Ep 316. Live from PodHouse at CONEXPO: Industry Insights with Pajak, Triplett & Larry!

Summary

Side Hustle Squad Podcast – Episode 316

Live from PodHouse at CONEXPO: Industry Insights with Pajak, Triplett & Larry!
Host: Mike Garvey
Guests: Larry Delisanti, John Pajac, Eric Triplett (“The Pond Digger”), and Naylor Taliaferro
Date: March 12, 2026

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Episode Overview

This special live episode comes from “PodHouse,” a content creator collective house at CONEXPO in Las Vegas—the continent’s biggest construction trade show, held every three years. Host Mike Garvey, joined by industry peers Larry Delisanti, John Pajac, Eric Triplett, and (briefly) Naylor Taliaferro, reflect on their content creation journey at the show, including strategies for maximizing industry events, collaborative podcasting, and ideas for raising the bar on professional presence and group synergy within the green and construction industries.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The PodHouse Concept and Content Creation Synergy

• What is PodHouse?
  • A dedicated house rented for content creators and podcasters to work collaboratively, optimize time, and build community while attending industry shows.
  • “We just decided to create a space where we could come together as a team of content creators, multiple podcasts, multiple podcasters.” (Eric Triplett, 01:38)
• Purpose:
  • To document the event journey in real time instead of losing ideas and energy once everyone gets back home.
  • “Let’s document the journey so we don’t go home and get busy and... not document it.” (Eric Triplett, 02:08)

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2. Navigating CONEXPO: Scale, Planning & Content Strategy

• Scale of the Event:
  • “We’re at Con Expo, which is the absolute largest trade show in North America. It happens every three years… You need to have a plan.” (Larry Delisanti, 03:56 | Naylor Taliaferro, 04:11)
  • Comparison to Equip Expo: CONEXPO is “probably eight Equips or more.” (John Pajac, 04:26)
• Approach:
  • Day one: Explore and digest.
  • Day two: Strategically select booths and set a content plan.
  • “We plotted it out pretty well and we executed pretty quick today.” (Eric Triplett, 03:52)
• Types of Vendors & Cross-Industry Relevance:
  • Exposure to a wide range of equipment and gear, especially innovative safety equipment (hard hats/helmets anticipated as OSHA standards).

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3. Experimenting with In-Booth Podcasting

• Impromptu Mobile Podcasts:
  • For the first time, the crew conducted podcasts directly at vendor booths—bringing a portable, unscripted energy.
  • “We have kind of the recipe to go to these little in booth... do an in booth podcast with a brand.” (John Pajac, 06:54 & 07:12)
• Growing Buzz & Audience Engagement:
  • Wearing standout “PodHouse” gear sparked curiosity from show attendees and vendors alike.
  • “Three people said something today... Just think the people that don’t say anything—30 were thinking it, minimum.” (Eric Triplett, 06:08)

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4. Content Creation as a Live Attraction

• Drawing Interest at Booths:
  • Live, mobile podcasting became its own mini-attraction, drawing crowds and vendors.
  • “By the time we were done, there was a group of people standing around watching us.” (Eric Triplett, 07:22)
  • “I watch people listen to the conversation... They were like getting the—‘Oh, what is, what’s going on here?’” (John Pajac, 07:40)
• Vendors Became More Engaged:
  • “People open up to us a lot quicker... They’re not afraid to talk.” (Eric Triplett, 14:28)

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5. Reflection on Collaboration and Group Energy

• Synergy of the PodHouse:
  • Shared meals, communal working, and impromptu brainstorming created unique content and strengthened team connection.
  • “There’s synergy here... You know, when we’re all together, a lot of fun things happen.” (Larry Delisanti, 11:14)
• Contrast to the Lonely Hotel-room Podcast:
  • “Now, we’re all here. Do whatever you want. And now, we’re also gaining more content. We’re not losing all that content that we were losing at dinner, out at dinner.” (John Pajac, 10:13)

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6. Evolving Production Quality & Ideas for the Future

