Brainwashed To Be Broke

Adam Rother
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Most people aren't stuck by accident. They're stuck by design. From the moment you're born, you're handed a script. What to believe, what to want, what's possible and what isn't. Most people never question it. Brainwash to Be Broke exists to change that. Hosted by Adam Rother, this show pulls back the curtain on the social programming, beliefs, and conditioning quietly running your life. The stories about money, religion, relationships, health, and identity you believe so deeply you don't even know you believe them. This isn't just about being broke financially. It's about being mentally broke. Stuck in thinking handed to you by people just as conditioned as you are. Raw, unfiltered conversations with founders, thinkers, and people who woke up, questioned everything, and rebuilt life on their own terms. If you've ever felt like something is off but couldn't name it, you're in the right place. It's time to break the script. 🔔 Subscribe and follow so you never miss an episode.

  1. 1d ago

    Serial Entrepreneur Corinne Berry: The Sobriety Story Few Tell

    This sobriety story is about what happens when success, money, drinking, faith, and survival all collide. Corinne Berry spent 35 years drinking while still performing, building businesses, and looking functional from the outside. Then her body gave her a warning she could not negotiate with. Corinne is a resilience business coach, serial entrepreneur since 1996, and former sobriety coach who helps high-achieving women rebuild after setbacks with clarity, confidence, and momentum. Corinne explains: ■ Why high performers can hide addiction longer than anyone expects ■ The liver warning that forced her to face what success was covering ■ How sobriety changed her relationship with God, business, and freedom ■ Why some relationships have to end before deprogramming can begin ■ The crash, the lost home, and the social media wipeout that tested everything ■ Why rebuilding is not about motivation, and what it can never take from you Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:21 The Path That Would Not Leave Her Alone 02:54 Why Helping Women Became the Mission 04:02 The First Business That Changed Everything 05:19 The Money Lessons School Never Gave Her 08:21 Why She Bought Real Estate Before Moving Out 11:14 The Simple Rule Her Parents Taught About Money 12:58 The Moment Sobriety Changed the Whole Direction 17:29 The Question Behind 35 Years of Drinking 20:55 What the Drinking Culture Was Really Hiding 23:47 Why Sports Became More Than a Hobby 29:01 When Faith Finally Became Real 34:14 Why Sharing the Story Felt Terrifying 35:23 The Motorcycle Crash That Made Her Listen 38:18 Why Some People Had to Be Cut Off 43:09 Losing Her Platforms, Her Home, and Starting Again 45:42 The Book She Says Changes Your Mindset 47:28 The Final Message She Would Leave Behind If this conversation helps you see your programming more clearly, subscribe to Brainwashed to Be Broke, like the video, comment with the biggest belief you are questioning now, and share this with one friend who needs to hear it. Follow Corinne: Website - https://explore-coach.com Facebook - Corinne Berry LinkedIn - Corinne Berry Adam's socials: Website: https://www.brainwashedtobebroke.com X: https://x.com/adam_rother Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rotheradam/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rotheradamlive TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rotheradam Listen to Brainwashed To Be Broke: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brainwashed-to-be-broke/id1879032145 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6UzZfVwqPmNjyOYfDaxEGc?si=91c9a140c35247db #socialprogramming #conditioning #moneymindset #freedom #deprogramming

  2. 5d ago

    Christian Entrepreneur Sheli G: Will AI Replace Jobs or Rigid Workers?

