You get laid off… then win a million bucks. What do you do? If you’re Gen X, you quietly pay off your mortgage, maybe upgrade your grill, and go back to work like nothing happened. In this episode, Josh and Bret unpack the story of the guy that won the money on Beast Games and what he is doing with the money now—they dive into how Gen X handles sudden wealth vs. how Millennials and Gen Z might throw a TikTok party about it.

Would we splurge? Disappear? Tell no one? We both agreed, we'd keep it low key...but there would be signs.

Also on the docket: Why are people destroying Teslas? Has content officially replaced common sense?

And we zoom out even further—is it time to rethink how we teach and learn? We grew up memorizing facts and staying quiet in rows. Today’s world demands adaptability, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking and doesn't seem that we are shifting the way we teach.

So how do we evolve education and mentorship for a world where fortunes rise and fall overnight—and your biggest life lesson might come from a layoff and a lottery ticket?

Bret’s back from the Netherlands and ready to confess: without Google Maps, he would’ve been 100% lost in the land of bikes and canals. Meanwhile, Josh spent the week living like it was 1994 after completely shattering his iPhone—no texts, no maps, no mindless scrolling. And somehow… he survived.

So it got us thinking—what did we even do before smartphones? Could we go back? Would we even want to? In this episode, we question everything, from our total dependence on tech to whether being reachable 24/7 is actually ruining our lives.

Also—big news—Josh and Bret make a bold pact to dumb down their smartphones, deleting the junk apps and reclaiming their brains. This episode is part rant, part revelation, and maybe the start of a very low-tech revolution.

The knees crack, the back aches, and suddenly, we’re stretching before playing ball like we’re in the NBA Finals. Is this what aging feels like? Today, we tackle the brutal reality of feeling old before we’re ready—debating the odds of inevitable back surgery and the struggle of staying active without falling apart. But here’s the real question: Has virtual work actually replaced face-to-face business interactions, or are we just pretending Zoom calls get the job done? Can you really build relationships, close deals, and read the room when the room is just a bunch of floating heads on a screen? Tune in for some laughs, some groans, and maybe some unsolicited stretching advice.