Irregardless

About Irregardless

Irregardless. Debated word. Undebatable energy. Hosted by Shep Hickey, CEO of Bryzos, Irregardless is the no-filter podcast where the metals industry kicks back and speaks freely. From steel market trends and tech to wild stories and left-field tangents, this show brings real talk with real people from all corners of the industry—and beyond. But we don’t stop there. Expect discussions on leadership, startups, entrepreneurship, and the unpredictable paths that connect it all. It’s brought to you by the team behind Bryzos—the digital marketplace built for the metals world. We’re on a mission to bring speed, transparency, and zero BS to buying and selling metals. No script. No fluff. Irregardless of the topic, we’re gonna talk about it. Check out the app and join the community at Bryzos.com (http://Bryzos.com)

Publisher

Bryzos

Category

business · comedy · technology

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

23 Jan 2025

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

58 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   58: Codie Aljets Pt. 2 - He Beat Cancer and Built Something Bigger

   In Part 2, Codie opens up about the moment that changed everything. A cancer diagnosis at 39 forced him to rethink what he was doing with his time and who he was doing it for. It's the reason he left the fire department, went all in on metal art, and built Sage Country Customs into what it is today. Codie talks about how that experience shaped his perspective as an artist and as a person, what it's like balancing a creative career with raising a family in Gunnison, Colorado, and how giving back through his art has put over $118,000 into cancer organizations in his community.

2. 

   16 Sept 2026

   57: Codie Aljets Pt. 1 - From Birthday Cakes to High Detail Metal Art

   Codie Aljets, metal sculptor and owner of Sage Country Customs out of Gunnison, Colorado, joins Shep to dig into how he got here. Codie grew up in Dorsey, Illinois, a town of about 150 people, where his family ran a mechanic and body shop. He was always drawn to the creative side of that world, but it took years and a lot of detours before that instinct turned into a career. From three-dimensional birthday cakes to cutting shapes out of inherited hand saws with a plasma cutter, to a corporate sales job that landed him in Nashville and laid him off the week before Christmas, Codie spent years chasing the mountains and figuring out what he was actually wired to do. In Part 1, he walks through how he landed in Colorado and the jobs that shaped him along the way: blacksmithing, sculpting concrete playgrounds, and becoming a firefighter and live fire instructor. He opens up about his cancer diagnosis at 39, the moment he realized building things was what mattered, and why the hardest part of being an artist has nothing to do with the art itself. Stick around to catch Part 2!

3. 

   2 Sept 2026

   56: Chad Broyles - Service Center by Trade, Tech Company by Choice

   Chad Broyles, Executive Vice President of Majestic Steel USA, sits down with Shep to talk about what it actually means to be a technology-first company in the steel industry. Majestic is a nearly 50-year-old, family-owned service center with nine locations across the U.S., but Chad says what sets them apart is their approach to data, AI, and their proprietary customer platform M-Hub. Chad shares his 15-year path through the industry, from the plant floor at Precoat Metals to Precision Strip to nearly six years at Nucor. They also get into why tariffs are leveling the playing field for domestic producers and he pulls back the curtain on Quicken Steel and Steel Homes, a business building factory-constructed, hurricane-rated steel homes that look like any house on the block.

Who has been a guest on Irregardless

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jack Gorzko
• Anthony Jacobs
• Evan Uyetake
• José Reyes
• Laynie Locke

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

83

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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