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Commercial Kitchen ChroniclesEpisode 168:Wrenches, Work, and Real Life: A Commercial Kitchen Chronicles Year in ReviewWelcome back to Commercial Kitchen Chronicles — The Original Foodservice Equipment Repair Podcast.This episode is our official Year in Review, and it’s one of the most real conversations we’ve had all year. Pat Finley is joined by co-hosts Jason Latimer and Rich Ortega as we sit down to reflect on everything that went right, everything that went wrong, and everything we learned along the way.With no guest and no script, we dig into the reality of life in the commercial kitchen equipment repair and HVACR world — from running service companies and managing technician...
2025-12-191h 10
Commercial Kitchen ChroniclesEpisode 165:Building Better Contractors: Rhydon Atzenhoffer on Distribution, Training, and the Future of the TradesThis week on Commercial Kitchen Chronicles, Pat and Jason sit down with Rhydon Atzenhoffer — the Voice of Distribution, host of the HVAC R&D Podcast, and a guy who has lived HVAC life from the trenches to the top.Born and raised in his dad’s heating and air business in the mountains of North Carolina, Rhydon worked his way up from rough-in crews to sales, project management, and eventually wholesale distribution. Today he’s an Account Executive helping contractors build better businesses while still keeping the roots of the trade at the center of everything he does.
2025-12-051h 05
The Craft & Calling10 - How to Lead Trades Teams That Stay: Hiring, Retention & Legacy LeadershipLegacy leadership starts with who you hire, how you develop them, and the mission you reinforce every day.
In this episode of The Craft & Calling, host Christene Marie sits down with Sean Madole, a third-generation trades leader who has carried his family’s construction business forward since the 1970s. Together they dig into what actually scales a trades company: values-based hiring, culture-driven retention, systems that compound, and leadership that evolves as the business grows.
Sean shares what he has learned across decades: how to inspire teams, how to build a company people want to work fo...
2025-12-0431 min
The Gate-Keepers PodcastBuilding an Empire: The Matt Warner WaySend us a textThis episode features a powerhouse in the fence industry — Matt Warner, the visionary behind Empire Netting & Fence and mySalesman. 💥From humble beginnings to building two major industry brands, Matt has reshaped what leadership, innovation, and culture can look like inside a fence company. In this conversation, Matt sits down with Billy to share the real story behind his growth, his mindset, and the systems that helped him build his Empire — both on the ground and in the tech world.Together, they dive into: 🧱...
2025-12-031h 35The Gate-Keepers PodcastThe Driscoll Update: New Shop, New Energy, Same JBR Fence HustleSend us a textWe’re welcoming back Jason Driscoll of JBR Fence — and a LOT has changed since the last time he and his wife joined the show!Tonight, we’re diving into The Driscoll Update: New Shop, New Energy, Same JBR Fence Hustle 💥From moving into a bigger shop and office, to leveling up their workflow, to everything happening behind the scenes at JBR Fence, Jason is coming back with serious momentum and plenty to share. 🏗️📈If you’ve been following their journey, or y...
2025-12-0345 min
The Beer Can Cold Podcast“The Truth About AI in HVAC: Overflow, Culture & What’s Coming Next”This week on the Beer Can Cold Podcast, JG and Will break down the truth about AI in the HVAC world — what works, what’s hype, and what business owners REALLY need to know.
We dive into:
• How AI overflow agents (Podium, BirdEye, etc.) actually behave
• Why AI won’t fully replace CSRs anytime soon
• Leadership and culture shifts going into 2026
• Generative AI search + how it’s changing marketing
• TikTok HVAC growth and short-form strategy
• Music nostalgia: LPs...
2025-11-2239 min
Commercial Kitchen ChroniclesEpisode 162:The Journey of Troy Duff — From Electrician to Owner of Chef’s Choice Restaurant RepairThis week on Commercial Kitchen Chronicles, we’re joined by Troy Duff—a Virginia-based tech who’s carved out his own lane in the foodservice repair world. Troy started out as an electrician before taking a leap into the industry with Hobart, working alongside his grandfather who inspired his path. From running installs across Richmond and Norfolk to handling service calls, Troy climbed through the ranks and built a strong foundation in the trade.Eventually, he broke out on his own and launched Chef’s Choice Restaurant Repair, a company he and his wife have been running since 201...