    Will AI replace jobs, or will it replace people who refuse to adapt? CliftonStrengths coach Sheli G argues that the bigger threat is not artificial intelligence itself, it is a rigid mindset that keeps people fighting a change that has already arrived. Sheli coaches entrepreneurs inside Russell Brunson's Inner Circle and helps leaders build stronger, higher-performing teams. After losing her income during COVID, navigating divorce, grief, and a stalker, she rebuilt by embracing the technology she once resisted. Sheli explains: ■ Why experience can become a liability when pride blocks learning ■ How faith shaped her decision to embrace artificial intelligence ■ Why the person managing AI agents may keep the job ■ What losing nearly everything taught her about adaptability ■ Why entrepreneurs may have a temporary advantage right now ■ What AI can multiply, and what it can never take from you Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:12 Why One Career Was Never Enough 05:38 Can Relationships Survive the Technology Shift? 07:52 What Holds You Steady When Everything Collapses? 10:07 The Year Every Wall Closed In 14:04 Do Hard Times Actually Make You Stronger? 19:13 The Addiction Nobody Notices 22:16 Will AI Replace Your Job? 25:02 Why Fighting AI Is Already a Losing Strategy 31:48 Can Christians Embrace Artificial Intelligence? 37:00 How AI Completely Changes the Way You Learn 41:15 How Fast Must You Adapt to Survive? 47:42 What Happens When Every Safety Net Disappears? 54:12 The Lesson She Wishes She Learned Earlier 59:28 What Are You Actually Called to Build? 1:13:51 Why Humans Wait for a Crisis to Change 1:26:41 The Worst Mindset Advice on the Internet 1:29:50 The Message She Would Leave Behind If this conversation helps you see your programming more clearly, subscribe to Brainwashed to Be Broke, like the video, comment with the biggest belief you are questioning now, and share this with one friend who needs to hear it. Follow Sheli: LinkedIn - Sheli G Adam's socials: Website: https://www.brainwashedtobebroke.com X: https://x.com/adam_rother Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rotheradam/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rotheradamlive TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rotheradam Listen to Brainwashed To Be Broke: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brainwashed-to-be-broke/id1879032145 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6UzZfVwqPmNjyOYfDaxEGc?si=91c9a140c35247db #artificialintelligence #futureofwork #conditioning #freedom #deprogramming

  3. Jul 24

    GoHighLevel Expert Dakora Routh: How AI Turns Missed Calls Into Sales

    AI automation agency success is not about selling complicated technology, it is about solving expensive problems businesses already have. Dakota Routh explains why missed calls, weak follow-up, bad positioning, and the wrong clients quietly destroy growth. Dakota is a former U.S. Army serviceman and former national vice president of sales for Gold's Gym who built gyms, a global clothing brand, SaaS agencies, and a white-label HighLevel support company. Dakota explains: ■ Why 22 sales demos produced zero clients, and what had to change ■ How one stranger helped turn a failing gym into a rapid expansion ■ Why a missed $500 job can create a $1,000 competitive swing ■ The hidden AI service clients may happily pay $2,000 a month for ■ Why protecting children from struggle can weaken them ■ Whether AI will replace you, and his honest answer Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:45 Why His First Career Nearly Failed 03:24 The Side Hustle Built After Work 05:16 The Corporate Decision That Felt Wrong 08:33 Should I Quit the Safe Job? 10:44 The Empty Gym Nobody Wanted 13:35 The Stranger Who Changed the Business 16:59 Why Giving Something Free Made Sales Easier 20:49 The Accidental Clothing Brand 23:44 Why ClickFunnels Was Not Enough 25:37 Why 22 Demos Closed Nobody 28:51 When Is It Time to Abandon a Niche? 30:00 The Restaurant System Owners Never Had to Touch 34:15 Does Entrepreneurial Self-Doubt Ever Disappear? 39:29 Are You Protecting Your Children Too Much? 46:15 How AI Stops Small Businesses Losing Leads 51:16 Why the Wrong Niche Cannot Afford You 53:32 The AI Service Clients Never See 57:27 What Agency Owners Actually Want to Do 1:00:37 Can He Prove His Strategy Works Again? If this conversation helps you see your programming more clearly, subscribe to Brainwashed to Be Broke, like the video, comment with the biggest belief you are questioning now, and share this with one friend who needs to hear it. Adam's socials: Website: https://www.brainwashedtobebroke.com X: https://x.com/adam_rother Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rotheradam/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rotheradamlive TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rotheradam #socialprogramming #conditioning #moneymindset #freedom #deprogramming

