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Blue-Collar BS — 220 episodes

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Plug the Biggest Hole with Jared Millar

2

Why American Manufacturing is NOT dead with Jim Vinoski

3

Can AI Find You a Great Welder? This One Can with Daniel Walsh

4

Hug a Contractor with Toby van Sistine

5

No Emojis Just Real Talk with Thomas Hermann

6

Bushwood Chronicles

7

6-7 Means Nothing. Your Network Should Mean Everything with Jamar Jones

8

3hr Scope Meeting WTF

9

Tradeswoman. Trouble Maker. TikTok Star. Brooke Laing

10

Transparency Without Clarity Is Just Opaqueness

11

Global Hustle, Local Lessons with David Hewitt

12

Hope is NOT a Business Plan

13

From Boss to Bossed - The Humble Pivot with Pat Riley

14

Decks, Daughters, and Dumb Decisions

15

This Gen Z Is Welding Her Own Path with Zoye Bryant

16

Your Network Sucks, That’s Your Problem a Steve Doyle Story

17

The Gen Z COO Who Actually Gets It with Sam Goldberg

18

Building Industry, Building People: The Apex Way with Ann Ensenbach

19

Why Private Equity Can Pound Sand with Matt Middendorp

20

Training Gen Alpha Isn’t Optional with Darryl Gratrix

21

Additive Manufacturing, Subtractive Bullshit Brian Hiatt

22

EP200, Not Our Best Effort

23

Sewers, Suits, and Shit That Matters Lauri Rollings

24

Stop Setting Dumb Goals

25

Polygenerational WTF: From AI to Elk Hunting with Zach Hanson

26

No Cape Needed: A Blue-Collar Tribute to My Dad, Jim Herda

27

When the Apprentice Becomes the Mechanic with Sam DeWitt

28

Ms. Swiss and the Sisterhood of Trades with Nush

29

When Ego Paves the Wrong Road with Bryce Harem

30

Shoebox Accounting & Other Bullsh*t That’s Costing You

31

Who's Sucking Now with DT

32

Chasing Checks Sucks with Joe Kaye

33

You Good, Bro? with Jessica Hallahan

34

OnlyFans for Engineers? Let's Talk Strategy

35

Inviting Women In, Changing the Game with Meaghan Ziemba

36

The wins, you know you have them

37

Grandma Had It Right: Wealth, Wisdom & Generational Grind with Geoff Stuhr

38

Bonus or BS? Let’s Talk Holiday Compensation

39

The Bookkeeping Badass You Didn’t Know You Needed; Beth Carter

40

Serve First, Sell Later-It’s That Simple

41

From Best Buy Battles to Amazon Anxiety

42

Raised in the Projects, Powered by Purpose Terry Taylor

43

Skilled Trades Don’t Recruit Themselves - Joe McClaran Shows You How

44

When Personal Problems Clock In Too

45

Built Tough: Women Leading Manufacturing Becca and Jennifer

46

Gen Z Bossing Boomers with Class with Collin Thomey

47

Shorty Shorts, Tank Tops, and Customer Service

48

From Law Enforcement to Life Protection with Captain Cathy

49

How to Tell If You’ve Hired the Wrong “Tool”

50

Crispy Like Toast: What Happens When Your Business Owns You with Mike Finger

51

From Zero to $19 Million: Inside IRBIS HVAC’s Blueprint for Growth

52

Why ‘95 Babies Might Save Your Business; Nathan Schnell

53

Toxic Positivity

54

Living the Dream or Chasing a Paycheck? Adam Goldman Has Thoughts…

55

Retention Goldmine: Why Aaron’s Techs Never Leave

56

From Boiler Room to Business Boss: Chris Mesker's Wild Ride

57

Ditch the Diploma and Grab a Wrench

58

From Airstream Dreams to Leading Shipyards with Frank Manning

59

What Happens When BROADs Call BS

60

From $9 an Hour to CEO: Jacob Emery’s Blueprint for Success

61

How to Lead People Who Don’t Think Like You with George McCaughan

62

Fireworks, Food, and Freedom: The 4th of July Episode

63

Teen Worker Tells All: What Gen Z Really Thinks About Jobs with Kayla Doyle

64

Branding, Grit, and the New Face of Construction with Stefanie Couch

65

Hey Boomers; How do you stop the dumpster fire

66

The Blueprint for Business Boldness with Precious Williams

67

Dear Younger Leaders: Be Curious, Not Clueless

68

Plumbers, SEO, and $8.5 Million: The Ryan Redding Story

69

Touch It Once... But Not Like That

70

High-Tech Redneck James Hatfield

71

Why Your New Hires Suck (And It’s Probably Your Fault)

