{"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":"Johnny Hourihan: No Shortcuts at This Level","slug":"johnny-hourihan-no-shortcuts-at-this-level","published_at":"2026-04-16T18:52:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trade-life-by-point-load-media-7601144/johnny-hourihan-no-shortcuts-at-this-level","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trade-life-by-point-load-media-7601144","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/36c13b11eba7c1bc91281efb2132dffac40c7ce97e37e01cb24125086534101e/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJmODNmMDUwMy0xZmM4LTRhM2EtOGQ1YS1hMzExOTQzMTJjOTkiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIzMGY3ODJhNi0xNTBiLTQ4MDQtYjY2YS1iMzg3ZGE2Yzc4YjkiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTA3NTc0OGFjMDNiYWMwNTQzZmJmNDAiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjllMDUxOWYxYjg1MzM1ODhiNmQ0ODgwL2lhbi1tYWNmYXlkZW5zLXN0dWRpby1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTQtMTZfXzUtMy01OS5tcDMifQ==.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/36c13b11eba7c1bc91281efb2132dffac40c7ce97e37e01cb24125086534101e/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJmODNmMDUwMy0xZmM4LTRhM2EtOGQ1YS1hMzExOTQzMTJjOTkiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIzMGY3ODJhNi0xNTBiLTQ4MDQtYjY2YS1iMzg3ZGE2Yzc4YjkiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTA3NTc0OGFjMDNiYWMwNTQzZmJmNDAiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjllMDUxOWYxYjg1MzM1ODhiNmQ0ODgwL2lhbi1tYWNmYXlkZW5zLXN0dWRpby1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTQtMTZfXzUtMy01OS5tcDMifQ==.mp3","summary":"Mike Holmes Jr. and Ian MacFayden sit down with master builder Johnny Hourihan... not in a studio, not on a job site, but inside one of his finished multi-million dollar homes. What started as a casual walkthrough of Johnny's kitchen turned into a conversation too good to keep off the mic. No planned questions. No setup. Just three builders standing in a space that took years of skill and obsession to perfect, and a conversation that got real fast. Johnny opens up about what he'd do differently if he could go back - the hard lessons, the mistakes that cost him, and the standards he refuses to compromise on. They dig into project management, the Projekt Network, what separates contractors who make it from those who don't, and why this trade will eat you alive if you don't have the grit to match your ambition. This isn't a highlight reel. It's an unplanned, unfiltered conversation between builders who've bled for this industry, and it shows.","meta_description":"Mike Holmes Jr. and Ian MacFayden sit down with master builder Johnny Hourihan... not in a studio, not on a job site, but inside one of his finished multi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1968,"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/johnny-hourihan-no-shortcuts-at-this-level/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/johnny-hourihan-no-shortcuts-at-this-level.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}