• Technical Evolution:
  • Discussed using better cameras, remote-controlled lighting, and tactical production gear.
  • “You need a camera... like Naylor’s camera... and make it look like, ‘What’s going on?’” (Naylor Taliaferro, 08:54)
• Packing for Mobility and Scale:
  • Backpacks and battery-powered gear replacing bulky, hard-to-transport setups.
  • “It’s all backpack stuff. Right. So I can see us rolling, you know, each of us with our full gear like this, and even having a couple of camera people.” (Eric Triplett, 18:20)
• Professionalism & Planning for Future Expos/Events:
  • Vision for Pod Row at events—multi-stage, visible, with scheduled interviews and live audience.
  • “Podro could almost... just be like a dual stage. And like, then they’re just rotating in and out.” (Eric Triplett, 23:01)
• Potential to Drive Booth Traffic and Brand Opportunities:
  • “That’s when they go like, ‘Hey, you really made an impact on our booth. Can you come and be with us next year?...’” (Eric Triplett, 20:15)
  • “You’re providing so much value... Jobber’s just going to be like, ‘Oh, we’re not paying you enough.’” (Eric Triplett, 20:51)

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7. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On PodHouse spirit:
  “Let’s document the journey so we don’t go home and get busy and... not document it.” (Eric Triplett, 02:08)

• On future group podcasting:
  “We have kind of the recipe to go to these little in booth... do an in booth podcast with a brand.” (John Pajac, 06:54)

• Crowd reaction:
  “By the time we were done, there was a group of people standing around watching us.” (Eric Triplett, 07:22)

• On collaboration and synergy:
  “There’s synergy here... a lot of fun things happen that might not happen when it’s just one of us.” (Larry Delisanti, 11:14)

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8. Looking Forward: Vision for Community & Content Impact

• Elevating Industry Exposure:
  • “I think we can build on that... create more buzz, create more group, you know, it’s like, what are these... what are these sweatshirts? These are cool.” (John Pajac, 11:58)
• Live Show Possibilities:
  • “There’s a live Pod Row show happening all day long.” (Eric Triplett, 24:50)
  • The dream: podcaster stages drawing in crowds and driving attendees to both brands and content creators’ live sessions throughout oversized events.
  • “If we set this up, we’re out on the sales floor and we’re driving people to the booths and... driving people back to the show.” (Eric Triplett, 25:18)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 01:38: What is PodHouse? The collaborative house for content creators.
• 03:56: Size and strategy of CONEXPO; need for planning.
• 05:10: Industry trends—new helmet safety standards.
• 06:54 - 08:53: The team’s first experiment with in-booth podcasts and spontaneous group synergy.
• 10:13: The value of communal living and content synergy at PodHouse.
• 14:28: Vendors opening up on camera; the power of bringing spontaneity and fun.
• 18:20: Shift to mobile, lightweight equipment for content creators.
• 20:15 - 25:18: Vision for Pod Row—live, scheduled podcasts, professional setups, and future event opportunities.

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Final Thoughts

This episode captures the energy and innovation happening behind the scenes as a new wave of industry content creators rethink how they cover massive trade shows. From technical setups to team chemistry to business development opportunities, listeners are treated to a lively, real-world case study in collaborative entrepreneurship and brand building in the green and construction industries.

“We’re just figuring it out. And that’s the power of... why we did PodHouse.”
(Eric Triplett, 22:43)

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For anyone striving to build their brand, find their community, or maximize the hustle at industry events—this episode delivers the roadmap and the inspiration.

Transcript

[John Pajac]

Hey, guys, check out this episode that we did from Pod House at Connex in Las Vegas. It's with me, John Pajac, Larry Delisanti and Eric Triplett hanging out after day two of being at Conex, checking out the floor. We did some live podcasts and some booths. Hope you enjoy it.

[Mike Garvey]

Are you ready to kick back and get inspired? Grab your favorite drink, pop the top and join the side Hustle Squad with Mike Garvey and Larry d'. Asante. This podcast is the perfect resource for anyone who's already started their side hustle or is just considering taking the leap. With in depth interviews featuring guests from the green industry and beyond, you'll gain valuable insights and learn what it takes to succeed in running a business while juggling a full time career. From personal stories to practical tips, the side Hustle Squad podcast has everything you need to turn your passion into a thriving business. Here's your side Hustle Squad hosts, Mike Garvey and Larry Delisante.

[Larry Delisanti]

We are here at the Pod House. That's great in beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada. And I've got Mike Garvey side Hustle Squad podcast. We also have Larry Delisanti and Eric Triplet, the pond digger in the house. I think this might be the first

[John Pajac]

from the deep end podcast, Deep and Pod House.

