{"podcast":{"title":"Trade Life by Point Load Media","slug":"trade-life-by-point-load-media-7601144","podcast_index_feed_id":7601144,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/PWigddtj.rss","website_url":"www.projektnetwork.com","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/30f782a6-150b-4804-b66a-b387da6c78b9/logos/1faf7b17-ec04-4876-ae22-e24eaffa8ae9.jpeg","author":"Point Load Media","episode_count":25,"summary":"Trade Life by Point Load Media is a show about the real work, real pressure, and real satisfaction of building a career in the skilled trades. Host's Ian MacFayden and Michael Holmes sit down with tradespeople, business owners, apprentices, and industry voices to unpack the stories, decisions, and lessons that shape life on the tools and in the office. From starting out as an apprentice, to running your first crew, to pricing jobs, managing clients, navigating burnout, hiring talent, and scaling a business — this show goes beyond surface-level advice and gets into the realities of the trade world as it actually is. If you’re in the trades, hiring trades, or building something of your own, Trade Life gives you the conversations and perspectives that help you level up. A Point Load Media Original.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T20:19:30.262189+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trade-life-by-point-load-media-7601144"},"episode":{"title":"A Skills Canada 2026 Recap with Mike Holmes Jr. & Ian MacFayden","slug":"a-skills-canada-2026-recap-with-mike-holmes-jr-ian-macfayden","published_at":"2026-06-04T20:42:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trade-life-by-point-load-media-7601144/a-skills-canada-2026-recap-with-mike-holmes-jr-ian-macfayden","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trade-life-by-point-load-media-7601144","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/8024fc578e9ce395d251527438ddd68b89fd66442d5429aa563293a656b5aa59/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJjZTI3YmIwZS1mNGFlLTRjY2YtYjhlZi01YTEzYjQzMTc5NzEiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIzMGY3ODJhNi0xNTBiLTQ4MDQtYjY2YS1iMzg3ZGE2Yzc4YjkiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTA3NTc0OGFjMDNiYWMwNTQzZmJmNDAiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmEyMWUzODJhZGE0YzFiZmM4YjdkMWMyL2lhbi1tYWNmYXlkZW5zLXN0dWRpby1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTYtNF9fMjItNDMtNDYubXAzIn0=.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/8024fc578e9ce395d251527438ddd68b89fd66442d5429aa563293a656b5aa59/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJjZTI3YmIwZS1mNGFlLTRjY2YtYjhlZi01YTEzYjQzMTc5NzEiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIzMGY3ODJhNi0xNTBiLTQ4MDQtYjY2YS1iMzg3ZGE2Yzc4YjkiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTA3NTc0OGFjMDNiYWMwNTQzZmJmNDAiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmEyMWUzODJhZGE0YzFiZmM4YjdkMWMyL2lhbi1tYWNmYXlkZW5zLXN0dWRpby1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTYtNF9fMjItNDMtNDYubXAzIn0=.mp3","summary":"Mike Holmes Jr. and Ian MacFayden hit the floor at Skills Canada 2026 and they've got a lot to say. From jaw-dropping student competitors to the future of the trades, the two sit down to recap everything they saw, felt, and took away from one of Canada's biggest skilled trades events. If you believe in building the next generation of tradespeople, this one's for you.","meta_description":"Mike Holmes Jr. and Ian MacFayden hit the floor at Skills Canada 2026 and they've got a lot to say. From jaw-dropping student competitors to the future of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1519,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trade-life-by-point-load-media-7601144/episodes/a-skills-canada-2026-recap-with-mike-holmes-jr-ian-macfayden/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trade-life-by-point-load-media-7601144/a-skills-canada-2026-recap-with-mike-holmes-jr-ian-macfayden.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}