Sign inOpen the app
What It's Like To Be... with Dan Heath

A Master Electrician

Nov 4, 2025 · 32 min · Season 1 · Episode 57 · 47.3 MB
0:00-32:50

Streams straight from the publisher. podnod never proxies or re-hosts episode audio.

Open in podnodTranscript

Calculating electrical loads, getting zapped by 277 volts, and savoring the freedom of the skilled trades with Doug Powell, a master electrician. Why are blue-collar professions growing increasingly more attractive? And what are the telltale signs of a hack electrician?

Doug runs Lumen Brothers Electric Company with his business partner, Josh.

GOT A COMMENT OR SUGGESTION? Email us at jobs@whatitslike.com

FOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Email us at partnerships@whatitslike.com

WANT TO BE ON THE SHOW? Leave us a voicemail at (919) 213-0456. We’ll ask you to answer two questions:

1. What’s a word or phrase that only someone from your profession would be likely to know and what does it mean?

2. What’s a specific story you tell your friends that happened on the job? It could be funny, sad, anxiety-making, pride-inducing or otherwise.

We can’t respond to every message, but we do listen to all of them! We’ll follow up if it's a good fit.