In the newest episode of Still Building America, Darla and Josh Welton catch up with Matthew Stewart. While millions know him for his heartwarming relationship with his Grandma Bobbe (“GB and Me”) on TikTok and Instagram, he’s also a well-respected welding instructor in the Florida College System. 

In this first ever video installment of Still Building American, Josh Welton and Darla Welton interview Sean Flottmann, or, as he's known in the welding community: Dabs Wellington. Flottmann/Dabs talks about his creative welding videos on Instagram and TikTok as well as working for the American Welding Academy in Missouri.

Melonie Brown Martin, a third-generation welder and owner of Sparksfly Welding and General Repair in the Atlanta area, strives to bring more diversity to the trade with mentoring and training programs.

After six years working as a mental heath care professional, Morgan Spurr of Rochester, N.Y., discovers a love for welding with inspiration from Women Who Weld.

Erin Kelley spent more than a decade in the education field, but after coming across a story about the welder shortage, she decided to become AWS-certified and follow her welding dream.

The latest edition of the Still Building America series explores how Andy Didorosi became a living legend on Detroit manufacturing scene, creating The Detroit Bus Co. and then transforming to help fight against the spread of COVID-19 by producing hand sanitizer.

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Long Island Racing machine shop fast-tracks reusable respirators with 3D printing.

Allyson Starrett, a welding instructor at Southwestern Michigan College, doesn’t think anyone is too old to learn how to weld. She discusses how she stumbled into teaching and is handling the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order.

Welder, fabricator, ironworker, and rapper Joe Brown launched Hog On Welding in Phoenix following a decade in an Arkansas prison, where he turned his life around by completing a welding program.

This past October the Still Building America series celebrated its fifth anniversary. Detroiters Josh and Darla Welton have been interviewing up-and-coming skilled tradespeople, manufacturing entrepreneurs, fabricators, blacksmiths, machinists, welders, hot rod builders, and metalworkers across the U.S.

Detroit leather goods manufacturer Pingree Detroit uses leather reclaimed from the Detroit auto industry while working to empower the local community, veteran workforce, and U.S. manufacturing.

Charis Walker spends her days sheepherding, cultivating, shearing, weaving, welding, and homeschooling her daughter in the rolling hills of the Appalachian range on Tarheelbilly Farm in Southern Ohio.

Josh York’s social streetwear clothing company York Project emphasizes the use of industrial sewing while focusing on job creation, a unique hands-on creative process, and a vision for the company’s future and Detroit’s future.

When Josh York launched his “social streetwear” clothing company, York Project, seven years ago in Detroit, he centered his business around quality American- and handmade clothing and giving back to the homeless community.