Playing With Fire hosted by Josh & Darla Welton

Josh Welton / Darla Welton
  • 5.0 (19)
  • SOCIETY & CULTURE
Playing With Fire hosted by Josh & Darla Welton

Blue-collar advocates Josh and Darla Welton challenge the status quo when it comes to welding, cars, art, culture, Detroit, and more in this podcast presented by Brown Dog Welding LLC. Whether you know Josh from his trendsetting metal work as Instagram’s @welderassassin, or through his regular written and video contributions to The Fabricator.com or The WELDER Magazine, you'll dig his storytelling and spicy takes on every subject. Darla is a writer, artist, content creator, and the yang to Josh's yin! Josh and Darla are co-founders of Brown Dog Welding LLC and the Still Building America project. The couple hosts welding workshops in their Detroit metal shop.  https://www.browndogwelding.com/podcast/

Episodes

  1. 11/30/2023

    Episode 13: MIT Researcher Anna Waldman-Brown on the welder skills gap vs. pay gap debate

    Josh and Darla ARE BACK! This video interview originally appeared in two parts on TheFabricator.com's blog and the YouTube page. However, we love this interview and thought our listeners might also enjoy it as a long-form podcast episode. We’ve been on hiatus from this personal podcast space for a while now, but we will continue to pop in every now and then with solid gold episodes like this one! This interview features Anna Waldman-Brown, a PhD graduate in industrial policy and political ec...

    1h 58m

  2. 02/21/2019

    Episode 12: Don't Call it a Comeback

    America used to love a good comeback story. However, in the age of social media we see people being destroyed over misunderstood incidents. Individuals are slaughtered for ignorant words spoken years ago, even if the person who spoke them expresses regret and has apologized. Do we still have the capacity to give others (and ourselves) the space to learn, heal, and grow from these failures? On this episode, Josh shares the story of how a lapse in judgement as an apprentice nearly cost him his ...

    55 min

  3. 02/05/2019

    Episode 11: Coexist

    Josh and Darla try a little experiment and discuss a topic that has become exceedingly important to them: how do humans coexist in a world with so many differences and polarizing ideas and opinions? The duo talks about the difference between them and how they manage to still love one another profoundly. Welding in space, prayer, aliens, and Jesus are up for discussion on this episode of Playing With Fire. Listen in.

    53 min

  4. 01/23/2019

    Episode 10: Intellectual Property Talk

    Josh and Darla talk Intellectual Property on episode 10 of Playing With Fire. If you capture and share a photo or create a unique post online, do you own the copyright? Or is it free game/public domain? Let's talk about the history of copy/paste heroes and theft, intellectual property, and this generations' thoughts on influencers and original content. It's story time. And real talk.

    37 min

  5. 01/02/2019

    Episode 9: 2018 Top 10 List!

    Hosts Josh & Darla Welton sat down on New Year's Eve to share their Top Ten Moments from 2018! From Josh buying his Dodge Demon, to embarking on multiple road trips together, then Josh winning the 2018 AWS/WEMCO Award in Welding for media, leading important conversations about women in welding as well as the skilled workers wage gap, to launching the Still Building America initiative and this podcast together - it's been one heckuva year. Bring it on 2019!

    47 min

  6. 12/29/2018

    Episode 8: Colors in the Welds

    A lot of people talk about color in welds, but they don't always understand why the color does or does not matter. A rainbow of colors in the bead and heat-affected zone (HAZ) doesn’t automatically make it a good weld, and it can indicate a bad weld. It all depends on the material, the industry, and the application. On this episode of Playing With Fire, Josh talks about what it all means and makes it accessible for the novice and the pro.

    42 min

  7. 12/12/2018

    Episode 7: Eyes Wide Open (Welder Wages)

    Josh is a fierce supporter of the shop floor worker and is becoming an increasingly important voice in leading the conversation on the perceived skills gap versus the actual wage gap. His recently published article in The WELDER Magazine (Future welders: Enter the trade with both eyes open) stirred up some hot conversation on social media. Josh takes to the mic to make sure that his message on welding wages is clear.

    36 min

  8. 12/05/2018

    Episode 6: **ROAD TRIP EDITION** Creativity and Inspiration

    Join Josh Welton, his wife Darla, his brother Jordan, and Jordan's fiancé, Jeremy, as they road trip to Plymouth, Massachusetts on Thanksgiving Day 2018. Creativity and inspiration are up for discussion. What inspires your creativity? How do you practice and hone your art? How do you get inspired? What moves you to create? How do you prepare to be creative? Are you afraid to share your art because you think others won't understand your point of view? Know that your unique perspective is neede...

    38 min

  9. 11/17/2018

    Episode 5: The Still Building America Project

    Josh, and his wife Darla, share what their Still Building America Project is all about! Their passion for promoting the skilled trades is highlighted by life's highs and lows - from their ties to the blue collar world, travel stories, and how being victims of crime in Detroit fueled a fire for standing up against injustice in their community. The Still Building America project promotes awareness of the skilled trades as viable career options for our country’s next generation. Americans haven’...

    47 min
  • 9 Episodes

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About

Blue-collar advocates Josh and Darla Welton challenge the status quo when it comes to welding, cars, art, culture, Detroit, and more in this podcast presented by Brown Dog Welding LLC. Whether you know Josh from his trendsetting metal work as Instagram’s @welderassassin, or through his regular written and video contributions to The Fabricator.com or The WELDER Magazine, you'll dig his storytelling and spicy takes on every subject. Darla is a writer, artist, content creator, and the yang to Josh's yin! Josh and Darla are co-founders of Brown Dog Welding LLC and the Still Building America project. The couple hosts welding workshops in their Detroit metal shop.  https://www.browndogwelding.com/podcast/

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