The Verbally Disastrous Podcast With Leslie M. Jasper (Guest Co-Host Melissa Polito)

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/-OCox6zNc14 This is the 14th safety topic being presented is on the subject matter of suspended scaffolds. This video covers even more main suspended scaffold component...

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/nqYeSaw264g This is the 13th safety topic being presented that covers the early history of both supported and suspended scaffolds. This video covers both early history...

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/bck7sjiQ2sY This is the 12th safety topic being presented that covers some statistics for construction workers who operate a suspended scaffold here in New York City. T...

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/gejPVN3rn9Y This is the eleventh safety topic being presented that covers the basics as to what it takes to erect a suspended scaffold here in New York City. The goal i...

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/WnEQgcQfPMo This is the tenth safety topic being presented that covers the eight different types of suspended scaffolds. The goal is to provide information and help peo...

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/txvdlBUP4ls This is the ninth safety topic being presented that covers some main components of a suspended scaffold. The goal is to provide information and help people...

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/zNbs4xr5X6s This is the eighth safety topic being presented that covers some main New York State labor laws. This video also works to explain what are suspended scaffol...

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/SsO2hmFrSTs This is the seventh safety topic being presented that covers how high visible clothing was introduced to the United States military. The goal is to provide...

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/T2Fc6EebQ34 This is the sixth safety topic being presented that covers some DOT, OSHA, and NYC Building Code laws on the requirements for high visible clothing on const...

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/unxkwFYXMQg This is the fifth safety topic being presented that covers some consensus standard regulations on high visible clothing in countries around the world. The g...

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/nupGbHPbgJU This is the fourth safety topic being presented that covers some brief history on high visible clothing in the United Kingdom. The goal is to provide inform...

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/4ZJ6qMZun-s This is the third safety topic being presented that covers the history of high visible clothing. The goal is to provide information and help people go home...

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/6nvkEXH7ZCY This is the second safety topic being presented that covers basic building code for sidewalk sheds here in New York City. The goal is to provide information...

Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www. ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/55P1BfPFt3M This is the first safety topic being presented that covers laws and the cost of installing a sidewalk shed here in New York City. The goal is to provide inf...

For this podcast episode, I opted to share with you my first (7) weeks as a brand-new New York City DOB Site Safety Manager.  I landed on a project where I will learn about installing custom engineered scaffolds.  The crazy part is that there will be tenants walking onto the scaffold during the concrete breezeway demolition and re-pour.  This is supposed to be a 12–14-month project....

For this podcast episode, I am sharing with you the release of Leslie M. Jasper's first children's book entitled, "Not All Girls Play With Dolls".  This children's book is about a little girl named Kenna was born into a family where anything is possible. Kenna developed an instant paternal bond with her father, named Sam, at birth. Kenna’s mother, named Marie, watched lovingly as the dynamic...

For this episode, Leslie discusses the era where she juggled raised her two sons, Tom and Johnny, along with her career path as a union journeywoman electrician in New York.  Leslie speaks about her biggest challenges as well as many lessons learned and developed talents she picked up as a single mother.  As a very young widow, Leslie was forced into working 120/hours a week, via multipl...

For this episode, Leslie discusses the era where she juggled raised her two sons, Tom and Johnny, along with her career path as a union journeywoman electrician in New York. Leslie speaks about her biggest challenges as well as many lessons learned and developed talents she picked up as a single mother. As a very young widow, Leslie was forced into working 120/hours a week, via multiple jobs. This...

Leslie is kicking off Season #2 with this podcast episode about early lessons learned while she was an apprentice electrician back in the 1990’s. Additionally, she shares descriptions of a few unusual characters along the way. Leslie also shares her experience with facing gender discrimination as well as witnessing prejudice against her minority brothers and sisters in the trade. Leslie shares tha...

This is Part C of a 3-part discussion with my friend and fellow journeyman electrician, Brian Reyes.  Brian works on photography, in his spare time, under his website that is entitled, “Photacular Imagery”.  For the past few years, Brian has been signing the visitor book as a traveling Local #3 IBEW NYC journeyman out in unions throughout vast parts of California.  The union traveli...

This is Part B of a 3-part discussion with my friend and fellow journeyman electrician, Brian Reyes. Brian works on photography, in his spare time, under his website that is entitled, “Photacular Imagery”. For the past few years, Brian has been signing the visitor book as a traveling Local #3 IBEW NYC journeyman out in unions throughout vast parts of California. The union traveling term for a visi...

This is Part A of a 3-part discussion with my friend and fellow journeyman electrician Brian Reyes. Brian works on photography, in his spare time, under his website that is entitled, “Photacular Imagery”. For the past few years, Brian has been signing the visitor book as a traveling Local #3 IBEW NYC journeyman out in California. The union traveling term for a visiting electrician has been known a...

For this podcast episode, Leslie decided to share with you on how she shifted, as an apprentice, to begin working on railroad projects for most of her career. Prior to working on brand-new deck jobs, commercial renovation projects, and railroad platform phase projects, Leslie was being groomed for low voltage projects.  During the first few years of her apprenticeship, Leslie was becoming a "...

For this podcast episode, Leslie decided to share with you on how she shifted, as an apprentice, to begin working on railroad projects for most of her career. Prior to working on brand-new deck jobs, commercial renovation projects, and railroad platform phase projects, Leslie was being groomed for low voltage projects.  During the first few years of her apprenticeship, Leslie was becoming a "...

For this episode, Melissa and I had a discussion on a risque topic.  This podcast episode is Part B and the last half of the discussion that is intended for adults only.  Melissa and I decided to chat vaguely about our one-night stands that we managed to get in on during our lifetime.  Our random encounters, over the past 30-years, appear to very spicy, unexpected, and humorous in n...