Essential Craftsman Podcast

Nate talks with Arman from Armanitalks.com about communication, charisma, introverts and more.

0:00 Intro

1:33 Public Speaking

3:54 One On One

7:45 Cultures & Communication

11:13 Nerves

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Wow! If you want to feel inspired, take the time to listen to this podcast. Rob Cosman, a 4th generation carpenter, finds his calling in life helping vets recuperate using woodworking with his Purple…

Nate chats with this friend CJ about the unexpected passing of CJ's father, the role father figures played in his life and CJ's current work as an estate planner.

0:00 Intro

1:31 CJ's dad

5:08 Fram…

Nate and Scott chat with Phil Hu, the tiler for the spec house. They talk about how he got started in the business, working with his dad, tile and grout methods and more.

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1:07 Customers …

Nate and Scott talk with David Livingston who is in town to take formal pictures of the finished spec house! They discuss his experience working in photography for several decades.

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Scott and Nate are interviewed by Walker Lott and Davis Hambrick from the Laying Foundations podcast. They discuss the creation of the Essential Craftsman YouTube channel, Nate and Scott's careers an…

Nate and Scott chat with Brian House from the YouTube channel House Work. Brian has created the Revolution DIY 2X72 kit, a grinder that can be used for knife making and many other projects. They disc…

Nate has a conversation with Simon, the Uneducated Economist. They discuss lumber, how Simon got interested in economics and the process of starting his YouTube channel.

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1:31 Simon's bac…

Nate talks with Kathy Hannun, a civil engineer who co-founded and is the president of Dandelion Energy, a geothermal energy company that retrofits and installs geothermal systems to heat and cool hom…

Nate and Scott talk with Ken Zandecki, a territory manager for Schluter Systems, a company that assists tile setters with it's revolutionary products.

0:00 Intro

3:13 Old v new

5:06 Ken's backgroun…

Nate and Scott chat with Kevin Eckerman, an electrician with Cascade Electric. Kevin has done work on the spec house and has known Scott for years. They discuss the techniques used on the spec house,…

Nate chats with Dustin Stelzer, creator of the YouTube channel "Electrician U" about how Dustin became an electrician, worked his way to master electrician, Dustin's passion for passing on knowledge …

Nate interviews Brad Leavitt, a general contractor in Scottsdale, AZ about his large custom home projects, the designers and architects, and how much social media helps his business.

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Nate and Scott chat with Riley Kirkpatrick about his horseshoe business and competitions and also his blacksmithing business making custom tools.

0:00 Intro

1:24 Horseshoeing

3:28 Learning curve

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Nate interviews Stephen Steele, a general contractor in CA and the inventor of a new concrete mixer. They discuss inventions, patents, grit and persistence.

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4:20 The family secret

9:18 P…

Nate interviews Anthony DiPinto (West Coast Custom Crete on YouTube) about his extraordinary experience starting his concrete business in Southern California.

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2:41 Start on YT

6:10 YT ge…

Nate and Scott talk with Matt Risinger from The Build Channel Build Show Network on YouTube. They discuss house construction, YouTube, social media and building science.

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1:38 YT start

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Nate interviews Josh Scott of the YouTube channel The JHS Show. They discuss guitar pedals, rock and roll history and technology and how guitar pedals have shaped and changed music history.

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