[Eric Triplett]

Look at. We just decided to create a space where we could come together as a team of content creators, multiple podcasts, multiple podcasters. So, like, well, right now we have seven rooms, four showers, pool, like, what do we got? Pickleball, trampolines, A lot of fun stuff.

[Larry Delisanti]

Pool house, pool house, compound.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

Compound in the back.

[Larry Delisanti]

Or we should say Naylor Taliaferro's.

[John Pajac]

You know, private is sweet.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

That was the compound in the back?

[Eric Triplett]

Yeah, yeah. Full, full, full enclosure out front where it is like a compound. So. But the cool thing is it's like, let's get together and create this content while we're at the show. Let's document the journey so we don't go home and get busy and, you know, have all this stuff in our brain and not document it. That's, that's the big, that's the real essential part of what Pod House is about.

[John Pajac]

I think you did a great job. You know, we digested it yesterday, kind of checked out some things and like, didn't try to do too much and then came back here and then actually, you know, you, you spearheaded it. Where do we need to go today on day two? What do we want to see? Who do we want to talk to? And we were Able to generate some really awesome content.

[Eric Triplett]

Yeah, yeah. Well, you know, when we go to Equip, like, we. We've already booked out, you know, two. Two suites. No, two floors in Equip in Kentucky. Right. So when we get to Equip, it's all hands on deck. It's firing all cylinders. This. This event was a little different because we haven't been there. It's. The layout of the land is incredible. 140,000 people in, you know, in just a few days. It's intense. So it's. It's a lot larger than equipped. And then there's full aggregate, full asphalt, full cranes, full. You know, so we. Yesterday, it was just. I kind of walked around in a day. It's like, where am I?

[John Pajac]

What?

[Eric Triplett]

This is not normal. How does this relate to us? How do we. You know, how do we make this work for us? So yesterday was just like a real kind of figure it all out. And then last night, that was the time we were here. You know, they were making dinner. Chef Larry's out there cooking, and we're, like, going, okay, where do we got to go? Let's go see Vermeer. Let's go see Ralco. Let's go. You know, let's go check this out. Let's do that. Let's get to the safety gear.

[John Pajac]

Let's.

[Eric Triplett]

You know, and we. We plotted it out pretty well, and we executed pretty quick today.

[Larry Delisanti]

Yeah. And it. Just to bring everybody up to date, we didn't mention we're at Con Expo, which is the absolute largest trade show in North America. It happens every three years.

[Eric Triplett]

Yeah.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

And if you come here, you need a plan. You're not coming here without a plan. Yeah, because we didn't even see an eighth of it. Like, you.

[John Pajac]

You need to have a plan.

[Larry Delisanti]

You do if you think a quip is huge. This is. This could eat.

[John Pajac]

This can eat probably 8 eclipse or more.

[Larry Delisanti]

It's very, very large, but very cool, too, because you could see everything. Like, we're talking concrete trucks and cranes, and I mean, just think of anything that is in the construction realm. I mean, it's represented here. So it's kind of a nice change of pace too. There's some crossover, especially with, like, the smaller vendors. It's not always about, you know, the asphalt rippers and things like that, but you look at some of the things. Like, you guys spent quite a bit of time looking at some safety gear today with the helmets and hard hats, I should say, but they. They're actually kind of like helmets now.

[John Pajac]

They are, they're literally. They're comfortable bike helmets. Yeah, they were comfortable, but that seems to be from, you know, I didn't, I didn't do the podcast. Eric did the in booth podcast with them. And it seems like that's going to be the standard coming out from, you know. Right. OSHA and everything else. Because what you're losing with an older hard hat is if the fall happens of the person, that hat is going off. So where this with the, the strap and everything, it's hopefully going to save.

[Eric Triplett]

But the real standard is, you know, we. We filmed a bunch of podcasts on location at the booth walking around, you

[John Pajac]

know, and with our first time us really doing that.

[Eric Triplett]

Yeah. Everyone's wearing our pot house gear. So when you walk into the booth, people are looking around going like, who are these guys? Right. These guys aren't normal. Like we have these obnoxious pothouse gears on. Right.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

It's three people says something today. Oh yeah, that's a cool shirt.

[Eric Triplett]

Yeah. Just think the people that don't say anything, you know, like, like if three people say something 30, we're thinking it minimum, you know, so. Or more. But you know, the standard is like when we walked into the booth Vermeer, you know, like immediately we're like, we're. We're miking them up and we're going for it. Right.

