Podcasts worth your
drive time
A curated list of shows for trades and home-service entrepreneurs — covering growth, hiring, pricing, and the mindset it takes to build a company that runs without you in every room.
Shows we recommend
Established shows our team actually listens to — each one worth adding to your queue on the drive between jobs.
The Home Service Expert
Hosted by Tommy Mello
Tommy Mello, founder of A1 Garage Door, interviews operators and executives who have scaled home-service companies. Heavy on systems, hiring, and the realities of running a multi-location trades business.
The Contractor Fight
Hosted by Tom Reber
Straight talk on pricing, sales confidence, and the mental edge required to run a contracting business without constantly underselling yourself. Tom Reber does not sugarcoat the hard parts.
Service Business Mastery
Hosted by Tersh Blissett
Practical conversations on marketing, operations, and leadership for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical business owners. Guests share what actually moved the needle in their companies.
Waste No Day
Hosted by Brian Burton & Nate Minnich
A motivational and tactical podcast built specifically for plumbing, HVAC, and electrical technicians and owners. Covers sales calls, service agreements, and keeping technicians accountable.
To The Point - Home Services Podcast
Hosted by Leilani Dunn & Kieran McQuilkin
Produced by Scorpion, this show covers digital marketing and customer experience strategy for home-service businesses — from Google rankings to reputation management.
Built to Sell Radio
Hosted by John Warrillow
Interviews with owners who have sold their businesses. Invaluable for understanding how systems, recurring revenue, and reducing owner dependency affect the value of a service company.
The Side Hustle Show
Hosted by Nick Loper
Broad in scope but consistently produces episodes relevant to service businesses — finding first customers, pricing service work, and building operations that do not require the owner on every job.
Why we listen
The themes that come up on every great home-service podcast are the same problems Callbook was built to help with.
Missed calls cost real money
Every show on this list covers lead conversion in some form. Callbook exists to close the gap — so the work you do improving your sales skills and pricing actually results in booked jobs.
Hiring and keeping good people
Recurring hiring struggles come up in nearly every episode of The Contractor Fight and Service Business Mastery. Freeing your front desk from phone duty is one lever for retaining the office staff you have.
Pricing with confidence
Tom Reber and Tommy Mello both argue that underpricing is a symptom of lacking systems, not lacking courage. Answering every call professionally and booking it correctly is part of that system.
Owner burnout is real
The Built to Sell framework makes it explicit: a business that cannot run without you is not a business, it is a job. An AI receptionist that handles calls at 9 pm is a small but concrete step toward that goal.
Want Callbook on your show?
We are happy to talk about AI phone receptionists, how service businesses lose revenue to missed calls, and where the technology is heading. If you host a podcast and think your audience would find it useful, get in touch.
Stop missing calls while you listen
You can improve your business on the drive in. Callbook makes sure the phone is covered while you do it.