Hands-On

About Hands-On

Welcome to Hands-On, the podcast of Tri-County Technical Center in Dexter, Maine. Hands-On aims to interview current and former students, instructors, local business owners, and others who can help represent the goals of Tri-County Technical Center and Career and Technical Education.

Publisher

Tri-County Technical Center

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Jan 2023

Latest episode

27 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Jul 2026

   Special Korgan Clark Celebration

   Korgan Clark left us decades too soon. But in another way, he'll never leave us. As a special tribute to a special young man, members of his Multimedia Production class and a couple of his friends come together to record a podcast episode celebrating the life and influence of Korgan and his music.

2. 

   2 Feb 2026

   HVAC and Lincoln Tech

   New Hands-On host Brandon Harper welcomes you to Season 4! Brandon starts with interviewing our new HVAC instructor Darin Spack and two of his students. Then Brandon talks with Mark Cater of Lincoln Tech (www.lincolntech.edu), who visited TCTC recently to talk with students.

3. 

   25 Mar 2025

   Multimedia Production - Season 3 Episode 5

   Welcome back to Hands-On. In this episode, host Kaleb Ranquist has a chat with Trevor Deschaine, a first-year student of the Multimedia Production program about the curriculum, his progression towards getting a drone license, and his post-secondary plans. Afterward, a short intermission where Kaleb talks to Chase Farnsworth of the Entrepreneurship and Small Business program about his experience and perseverance through the Entrepreneurship competition at SkillsUSA, winning a silver medal, along with winning CTE Student of the Year at TCTC! Finally, Kaleb talks with Austin Harris, a second-year student of the Multimedia Production program, about how being a second year student differs from being a first year, along with his projects including directing the documentary, Rural Dreams!

Who has been a guest on Hands-On

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

• Jason Scholten
• Clay Lane
• Haylee Newman

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 17 / 100

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

Quality

9

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.