The weekly report on local trades and business
Hometown Trades Journal
Weekly conversations about homes and businesses across America.
Two hosts break down what local companies are seeing on the job: what customers ask, what changes with the season, and what to know before you hire. New episodes every week.
Coming first
The first episode is on its way
The first episode looks at a caterer in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It will appear here, with its audio and video links, as soon as it’s published. After that, a new one comes every week.
What each episode covers
Each episode reports on one local service business, as a third party and in the third person. Three questions run through every one.
What customers ask
The questions customers put to a local company, and how the company answers them.
What changes with the season
How the work, the schedule and the advice shift from one time of year to the next.
What to know before you hire
What to check, what to ask and what to expect before you hire a local company.
Two hosts and a narrator
Dakota
Host
Warm and curious. Dakota sets up what the listener wants to know and asks the plain follow-up question.
Roger
Host
Calm and a little dry. Roger carries the facts and pushes back gently when something sounds too easy.
Nichole
Video narrator
Nichole narrates the show’s videos on YouTube.
That’s the Hometown Trades Journal. New episodes every week. Thanks for listening.