Dirt Talk by BuildWitt

About Dirt Talk by BuildWitt

Welcome to the Dirt World's top podcast (self-proclaimed). Every week, host Aaron Witt, founder of BuildWitt, interviews construction and mining industry leaders in long form and shares updates on what's happening inside of BuildWitt.

Publisher

BuildWitt

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

23 Dec 2019

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

286 of 585 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   You Can’t Lead From The Office w/ Luke Minger (DT 485)

   October 8, 2026 You Can’t Lead From The Office w/ Luke Minger Luke Minger w/ Minger Construction – DT 485 Luke Minger is the President and CEO of Minger Construction, a Minnesota underground utility contractor his parents started more than 40 years ago with a tractor backhoe, a pickup truck, and a ten-speed bicycle. After earning a construction management degree, Luke came home expecting to put it to use—only for his dad to put him at the bottom of a sewer crew. He worked his way from the field into estimating, project management, and eventually leadership, learning along the way why the best construction leaders never get too far removed from the work. He shares how losing his dad forced him to step fully into leadership, why growing a construction company shouldn't just mean chasing more revenue, and why maintaining culture gets harder with every new employee. Luke also explains why leaders have to keep showing up in the field, how Minger approaches complex underground work, and why developing and keeping good people remains one of the biggest challenges in construction. Follow Luke Minger on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-minger-529b3136 Learn more about Minger Construction at: https://www.mingerconst.com/ Want to better develop your civil construction workforce and leaders? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2. 

   5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   2026 Australia Adventure Week One! (Building BuildWitt #73) DT 484

   Host Aaron Witt shares insights and lessons from BuildWitt's 2026 Australia Adventure Week One, offering valuable takeaways for business development.

3. 

   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Building Leaders Underground w/ Jason Miller - DT 483

   Host [Host Name] interviews Jason Miller, President of Midwest Mole, discussing how employee ownership reshapes company growth and the critical need to develop effective construction leaders.

Inside a recent episode

2026 Australia Adventure Week One! (Building BuildWitt #73) DT 484

Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I – Like we had somebody leave last year, Matt. He'd worked here since he was like 15. He'd always been working here. Great, great person. He said he was leaving. He was nervous to leave. The whole time though, I was like, dude, I'm not going to say a word of anything to keep you here because you're young. You're in your early 20s. Go go out and see the world. Sure. Maybe you end up back here. If you end up back here, you're going to be better off for it. So we win long term. You win long term. But if that's better for you, that's better for you. You're not going to figure that out here. Right. […]

Who has been a guest on Dirt Talk by BuildWitt

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jason Miller
• Dick Zhang
• Tyler Marks
• Christian Weibell
• Darren Paulson

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

48,430

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

435 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

315 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

96

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