2025-11-1459 min
The Trades Accelerator: Women Leading Business InnovationEpisode 57: From Installer to Industry Leader: How Ergun Aral Built a $3M Window Treatment BusinessIn this episode, we sit down with Ergun Aral, owner of Best Buy Window Treatments in Florida, to hear his remarkable journey from immigrating to the U.S. to running a successful trades business. Ergun shares how long days of hard work led him into the window treatment industry, how he grew from an independent installer into a Costco-preferred vendor, and what it means to build a company that creates opportunities for others. His story highlights the grit and perseverance it takes to thrive in the trades while never losing sight of people and purpose.
2025-10-0124 min
The Standby Generator Podcast - With Jim SwetmanEpisode #14 - Mastering the Commercial Generator Market - Scaling, Insight on Best Practices, Lesson's Learned from Wins and LossesIn this episode of the Standby Generator Podcast, host Jim Swetman dives into a question many standby power professionals are asking: Should I expand into commercial generators? With 20+ years of firsthand experience in the backup power industry, Jim breaks down exactly what you need to know before jumping into the commercial market.Whether you’re a residential generator dealer, an electrical contractor, or a trade business owner curious about diversification, this episode is packed with insights that apply far beyond generators. From capital risks and technical training to subcontractor relationships, site planning, and en...
2025-07-2326 minThe Standby Generator Podcast - With Jim SwetmanEpisode #13 - Industry Growth Insights: What Generac’s 2025 Reports Reveal About the Future of Standby PowerIn this episode of the Standby Generator Podcast, Jim Swetman discusses the significant growth and market position of Generac in the standby power industry. He emphasizes the importance for dealers to stay informed about Generac's strategies and market trends. The conversation covers Generac's impressive sales growth, the current penetration rate of standby generators in the U.S., and the demographics of buyers. Jim also highlights the opportunities for new installations and replacement units, making a case for the potential of the standby generator market.Take aways: Over 80% of residential standby generators are manufactured by Generac.Generac's...
2025-07-1622 min
Million Dollar Electrician - Sale to Scale For Home Service ProsS2 Ep 43 The 9 Brand & Marketing TruthsFeeling the slow season blues? This episode lays out the 9 essential brand and marketing truths for electricians that want to dominate their local market without relying on third-party platforms or spending endlessly on leads.From climbing your market's mountain to shout your name, to building a brand that sells before the first knock, Joseph and Clay unpack real wins from the field including how one member doubled revenue with fewer jobs. Learn how consistent communication, owned channels, and delegation unlock growth that lasts years, not just one busy season.Plus: Discover why treating your service...
2025-06-1824 min
TORQUE UPEP | 19 £40K in Debt with a broken backEpisode 19 | Theo Webster: From £40K Debt to Industry RespectThis is the one.From building a 13-person electrical business at 22, to falling off a ladder, breaking his back, and facing £40,000 in debt — Theo Webster’s story is one of grit, pain, and the relentless will to rebuild.In this two-hour deep-dive, Theo joins Will & Junii for a brutally honest conversation about:🔌 What no one tells you about running a business in the trades⚡ The dangerous mindset of “just getting the job done”💰 Why social media courses for sparks might not be worth your cash🧠 Mental pressure, managing st...
2025-05-222h 01
Million Dollar Electrician - Sale to Scale For Home Service ProsS2 Ep 38 Addicted to Empowered: How Billy Harper Rewired His Life and Built a Business Around It.What if your rock bottom became the foundation for something unstoppable?In this episode of the Million Dollar Electrician Podcast, Billy Harper, Founder of Empowered Electric, lays bare the gritty truth behind his transformation from addiction to inspiring business owner, community leader, and faith-fueled servant.Billy doesn’t preach. He proves. With six employees, three vans, and a rapidly growing business barely a year old, he’s not just running service calls, he is running a mission. From wiring homes to rewiring lives, Billy shares how he leveraged faith, recovery, community, and systems (like the Loop Meth...