72

The Right People Faster, It's Not Complicated with Talmar Anderson

73

Raises for Some, Rage for Others

74

The Trailer Ain't the Field with Coty Fournier

75

From Lathes to Logos: Why Your Shop's Identity Matters

76

The Water Nerd, John Atlee

77

When Raises Hit a Ceiling: Handling Wage Expectations in Small Businesses

78

Win at Talent Win Your Industry with Steve Van Remortel

79

Remote Work, Trust, and the Real Cost of Getting It Wrong

80

Shop Floor Talent; They Are Humans Too, Mike White

81

"We'll See" Is Not a Plan: Leadership Lessons for the New Year

82

Veryable laborforce, end your labor shortage excuses with Patrick Dipple

83

Youth attract Youth with Mark Hedstrom

84

I Got a Guy with Michael Drelicharz

85

Conflicting Agendas

86

Get the Job or Make Some Money Aaron Mills

87

Empowering Change: Jessie Cannizzaro on Crafting a Legacy Beyond Plumbing

88

The Staggering Expense of Hiring with Brett King

89

Listen, Connect, Retain

90

Genius (IYKYK) with Tom Wasmoen

91

When Disaster Strikes: The Blue-Collar Response in Full Force

92

Transforming How Remodeling Gets Done with Kyle Davies

93

Keep Your Employees

94

Opportunity Everywhere with Meg Schmitz

95

Beyond the Pizza Party; The Importance of Employee Recognition

96

Teaching Sparks Welding Forward with Matt Scott

97

LFG It's The End of The Year

98

A Quick Update: What’s Happening This Week

99

Trick or Treat Sales Never Sleeps

100

Tweener Finds His Passion Nick Packard

101

Harness the Power of Thoughts: Transforming Negativity into Opportunity

102

What Is The Business Trilogy Greg DeSimone

103

Leading 4 Generations

104

Big Foot Grampa, Boomers Have Lots to Offer-Mark Weber

105

Uniting Generations: A New Leadership Approach

106

Would You Do Your Own Root Canal with Elisa Ruer

107

What to do with your disengaged workforce?

108

Move to Profit with Stacia Hobson

109

Textiles: America's Lost Blue-Collar Industry -Harrie Schoots

110

Done Learning, Done Leading with Brian Hendricks

111

Boosting Youth Confidence & Competence

112

From Overhead to Opportunity: Space as a Strategic Play with Tom McCrossin

113

People + Tech = Success with Ryan Englin

114

Building Greatness with Les and Asher O'Hara

115

GOSPA Sing it Doyle!!

116

Securing Tomorrow: The Blue-Collar Blueprint for Business Immortality with Jake Hall

117

Can't Fix Stupid, But I Can Sure Point it Out

118

The Heartbeat of Sales: How Service Passion Translates to Profit, with Nicholas Loise

119

Will You Allow GenZ to Impact Your Workplace

120

Be The Change with Ann Ensenbach

121

EPISODE 100!! Celebrate and Reflect

122

Driving Ambition: Redefining the Trucking Industry on Our Terms with Pam Polyak

123

Story Time

124

Recycling with a purpose with Max Johnson

125

The Hiring Hero Process

126

Giver Needs To Give with Johnathan Synovic

127

Get It, Want It, Not The Same to Everyone!

128

Hustle and Grind: Mark Knudsen is Popping His Future

129

Action Words, Different Meanings to Different Generations

130

Bring Home The Bacon with Alan Bennett

131

Meet them where they are at!

132

Wages Are Not The Problem With Matt Vetter

133

Brad and Steve: Tale of Two Collars

134

A New to Blue-Collar Millennial Making a Difference; Tato Corcoran

135

Intrapreneurship WTF

136

What Bus are you Driving with John Hibbs

137

So What Is It You Do Here; IYKYK

138

A Zillennial with an Abundance Mindset-Nate Fair

139

Keeping it Real Steve Gets His Turn

140

A Millennial by Age and Boomer by Values with James Mann

141

GenXers want different benefits

142

Change Your Brain with Dave Goodall

143

Gen Alpha thinks College = Good Jobs WOW!

