Powerline Podcast
This podcast is for anyone in the power line industry. Those of you that love to build and maintain power lines at work and after work. This is a collection of stories from line workers around the world.
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3 Linemen Have A Very Real Conversation | Christopher Thomas & Clint Vick | 222 (opens the original)
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What does brotherhood look like when life gets hard? Ryan sits down with Christopher Thomas and Clint Vick for a deeply personal conversation about mental health, isolation, identity, and what it really means to look out for one another in the trades. Christopher is a Marine Corps veteran and journeyman lineman with more than 15 years in the trade, whose career has evolved into training, leadership, and helping strengthen the culture around the people doing the work. Clint returns to Powerline P
What If Mental Health Was Treated Like Jobsite Safety? | Wykisha Thomas-McKinney, Nate Strickland & Tyler Smith | 221 (opens the original)
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What if mental health was treated with the same urgency as every other jobsite safety risk? Ryan sits down with Wykisha Thomas-McKinney of MATES North America, alongside Nate Strickland and Tyler Smith of Summit Line Construction, for an important conversation about suicide prevention, mental health, and what it really means to look out for the people working beside you. Wykisha is the Program Operations Manager for MATES North America, helping bring the peer-led suicide prevention model into No
How Do You Build a Life Like This? | Dennis Kelly | 220 (opens the original)
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What does it take to build a life most people only dream about? Ryan travels to New York to sit down with Dennis Kelly for his third appearance on Powerline Podcast, and this time, they do it in person. Over the course of the visit, Dennis takes Ryan inside the world he has built, from KR Utilities and multiple businesses to airplanes, helicopters, supercars, motorcycles, racing, and the experiences that define his “Live the Lifestyle” mentality. Dennis shares how he went from working in the lin
How Does a Company Survive 100 Years? | Rod Paul & Justin Tate | 219 (opens the original)
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How does a company survive for 100 years in one of the most niche industries in America? Ryan sits down with Rod Paul, President & CEO of Bashlin Industries, and Justin Tate, leader in Sales & Product Development, to explore the story behind one of the utility industry's most trusted manufacturers. From humble beginnings to becoming a name generations of lineworkers rely on, Bashlin's journey has been defined by one constant: adapting to change. Rod and Justin share how the company has navigated
3 Myths About Manufacturing Transformers in America | Bart Gaskey & Todd Davis | 218 (opens the original)
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Why the electrical industry is entering a decades-long boom. Ryan sits down with Pennsylvania Transformer Technology’s Bart Gaskey and Todd Davis inside one of North America’s largest transformer manufacturing facilities to explore the growing demand for power infrastructure and why the future of the electrical industry has never looked stronger. Bart is a strategic manufacturing leader with decades of experience across transformer manufacturing, grid infrastructure, and large-scale energy proje
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