Dirt Talk Podcast

July 2, 2026

Five Days in Switzerland Changed Everything w/ Shay Stutsman – DT 457

Shay Stutsman is the owner of Stutsman Gerbaz Earthmoving, a third-generation excavation and site work company based in Aspen, Colorado, and one of the most forward-thinking contractors in America. He flew to Switzerland to spend five days watching a single company work — and came home and changed everything. He reveals why American contractors have a productivity problem disguised as a labor problem — and why the companies still doing things the way they did them ten years ago are running out of time.

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Learn more about COMPANY at: https://www.sgearthmoving.com/

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June 29, 2026

Q2 Results and Dirt World Productivity

Aaron recaps the wins and lessons learned at BuildWitt this week.

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June 25, 2026

Why Great Construction Starts Below Ground w/ Jonathan Pease (DT 455)

Jonathan is the founder of Rock Solid Stabilization & Reclamation, a nationwide specialty contractor. He stumbled into soil stabilization after watching a fly ash demonstration two weeks before bidding a car dealership job — and turned a niche no one wanted into one of the most in-demand specialties in modern site work. He reveals why every road, parking lot, and data center in America is only as good as the dirt underneath it — and why the industry is still barely scratching the surface of what stabilization can do.

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Learn more about Rock Solid Stabilization at: https://www.rocksolidstabilization.com/

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June 23, 2026

South Korea and Indian Adventure w/ HD Construction!

South Korea and Indian Adventure w/ HD Construction! – DT 454

The Vlog crew, Ben and Wyatt, join me this week to recap our recent adventure to South Korea and India with HD Construction Equipment, AKA Hyundai and Develon, within the US. We visited their shipyard, excavator factories, and customer sites across both countries.

Watch the first vlog in the series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyjXbYX3dnI

Learn more about HD Construction Equipment: https://na.hd-hyundaice.com/

Learn more about Develon: https://na.develon-ce.com/en

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June 22, 2026

Up and Out Or In the Weeds?

BuildWitt Update #58 – DT 453

Aaron recaps the wins and lessons learned at BuildWitt this week.

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June 18, 2026

Why Small Business Beats the Corporate Ladder w/ Matt Moldenhauer – DT 452

Matt Moldenhauer is a Partner at Elmore Companies and a former Bain & Company consultant who left the 34th floor of a Chicago high-rise to run a logging company in rural South Carolina. He walked away from the corporate ladder the same year he was offered everything it promised — and spent seven years building one of the fastest-growing logging and wood supply companies in the region. He reveals why small business is the most underrated vehicle for building wealth in America — and why the construction industry is sitting on one of the biggest untapped acquisition opportunities in the country.

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Learn more about Elmore Companies at: https://elmorecompanies.com/

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June 15, 2026

Announcements and You Can Too!

BuildWitt Update #57 – DT 451

Aaron recaps the wins and lessons learned at BuildWitt this week.

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June 11, 2026

Dragging Construction Into the Future - Tristan Wilson  ( DT 450)

Tristan Wilson is the founder of Edgevanta, an estimating automation software built for civil contractors, a former road construction operator, and author of a weekly newsletter covering construction technology and industry trends. He spent years on paving crews watching estimators hand-enter numbers into spreadsheets and wonder why nobody had fixed it yet — so he built the fix himself. He reveals why construction tech keeps failing contractors, why the industry is at a once-in-a-generation inflection point, and what it actually takes to drag one of the oldest industries in the world into the future.

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Learn more about Edgevanta at: https://www.edgevanta.ai/

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June 8, 2026

New Architecture, Frank and Announcements

BuildWitt Update #56 – DT 449

Aaron recaps the wins and lessons learned at BuildWitt this week.

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June 4, 2026

Why Construction Is Losing the Next Generation - Fred Mills

Fred Mills is the founder of The B1M, the world's largest YouTube channel dedicated to construction and infrastructure, a construction media pioneer, and author of the new book Mega Builds. He quit his job in construction the same week his son was born to build a media company nobody believed in — editing videos in hospital while his wife slept after giving birth. He reveals why the construction industry's mental health crisis isn't a people problem — it's a systems problem — and why the stories being left untold about the world's greatest projects are costing the industry an entire generation of talent.

Follow Fred on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-mills-35a8412b/

Learn more about The B1M at: https://www.theb1m.com/

Check out the latest videos at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheB1M

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