  4. Jul 22

    Ex-Teacher Matt Boudreaux: How School Conditions Children to Seek Permission

    The school system was designed to produce compliance, but Matt Boudreaux believes education should develop independent, capable human beings. He explains why good grades can leave people unprepared for life, how conditioning becomes normal, and why waiting for the system to change is the wrong strategy. Matt is a former teacher and school administrator who built his own school and has helped roughly 150 people launch alternative education communities. Matt explains: ■ Why straight-A students can graduate without knowing who they are ■ What the Prussian education model may reveal about modern schooling ■ Why AI is exposing a problem schools can no longer ignore ■ How one word can quietly shape your child's identity ■ Why your environment determines what feels possible and normal ■ The execution cycle that turns information into transformation Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:21 Why Straight A's Left Him Unprepared for Life 04:40 When He Realized School Was Only a Game 08:41 Is Modern Education Becoming More Dangerous? 10:42 Why the School System Refuses to Change 14:03 Can Microschools Replace Traditional Education? 18:17 The Life of Quiet Desperation He Refused to Accept 20:24 What School Never Taught Him About Money 25:27 The Investment That Changes Every Other Asset 28:03 Why Retirement Could Make You Age Faster 31:08 How to Raise Children Without Crushing Their Identity 37:41 Does Your Environment Decide Your Future? 42:19 Why Simple Communication Is Harder Than It Looks 45:34 Information Is Useless Without This Missing Step 47:40 Should You Fire Before You Aim? 49:18 The Only Path to Personal Freedom 53:17 Building Strong Families Outside the System If this conversation helps you see your programming more clearly, subscribe to Brainwashed to Be Broke, like the video, comment with the biggest belief you are questioning now, and share this with one friend who needs to hear it. Adam's socials: Website: https://www.brainwashedtobebroke.com X: https://x.com/adam_rother Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rotheradam/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rotheradamlive TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rotheradam Listen to Brainwashed To Be Broke: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brainwashed-to-be-broke/id1879032145 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6UzZfVwqPmNjyOYfDaxEGc?si=91c9a140c35247db #socialprogramming #conditioning #moneymindset #freedom #deprogramming

  5. Jul 20

    Ex-IT Leader Mark Beall: Why Posting Every Day Is the Wrong YouTube Business Strategy

    YouTube for business works when you stop chasing the algorithm and start solving the viewer's real problem. Mark Beall explains why targeted videos can attract better buyers than viral content, and why one useful upload may keep generating attention for years. After 20 years in IT and corporate leadership, Mark left his career to build on YouTube. His channels have generated more than 20 million views and over 70,000 subscribers. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0} Mark explains: ■ Why optimizing for the algorithm can quietly weaken your strategy ■ The content coin that separates casual viewers from serious buyers ■ How a small creator ranked beside a multimillion-dollar media company ■ Why a video with almost no views can suddenly grow months later ■ The hidden requirement behind every successful online business ■ Why fighting obscurity matters more than perfecting your skills Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:55 Why a Systems Thinker Started Studying Human Behavior 06:32 What Faith Taught Him About Uncertain Decisions 08:36 Why Some People Stop Growing 10:22 Were You Conditioned to Stay Silent? 14:17 Why the Crowd Can Override Your Judgment 19:15 What the YouTube Algorithm Actually Wants 21:01 Are You Building a Creator Channel or a Business? 25:45 Why Views Are Not the Real Goal 28:11 What Makes YouTube Different From Social Media? 33:00 How Small Creators Can Compete on Google 34:18 Why Old Videos Can Suddenly Take Off 40:14 The Career Shift Nobody Expected 48:07 The Corporate Moment That Changed His Direction 54:23 Why Obscurity Is the Real Enemy 59:53 The Part of Business Beginners Never See 1:09:25 Are You Building an Asset or a Hamster Wheel? 1:17:21 The Book That Changed How He Understands People If this conversation helps you see your programming more clearly, subscribe to Brainwashed to Be Broke, like the video, comment with the biggest belief you are questioning now, and share this with one friend who needs to hear it. Adam's socials: Website: https://www.brainwashedtobebroke.com X: https://x.com/adam_rother Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rotheradam/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rotheradamlive TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rotheradam #youtubeforbusiness #contentmarketing #socialprogramming #freedom #deprogramming

