Hosted by Derek Minnema · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 22 episodes
Established thought leaders with verified media credentials.
Between Two Shovels is an executive-level transportation podcast on turning policy and funding into reality hosted by the Capital SouthEast Connector JPA in California. Senior guests include DOTs, counties, cities, contractors, engineering firms, trucking, and supply chains—including Illinois RTBA, Texas DOT, and Caltrans. California contractors, union laborers, supply chain advisors, and the California Trucking Association share candid lessons. Expect practical, accountable insight on cost, schedule, risk, and delivery that safeguards public dollars and improves mobility.
Derek Minnema hosts Between Two Shovels with Derek Minnema, a education show with 22 episodes published.
Matt Lampa is the lead civil engineer on a 34-mile regional expressway. In this episode of Between Two Shovels, we walk through what it actually takes to design, fund, and deliver a corridor-level infrastructure project
Show notesChris Cox is a land planner, landscape architect, and development consultant who helps property owners, builders, and developers unlock the potential of their land through feasibility, permitting, and compliance. In this
Show notesJohn Merchant has lived in Rancho Murieta for 40 years. In this episode of Between Two Shovels, he sits down with Derek Minnema to talk through what four decades of growth in southeast Sacramento County actually looks li
Show notesFrom forming one of the nation's first MPOs in Las Vegas to serving as Caltrans' Chief Environmental Engineer, Steve Borroum has spent decades at the intersection of transportation, air quality, and land use policy. In t
Show notesMost people have never heard of a freight broker. Travis Dodge has spent 11 years as one, and in this episode he pulls back the curtain on how freight actually moves across the country, how brokers make their money, and
Show notesEric Sauer, CEO of the California Trucking Association, and Chris Shimoda, principal lobbyist for CTA, join Derek Minnema for a full conversation on what is happening in the California trucking industry right now. From t
Show notesGoodFellow Brothers built the Capital SouthEast Connector's White Rock Road expressway, the first modern four-lane expressway in the Sacramento region. In this episode, Vice President John Hovde and Project Manager Josh
Show notesSteve Miklos served as Folsom's mayor and was chairman of the Connector JPA when Derek Minnema was hired as executive director. This conversation covers the origin story of the Capital SouthEast Connector, from forming t
Show notesWill Kempton shares five decades of transportation infrastructure experience, from creating California's first local sales tax measure to leading Caltrans through historic emergency responses. This conversation covers th
Show notesRight-of-way acquisition has changed dramatically from the days when governments simply took land for railroads. Ann Grava, Real Estate Program Manager at the City of Elk Grove, breaks down the modern process cities foll
Show notesMike Sturino, President and CEO of the Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association, discusses cutting-edge transportation technology including wireless EV charging roads, AI-powered infrastructure, and smart hi
Show notesCalifornia's supply chain is more vulnerable now than during COVID—and most people don't even realize it. In this episode of Between Two Shovels, Derek Minnema sits down with Amanda Blackwood, Strategic Advisor at the Su
Show notesMatt Smeltzer, Deputy Director of Engineering for El Dorado County, takes us inside the largest capital improvement project in county history: the $20+ million Mosquito Road Bridge that crosses a 400-foot canyon.This isn
Show notesSacramento State civil engineering graduate Orgil Batchuluun sits down to share his first-year insights from the transportation industry. From passing the EIT exam early to navigating private vs public sector decisions,
Show notesJoin Derek Minnema as he sits down with longtime friend and BKF Engineers' Glenn Armstrong to discuss 25 years of changes in the civil engineering industry. From their Sacramento State days getting through structures lab
Show notesMichael Quigley, Executive Director of California Alliance For Jobs, joins Derek Minnema to discuss the state's massive infrastructure funding challenges and opportunities. From cap and trade reauthorization to decades-d
Show notesWhy is housing affordability slipping further out of reach, and what can be done about it? In this episode of Between Two Shovels, Tim Murphy, President & CEO of the North State Building Industry Association, unpacks the
Show notesTransportation engineers Mike Schmitt and Chris Gregerson from Kimley-Horn join Derek Minnema for an in-depth discussion about modern traffic analysis challenges. The conversation covers VMT implementation struggles, saf
Show notesOn Between Two Shovels, I have a conversation with Zach Liptak from Dokken Engineering about the environmental side of the Capital Southeast Connector project. As someone who's been in the trenches of this project for ye
Show notesJoin infrastructure thought leader Derek Minnema and his team at the Connector JPA as they pull back the curtain on the complex realities of delivering major transportation projects in California. In this candid conversa
Show notesSponsor detection runs nightly. Check back soon.
No public pitch examples yet for this show.
Generate your own personalised pitchBased on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:
Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.
To pitch Between Two Shovels with Derek Minnema, visit https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/derek-minnema for contact information, then craft a tight one-paragraph hook that ties your expertise to a gap in their recent education coverage.
Between Two Shovels with Derek Minnema is hosted by Derek Minnema. The show is categorised under education and has published 22 episodes.
Between Two Shovels with Derek Minnema has published 22 episodes.
Between Two Shovels with Derek Minnema regularly covers education. It sits in the education category.
Between Two Shovels with Derek Minnema is accessible for guests with genuine education expertise. A personalised, episode-aware pitch will still outperform a generic one every time.
Between Two Shovels with Derek Minnema hasn't explicitly signalled guest openness in recent episodes. That doesn't rule out pitching. your hook just needs to be especially compelling and relevant to their recent content.
Episodes of Between Two Shovels with Derek Minnema average 38 minutes. a focused format where a clear narrative arc and tight preparation matter most.
Our data rates Between Two Shovels with Derek Minnema's guest bar at 80/100 (Premium tier). Established thought leaders with verified media credentials. Sign in to PitchCentric to see how your own Pod Score compares against this show.
Methodology. Booking Probability™ blends Listen Score, 30-day Virality, open-to-guests detection, and Apple ratings. Data refreshed every 60 minutes. Listen Score and Booking Probability are calculated by PitchCentric. Last enriched 12 days ago.
