Skilled AF Podcast | Skilled Trades & Construction Careers

Welcome to the Skilled AF Podcast, where we spotlight the trailblazers, powerhouses, and change-makers shaping the future of the skilled trades and construction industry. Hosted by Amanda Luchetti, founder of The Skilled Project, this podcast dives into raw conversations and authentic stories with workers, educators, and innovators, that challenge culture, surface success stories and show what a better future for these careers can look like. The Skilled Project (https://www.theskilledproject.com/) is on a mission to reshape how skilled trades and construction careers are seen, accessed, and experienced, so that more people enter, stay, and thrive. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Skilled AF Podcast | Skilled Trades & Construction Careers is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 22 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Skilled AF Podcast | Skilled Trades & Construction Careers, a business show with 22 episodes published.

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  Ep 21: Why the Trades Keep Losing Good Workers with Devon Havenaar, Bad Leader

  May 27, 202639 minS0

  <p>In this episode of Skilled AF, we sit down with Devon Havenaar – journeyman carpenter, construction supervisor, TEDx speaker, and founder of Bad Leader – a movement built on a simple premise: to help construction workers become who they were created to be. Devon journeyed out as a carpenter at one of the youngest ages in Canada, moved into supervision at 25, and has spent the years since untangling what good leadership on a jobsite actually looks like when the default is still "tyrannical, push your will on others."</p><p><br></p><p>We get into his RISE framework – Respect, Invest, Suppor...

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  Ep 20: 1,200 Tradeswomen, One Group Chat: Inside the Sisterhood of the Trades ft. Brooke Laing

  Apr 23, 202636 minS0

  <p>In this episode of Skilled AF, we sit down with Brooke Laing, a third-year steamfitter and welder apprentice with UA Local 46 in Toronto, Canada, and Chief Strategy Officer of Sisterhood of the Trades, to explore what it’s really like navigating a career in the skilled trades as a woman. From dropping out of college and spending two years on a union waitlist, to navigating harassment on the job, to building the kind of community the industry has never offered women before.<br></p><p>She also breaks down the rise of Sisterhood of the Trades, the largest global in...

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  Ep 19: Could Families Hold the Key to Construction's Mental Health Crisis? with Josh Vitale & Angelo Suntres

  Feb 25, 20261h 21mS0

  <p>*This episode discusses suicide, substance use, addiction, and workplace crisis. Listener discretion is advised.</p><p><br></p><p>Construction consistently ranks among the most at-risk industries for suicide and overdose deaths, and Josh Vitale knows this firsthand. A former lineman turned senior superintendent, he navigated two dozen crisis interventions on a single job site before co-founding Project BUILT, a national nonprofit addressing suicide and addiction in the trades. Angelo Suntres, Founder of Human Side of Construction and previous guest on Skilled AF, has spent his career inside large construction companies in Canada, witnessing the same patterns and working...

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  Ep 18: The Blue Collar Poet: Dustin Crosby on Pain, Purpose, and Healing Through Poetry

  Feb 19, 202656 minS0

  <p>Dustin Crosby is a journeyman carpenter and the voice behind the Blue Collar Poet, an online presence resonating deeply with workers across the trades. With more than two decades of experience in blue-collar work, Dustin’s journey spans industries, job sites, and life chapters shaped by instability, resilience, and reflection.</p><p><br></p><p>Raised in rural Florida, Dustin’s path into the trades was driven as much by survival as it was by purpose. After navigating early hardship, dropping out of high school, and earning his GED, he found direction through trade school, building a foundation of skil...

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  Ep 17: Turning Jobsite Delays into Opportunity: Collin White on Solving Last-Mile Logistics for Contractors

  Feb 6, 202638 minS0

  <p>Collin White is the founder and CEO of Blue Gopher, a last-mile delivery service built specifically for the construction industry. With a background in construction management, Collin didn’t set out to start a tech-enabled logistics company. He started Blue Gopher after repeatedly running into the same problem on jobsites: material delays, poor communication, and inefficiencies that cost contractors time, money, and energy. What began as a solution to his own pain point as a construction project manager in Tennessee, has grown into a business serving small to mid-sized contractors in the Columbus, Ohio region with plans to expand ac...

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