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Most entrepreneurs and leaders keep their faith and their business in separate rooms. The best ones don't.Breaking the Barrier is a video podcast where host Nick Madden sits down with successful founders and executives who refuse to compartmentalize. Each episode draws out the real playbooks behind building companies with both excellence and conviction.
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Booking probability
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Guest openness
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Signup to Generate a PitchMost entrepreneurs and leaders keep their faith and their business in separate rooms. The best ones don't. Breaking the Barrier is a video podcast where host Nick Madden sits down with successful founders and executives who refuse to compartmentalize. Each episode draws out the real playbooks behind building companies with both excellence and conviction.
Breaking the Barrier is hosted by SENT. The show has published 17 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Bottom Fell Out. How They Stayed: Laid Everyone Off, 700 Rooms on 3 Staff, Sold for $300M" (27 October 2026, 44 minutes), "Desperate People Buy From Startups: Invest in Missionaries vs. Mercenaries, Faith in Silicon Valley" (13 October 2026, 73 minutes), and "The Business Wasn't Working, Neither Was He: Love Your People, Build the System, Fund the Mission" (29 September 2026, 81 minutes).
Breaking the Barrier publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 76 minutes across 17 episodes.
Booking probability for Breaking the Barrier is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Breaking the Barrier requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Breaking the Barrier's contact route on record: public web form.
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SENT hosts Breaking the Barrier, a business podcast with 17 episodes published.
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Breaking the Barrier
Ten founders and business leaders sit down with Nick Madden to break down what it actually takes to start and grow a business, back to back, in one episode: Flip Howard, Rob Kaczmark, Joe Pomerenke, Raul Hernandez...
Breaking the Barrier
David Mount sits down with Nick Madden to break down what Silicon Valley gets right when it is working at its best, and what any founder can take from it. David, founder of G2 Venture Partners, spent 10 years at Kleiner...
Breaking the Barrier
Ben Davis sits down with Nick Madden to break down how a 24-year-old with three years of experience walked away from the number-two seat at a fast-growing insurer, signed an SBA loan two weeks before Lehman Brothers...
Breaking the Barrier
Bahigh Acuna sits down with Nick Madden to break down the part of a business most founders overlook: the go-to-market. Bahigh was Spotify's first man on the ground in Mexico when music streaming sounded like a scam ($9...
Episode #13
Phil Berry sits down with Nick Madden to break down how a distributorship doing $400,000 a year, bought on a cashed 401(k), became a health company running near $100 million. Berry spent his first five years in survival...
Breaking the Barrier
Episode description Raul Hernandez Ochoa sits down with Nick Madden to break down what AI actually changes for a business owner. Raul — founder & CEO of Do Good Work, who's helped generate $50M+ in revenue and overseen...
Breaking the Barrier
Episode description Christopher Check, president of Catholic Answers, sits down with Nick Madden to break down what it means to run a mission like a business — and why faith and work were never two separate fields. A...
<p>Joe Pomeranke sits down with Nick Madden to break down how you build a business worth a billion dollars — and then give it back to the people who built it. Over nearly two decades at Arco, Joe helped grow a...
Joe Pomeranke sits down with Nick Madden to break down how you build a business worth a billion dollars — and then give it back to the people who built it. Over nearly two decades at Arco, Joe helped grow a design-build...
Rob Hays sits down with Nick Madden to break down what it takes to lead when everything is on fire. Rob took over as CEO of the publicly traded Ashford Hospitality Trust in April 2020 — and within a weekend furloughed...
<p>Rob Hays sits down with Nick Madden to break down what it takes to lead when everything is on fire. Rob took over as CEO of the publicly traded Ashford Hospitality Trust in April 2020 — and within a weekend...
<p>Scott Weeman sits down with Nick Madden to break down the addictions that quietly come with ambition — pride, control, and money — and the honesty it takes to name them. Scott is the Executive Director of Catholic in...
Scott Weeman sits down with Nick Madden to break down the addictions that quietly come with ambition — pride, control, and money — and the honesty it takes to name them. Scott is the Executive Director of Catholic in...
<p>David Niccolini sits down with Nick Madden to explore a side of business few founders never see. After being invited to a founder table that included former Secret Service and U.S. Senate security leaders, David...
<p>Nick Madden sits down with Rob Kaczmark to discuss the unexpected journey from getting fired from Catholic radio to building Spirit Juice Studios — a media company that now generates over 1 BILLION views and produces...
<p>Professional burnout is often the result of a lack of structural discipline rather than a heavy workload. In this episode, Nick Madden and Jeremy Aranda introduce the "3:30 Stop" challenge, a practical exercise in...
Episode #4
<p>Jeff sits down with Nick Madden to break down why culture and strategy are not separate things, the 7-question filter he uses before committing to any business opportunity, and what backward planning from a 3-year...
<p>As co-founder of Presidio, the first pro-life health insurance company in America, Bob Hogan is building a values-aligned alternative in one of the most complex and regulated industries in the country. Bob sits down...
<p>Flip Howard sits down with Nick Madden to break down what actually drives long-term business growth without overcomplicating it. Flip explains why taking action beats waiting for the perfect strategy, how the right...
Episode #2
<p>Tim Lyons sits down with Nick Madden to break down what actually makes a leader effective when the stakes are high. Tim explains why every organization needs skeptics (and how to use them), how to build a set of...
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