needs to do is look.  

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Trump Presidency 2.0 has officially hit 100 days filled with a head-spinning amount of executive orders, controversies over various policies, a closed border, and a disruption (if not dismantling) of longstanding institutions.  No President has had such an impact in their first 100 days since FDR.  Are his promises being kept?  Are his policies Making America Great Again?  And are those who supported him by voting him into office still behind him?  Let's discuss.  

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Patrick Newton sits down for a conversation about leading the NC Forward Party, a political third party looking to take a foothold in North Carolina and across the country.  Independents make up the largest voting bloc in North Carolina, but do not have an official party that represents them in elections.  Patrick is looking to fill that void.  We discuss a variety of topics, including his 5-year vision for the party.  

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The Trump Administration has hit it's first bellwether case when it comes to enforcement of its immigration policies.  Kilmar Garcia is either a "Maryland man" raising three disabled children who was mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, or he is an illegal MS-13 gangbanger who has been excised from the country back to his home.  That is the narrative given to you by the media and the Trump Administration.  What is the reality?  Like with most things dealing with immigration, it's fluid.  Let's discuss.  

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Top Republicans, national security and intelligence officials are in hot water after including the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic in a group chat discussing military strikes in Yemen on an app you can download on your iPhone bringing back memories of Hillary Clinton's unsecured server.  Sports betting celebrated its one-year anniversary in North Carolina and a bipartisan bill is looking for prep coaches to reap some of the benefits.  And people are targeting Teslas across the country to attack Elon Musk, but their efforts are shameful and should be called out, which I have no problem doing.  

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The Brackets are back!  If you are looking to fill out your office pool, or maybe compete against your friends or neighbors, and don't necessarily follow a lot of college basketball - this episode is for you.  Rather than pick a team because you like their colors or their mascot, listen to some actual advice from someone who watches a lot of college basketball - me.  I'll walk you through some rules of thumb and go over this year's bracket so that hopefully you have a better shot at picking some upsets or even winning your pool.  It's the best time of the year.  Madness.  

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Five years ago this week, the world shut down and forever changed.  COVID divided this country like nothing we have seen since the Civil War.  The ramifications are still being felt today.  I look back at what happened, what we learned from it, and what, if anything, would change in the future should it happen again.  

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Trump addressed Congress for the first time in his second term.  Whether you like him or not, he gave one of his better speeches.  But more notably, the Democrats looked awful.  From an optics standpoint, their failure to recognize and celebrate the human element on display will stick in the minds of viewers much more than anything Trump said.  Democrats lost in November.  They have yet to adjust.  And what happened last night is not it.  

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