Episode 7 of The Greatest Blue Collar Podcast In The World with Kyle Motzkus is here!

Team Kyle & Kyle are here to Make Collision Repair Great Again!

He might have hated me in the past but we work great together now! We talk all things Collision Repair. Everything from flat rate vs. hourly to what Right to Appraisal means. You don't want to skip by this one!

Episode 6 with Steve Schaefer
I've been excited for this one for awhile! I had the opportunity to sit down with the founder and former owner of the company I've worked at for over 16 years now. We talked about mistakes I've made, lessons he taught me over the year, where the industry is headed among many other things. Be sure to check it out on all your major podcast platforms, just search for "The Greatest Blue Collar Podcast In The World". If you enjoy the pod check out some of my past episodes as well and be sure to subscribe! 

With a major technician shortage in the Auto Collision industry the High School Autobody programs are more important than ever to introduce the trade to our youth. Myself along with many successful friends in the industry got their start to the Autobody world from a High School program. On this episode I sit down with Mr. Kenny Neuman, the Autobody Instructor that currently teaches at the same school I went to 20 years ago. Hope you enjoy the conversation, if you do be sure to share it with someone who you think could get some value from it. #highschool #tradeschool 

On this episode I sit down with the president of Ranken Technical College which is also the college I went to for #Autobody We spent nearly 2 hours talking about opportunities in the #BlueCollar trades, the importance of high schools teaching trades and how they are one of the leading technical schools with 37+ different programs. Although I do get paid for some of the things I do for Ranken, I didn't get paid for this podcast and I truly enjoyed our conversation. It's also available on all of the major podcast platforms so don't miss it!

On this episode I sit down with a former UFC fighter turned Podcaster/Comedian. However he's also a HUGE automotive enthusiast. We talk about how he recently rolled his 1200hp  TRX while off roading, his #FordLightening build, how he only buys American made performace parts among other things. It's also on all your major podcast platforms so don't miss it!

*note this was my first podcast through Zoom so the quality wasn't perfect but still pretty good. I plan to make some improvements the next time I do one over Zoom.

Episode 2 
On this episode I sit down for a 2 hour conversation with a great American entrepreneur, Mr. Gene Slattery who has been in the automotive industry for over 60 years. He was the founder of ATI, supplying  automotive equipment to shops in the St. Louis and surrounding areas for 44 years. He has also been volunteering his time to help the highschool automotive programs for over 60 years as well. Don't miss this one and be sure to share it and let me know what you think! Stay tuned I have more podcasts coming very soon!

Episode #1
On my first ever podcast episode I sit down with my former instructor that taught me how to fix wrecked cars from start to finish.  Mr. John Helterbrand is well known and well respected in the Auto Collision Industry and I'm proud to also call him a good friend. Tune in to hear our conversation about his history in the business to now running the Collision Engineering Program that is helping drastically improve the education for the next generation of Auto Body Technicians!