2025-05-1456 min
Commercial Kitchen ChroniclesEpisode 134:From Hands-On Hustle to HVACR Mastery – HVACR DADS Share Their JourneyThis week on Commercial Kitchen Chronicles, host Pat Finley welcomes two rising stars in the HVACR social media scene — Matt and Sean, better known as the HVACR DADS 👨🔧👨🔧. These two techs are not just putting in the work in the field, they’re also using platforms like TikTok to showcase what life in the trades is really like — raw, real, and rewarding.Matt and Sean share how they got started in the HVACR industry, the challenges they’ve faced balancing family life with life on the job, and what inspired them to begin documenting their journey online. Their mission? To spread aw...
2025-03-281h 10
Off The Job: A Tradesman PodcastTackling Tool Theft with CT1: Off The Job Podcast Hits the Road with Wickes in St AlbansSend us a textThis week, Off The Job: A Tradesman Podcast goes on the road with CT1 to the Wickes Tool Marking Event in St Albans — a powerful initiative aimed at protecting tradespeople from tool theft.Filmed and recorded live in partnership with CT1, SelectaDNA, and Fix Radio, Pete and Keiran join forces with the trade community to raise awareness around a growing epidemic: tool theft, which affects 2 in 5 tradespeople across the UK.In this episode, we speak with industry leaders, van security experts, tradesmen and women on the frontlines, and those af...
2025-03-2845 min
Off The Clock Toolbox TalkSeason 4 SamplerThe Season 4 Sampler lets you get a bit of each episode:1. Anthony’s Story2. Constructive Coercion Pt 1 – Dr. Jeremy Milloy3. The New PPE (C. Michael Kinsella’s Story)4. 100 Good-bye’s with Dr. Nicole Anders5. James’ Story (Pain BC)6. Constructive Coercion Pt 2 – Jeremy MilloyWhile Season 4 spanned a wide variety of expertise and geography, the themes of pain, loss, grief and hope tell the story of every worker and every family in the Off the Clock Toolbox Talk family.Off The Clock Toolbox TalkMen forging he...
2025-03-2536 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkJames' Story (Pain BC)James Boseley grew up in rough and tumble rural Alberta. Pain or having an IV plugged into his arm was no reason to stop working. Dealing with pain on a daily chronic basis, James’ mental health rapidly deteriorated to where he was considering suicide.Because of his severe pain, James left Alberta to haul disposal bins in BC for half of what he was making in AB. Here James was injured again, breaking and tearing multiple hard and soft tissues throughout his body. With James’ high pain tolerance the medical system downplayed his injury. Not only did he n...
2025-03-1730 minOff The Job: A Tradesman PodcastHow Lincoln Smith Scaled Custom Heat Ltd to 200 Employees | Off The Job: A Tradesman PodcastSend us a textIn this episode of Off The Job: A Trades Podcast, hosts Keiran Yates and Pete Withers sit down with Lincoln Smith, Managing Director of Custom Heat, to discuss his journey from apprentice to business leader. Lincoln shares how he transformed his family business from 7 to nearly 200 employees, the challenges of scaling a trades business, and why branding, pricing, and automation are crucial for success.🔥 Topics Covered:✔️ How to grow a plumbing and heating business sustainably✔️ The importance of branding and premium pricing✔️ The truth about hiring & managi...
2025-02-171h 17
Commercial Kitchen ChroniclesEpisode 126: HVAC Knights Take Over! 🤘🔥 Content Creation, Industry Talk & AHR Preview🔥 HVAC Knights Take Over! | Content Creation, Industry Talk & AHR Preview! 🎙️
In this special episode of Commercial Kitchen Chronicles, we’re joined by the HVAC Knights—a trio of industry pros bringing humor, knowledge, and insight into the world of HVAC and foodservice repair. We dive into content creation, industry trends, and what’s in store for AHR Expo!
😆 Can you ever take them seriously? Maybe… but one thing’s for sure: this episode is packed with laughs and valuable insights!
👀 Topics Covered:✅ The journey of the HVAC Knights in content creation✅ The importance of industry camarader...
