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Pave It Black: The Official Podcast of NAPA — 110 episodes

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Finding the Silver Lining: Turning Challenges into Purpose and Growth with Dwayne Edmonson

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Exploring Advanced Asphalt Technologies with Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree Noor Saleh

3

Building Better Roads Starts With Training: Todd Mansell on Elevating Asphalt Quality

4

America’s First Superhighway: Leading the Pennsylvania Turnpike with Mark Compton

5

How Real Time Data Improves Safety and Efficiency with Tyler Hackman

6

The Many Roads to Asphalt: Breaking into Asphalt Without an Engineering Background with Lauren SeBlonka

7

A New Era of Collaboration in Asphalt Engineering with Jo Sias

8

Going Beyond the Surface: Sharing Life Stories and Building a Brand That Lasts with Marvin Joles

9

How Technology and Human Leadership Transform Modern Jobsites with Adam Harshman and Tyler Hackman

10

What is Return on Goodwill? Modern Leadership with Sam Demma [LIVE EPISODE]

11

100 Episodes Strong: 2026 Chair Jay Lemon on the Past and Future of NAPA [LIVE EPISODE]

12

NAPA’s 2025 Recap: Advocacy Achievements, Memorable Meetings, and 2026 Goals

13

What We Learned at The Road Forward International Summit

14

Production with purpose: leading a brand built to last with Jim McEvoy

15

The art of the handoff: getting succession planning right with Albert Ciuksza

16

When sales meets service: making deals with strategy, honesty, and patience with Brodie Hutchins

17

From accounting to asphalt: a journey of lifelong learning with Amanda Mohr

18

Leading from within: embracing humility, grace, and accountability at the top with Wally Adamchik

19

Winning relationships: how great leaders earn loyalty and build high-performing, diverse teams with Hilary Fordwich

20

Driven by curiosity: building the Dirt World’s next generation with Aaron Witt

21

Leading with passion and purpose: navigating career transitions and giving back to the industry with Deb Schwerman

22

Work Zone Safety Special: driving change with awareness, technology, and advocacy

23

Encouraging diversity of thought: leading with lessons from the past and creating forward-thinking teams with Maure Creager

24

Building teamship through leadership: the essential qualities that breed success and culture with Adam Tarnow

25

Investing in people: leading with presence and building strong partnerships with Christine Shaw

26

Leading with values: the power of people-first leadership with David White

27

We’re built to be creative: unlocking innovation in leadership with Josh Linkner

28

Setting the tone: leading an industry of leaders with Audrey Copeland

29

Leadership equals influence: why advocating for your industry matters with Pat Nelson

30

[Part 2] Paving the future: Cold central plant recycling and 3D paving

31

[Part 1] Paving the future: Achieving sustainability goals through technology and training

32

Built to last: Enhancing productivity and sustainability through wear parts

33

Designing pavements in a changing world: How technology shapes asphalt in Europe

34

Better management, better processes: Enhancing asphalt operations with specialized software

35

Loader, no driver: Transforming plant operations with remote-operated autonomous loaders

36

Integrating technology at your plant without disrupting flow: Using aramid fibers in production

37

People, process, then technology: Unlocking operational efficiencies with AI

38

Giving kids a test drive: Using simulators to recruit the industry’s next generation

39

There's a synergy between technology and sustainability: Understanding digital solutions for asphalt

40

Airfield Specifications

41

Airfield Asphalt Certification Program

42

Electric Roads

43

Industry Standards

44

NAPA's Advocacy Arm

45

Low Carbon Construction Materials

46

ENERGY STAR

47

Balanced Mix Design

48

Pave It Black Live!

49

Women of Asphalt

50

The Fast Forward Button

51

Ensuring Resilience Beyond Infrastructure

52

Accelerating Asphalt Research

53

Watch For Us

54

The Asphalt Industry's Highest Award

55

Partnering on Workforce

56

Closer Look: NAPA's Ray Brown Airport Award

57

Developing Relationships

58

Environmentally Preferred Asphalt Pavements

59

En Route and Engaged

60

Construction Sector Sustainability

61

Questions on Energy

62

Partnering on The Road Forward

63

Carbon Negative

64

Recycling

65

Carbon Eutrophication & Ozone Depletion—Oh My!

66

Getting Warm: Asphalt Mixtures

67

Virginia Pavement Smoothness

68

Trucking Logistics

69

The Road Forward

70

Breaking Barriers

71

Putting Your People First

72

Teamwork: Everybody Counts

73

Technology & Tradition

74

Getting the Wins

75

Quality Counts

76

The Art of Asphalt

77

Opportunities Everywhere

78

The Good Neighbor

79

Safety First

80

Doing More with Drones

81

The Dynamics of Asphalt Plant Management

82

Efficient Fleet Management

83

Robots Help in the Work Zone

84

Going Paperless

85

Temperature, Temperature, Temperature

86

Big Data in the Asphalt Industry

87

The Teamwork of Technology

88

Electrification Is Here

89

What Is Innovation?

90

An Outsider Perspective on Asphalt

91

Asphalt Checks all the Boxes for Auto Industry Proving Grounds

92

What's the Deal With Plastic?

93

An Intentional Approach to People

94

The Truth About Leadership Development

95

From Music to Construction: The Appeal of Asphalt's Sustainability

96

Infrastructure Week 2020

97

Why Is Marketing Important in a Low Bid Environment?

98

How Does Asphalt Fit Into a Resilient World?

99

The Power of Social Media in the Asphalt Industry

100

Craig Parker's Industry Game Changers

101

Dr. Buzz Powell: Walking the Asphalt Path

102

OMG! What if There Were No Cell Phones?

103

What If There Were No Cameras?

104

Special Edition: National Work Zone Awareness Week

105

Life in the Lab With Tanya Nash

106

What If There Were No Classrooms?

107

All in the Family With Ron and David White

108

My Journey to Asphalt: Si Katara

109

So You Think You're Innovative? Gallagher Brothers

110

Pave It Black: Intro