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Go to https://ground.news/brew to see how different sources and their biases are covering (or ignoring) the news affecting your health, wealth and more. Save 40% on the Ground News unlimited access Vantage plan with my link. Private equity’s interest in the skilled trades is creating new millionaires out of blue collar business owners. Gen Z is rediscovering trade school and becoming the “toolbelt generation.” I knew I had to get into this story and figure out why Gen Z is so enamored with trade school, what it’s really like to be a plumber, and see why private equity is so interested in buying these companies. Out There is produced by Meag Cherry. Intro music by Cal Freundlich. Chapters: Intro 0:00 Macy goes to trade school 0:30 Women in the trades 4:03 Trade school growing 5:16 Macy becomes a plumber 6:31 Macy sells her business to PE 13:38 Marketing 19:27 Guests: Berk Trade School https://electricalandplumbingschool.com/ Dov Plumbing https://dovsewer.com/ Graham Weaver ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0QlsANSV3_ZC-uqxLQ_5uA Follow Macy for more YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTcoGluWQIxCK7ON7wla8fA Instagram https://www.instagram.com/macyagilliam/ Learn more about the plumbing industry: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2024/10/17/private-equity-taking-on-skilled-trades/ https://www.wsj.com/business/entrepreneurship/plumbers-hvac-skilled-trades-millionaires-2b62bf6c https://sherwood.news/business/private-equity-trade-small-business-acquisitions/ https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1245858737/gen-z-trade-vocational-schools-jobs-college https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/24/gen-z-workers-opt-out-of-college-and-go-into-trades.html Subscribe to Morning Brew Sign up for free today: https://www.morningbrew.com/subscribe?utm_campaign=mb_yt&utm_medium=multimedia&utm_source=youtube Follow The Brew! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/ Twitter - https://x.com/MorningBrew TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew