This is part two with Melvin Baird, with A Better Crawl. The excellent conversation with Melvin continues, with discussion of Orca’s, business motivation, building his new home, and other things that just make a conversation great as you delve

Melvin Baird - A Better Crawl - Part 1

Sep 9th, 2023 39m 20s

Melvin Baird owns and operates “A Better Crawl” across the sound from Seattle. This was an enjoyable discussion as Melvin explained about what he does as a company, how he got started, and as always – challenges and successes. In order to serve

Billy Cline - DFW Door Repair - Part 3

Jul 31st, 2023 40m 9s

Part Three of this interview with Billy Cline was absolutely ending on a high note. Billy has struggled, and is now reaping the rewards of hard work, AND more importantly the changing mind set – along with mentorship. Already a successful compa

Billy Cline - DFW Door Repair - Part 2

Jul 11th, 2023 40m 48s

We continue with Billy Cline in part two (of three). Billy talks about growing his business by listening to podcasts, and mentorships. He has formed strong relationships with movers and shakers in the construction world, and has found that list

Billy Cline – Your New Door – Part 1

Jun 30th, 2023 48m 3s

Billy Cline runs a successful door installation and repair company located in the Dallas, Texas area. Billy has had serious struggles growing his business, and had to make hard decisions. Today, his business is growing, and some unique expansio

Brendan Vande Kamp - Log to Lumber - Part 2

Apr 16th, 2023 51m 6s

The conversation with Brendan Vande Kamp continues in part two. Brendan runs a sawmill, builds log cabins, and does a few other things associated. Brendan is diligently marketing his company, growing his influence, exerting excellence upon his

Brendan Vande Kamp - Log to Lumber - Part 1

Apr 8th, 2023 51m 48s

Log To Lumber is a business owned and operated by Brendan Vande Kamp. The two main services are milling lumber, and building log cabins. Brendan travels a very wide area to mill lumber, and is based out of Virginia. Likewise, the travel to asse

Jason Bergfeld - Jays Doors and Trim (part two)

Mar 31st, 2023 53m 17s

Jay and I talk about his current business, Jays Doors, mindset, employees, future expansion, and some struggles as a businessman in part two. In the prior episode, part one, we talk about how he got started, training, impact his father had, nar

Jason Bergfeld - Jays Doors and Trim (part one)

Mar 24th, 2023 45m 38s

Jason (Jay) Bergfeld operates Jay’s Doors & Trim out of Castle Rock, Washington. We explore how Jay got started in woodcraft, training through the years, starting a handyman business and narrowing down his focus to Doors and Trim. Jay had a sub

The State Of Blue Collar – EP 1

Mar 2nd, 2023 6m 2s

This series “The State Of Blue Collar” within the Blue Collar Voices Show is to explore the state of the Blue Collar workforce and industry. In this first episode, I talk about the decline of Blue Collar, and the importance of Blue Collar to ou

John Bruggen – Clydesdale Frames Co – (Part 2)

Dec 25th, 2022 48m 50s

This is part two of the great conversation with John Bruggen. We actually get to where he cut off fingers in this episode.He also shares some humorous times with his crew.Listen to part one, then come back and listen to this episode. The whole

John Bruggen - Clydesdale Frames Co - (Part 1)

Dec 3rd, 2022 45m 45s

John Bruggen builds Timber Frames. Located in Kansas, John has built frames in a number of states surrounding. John Bruggen is quite the story teller, and we went so long that I broke this up into two parts. We discuss the timber framing proces

Adam Drewes - Drewes Concrete

Nov 17th, 2022 54m 34s

Adam Drewes chats with John Chapman on this episode of the Blue Collar Voices Show about some of his experiences as a business owner, in the area of concrete work. Adam specializes in flat concrete, stamped concrete and dabbles in Nuclear Shelt

Relaunch Aug 2022 - Blue Collar Voices

Nov 8th, 2022 3m 36s

After a very, very long hiatus, the show is rolling again. The initial interruption was a move, covid, time and Internet access challenges which lead to a lull for a while, which in turn lead to a lack of priority juxtaposed with other things g

Chade Turner - Turner Painting

Mar 5th, 2021 56m 35s

Chade Turner, who runs Turner Painting is the guest on this episode of the Blue Collar Voices show. After talking with Chade, it is quite apparent that Gratitude, Passion, Character and Community are more important to him than anything else. At

Patrick Holehan - Custom Rifles

Dec 21st, 2020 1h 25m

In today’s show we are talking with Patrick Holehan. Pat has been a practicing gunsmith for a LOOOOOONG time. His love affair with guns started as a young child. He completed 3 years of college education in gunsmithing – 2-year standard course,

Lorraine Woodwark - Director of Attorneys United for a Secure America

Apr 15th, 2020 1h 13m

Lorraine Woodwark is passionate about immigration reform, the constitution, and the rights of Americans. Lorraine talks on the Blue Collar Voices Show to explain how Illegal “immigration” is detrimental to American workers, wages, and of course

Zdenek Ulman - Marine Diving Service

Feb 17th, 2020 1h 12m

Zdenek Ulman is a diver. He runs a successful diving business up in New York City area. Before that, he started and ran a successful construction company. Before THAT, he didn’t even live here in the US. He came to visit only, and then spent 15

Matt Radford - Husband, Father, Roofing Consultant - 023

Jan 20th, 2020 1h 1m

Matt Radford is a roofer. He’s worked as a roofer, he’s owned his own business as a roofer, and now he is a roofing consultant. He like many of us, has had challenges and been beat around a bit by life. But he kept getting back up. Matt started

Steve Pellegrino - Pellegrino Cutlery

Dec 12th, 2019 46m 40s

Steve Pellegrino is a knifemaker. His skill set is way more diverse, but he is definitely a consummate, and passionate, knife maker. His specialty is Cutlery, which is being used by homemakers to Gourmet Chefs. I was searching online specifical

Peter Erdei - Erdei Designs

Nov 27th, 2019 1h 3m

Peter Erdei builds high-quality custom pieces. And of those pieces, many of them are very high end, unique and stunning tables. As is most destinations in life, Peter arrived at this one after experiencing many different things in life. We talk

Rich Bradbury - Double Oarlock LLC

Oct 28th, 2019 1h 35m

Rich Bradbury started as a rancher as a kid, worked in the Oil Fields in technical roles, worked on a ranch in Russia, and is back where he started, ranching in Oregon. His overall strategy involves adding leased land, managing, raising cattle

Marc LeConte - High Quality Home Maintenance

Oct 21st, 2019 1h 2m

Marc LeConte is the owner and operator of High Quality Home Maintenance located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Clocking in over 25 years in business, not counting the years spent building up the client list before officially launching – Marc has built

Trent Hendricks - Cabriejo Ranch

Oct 13th, 2019 1h 11m

Trent Hendricks is owner/operator of Cabriejo Ranch which he runs with his wife and a whole passel of kids (you won’t believe how many!). They raise grassfed cattle and sheep in more than just a sustainable manner, but in a Holistically Managed

Nathan Brown - Old World Timber

Oct 4th, 2019 49m 42s

Nathan Brown is the Owner/CEO of Old World Timber, a reclaimed wood wholesale and distribution company, located in Lexington, KY. We talk about sourcing old wood from both old buildings, from overseas, from rivers. Nathan tells his story of how