"AI Can't Replace This": Skilled Trades, Lost Hospitality & a Dyslexic 9-to-5

Single Tree Nation Show · Oct 29, 2026 · 53m

Just Charlie and Derry this week, one month out from the parade. It starts with a question — do you like AI? — and turns into a real conversation about what it will and won't replace: welders making $150K, the electrician who walked into Derry's classroom ("AI can't do that yet"), 3D-printed concrete homes, and why your house price still won't come down. Charlie's take on the hospitality side is blunt: the technology that assists a server is great, the screen that replaces one is killing the industry.

Then it's a recap of last week's Veterans BBQ Camp visit with Frank Magana (and the news…