Blue collar influencer Roger Wakefield shows young adults a future in the trades
Podcast:The Ray Stevens Show Published On: Thu Aug 07 2025 Description: Many Gen Zers are eyeing the ever-rising cost of college tuition, along with roiling uncertainty in many white-collar career fields, and are choosing an alternate path. Americans are losing faith in the ROI of a college degree. Roger Wakefield, a 42-year veteran of the plumbing industry and host of The Trade Talks podcast, joins Ray Stevens to talk about the massive financial advantages of joining the trades and how to encourage kids to follow this line of work.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.