2025-02-071h 09Off The Clock Toolbox TalkConstructive Coercion is A Thing - Part 2Dr. Jeremy Milloy tells us about constructive coercion: a concept created in the 1960's and 70's from concerns that Vietnam veterans would return from war unable to navigate the workplace due to opioid addiction. Industry leaders believed that people (primarily men) would be incentivized to get treatment through the workplace in order to keep their jobs. Assessment of who had problematic substance use then fell on worksite foreman to identify who needed to be sent to see a counsellor and go into treatment.Employers and workers then began this complex, codependent relationship that we now call extended...
2024-11-1835 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkConstructive Coercion Is A Thing - Part 1Constructive Coercion Is a Thing features scholar Dr. Jeremy Milloy who studies the history of how we got to have the kind of workplaces we have (good and bad). His work is motivated by the fact that our jobs have a such a huge effect on our lives, our identities, our health, and our life outcomes. Jeremy’s original work started by studying the concept of violence in the workplace, specifically how seemingly average humans get to the point where they ‘go postal’. And while Jeremy did discover a number of under-reported obvious violence such as shoot...
2024-11-1229 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkThe New PPESeason 4, Episode 3In this episode, construction safety officer and carpenter C. Michael Kinsella, shares how he owes his whole life to his Red Seal.When school wasn’t working out so well in junior high, Michael went straight into construction at the ripe old age of 14. He loved it. After an overdose at 16, Michael found a father figure in the industry and formed a chosen "family" of mentors around him. He and co-host Trevor Botkin discuss the value of these bonds that are formed on work sites. Trevor and Michael go on to discuss...
2024-11-0432 minOff The Clock Toolbox Talk100 GoodbyesWhen psychologist, Dr. Nicole Anders, lost her beloved brother Cody to overdose, she navigated her grief through writing daily love letters to Cody. Her book, One Hundred Goodbyes is a collection of those love letters, bridging the personal and clinical dimensions of her grief.Nicole discusses that she frequently talks with her kids about their Uncle Cody. She suggests answering questions about a loved one’s overdose factually, but also keeping the answers simple for young children. She says when kids are older, discuss that their loved one took a medicine and didn’t know what was in it...
2024-10-2839 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkAnthony's StoryAnthony shares his story of growing up in a family of tradesmen where hard work and thick money were at the center of their way of being. And with the hard work came hard substance use.As a teen, addicted to alcohol and cocaine, Anthony went to his parents to ask for help when he realized he was in more trouble than he could handle. His father’s solution was to send him to Fort McMurray where Anthony’s cowboy lifestyle cemented in. After decades of remote work, burning down one town and moving on to the next...
2024-10-2139 minOff The Job: A Tradesman PodcastTrade and Men's Talk | Off The Job: Overtime Podcast EP.36Send us a textJoin Keiran and Pete in Off The Job: A Trade Podcast Overtime episode 36 with stories that will have you laughing all the way to the jobsite! This episode dives deep into the lives of tradesmen, touching on the hilarious and unexpected, like Pete’s awkward celebrity moment in a Bella Italia and his cheeky McDonald’s drive through prank.The lads also chat about the influence of DIY social media stars and how they’re changing the game—for better or worse. Towards the end they take a wonder down pubertity lane dis...
2024-09-2345 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkSeason 3 SamplerThe Season 3 Sampler lets you get a bite of each episode:1. Shawn's Story2. Aeris' Story Part 13. Jason's Story4. Superintendent Summit5. Losing Someone to Overdose6. CSO Shane's Story7. Aeris's Story Part 2Covering lots of really tough stuff, and emerging with our humanity intact, this sampler is all about connecting to each others' stories.Off The Clock Toolbox TalkMen forging health in the unregulated drug crisis, through real f**king talk.Learn more about the podcast series at TradesPodcast.com.Please give us...
2024-08-2450 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkAeris's Story - Part 2Aeris’s Story Part 2 picks up where Aeris is just coming back to reality after being in a coma for a month. His steadfast family helps him slowly recover from kidney, liver and brain damage. Advocating on his behalf, his family asks the doctors for a pain specialist as they believe Aeris consumed poisoned drug supply because he was attempting to self medicate his pain from multiple surgeries and ongoing complex medical diagnoses. With the prevailing assumptions about people who access unregulated drug supply, instead of a pain specialist, Aeris is given an addictions doctor. While Aeris has minimal in...
