The Carpenter With 2.5M Views Who Almost Made HGTV

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Chad, a carpenter who gained viral fame and nearly secured a segment on HGTV.

Chad and I used to close shifts together at Via, end up at house parties on Vernon Hill, and somehow make it back in for the next day's lunch service. That was Worcester, circa 2007. Then life happened. Now he's in Connecticut building custom built-ins, knocking out Barnes & Noble locations with a crew that shows up at 4AM to unload tractor trailers, going viral with 2.5 million views on a carpentry reel, almost landing an HGTV segment (they made him and his boss sit&...

People in this episode

Host: Richard Marczewski Jr.

Guest: Chad

Topics covered

• carpentry
• viral content
• custom furniture
• personal stories
• life changes

Keywords

• carpentry
• viral video
• HGTV
• custom built-ins
• Worcester
• life stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Barnes & Noble, HGTV

Places: Worcester, Connecticut

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