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Inside The Trades
Inside The Trades seeks to find the answers on closing the talent gap and making the skilled trades an attractive destination for the next generation.We see the solution to this problem sits with the youth of today and helping them learn how the skilled trades are a pathway to a lucrative career. We talk with community and business leaders and hear their stories about the education, innovations and technology they're using today to build fulfilling careers. If you are a parent, school administrator or employer looking for ways to highlight the benefits of a skilled trades career please like, follow and share our show. If you have a story to tell that you think will help this mission please reach out to us!
Episodes
58 episodes
SUMMER ENCORE: Kevin Dobson Built a High School Just For Construction Trades
This episode ran originally on March 22, 2023:In this week's episode we talk with the Kevin Dobson, the Executive Director and Founder of Capital College and Career Academy. CCCA is a brand new charter school, based in Sacramento, with ...
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EP 52: Hardware Store Hero: Make Stuff Move's Guide to Hands-On Education, with Dan Kitchen
This week's guest is Dan Kitchen, the founder of Make Stuff Move. Make Stuff Move is a social enterprise that aims to bridge the gap between STEM education and the skilled trades by providing hands-on kits that teach children about engineering,...
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Episode 52
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56:00
EP 51: Austin Laulainen is Reaching the Next Generation of Trades Professionals Where They're At
Join entrepreneur and blue-collar trades advocate Austin Laulainen as he defies societal norms, educates young adults on the value of blue-collar careers, and strives to bridge the skilled labor gap in this inspiring and thought-provoking episo...
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Episode 51
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1:00:56
EP 50: Disrupting Education with the Disrupt Education Podcast Team
In this episode, we welcome the Disrupt Education podcast dynamic duo, Peter Hostrawser and Alli Privitt about the integration of trades and education. They discuss the challenges faced by the education system in preparing students for the work...
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Episode 50
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EP 49: Matt's Business Ownership Adventures Part 3 - What Happens When Everything Goes Wrong Before Lunch?
In this week's "Emergency Pod" session Matt talks about the challenges and strategies involved in pricing, marketing, and running a mosquito control franchise, all while dealing with multiple disasters in the span of one morning. H...
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Episode 49
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55:40
EP 48: Matt's Principles of Financing a Business Purchase
This episode is the second part of our dive into Matt's purchase of a Mosquito Authority franchise in Massachusetts. Part 1 explored the selection criteria he applied to narr...
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Episode 48
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38:53
EP 47: Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour and Immigration for Ontario, Canada
It is an absolute pleasure welcoming Ontario's Minister of Labour and Immigration, Monte McNaughton, to the show and learning about the number of initiatives the Ford Ministry ha...
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Episode 47
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26:56
EP 46: Matt's Five Rules for Buying a Trades Business
We've talked trades since the start, but neither Matt nor Derek had a background on the tools. That has all changed and Matt talks about buying a business and the rules he devised to research, identify and purchase a trades business that ...
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Episode 46
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34:47
EP 45: Talking with our Next Generation: Plumber Paige Fixes Our Show
Paige Knowles, aka Plumber Paige is in the studio this week and we are so happy to hear from the voice of our target audience! Paige touches on how she came into the trades, but the bulk of the show is us wanting to learn about what's driving y...
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Episode 45
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49:00
EP 44: Nate Clayberg and Teaching Durable Skills with a Sprinkling of Ikigai and Marine Corps Bootcamp
In this episode of "Inside the Trades," we had the pleasure of speaking with Nate Clayberg, the founder of Career Adventure Academy, Business & Program Development Director of Cedar Falls CAPS and host of "That's a Job?" podcast. With a bac...
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Episode 44
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EP 43: New Charter School Just for Construction Trades
In this week's episode we talk with the Kevin Dobson, the Executive Director and Founder of Capital College and Career Academy. CCCA is a brand new charter school, based in Sacramento, with a focus exclusively on the construction trades.