2024-07-2232 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkAeris's Story - Part 1As rod buster Aeris Finch refers to partway through his story, his struggle really began at age 11, when he lost his older brother to an MDMA accident. But some of the effects of that trauma didn’t emerge until he began experimenting with substances himself as a teenager. Another layer of complexity emerged when Aeris developed painful and debilitating Crohn’s disease while working rebar as young adult. While Aeris’s description of his day-to-day existence with Crohn’s is graphic, it highlights the desperation of ridiculous circumstances that many tradespeople with extreme stressors have to navigate while trying to meet...
2024-07-1736 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkSuperintendent SummitSuperintendent Summit features in-depth discussion about how to lead work sites in a day where all our crews are affected by mental health and overdose (drug poisoning). From their own experiences, Superintendents Duncan Jordan and Trevor Botkin together with CSO Shane Sewell discuss many of the factors that have to be juggled between the demands of the business and the wellness of the crews; both ends have to be balanced to produce profit and have a crew healthy enough to produce the profit. Duncan and Trevor discuss that a super’s job is not to be a psychologist or co...
2024-06-2436 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkCSO Shane's StoryCSO Shane Sewell (different than Shayne’s Story) takes us on his heart’s journey from an 8-year-old with an invisible disability and an abusive parent, to an adult inner life that was continually erupting with low self esteem and feeling like he wasn’t good enough. Shane relates to many with tales of public school failure, difficulty fitting in, and eventually living a life that centred around substance use. Shane’s unconscious trauma responses, that outwardly appeared in his drug and alcohol use, caused the loss of his first marriage and brought him to a place where he couldn’t...
2024-06-1838 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkJason's StoryJason White, electrician and former rock star hopeful, shares his story of substance use, addiction, and the sharp turn that snatched him out of a sinking darkness, showing him a better way of being. Like many people’s stories contain powerful moments of change, Jason’s includes a moment of divine intervention, followed up by an unlikely confirmation days later that played out on a tour bus in stopped traffic in the middle of the Trans Canada Highway. With a film crew on board the tour bus, you can still watch this music video that captured the moment and catc...
2024-06-1044 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkLosing Someone to 'Overdose'If you've been looking for relatable, non-invasive support after losing someone to overdose (drug poisoning), you've found it. Holding heartbreak in one hand and inspiration to take action in the other, Kale Moth and Julie Cochrane explore life after losing their loved one to overdose.Kale talks about the increasing crisis in Saskatchewan where he works, having lost 23 co-workers in the last 6 years. Julie talks about her professional practice, as a hypnotherapist, inspired to bring timely and effective services to young men who are suffering from their own pain, loss, and mental health issues.Julie q...
2024-06-0338 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkShawn's StoryIronworker, Shawn Underhill, joins Daniel and Karen to talk about his journey through problematic substance use and addiction. From Shawn’s early days smoking pot as a teen in his first construction job, to navigating problematic substance use in camps up north, to using to get through pain, grief, and exhaustion, Shawn demonstrates how recovery is anything but a straight line. Daniel and Shawn discuss how, on average, most people addicted to opioids struggle with that addiction for 15 years, but they do recover, even though it typically takes multiple attempts. The recurring theme of Shawn’s sto...
2024-04-2337 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkSeason 2 SamplerThe Off the Clock Toolbox Talk Season 2 Sampler serves up select appetizers from Season 2 episodes, combined with house-style transitional music to keep your groove on throughout your day. The Season 2 Sampler features (in order): 1. Kayle’s Story - Kale Moth, Trevor Botkin2. Squishy Meat Bags (I Don’t Have Trauma. You Have Trauma) – Jason White, Jonas Watkins, Sabine Sasakura, Karen Janzen3. Psychedelic Surprise – Mike Mathers, Daniel Snyder4. Shayne’s Story: The Aftershow – Shayne Taylor, Trevor Botkin, Karen Janzen5. Rig Life (And Other Tough Work Sites) – Kale Moth, Trevo...
