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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.   0:00 Intro 1:02 Brad's...

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 6:37 School...

Nate interviews Stephen Steele, a general contractor in CA and the inventor of a new concrete mixer. They discuss inventions, patents, grit and persistence.   0:00 Intro 4:20 The family secret 9:18 Patents 14:19...

Nate interviews Anthony DiPinto (West Coast Custom Crete on YouTube) about his extraordinary experience starting his concrete business in Southern California.   0:00 Intro 2:41 Start on YT 6:10 YT gets jobs 8:43...

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.   0:00 Intro 1:38 YT start 4:00 Team...

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.   0:00 Intro 1:19 Guitar...

Nate and Scott interview Jason Fox from the YouTube channel Never Stop Building about his experiences in Japan learning about Japanese carpentry.   0:00 Intro 1:29 Hot tubs & filming 9:39 Japanese wood...

Nate and Scott talk to John Blodgett about all things wood, including the management of our forests and the fires that ravaged the west coast of the United States in 2020.   0:00 intro 2:06 Johns mill 4:37 Who can...

Nate interviews Radigan Carter, an individual investor who spent 10 years working on 5 continents in the military, private sector and government. He is interested in using his knowledge (he has a civil engineering...

Nate discusses some of his recent favorites reads.   0:00 intro :53 Killers of the Flower Moon 2:41 The Rational Optimist 5:45 Kodi 8:08 How to Fail at Almost Everything 10:42 Hobbit 12:25 The Subtle Art of...

Nate and Scott discuss the process of process of making lumber.   0:00 intro :48 EC nervous 6:48 Sharpening 11:00 Bucking 17:40 Scaler 22:22 Wood quality 27:55 EC dad was scaler 30:48 Grading 32:48...

Nate has a discussion with Sam Holmes about his adventures in long distance sailing.   0:00 intro 2:25 How Sam got started 5:42 Maiden voyage 8:22 Prep work 10:40 Weather and waves 11:17 Night sailing 14:40...