[John Pajac]

Yeah.

[Eric Triplett]

So like today, you know, over the past, within the past 24 hours, we've collectively recorded about a dozen different podcasts between all of us. So. And then, you know, when we had our plan just to go in and just shoot like that. So like, I didn't. We didn't. We ran out of battery pretty fast. Like we didn't know it was going to go as well as it did. So we have multiple battery backups.

[John Pajac]

Yeah.

[Eric Triplett]

On next visit.

[John Pajac]

Yeah, and I see too, it's like, you know, Larry took over like the sound that I took and I thought

[Naylor Taliaferro]

that I'm like looking like.

[John Pajac]

And. And you know, John was taking up photos and hand. Like that's going to get built out. I think, you know, as we go to now we have the kind of the recipe to go to these little in booth because we never really did that before do an in booth podcast cast with a brand.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

I thought it was really cool.

[John Pajac]

That. And that was, you know.

[Eric Triplett]

Did you notice that the safety place, when we walked up to the safety booth, there was not a lot going on in that booth.

[John Pajac]

Correct.

[Eric Triplett]

Okay. There was. They were just like, yeah, we want to talk to you. Like, hey, do you mind if we mic up? And they're like, yeah, like we're not doing anything. By the time we were done, there was a group of people standing around watching us.

[John Pajac]

Yep.

[Eric Triplett]

And then they're starting to grab helmets. And as soon as we're like wrapping up, they like got in line to talk to those people. That happened. I watched that happen.

[John Pajac]

I watch it and I watched it.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

It becomes interesting.

[John Pajac]

I watch people listen to the conversation. Yeah, like looking at your conversation, just not. That doesn't need to. They need to add anything. But they were like getting the. Oh, what is, what's going on here? Like, these guys are.

[Eric Triplett]

Mike, sometimes those people don't even know the right questions to ask your podcast. All the time. You know, you're asking these, you know, deep open ended questions and getting these stories to come out of them and, and that was interesting because I remember asking a question and kind of being aware of my surrounding and you know, I kind of turned to the left a little bit and there's a guy like right there, like staring at me and I'm like, look at him. Like, what are you staring at? You know, he was, hold on. Yeah. And I was like, oh, he's listening. He's.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

Yeah.

[John Pajac]

Oh God. Yeah, he's engaging.

[Eric Triplett]

Completely engaged. And I was like, wow, this is cool. And then there's three people standing in line behind him, like they were getting in line to talk to us.

[John Pajac]

But I think something's been created here. You've created like, yes, we, we've, we've podcasts from Relco, we've seen other podcasters podcast from Boots. Bring the whole setup, do everything. This is like impromptu mobile. Hey, you want to do a podcast? Let's go. We want to know more about your product. Yeah. And like, yeah, let's do it. And that's something that could be.

[Eric Triplett]

Well, I was ready to sign autographs.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

Maybe, maybe, maybe like, like I was looking at today and I was going to say something like, I think what could bring more to it is like having a camera there, like, but not like a phone. Like you need like, like camera, like Nailer's camera and make it look like, like, what's going on? Like, what, what is this? Well, you know, because it was already like that. But imagine a camera, like moving, filming. And then it's like, we're gonna have

[John Pajac]

you carry the, the big boom with the thing because there's a sound.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

Not too short. Dude, I need like a 12 foot

[John Pajac]

pole with the thing.

[Larry Delisanti]

Well, I mean I, I had the double recording going On. I had the Osmo 3 recording in vertical.

[Eric Triplett]

Yeah.

[Larry Delisanti]

And then I had. That was very cool, this recording in landscape. So we could.

[John Pajac]

We.

[Larry Delisanti]

We've got all that.

[John Pajac]

He did. Yeah.

[Eric Triplett]

But. But to add to his point is to have, you know, a. A normal camera with, you know, a gimbal walking around, even like a shoulder gimbal potentially, or something like that, where

[John Pajac]

you're with a little bit of buzz. Yeah.

[Eric Triplett]

It's. It's just a little bit more like, whoa, something's really happening, you know, I'm not kidding you.

[Larry Delisanti]

Like, just from today, I'm sitting there going, man, I'm thinking about taking one of my paintball vests that. And, like, modifying it. It's. It's kind of like a tactical vest.

[Eric Triplett]

Yeah.

[Larry Delisanti]

And then slowly and be like, putting in the pockets and everything, being like, hey, these are spare batteries. These are.