2024-04-1853 min
Trade Legends — The UK's number 1 Tradesman & Construction PodcastFarrier to TikTok Superstar | Trade Legends PODCAST | 057Discover the fascinating world of farriery and the incredible journey of the skilled tradesman, and TikTok superstar, Sam Dracott. Join us as we delve into the art and science of horseshoeing, explore the challenges and rewards of the trade, and uncover the secrets behind one farrier's viral success on TikTok.
Sam, a master farrier with years of experience, shares his unique perspective on the equine industry and the importance of balancing tradition and innovation in his craft. From his humble beginnings as an apprentice to his rise as a social media star, he offers valuable insights into the world...
2024-04-141h 03
Trade Legends — The UK's number 1 Tradesman & Construction PodcastMeet the Masters of Epoxy Resin Flooring | Trade Legends PODCASTFrom rubbing shoulders with A-list celebrities in Ibiza to crafting stunning floors for Lamborghini's 60th anniversary, these boys have seen it all. Buckle up for a wild ride as they share the secrets behind their meteoric rise in the industry and the sleepless nights that come with the pursuit of resin flooring perfection.
Meet Lou, Harry, Ollie, and Stu - the dream team behind Gafflow Resin Finishes. With Lou's multi-trade background, Harry's artistic flair, Ollie's electrical expertise, and Stu's meticulous prep work, this foursome has taken the resin flooring world by storm. Discover how their unwavering passion and relentless...
2024-03-171h 36Off The Clock Toolbox TalkShayne's Story: The AftershowThe conversation continues as Trevor, Shayne and Karen discuss ‘safety is behavioral’; these life-wisdom conversations need to happen in-person, breathing and sharing energy together, preferred where apps, lectures, and protocols fall short. Karen and Trevor confirm this same thread from the Random Recovery Talk episode https://www.tradespodcast.com/s2-ep5 where it emerged that recovery is leadership of self to recruit help. Recovery is not done in isolation; it requires a relational context with other humans, referred to as 'co-regulation'. And recovery is spiritual—however you connect with something meaningful outside yourself. Shayne creates the metaphor of a to...
2024-03-1432 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkShayne's StoryShayne Taylor, Corporate Director of HSE at The Gisborne Group joins Karen and guest co-host, Trevor Botkin, to talk about his personal experiences with mental health and substance use. Uniquely, Shayne’s adulthood career path fluctuated between the construction trades and psychological care supports in mental health and substance use services, while his own binge drinking, substance use and associated harms carried on for decades. Shayne’s experiences in these two radically different fields ultimately led him to safety work in construction where he’s now a strong advocate for meeting regular people where they’re at, opening the door to...
2024-03-0433 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkPsychedelic SurpriseContinuing the conversation from “Curious AF”, Daniel and Karen talk with Mike Mathers who demystifies psychedelic therapy and the incredible results of clinical trials ongoing amidst a grey psychedelic market in Canada. Mike warns against covertly accessing psychedelics without clinical supports as psychedelics release undigested emotions that can be terrifying and even damaging if the user has spent a lot of time and effort avoiding undigested emotions that they didn’t know that they had. Mike discloses his experiences of video game and cannabis addiction as a numbing response to the undigested emotions he had from divorce and los...
2024-02-2134 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkCurious AF!Therapist Mike Mathers joins Daniel and Karen to talk about his new book coming out in 2024, Curious AF. Mike sets us up to understand how the human mind operates as a social entity that needs to belong to a group, and influences us to operate to avoid shame, particularly childhood shame that we can’t even remember, but that our subconscious still accesses to inform our daily thoughts & decisions.Mike talks about his common friend who is always there for him, “I’m a Fucking Idiot”, and how we have a relationship with “I’m a Fucking Idiot” and w...
2024-02-0638 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkRandom Recovery TalkTrevor, Kale and Karen drift through some random conversation on subtle aspects of the recovery journey. Kale discusses that recovery isn’t easy, but as you begin to feed yourself, you get strong AF. Trevor remembers how tied he was to his negative identities as a tradesman. Kale shares the energy that is brought to him when he opens his heart to the opportunities that recovery brings, even in the hours right before recording the podcast. Trevor remembers searching out recovery stories when he knew he needed to get off the ride but didn’t know how. He acknowledges that...