  6. Jul 18

    Christian Business Coach Curt Tucker: Put Faith and Family Before Business

    How to balance faith, family and business is not a time-management problem, it is a priority problem. Curt Tucker explains why money, growth and entrepreneurial freedom mean little when your marriage, health and identity are falling apart. Curt is a Christian business and marriage coach, entrepreneur, author of The Champion Life Playbook, and founder of Champion Builders. After rebuilding his life, finances and marriage, he now helps men win without sacrificing what cannot be replaced. Curt explains: ■ Why business success can quietly become another form of bondage ■ The 60-second habit that can change the direction of a marriage ■ Why the wrong friend gets your worst decisions at the worst time ■ How shame traps high-performing men behind a successful image ■ Why nobody is truly self-made, and what your network reveals ■ The blind spots you cannot identify alone, and his honest answer Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:59 Why Curt Chose Entrepreneurship 07:27 Can You Win Without Sacrificing Your Family? 11:12 What Does the Champion Life Really Require? 16:39 Is Money Quietly Becoming Your Identity? 20:28 The 60 Seconds Your Marriage May Be Missing 24:20 What the Entrepreneurial Grind Takes From You 27:38 Why Building Alone Keeps You Stuck 34:08 Are the Wrong People Controlling Your Future? 37:12 The Friend Audit Every Entrepreneur Should Do 42:20 How Do You Find the Right People? 47:11 Why Fear and Shame Keep Men Silent 52:22 The Blind Spot You Cannot See Alone 55:35 How to Choose a Coach You Can Trust 1:02:01 Where to Connect With Curt If this conversation helps you see your programming more clearly, subscribe to Brainwashed to Be Broke, like the video, comment with the biggest belief you are questioning now, and share this with one friend who needs to hear it. Follow Curt: Facebook - Curt Tucker Adam's socials: Website: https://www.brainwashedtobebroke.com X: https://x.com/adam_rother Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rotheradam/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rotheradamlive TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rotheradam Listen to Brainwashed To Be Broke: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brainwashed-to-be-broke/id1879032145 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6UzZfVwqPmNjyOYfDaxEGc?si=91c9a140c35247db #faithfamilybusiness #christianentrepreneur #marriageadvice #freedom #deprogramming

  7. Jul 16

    AI Business Expert Ed Osburn: Will AI Replace Jobs?

    Answer engine optimization is changing how customers discover, trust and choose businesses. Ed Osburn explains why being visible is no longer enough, how AI may quietly disqualify your business, and why the next major opportunity is not more advertising, but becoming the answer. Ed built one of Alberta's busiest chiropractic practices before a severe Crohn's disease diagnosis forced him to rebuild his life. He later created the world's top podcast for chiropractors and launched a $60,000 online program in three days. Ed explains: ■ Why AI may recommend one local expert while ignoring everyone else ■ The two questions every business must answer before AI will trust it ■ Why 1,000 reviews may matter less than what those reviews repeatedly say ■ How a health crisis pushed him from nearly broke to an online business ■ Why speed can beat clarity when you are building something new ■ What happens to money, work and identity if AI creates abundance Chapters: 00:00 Intro 03:17 The Health Crisis That Changed Everything 09:19 When a High Performer Can No Longer Work 11:48 How Nearly Losing Everything Created Momentum 15:03 Why More Content Will Stop Being Enough 16:11 Which Professionals Could AI Replace First? 19:58 Why People Are Starting to Trust AI 23:07 Is Google Search Already Losing Its Power? 28:00 Why New Technology Feels Wrong at First 30:59 Will Money Become Irrelevant in 10 Years? 32:50 How Should Parents Prepare Children for AI? 35:34 What Happens When Work No Longer Defines You? 39:25 Can Work and Personal Life Ever Be Balanced? 42:13 Are We Living Inside a Simulation? 46:07 Why Speed Beats Waiting for Clarity 52:10 How to Build a Business With AI 55:39 Why Every Professional Must Learn Sales 1:00:57 The AI Business Opportunity Few People See 1:05:33 How AI Decides Who Deserves a Recommendation 1:09:32 Where to Follow Ed If this conversation helps you see your programming more clearly, subscribe to Brainwashed to Be Broke, like the video, comment with the biggest belief you are questioning now, and share this with one friend who needs to hear it. Follow Ed: Website - https://dredosburn.com Adam's socials: Website: https://www.brainwashedtobebroke.com X: https://x.com/adam_rother Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rotheradam/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rotheradamlive TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rotheradam Listen to Brainwashed To Be Broke: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brainwashed-to-be-broke/id1879032145 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6UzZfVwqPmNjyOYfDaxEGc?si=91c9a140c35247db #answerengineoptimization #artificialintelligence #futureofwork #freedom #deprogramming