[John Pajac]

Yeah.

[Larry Delisanti]

You know, and not to mention, it's got Velcro strips, so you could be like, media.

[John Pajac]

It's fun, too, because we're all together, right. We're going around. We're like, today was fun. We all. That was like the. We're all. We're not like, oh, I'm going to go here and then you go there, and then we'll meet back up or whatever. It's kind of the same thing that's going on here in this house. Like, this was the vision. Like, oh, yeah. We would leave the show and everyone would go back to their hotel rooms. Some people would fall asleep, some people would go work out, whatever would. Just, now we're all here. Do whatever you want. And now we're also gaining more content. We're not losing all that content that we were losing at dinner. Out at dinner.

[Larry Delisanti]

Exactly.

[John Pajac]

Dinner is here.

[Larry Delisanti]

Dinner.

[John Pajac]

We. We could be, you know, trying to find a place to go, waiting to get. Get seated. Like, it's him getting roofied.

[Larry Delisanti]

My drink did taste a little. I'm not sure that came from the outside last time.

[John Pajac]

Yeah.

[Larry Delisanti]

No, but this is actually a great experience because, you know, there's synergy here. You know, it's not just one of us, you know, having to take everything, you know, we're building on. There's energy, you know. Yeah. That keeps everything going. It's motivation, it's energy. When we're all together, you know, a lot of fun things happen that might not happen when it's just one of us or, you know, a couple of us together. You know, like when we stopped for a photo opportunity and you guys were like, I want this in there. I'm like, would you just put your hand down and let me. We stopped the. We. We got kicked. We. That Of Vermeer. But, you know, we. We definitely had a little pain. We stole the show there.

[John Pajac]

It was close.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

We did.

[John Pajac]

They loved it. It was close.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

Close to be thrown out.

[John Pajac]

But I think. I think we can build on that, right? I mean, like, create more. Like, create more buzz, create more group, you know, it's like, what are these? What are these sweatshirts? These are cool.

[Larry Delisanti]

All right, let's read it. Chaos. What's the.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

Well, you didn't have it on today. Yeah, I mean, you were like, you're a Hawaiian theme completely, like, off of, like, the pothouse.

[Larry Delisanti]

Well, of course, because, I mean, I. In the winter time, I wear short sleeve shirts. You guys had me wrapped up in a hoodie. A black, beautiful, supple, soft hoodie.

[Eric Triplett]

So it says. It says, creators chaos content, because that's the fun part of it. So there's a little bit of chaos going in there, you know, so we

[Larry Delisanti]

got to bring the chaos too. You know, you can't, like, just.

[John Pajac]

Right. And there was some chaos that you yelling in premiere.

[Larry Delisanti]

But imagine if you use. If we. If we utilize that for the. The vendor's purpose, you know, instead of like, what the hell's going on? Obviously, that was a showstopper. I didn't realize it until I. It, like, felt silent.

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[Naylor Taliaferro]

Didn't feel silent.

[Eric Triplett]

There's 10,000 people in a room. And it just got totally quiet.

[Larry Delisanti]

Sat down.

[Eric Triplett]

The whole expo, it's like, oh, yeah,

[Larry Delisanti]

I forgot I used my medium voice inside, so that's not a good thing. But, you know, can you imagine doing that to where it's benefiting? You know, actually, that did benefit him. Everybody was looked at, looked at. Veneers, you know, they're like, vermeer, what's going on over there, man? They got Crazy stuff. But I think this is, you know, just being able to get that kind of content, and people open up to us a lot quicker. You know, they're not afraid to get in front of the cameras. They're not afraid to talk.

[Eric Triplett]

Let's talk about Mac. When we walked by the Mac booth, that lady wanted to talk to us.

[Larry Delisanti]

Yes.

[John Pajac]

Yes.

[Eric Triplett]

She was.

[John Pajac]

Yeah.

[Eric Triplett]

It wasn't like, hey, maybe you want to buy a Mac truck? She was more like, who are you guys? What are you doing? This is. Something's weird.

[John Pajac]

Something's happening here.

