{"podcast":{"title":"Power Women of the Trades: Weekly Podcast Empowering Women In the Trades Industry","slug":"power-women-of-the-trades-weekly-podcast-empowering-women-in-the-trades-industry-6399393","podcast_index_feed_id":6399393,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/da21ee60/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/power-women-of-the-trades","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/36496568/36496568-1734472015171-6ae8f22f0956e.jpg","author":"Power Women of the Trades","episode_count":172,"summary":"Hosted by Cassie Pound and Leslie Harpole \"Power Women of the Trades\" is a powerful force, leading dynamic businesses and disrupting traditional norms. This podcast is all about breaking barriers and changing the game. Our podcast guests will feature some of today's most successful female entrepreneurs and owners in the trades- and feature other advocates of this initiative as well! Because if there’s one thing we know for sure: female-led entrepreneurship drives change on multiple levels!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T04:18:49.363757+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/power-women-of-the-trades-weekly-podcast-empowering-women-in-the-trades-industry-6399393"},"episode":{"title":"A Look Back: One of Our Early Power Women Conversations","slug":"a-look-back-one-of-our-early-power-women-conversations","published_at":"2026-01-14T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/power-women-of-the-trades-weekly-podcast-empowering-women-in-the-trades-industry-6399393/a-look-back-one-of-our-early-power-women-conversations","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/power-women-of-the-trades-weekly-podcast-empowering-women-in-the-trades-industry-6399393","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/power-women-of-the-trades/episodes/A-Look-Back-One-of-Our-Early-Power-Women-Conversations-e3djtgs","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/da21ee60/podcast/play/113947612/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-13%2F416056232-44100-2-ca8b79ee65ce4.mp3","summary":"In this special throwback episode of the Power Women of the Trades podcast, hosts Leslie Harpole and Cassie Pound revisit a powerful conversation with Mary Jean Anderson, President of Anderson Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning. Mary Jean joins the show to share her remarkable journey of resilience, detailing how she overcame $1 million in debt to eventually grow and sell a multi-million dollar company. Throughout the episode, she candidly explores the immense challenges of navigating failure and uncertainty, specifically addressing the complexities of running a trades business alongside a spouse and the subsequent impact on company culture when that partnership ends in divorce.The discussion dives deep into the strategic side of success, emphasizing why female entrepreneurs must surround themselves with people smarter than they are to foster growth","meta_description":"In this special throwback episode of the Power Women of the Trades podcast, hosts Leslie Harpole and Cassie Pound revisit a powerful conversation with Mar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2342,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/power-women-of-the-trades-weekly-podcast-empowering-women-in-the-trades-industry-6399393/episodes/a-look-back-one-of-our-early-power-women-conversations/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/power-women-of-the-trades-weekly-podcast-empowering-women-in-the-trades-industry-6399393/a-look-back-one-of-our-early-power-women-conversations.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}