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Episode 43
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56:08
EP 42: Ryan vanDyk - HVAC Entrepreneur and Founder of Contractor Growth Hub
Ryan vanDyk brings 20 years as a HVAC technician, manufacturing rep and business owner into the show this week to talk about business ownership and how his podcast is helping other HVAC owners navigate running their operations. Wh...
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Episode 42
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51:30
EP 41: Brandon Eckenrode - Collision Repair Education Charity Mastermind
When it comes to creative thinking and big ideas the name Brandon Eckenrode should be near the top of the list. Dubbing himself The Facilitator of Generosity on his LinkedIn account, Brandon has helped to generate and distribute millions ...
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Episode 41
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58:04
EP 40: Mollie Elkman - Author of The House That She Built on Sparking a Movement
We got a two-fer on this show - Talking the House That She Built AND heading back to our adopted city of Philadelphia! We've loved this book and the movement it's been able to grow that we h...
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Episode 40
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41:26
EP 39: Nick Tountas - Why Canada is Far Outpacing the US in Advocating for the Skilled Trades
One of the things we’ve noticed in the course of hosting this show is how much further ahead Canada’s been in creating programs and inc...
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Episode 39
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47:24
EP 38: Meredith Balmforth - From College Dropout to Successful Electrician in the House That She Built
Meredith Balmforth's story isn't unique - high academic achiever and setting her sights on continuing that in college, earning a scholarship to her top school choice. Unfortunately, she was gone by the end of her first year, questioning w...
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Episode 38
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54:19
EP 37: Toolfetch's Andrew Brown Has Built a Monsterous Social Media Platform in Months to Boost the Trades
One of the groups we want to talk with this season are those with active platforms to advocate for the skilled trades. Their voices are critical to amplify the messages we need to get out to kids and young adults thinking about their futures. S...
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Episode 37
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48:04
EP 36: Five Groups That Can Help Close the Talent Gap
Season 2 kicks off with Matt and Derek recapping their first year of podcasting and exploring the skilled trades as outsiders. We appreciate how much the blue collar community has embraced us and helped us learn so much in such a short ti...
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Episode 36
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42:00
EP: 35 Sara Nay of Duct Tape Marketing and the Importance of Marketing During a Slow Economy
When looking for marketing help in your business, it helps to know there are providers that specialize in small business trades owners and Duct Tape Marketing is right there! We sat down with their COO, Sara Nay, and learned how they're s...
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Episode 35
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37:27
EP 34: Greg McClelland of the Western Steel Council
Kicking off Season 2 of Inside the Trades is the Executive Director for the Western Steel Council, Greg McClelland. Greg has sat across the negotiating table with many large construction outfits...
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Episode 34
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1:12:48
ENCORE EPISODE: Misti Martin of Be Pro Be Proud Georgia
Closing the skills gap and getting students excited about being part of the trades as a career takes more than just providing them with information. It takes having students exposed to the trades through advanced technology, virtual reality sim...
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ENCORE EPISODE: Stefani Thatcher of Domani Home Design
ENCORE EPISODE: When you think about male-dominated industries, construction might be one of the first that comes to mind. Today’s guest believes that, by utilizing skilled tradeswomen and women-owned companies at all stages of you...
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ENCORE EPISODE: Father Judge High School Welding Instructor and Mentor, Joe Williams
HOLIDAY ENCORE - On this episode we're back with the Father Judge welding program in Philadelphia, speaking to the instructor and architect of the program, Joe Williams.Joe has decades of experience as a welder, working on ...
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37:20
ENCORE EPISODE: How a New Welding Program Transformed a High School, with Brian Patrick King of Father Judge High School
ENCORE EPISODE - Father Judge High School President, Brian Patrick KingFather Judge is a Catholic, all-boys college preparatory school, but when Brian took over as president in 2016 he noticed that 66% of students were lacking clear, ac...
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ENCORE EPISODE: Nuclear Fusion, Aerospace and the Trades with Jeremy Hollman of Commonwealth Fusion Systems
With the recent breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology it seems fitting to revisit our conversation with Commonwealth Fusion System's Jeremy Hollman. With an impressive resume that includes testing and designing for groundbreaki...
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