[Eric Triplett]

Yeah, something. Something's like, a little out of the norm here. And so she, you know, she wanted to talk to us, and so I think us building this into, you know, just so we know, we have about 16 events that were planned out for the year, from Koi Shows to Vidcon to Equip, of course, Dirt World Summit, all these different big events that are going on. And, you know, this was the maiden. Boys just kind of, like, kind of plot things out, and it was. It was a tough one. Just such a big event. And just so you know, I wouldn't have given up as early as I did today. I. I am coming off a cold. But then, plus, there's all this walking around, and then it's like, I think we got enough today. Let's just go back to the pot house and.

[John Pajac]

Yep.

[Eric Triplett]

Let's slow down a little bit. I. I wouldn't have let up if we were.

[John Pajac]

No, but, but, but. How nice was it to be like, hey, let's go back to our house and.

[Eric Triplett]

Yeah.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

Still do.

[John Pajac]

Content that we're all together. Yeah, right. Just like, instead of like, all right, guys, I'm gonna drop you off. You off, you off. Maybe let's meet up for dinner at 8 and whatever.

[Eric Triplett]

Well, let's talk about at Equip. You know, I hit it off with Jonas Olson and Libby Delucian. I hit him off pretty good with those guys. We were chatting up, and I was like, I really. I got to get her on a podcast. I want to talk to him. I want to get him on the podcast. What are we going to do? And it was really kind of awkward and weird, but I was like. I took a stab at it. And I'm like, hey, I really love to get on the podcast. I got my gear here. Can we hook up? He's like, yeah, like, what do you want to do? And I was like, I mean, I got. I got a pretty nice hotel room. He want to come back to the hotel room, you know, so Now I got Jonas Olson and Libby Delucian coming back to my hotel room, and I'm like, I'm supposed to explain that to my wife that Libby's coming back to my hotel room?

[John Pajac]

True. Yeah.

[Eric Triplett]

It's a little.

[John Pajac]

And then you get there, you're like, all right, I'll sit on the bed. Oh, my underwear is hanging on the. No, I know.

[Eric Triplett]

Like, it's.

[John Pajac]

It's like farting in the mic. Unprofessional. You know, like.

[Eric Triplett]

Right.

[John Pajac]

Kind of.

[Eric Triplett]

But.

[John Pajac]

But it has to get done.

[Eric Triplett]

Look, I went back there. I had a plan. I was.

[John Pajac]

I.

[Eric Triplett]

Everything was cleaned up and professional. I had the podcast equipment already ready out, and. And I already had the mics and headphones out ready to go, you know, and I already had dinner with them. She had white wine. He had Diet Coke, you know, so, like, I went and got that stuff and had it in the room for us. But, you know, it was still kind of weird. It's like, okay, we're in my hotel room. This is just kind of weird because this is a really nice hotel.

[John Pajac]

Right. But I slept here, like.

[Eric Triplett]

Yeah.

[Larry Delisanti]

And the rooms aren't very.

[John Pajac]

They're not big.

[Larry Delisanti]

They're not big. They're not big. And they're not conducive to that type of thing because, you know, you could still record anywhere. I mean, you can record in your closet if you want to, but that. The Feel, like, this place. You feel it like, you.

[John Pajac]

Multiple bedrooms, but multiple studios. Multiple. It's like we have the. The main stage here. You know, Naylor has his set up there.

[Larry Delisanti]

Dude, when I walk. When I walked in there, Naylor had, like, the whole.

[John Pajac]

Oh, yeah, it was set up, like an interview, like, for a major news.

[Larry Delisanti]

Yeah.

[John Pajac]

Outlet.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

Mike and I podcast at one time out of, like, a cafeteria. Right. And where was it? Omni. And it was great, but the background noise was like.

[John Pajac]

Oh, yeah, Like a food court.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

You hear, like, a fork drop. You're like, oh, man.

[John Pajac]

It's like.

[Eric Triplett]

It was.

[John Pajac]

It was funny.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

We had fun, but it was tough, you know? It was tough.

[Eric Triplett]

Okay, let's talk about this for a second, because Naylor setup is. He's got the newest stuff. He got the stuff from Omar. Omar's on Instagram. He's all about the lighting, the ambiance, set up the live feed, all this stuff. So I can already see it at Equip, because that backpack setup is pretty dope now, you know, I traveled with. With, you know, my full Milwaukee packout system. Everything's in there. Right. But it is cumbersome. It's a lot. It's a lot of work. It cost me like, 250 bucks to put it on a plane.

[John Pajac]

Right.

