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For Tradies National Health Month, we catch up with Zac from the Australian Physiotherapy Association, the peak body representing the interests of over 30,000 members and their patients to talk about tips for injury prevention and more.

Marine Technician Submariner Daniel Sheppard and Leading Seaman Electronics Technician Submariner Anthony Zdjelarevic join us this week for another Defence Force special. What incredible jobs these guys have!

Dean, along with his dedicated team, are working tirelessly to find, observe and document the elusive Australian Yowie.

Marc and I Discuss The Amazing Work Being Done By TIACS For Mental Health... (@tiacsfoundation on insta)

The first instalment of our four part special with the Australian Defence Force. Jono and I sit down and talk to Don about his time in the Royal Australian Air Force.

Tom is only 10 and is already showing up most of us adults with his amazing welding skills! We had to get him in to ask him a few questions... enjoy! Follow him on Insta at @toms.welding.projects

Jono (smoko podcast) And I Volunteer As Youfoodz Taste Testers... (@youfoodz on Instagram)

Sell The House, Sell The Other Car, Sell The Furniture And Hit The Road! Could You Do It?

We Sit Down And Talk About New Tools And What To Look Out For From EGO and Skil.

Jono From TheSmokoPodcast Joins Us Again To Chat With Wagstaff Painting About His Unusal Job And The Awesome Artwork He Creates In His Spare Time.

We talk through some burning financial questions for start up companies and existing companies during this Covid-19 pandemic. A great and hopefully helpful listen.

We Talk About Why Jono Started His Own Podcast, What It Was Like Working As a Plumber In New Zealand, And One Of The Funniest Horror Stories I've Ever Heard!

I Sit Down With 4 People From Cbus Super To Try And Clear Up Some Confusion About Superannuation.

I got the chance to pick Greg's brain a little about the story behind TradeTools, economic predictions, the future of TradeTools and our customers!

We Talk Everything From the Trials of Stepping Down From a Business to Brendan's Life Changing Eye Injury and Even Throw In a Chat About Coronavirus For Good Measure! Enjoy! (@woodsugardesigns on instagram)

Just A Good Old Fashioned Chat Between Two Mates! (scrubchook_93 on insta)

His Particular Job Is One I Had No Idea Still Existed!

With Nearly 45 Thousand Subscribers on YouTube and 13.4 Million Views, I Thought It Best To Pick His Brain And See What It's All About!

Drew, Who Is Brothers With Adrian From Absolute Power (episode 19) Despite Being The Only Gas Fitter In A Family Of Electricians Has Managed To Carve Himself Out A Great Patch And After This Convo, I'm Thinking, Maybe Plumbing Isn't Too Shabby!

From Tornado Potatoes To Being Attacked By His Own Carpet Python! Strap Yourselves In, This Convo Is A Ripsnorter!

We were lucky enough to have Karlie & Will from The Block in 2016 in to talk about what being on The Block is really like, how they got into Home Reno's, their life now and more!

We talk everything from apprentices to sparky stereotypes! Kick back and enjoy!

Kim Can (and likes to) Navigate The Ever Confusing World Of Legislation... Making Life Easier For Small Businesses To Get Their Ducks In A Row.

I sit down with Dan and Ed and we discuss where TradeMutt actually came from and what is in store for the fellas in the future. These blokes are doing some incredible work for mental health and awareness in Australia, I'm proud to call them my mates! Go and check out their insta page @trademutt and check out some of their awesome stuff!

We chat about all the cool and unique brickies tools that are thought up and manufactured by hand right here in Australia! We talk future plans for BT Engineering. There is a very proud business history and so there should be! Follow BT Engineering on Instagram at @bt_engineering_brickies_tools

Jacob has gone from being homeless at one stage to now hitting his mature age apprenticeship head first and kicking goals for himself and his family! Look him up on Instagram at @jacobthechippy

Mick and I sit down to discuss new tools to keep our eyes peeled for from Makita and we also do a Q&A session with some keen customers.

Chris (a builder from across the pond) and I sit down and talk tools, Aussie & NZ slang, but most importantly mental health. Chris lost an apprentice and really close friend to suicide and he opens up about the "crater" it left in people's lives.

I sit down for a great yarn with Nash Newnham. An apprentice chippy with some great tool box ideas! Prizes to be won in this episode!

Brad sits down with Brad, a carpenter in Brisbane and they figure out how many coincidental similarities they share, whilst also chatting about life in the Defence Force Reserve, general chit chat around the trade & more.

We chat to Matt from Onshore Carpentry about his life in the trade, doing carpentry & woodwork and how he got in to it all! Matt is a regular at our TradeTools Burleigh & TradeTools Tweed Heads stores, so if you see him around, say hey!

So we've sat down with Jimmy the plumbing apprentice, Matt the successful plumbing business owner & now we're going to sit down with Joel who is in between the two on his journey - just starting out on his own. Enjoy!

Casey from Meredith Metalworks comes in to talk about how he has made a living working for himself as a Metal Fabricator/Welder!

We caught up with Cam from DeWALT, whilst DeWALT were at TradeTools HQ training our staff on new tools and new dust laws recently. If you're a DeWALT fan, tune in to this!

We sit down with 4 lady tradies - Janaya (@chippynaynay on the gram), Lisa (@rock_sparky on the gram), Abbey (@__abbeyh on the gram) & Taylor (@leckychick on the gram) to talk about what it is REALLY like to be a female & on the tools! We asked them things you want to know, but might be too scared to ask!

Well we've interviewed the plumbing apprentice Jimmy, now let's fast forward 10 years and sit down with Matt from Shoreside Plumbing about how he started in plumbing to where he is now!

We sit down with @aussietoolguy from Insta, who is a self confessed tool addict & social media tool reviewer. Kicking off his Instagram page less than a year ago, he's now getting pretty well known in the social media game with his informative videos on the new and latest tools that hit the market.

We sit down and chat to Kent from Apprentice Recruit about how to go about taking on an apprentice if you're thinking about doing so and talk a bit more about how and why he created Apprentice Recruit!

Today we sit down and chat to Jimmy (otherwise known as the_plumbing_apprentice on Instagram) about his plumbing apprentice, what he's learnt, his advice and more! Thinking about taking up a plumbing apprenticeship? Listen to this!

Today we're talking to Craig Tierney, otherwise known as MiniBuild on the socials, who is a Go Pro Tradie & one of our favourite content creators! He has been a big fan of TradeTools for a long while and now he reviews our Makita Tools for us.Today he is talking a bit about his trade as a Shopfitter & how he ties content creation in with his everyday work.