  8. Jul 14

    Grief Recovery Coach Vicki Hagadorn: Why Positive Thinking Cannot Heal It

    Unresolved grief may be the hidden reason mindset work, behavior change, and positive thinking never create lasting freedom. Grief recovery coach Vicki Hagadorn explains why survival patterns sit beneath self-sabotage, addiction, strained relationships, and the beliefs controlling your life. After overcoming alcohol and drug addiction, a severe eating disorder, and years of hidden emotional pain, Vicki discovered the Grief Recovery Method. She now helps individuals and couples process loss, trauma, and major life transitions. Vicki explains: ■ Why tens of thousands of dollars in therapy never reached the real root ■ How her parents' divorce triggered a physical crisis at 36 ■ Why your nervous system may reject the mindset you are trying to build ■ What children learn when emotions are minimized at home ■ Why self-reliance eventually becomes another survival trap ■ The message she would leave behind if this were her final interview Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:59 The Private Battle Nobody Could See 04:49 The Trade That Quietly Built Her Future 06:45 Why Her Parents' Divorce Broke Something Open 09:29 When the Old Coping Tools Were No Longer an Option 10:19 The Health Crisis Her Body Could Not Hide 12:48 How Control Became an Emotional Prison 16:14 Why Mindset Work Could Not Reach the Root 19:38 Are We Shaped by Fear From Childhood? 21:53 The Fire That Changed Her Sense of Safety 25:53 Can You Heal Your Heart With Your Head? 28:25 How Grief Recovery Became a Global Mission 32:44 Why Your Environment Can Change Your Trajectory 35:06 The Next Generation of Grief Recovery Specialists 38:24 The Scripture That Gave Her Hope 41:39 Can Faith Help Without Making Healing Unsafe? 45:26 What Emotionally Safe Parenting Really Requires 50:19 Was School Designed to Make Us Obey? 56:53 The Book That Changed Her Understanding of Purpose 58:40 Why Self-Reliance Eventually Stops Working 59:53 The Truth She Wants Every Broken Person to Hear If this conversation helps you see your programming more clearly, subscribe to Brainwashed to Be Broke, like the video, comment with the biggest belief you are questioning now, and share this with one friend who needs to hear it. Follow Vicki: Website - https://freedomfromgrief.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/freedomfromgrief/ Adam's socials: Website: https://www.brainwashedtobebroke.com X: https://x.com/adam_rother Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rotheradam/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rotheradamlive TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rotheradam Listen to Brainwashed To Be Broke: #unresolvedgrief #griefrecovery #conditioning #freedom #deprogramming

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Most people aren't stuck by accident. They're stuck by design. From the moment you're born, you're handed a script. What to believe, what to want, what's possible and what isn't. Most people never question it. Brainwash to Be Broke exists to change that. Hosted by Adam Rother, this show pulls back the curtain on the social programming, beliefs, and conditioning quietly running your life. The stories about money, religion, relationships, health, and identity you believe so deeply you don't even know you believe them. This isn't just about being broke financially. It's about being mentally broke. Stuck in thinking handed to you by people just as conditioned as you are. Raw, unfiltered conversations with founders, thinkers, and people who woke up, questioned everything, and rebuilt life on their own terms. If you've ever felt like something is off but couldn't name it, you're in the right place. It's time to break the script. 🔔 Subscribe and follow so you never miss an episode.

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  • Creator
    Adam Rother
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    76
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Adam Rother
  • Show Website
    Brainwashed To Be Broke