[Eric Triplett]

So it was a lot. So. But, you know, it's getting so compact and small. It's all backpack stuff. Right. So I can see us rolling, you know, each of us with our full gear like this, and even having a, you know, a couple of camera people with us, you know, because we're talking about having the chef out there, you know, instead of Larry chefing it up. We'll have Chez up here. Chaz. Chess. Chess, Chess. Yeah. So we'll have Chaz here. He'll be cooking for us so we don't have to. There's no delay there.

[John Pajac]

There's no delay. Right. So breakfast, and then we'll have lunch. He can deliver lunch to.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

Sorry, man. Not fast enough for you guys. I apologize.

[John Pajac]

You know.

[Eric Triplett]

No, no, no.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

You're mashed potatoes. It's all right, man.

[John Pajac]

It's crazy, though. Like, you literally. You literally can't even boil water. Like, it's crazy. No, no, the.

[Eric Triplett]

Like, I'm joking, you know?

[John Pajac]

Yeah, we want you part of the content. No, we had a great dinner last night. Steak and salmon and. Awesome.

[Eric Triplett]

But wait, let me get to this point. I. I don't want to get cut off on this.

[John Pajac]

Yeah, sorry.

[Eric Triplett]

That whole backpack, all those lights are remote. So we're so through equip. We've been to equip enough times. We know. We know who's going to be there, whereabouts they're at. We know how to get them quickly. And we're just. We can beeline to certain places. And so, like, you can imagine with the whole mobile shift, all the lights and everything.

[John Pajac]

And.

[Eric Triplett]

And so you know how I was like, hey, get the picture here. It says Vermeer here. Hey, it's the moon landing machine. Let's go. Come right here so you can see this piece. And so, you know, as a director of photography, I'm like, this is where we need to set up. But, like, when we walk to those booths, we're like, hey, do you mind if we mic? He's like, yeah, we can be on a podcast. Boom. Lights come out.

[John Pajac]

Yeah, Seriously, you could have, like, the director shares.

[Eric Triplett]

Like, there's like, a caddy. You have a caddy with you, right?

[John Pajac]

Yeah, yeah.

[Eric Triplett]

So we're rolling through the clip, and you ask for permission, they say yes.

[John Pajac]

Boom. You boom.

[Eric Triplett]

You drop out the stuff and then talk about people showing up. That's when. That's when they go like, hey, you really made an impact on our booth. Can you come and be with us next year? Can you just stay for a couple, two, three hours? Can you imagine if we did that at Jobber? While, you know, at the Jobber booth, like, what you guys were doing, that was super powerful. They're, they're selling Jobber, you know, trial offers on their phone live. And it, like, it was so sick. But what if the lights were set up and I was like, just stand right here because I can see the Jobber logo perfectly and I'm going to light you up better. Boom. And then you're like going, yeah. And then Jobber's just going to be like, oh, we're not paying you enough.

[John Pajac]

Right?

[Eric Triplett]

You know, like, and because you're providing so much value. But I can see it like, you know, the following year, 20, 27, 28, 29 now, now it's like, hey, you're going to be in this booth for an hour and a half. You're going to be in that booth for an hour and a half. Not just, you know, randomly pop in and get them for 17 minutes.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

But like we said, like, even with the, like the filming now you're putting lights, more people are like, what's going on? Yeah, yeah, it's like, it's about like, like, what's going on? What is this? I saw a guy in a hallway. I have no clue who he was. And they're filming him and people were just stopping, taking pictures. I don't think anybody knew who he was, but there's like, this guy means something, you know, and they're like, you know, taking pictures and I'm looking over there like, who is this guy?

[John Pajac]

Yeah.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

You know what I mean? And stuff. And I feel like that's gonna like, bring it, like the, like the lighting and cameras and, you know. Yeah, I agree. Yeah, it's great.

[Larry Delisanti]

And we could. Everything we could. Power is basically battery powered now, so it's not like, yeah, I'm gonna get a Crest battery and you know, you'll buy four lights charged so that it can power.

[Eric Triplett]

Dude, look at his head, where he just went.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm going to bed in a half hour.

[John Pajac]

I'll be back. I need to go.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

It might be three hours to like.

[John Pajac]

Yeah, mentalize this, you know, he's like, what's like, it's wild how it works, you know, he walks away, he's like,

[Naylor Taliaferro]

what's the one alien with the big head? Megamind.

[John Pajac]

Yeah.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

Mega Mind goes to his room.