2024-01-3022 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkDitch the Tough. Keep the Love. (A Mom's Journey Toward Change in Policy, Practice and Politics)Daniel chats with podcast project partner, Kat Wahamaa from Mom’s Stop the Harm about losing her twenty-five year old son Joseph to the unregulated drug crisis, and about the unintentional and intentional harms that are taking place in Canada, from decision makers in Ottawa to families sitting around their tables at home. Kat points out how the drug poisoning crisis is traumatizing an entire generation of children whose parents have been killed by unregulated drugs, including Joseph’s two young sons.Kat expresses her anger at some politicians’ willful obfuscation to frame safe supply as the cause...
2024-01-1132 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkRig Life (and other tough work sites)An expanded part of Kale’s Story, Trevor Botkin and Kale Moth discuss the specifics of working on an oil rig and other tough work sites. Belonging and paychecks pull us in. Identity and pride in hard work keep us there. Kale says, “That much time spent with the same 4 or 5 guys… you’re spending more time with them than your actual family. That group almost becomes your family… You get a full-time job, and a part-time relationship. And you just gotta understand, that’s the way its going to be.” Trevor talks about the guilt he had about his family get...
2023-12-2134 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkSquishy Meat Bags (I Don't Have Trauma. You Have Trauma!)Self-identified squishy meat bags, Jason (guest co-host), Karen (host), and Jonas (OTCTBT Steering Committee member), discuss trauma with Registered Clinical Counsellor, Sabine Sasakura. (Go to 18:51 for the squishy meat bag context). Starting with trauma referenced in the Deconstructing Your Inner Asshole episode https://www.buzzsprout.com/2207100/13213723, and including the birth of children, the crew discuss how our daily lives are affected by trauma including what the fight/flight/freeze response looks like on a work site. They discuss anger and resentment. Karen lightbulbs at the given definition of resentment: when you’re mad because you didn’t make or keep...
2023-12-0236 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkKale's StoryTwenty-five year old Kale Moth tells his story of being swept away by life on an oil rig at the ripe old age of 18. With guest co-host Trevor Botkin, Kale explores what he thought it meant to be a man, and how his commitment to self and family rapidly deteriorated with the introduction of harder drugs that can be commonplace in the oil and gas industry. Kale's deterioration led to loss of employment, and eventually loss of housing. In 2018 Kale remembers sitting in the McDonald's he frequented for free wifi, and getting the shocking news that his c...
2023-11-2137 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkSeason 1 SamplerAs a unique bonus episode, the Season 1 Sampler combines clips from Season 1 together with music to keep you moving at work or play. Its a great place to find which episodes of Off the Clock Toolbox Talk are the most helpful for you, your co-workers, friends and family.Special thanks to supporters, Nightingale Electrical and Wesgroup Properties for hosting on-site promotions of Off the Clock Toolbox Talk, and supporting our tradespeople in the unregulated drug crisis.Off The Clock Toolbox TalkMen forging health in the unregulated drug crisis, t...
2023-10-1055 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkTrevor's StoryTrevor Botkin tells his story of recovering out loud from the superintendent's office to using alone in a basement. We start our conversation discussing what, if any, of the various initiatives addressing substance use in the trades, would have made a difference to Trevor at the height his unregulated drug use. Trevor shares his mindset: his fear of being uncovered as an imposter, feeling defeat, lack of hope, and fearing the catastrophic loss of respect that was his only reason for being. Trevor hopes that frank conversations like Off the Clock Toolbox Talk will help other men in the...
2023-07-2841 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkDeconstructing Your Inner Asshole - Part 2 of 2Continuing the conversation from Part 1, Karen, Daniel and guest, Jason from Nightingale Electrical, talk about the seven forms inner asshole can take. We discuss the shame inner asshole imposes when we let him hide in the dark, which is true for most addictive behaviours, including porn addiction. We talk about how that imposed shame puts us into 4 states of stress: fight, flight, freeze and fawn, and when we're stuck in one of those 4 states, it negatively affects our well-being. And finally we discuss the different strategies each of us use to help inner asshole transform into a useful inner...
