In the pilot episode of Blue Collared Banter, Ryan and Ken, two longtime friends, HVAC techs, and family guys finally put a mic in front of the same off-the-clock conversations they’ve been having for years. This isn’t an AC help show. It’s stories from the job, life at home, and whatever else comes up… recorded from a home office that doubles as a Lego display room (so background chaos is basically a co-host).

They talk about how they met on the job back in 2014–2015, why military HVAC doesn’t exactly translate to Florida residential work, and how they once used earpieces on service calls for backup until one of them got accused of stealing a customer’s purse. There’s also some debate over questionable life-or-death hypotheticals that probably didn’t need that much thought.

The show introduces its first segment, You’ve Got To Be Shitting Me*, featuring a West Virginia rat-shooting mishap and a Florida deputy chasing down a runaway emu.

In This Is Why We Drink, Ryan vents about sending out wedding save-the-dates… then postponing the wedding after buying a house, creating just enough confusion to keep family group chats active through April 17, 2027.

Expect adult language, work stories, and conversations that probably shouldn’t be recorded, but now are. Feedback is welcome at [email protected].