[John Pajac]

That is me. But that's true. No, I think today was awesome. Awesome. Like, we. We had a plan executed. I couldn't ask for a better outcome of this, of the pilot, of, you

[Eric Triplett]

know, it's unfolding right now on this podcast.

[John Pajac]

Correct.

[Eric Triplett]

Yeah, I think. I think we're just figuring it out. And that's the power of. That's why we did podcast Pod House.

[John Pajac]

Yeah.

[Eric Triplett]

And then I'm already thinking about how that affects Pod Row, because, you know, I think we've talked about. We'll have to verify with Naylor and everything and John's new ideas to, you know. Stages.

[John Pajac]

Stages.

[Naylor Taliaferro]

Yeah, yeah.

[Eric Triplett]

So, but, like, levels. We have to be really methodical about how this is going down because we're going to have to be back at Pod Row certain times. But then, you know, we almost have to have the entourage with us, people taking pictures, people taking video. And. And because I don't want to get James's name. Like, you just get a photograph of his thing, click, and it's being downloaded and saved. I'm trying to get the guy's name and address.

[John Pajac]

No, that's all going to be handled.

[Eric Triplett]

That all gets handled. We're already to the next one. But, you know, when people are like, hey, what are you doing? What's going on? Like, hey, we're at Podrail. Come and see us at one o'.

[John Pajac]

Clock.

[Eric Triplett]

We're live, you know, triplets live at the deep end at from 1 to 1:45. And he's going to be interviewing so and so. And then you guys are on at 1:45 to, you know, 2:30, interviewing someone else. And it's just like, boom, boom, boom. It's all flowing like that. Because Podro could almost. Instead of being like five. Five booths in one, it could just be like. Like a dual stage. And like, then they're just rotating in and out.

[John Pajac]

A dual stage. Like, you know, they. How they do the freaking Grammys or whatever like that. And then over here is changing out. Yeah, and then it goes to that. Then over here is changing out. Right that way. Some sort of production like that, where it's like stage A, Stage B. And then that would free up, you know, more people, get more people on more, you know, three stages. Because. Three setups.

[Larry Delisanti]

Yeah. Essentially, it's like, I would like to have it to where it's an attraction that, you know, it's. It's entertainment, it's an attraction.

[John Pajac]

And we. Right.

[Larry Delisanti]

You know, we have people coming in and then it's like, oh, something else is happening. Well, Go look at the side stage over here. We got something else.

[John Pajac]

Right?

[Mike Garvey]

Or.

[John Pajac]

But you could actually have a live show and we're, we're interviewing and people are listening.

[Eric Triplett]

There's a live Pod Row show happening all day long.

[John Pajac]

There it is. Thank you. Yeah.

[Eric Triplett]

And people just watching it through the whole thing. And then in the meantime, because see, if, if. Let's just say there's seven podcasters on Pod Row and two, you know, there's one live, one going all the time, and one's getting ready for the next show. Right. There's this revolving thing. If we set this, this up, we're out on the sales floor and we're driving people to the booths and we're driving people back to the show and

[John Pajac]

boom, to the booth, back to the pot row to see. Yeah, yeah.

[Eric Triplett]

You know, because imagine if we're in a booth interviewing someone in a small, kind of quick fashion, but then we're going to be interviewing the CEO of Vermeer, let's say. Yeah, we're talking about the moon landing thing with, you know, Vermeer is going to go to the moon and dig for them. Right. For that company. We're talking about it in the booth. But then all of a sudden we're going to be doing a longer, more in depth interview at 2:00 today. And then you're kind of passing out QR codes and, or like the schedule

[Larry Delisanti]

and all the prizes and all the cool stuff that we do, you know.

[Eric Triplett]

Yeah, yeah. Hey, here's the schedule for the rest of the day. These are all the podcasts that are going to be going. You want to catch these because if someone's there for marketing, there's be a marketing show, branding and branding show we can work out. Numbers, numbers show. And you almost set it up like LCR Summit, because you go from LCR Summit and it's all packed and loaded and then we, we take that and minute, minimize it and shrink it down a little bit at that show.

[John Pajac]

Right.

[Eric Triplett]

And then, then it builds. Get to the community. Like that would, I think that would, you know, fall in line, what Naylor wants to his vision.

[Larry Delisanti]

Yeah.

[Eric Triplett]

And then we're out, you know, seeing all the people connecting with the brands.

[Mike Garvey]

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