How To Handyma’am | A Home Improvement Comedy Podcast · Samantha Pearl|Lic. Builder, Emily Pearl Reist|Lic. Builder, and Arly Streed
SideQuest 08: Who the Heck Are We? (The Origin Story)
February 3, 2026·18 min·2 clips
The hosts reveal they run a paid apprenticeship program to train women in the trades.
As heard by us
A personality-led origin story that turns DIY advice into something broader and more useful.
This SideQuest comes across as an origin story with a few loose side paths: three hosts explain who they are, why the weekly bonus episode exists, and how a shared DIY outlook grew into a larger effort to give women more control over home repairs and the decisions around them.
Why you'd press play
Follow the SideQuest as Samantha, Arlie, and Emily tell you who they are and why this loose bonus episode feels more like a little revolution than a rulebook.
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