144

High End and Big Aspirations with Patrick Robertson

145

Do You Own a Business or have a Job?

146

Walk or Fly with Ian Rush The Automation Nerd

147

Younger Workers Lazy and Entitled ??

148

How Tech and Communication impact Trade Businesses with Ron Nussbaum

149

4 Generations what is going on?

150

A Boomer set this GenX up for success, Jason Haines

151

Reap What We Sow in the Blue-Collar World

152

Never too young to start with Gavin and Jamie White

153

What makes Steve Tick

154

Never Say Never with Dave Hataj

155

Is Upskilling and Training a waste of time?

156

Part 2 of Take Two with Alex Pauls

157

Brad and Steve Wage Stagnation and Inequality

158

Take two with Alex Pauls-Part 1

159

Brad & Steve Is Gen Z a Problem

160

Redefining the Workforce: Insights from an Entrepreneur (Part two with Kura Homes)

161

Brad & Steve Mind the Gap-Generational Common Sense?

162

Working Across Generations: Insights from Kura Home

163

Brad & Steve Blue-Collar Perceptions

164

Empowering the Future of Blue Collar Work: Andrew Brown's Journey to Redefine Skilled Trades Careers

165

How The Generational Work Ethic Is Not A Them Problem with Dr. Jim Bohn

166

Automation and Fear with Brad & Steve

167

Can fixing safety fix production with James Boretti

168

How Experiential Learning is Changing Career Decisions with Jim Michlig

169

How This Unapologetic Millennial is Thriving - Chris Seider

170

How Massive Action Can Impact Life with Joshua Page

171

An untraditional path with Craig Sorbo

172

Planting Trees for the next generation with Ben Zang

173

Sharing and educating the next generation with Bob Doll

174

Manufacturing is not what you think with Megan Tzanoukakis

175

GenZ in manufacturing with Eric Thompson

176

The Strength of Each Generation with Bridgette Wiggins

177

What value are you bringing with Christopher Zuzick

178

How Servant Leadership Creates Culture with Tim Luetzow

179

Transferring knowledge to the next generation with Paul Van Metre

180

How to look at hiring differently with Matt Guse

181

Wisdom with Corey Berrier

182

How the trades are ready for change with Ron Nussbaum

183

Gratitude and Blue-Collar Pride with Scott Clark

184

Energizing his future, leaving a legacy, keeping family first, with Alex Pauls

185

Millennial Energy Focused on Future with Daniel Felt

186

A Clean Window into the Future with Ben Barlow

187

David Belman Builds on Family

188

Adam Lives Servant Leadership

189

Legos Build a Blue-Collar Passion Chase Tannhaeuser

190

Safety Fitz-Old Becomes New Again Tom Fitzgerald

191

Sparking the Future For Gen Z Don Curtin

192

From Farm to Exit with Damon Pistulka

193

X Sees Z As The Future, Kristina Harrington

194

This Boomer is Not Afraid to Teach or Learn Mark Weber

195

Blue Collar BOOM!

196

Blue-Collar EQ, No It's Not Math

197

Millennial Leadership, Are You Adapting?

198

Thomas Finds Blue Collar Pride, Thomas Anderson

199

Can't Take Family Out Of The Family Business

200

We are back baby!

201

Brad Going Rogue

202

Season One - Mic Drop!

203

A Millennial Framing Construction Differently Morgan Gutenknust

204

Recipes make good things happen! Anne Rakowiecki

205

Military Entrepreneur with Blue-Collar Blood Andy Weins

206

Boomers Are Good People Too, Christine Wright

207

Millennial Mining His Future Boom! Paul Giles

208

Josh Clymer Charters His Gen Z Talent

209

Millennial Xer And The Industry Technology Gap, Kevin Kromm

210

Welcome Boomer-Podcast Debut Mike Slawnikowski

211

Common Sense-We've Grown Up Differently

212

Who Wants To Work From Home

213

Can generational diversity improve your business?

214

Why are Boomers afraid of hiring young talent?

215

Minimum Wage-Perceptions of Generations

216

Gen Z not welcome?

217

Why is it we have an entitlement problem?

218

Communication-Generational Differences

219

Defining the Generations

220

Why This Show