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Gabe Norcross - Norcross Builders

Levelheads: Gabe of Norcross Builders on Walking Away and Starting Over Gabe had 11 employees and a thriving business on the California coast until one job left him $250

Dominick from Monetti Custom Homes - Wise beyond his years

At just 20 years old, Dominic Krsyzckowski is already managing custom home projects on the Jersey Shore for Monetti Custom Homes. In this episode, Dominic shares how he w

Chad Mease - Redstart Construction

From building NHL arenas and the National Air & Space Museum to running one of Chicagoland's premier remodeling companies—how does a builder make that transition? This w

The Puppy - Jan Goryl

He goes by Puppy — but don't let the nickname fool you. At just 23 years old, Jan Goryl is helping to run job sites, operating Bobcats, and holding it down as a superinte

CJ Neilsen - CNC Electric

In this episode, we sit down with CJ Nielsen, owner of CNC Electric and a Build Show contributor, to dive deep into the realities of running a high-end electrical contrac

Building Consensus Guys

What happens when podcast hosts interview podcast hosts? Chaos—in the best possible way. In this episode we sit down with Travis Brungardt and Brandon Jones from the Bui

Paul Taylor - TCI

What do you get when you mix zero software, a yellow legal pad, 1,000 pushups a day, and a guy who’s been building monster custom homes since the 1970s? You get Paul Tay

Year End 2025

The Levelheads look back on 2025—job changes, market surprises, permit nightmares, exploding porta-potties, and why building custom homes is anything but efficient. We al

Everybody Deserves a Little R&R (Buildings)

After about a year and a half of chasing him—and thanks to some brutal Midwest weather—we finally got Kyle Stumpenhorst of RR Buildings on the Levelheads Podcast. Kyle w

On The Level

On this episode of the Levelheads Podcast, the guys kick things off with a high-stakes game of “silence chicken” before diving headfirst into end-of-year chaos, impossibl

Fred Trainer - F.E. Trainer Construction

On this episode of the Levelheads Podcast, Mike, Jamie, and Zane sit down with the man brave enough to manage job sites and Zane — the legendary Fred Trainer of F.E. Trai

Reece Barnes

This episode of the Level Heads podcast has it all: AI, booze, construction, and a very confused orangutan! We sit down with Reece Barnes, Head of Construction Network at

Mitchell Kasselman - C0-Founder of Ressio

What do project management software, AI agents, and three butt cheeks have in common? This episode of The Levelheads Podcast. This episode we’re joined by Mitchell Kasse

Smrtr Home - Matt Howell

This week on The Levelheads Podcast: Matt Howell from Smrter Home drops in from Downers Grove to talk low-voltage, AI-powered home networking, and sound systems that are

European Large

This week, Mike drops a HUGE announcement about joining the Build Show Network — and we get the inside scoop on what that means for his future (and for seeing more of his

Juneteenth Episode

This week on The Levelheads Podcast, things get weird—in the best way. Jamie’s gearing up for a mysterious wedding trip that may or may not involve livestock, questionabl

Jeff Sweenor of Sweenor Builders

This week we have Jeff Sweenor, founder and owner of Sweenor Builders in Rhode Island. We get into a bunch of topics like cycling, growing a company, This Old House and h

Jim "The Swede" Lundquist

This episode features Jim Lundquist, known as "the Swede," a trim carpenter, inventor, and self-described "happy-go-lucky guy" and "monkey wrench". Jim shares insights fr

These April Fools

Hosted by Zane Ellis, Jamie Verdura, and Mike Conneely, The Levelheads is the podcast for custom home builders who are sick of the BS. Zane’s had more knee surgeries than

John Hourihan - " Here's JohhnyH"

We caught a whoppa. You gotta listen. Our longest podcast yet. Johnny bears all. He's a stud in our industry who faced a ton of challenges. We talk it out.   Special t