2023-07-1335 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkDeconstructing Your Inner Asshole - Part 1 of 2Daniel and Karen discuss what our inner asshole looks and sounds like with special guest, Jason White from Nightingale Electrical. After setting up some safety parameters, we build the metaphor that our mind is like a nightclub with a bouncer that helps balance our thoughts and gives all parts of our experiences equal voice. For many of us, however, our inner bouncer hasn't been doing a great job of keeping our inner asshole in check, and inner asshole has become the only voice we can hear which can leave us feeling stuck and defeated. Jason and Daniel discuss what i...
2023-07-1327 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkUsing Safely (Or... Safer???)Tylenol, beer, whiskey, cocaine, and many others! This is a safer using conversation like most of us have never had before. Harm Reduction Coordinator, Lianne Radmore, inspires us to think of our substance use differently and understand how we can (and do) access harm reduction principles in order to be safer with our substance use [of all types!]. This is about changing our thinking about our relationship to substances outside of stigmas and engaging with our curiosity about patterns associated with our use of licit or illicit substances. We end with some practical tips to reduce harm i...
2023-07-0430 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkCracking Open the Tailgate ToolkitColby and Greg join us to share what the Tailgate Toolkit is, and how its helping men in construction navigate the drug poisoning crisis. https://thetailgatetoolkit.ca/Greg shares his experiences hiding an opioid addiction that stemmed from a car accident, and how that brought him to helping other men as a Tailgate Toolkit Facilitator. Through talking about the current realities of substance use in the trades, and sharing his authentic story, Greg creates safety for men in Toolkit sessions to be able to share their stories of pain and loss. Colby shares how he i...
2023-07-0330 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkBuilding Hope: Part 2Picking up right where we left off in Building Hope: Part 1, George and Daniel move into a discussion about harm reduction (taking care of ourselves) and Drug Use For Grownups by Carl Hart. Daniel asks questions about how to deal with people who think they're helping, but they're not, which leads to a discussion about the complexities of families and substance use. George and Daniel discuss how their belief systems affect meaning in life. Karen asks if their current conversation is what counseling is like. George describes the collaborative, adaptive, and diverse road of counseling therapy, a road that...
2023-06-1837 minOff The Clock Toolbox TalkBuilding Hope: Part 1Therapist, and Building Hope Producer, George Passmore, joins us to discuss the realities that motivated him and Building Hope project partners to create the Building Hope YouTube video https://youtu.be/0BFiCM1Qlmk . George shares three themes that shaped the creation of Building Hope: navigating emotional pain from unresolved trauma, navigating physical pain from injury, and a 'work hard/play hard' culture. George shares a personal connection that drove his desire to start the conversation amongst trades peers. Daniel confers with George about his personal journey, and things he didn't even know were there. George...
2023-06-1833 min
Off The Clock Toolbox TalkWhat Is This Thing? (Daniel's Story)Host, Daniel, gives his take on the proposed trades podcast script, and the script is immediately axed, allowing Daniel and co-host, Karen, to dive deep into some of the real issues related to the drug poisoning crisis in the construction industry in British Columbia. Daniel and Karen discuss if drugs are good or bad, how we should approach talking about substance use in the trades, physical and emotional pain, the myth of normal, belief systems, and more. Daniel shares his story as a tradesman who regularly used heroin, and recovered to find a meaningful, connected life. Together they wonder...
2023-06-1838 min
The Trades PodcastEp34 Road Trip with Jeff Mudd - The TradesPodcast.comCheck out the website we referred to in the episode that goes into how much energy is created in the state of Texas alone! https://businessintexas.com/business-sectors/energy/Just imagine how much work is needed to create this amount of energy and the amount of trades workers needed to create these mini-cities to house and provide resources for everyone. Work is needed and you can absolutely take advantage of these opportunities now.
About The Trades PodcastWebsitehttps://www.thetradespodcast.comHosted byJef...
2022-06-2126 min