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EPISODE · Jun 3, 2026 · 9 MIN

Your Agency Is Holding You Hostage

from UnF*cked Agency · host Brad Starnes

Your agency looks like it's working. You've got the revenue, the clients, the thing everyone else calls success. And you haven't taken a real day off in months, because the whole operation still runs on your hands and only your hands.The UnF*cked Agency is the show for that... the conversation that usually only happens after the conference, at the bar, when the guard finally comes down. The churn that's scaring you. The cash that's tighter than it looks. The fact that you built a business that owns you instead of the other way around.Host Brad Starnes has been there... he built an agency that looked like a dream while it was on fire inside, and sold it under distress before rebuilding around the lesson he paid for the hard way. No guru theater, no ten-step frameworks you'll never use. Just honest talk and real operators, working through one idea every episode: how to get your agency unfcked. Not perfect. Not optimized. Just not broken, not trapped, and not bleeding.If you're past survival, doing real revenue, and more exhausted than you've ever been — start here.New episodes break down the real mechanics of building an agency that doesn't eat your life. Follow the show so the next one finds you. Are you an agency owner that is looking to scale through global talent? Connect with us at talentfuze.io or join our facebook group "The UnF*cked Agency". 

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Your agency looks like it's working. You've got the revenue, the clients, the thing everyone else calls success. And you haven't taken a real day off in months, because the whole operation still runs on your hands and only your hands. The UnF*cked Agency is the show for that... the conversation that usually only happens after the conference, at the bar, when the guard finally comes down. The churn that's scaring you. The cash that's tighter than it looks. The fact that you built a business th...

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