Road Trippin' with WTBA
Road Trippin' with WTBA
Podcast Description
What drives you?
No matter what you're doing or where you're going: it all begins and ends with a road.
Hit the road with WTBA Executive Director Steve Baas and Director of Communications Lane Kimble as they explore entertainment, culture, and interesting nuggets across Wisconsin, discovering how roads, infrastructure, and the transportation construction industry unites them all.
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The podcast focuses on transportation, infrastructure, and the interplay of culture and entertainment within these themes. Episodes explore the experiences of notable figures in the transportation industry, including insights from events like the 2025 Annual Convention, which featured engaging moments and stories from Packers legends such as Antonio Freeman and Santana Dotson, highlighting their personal experiences and lessons learned.
What drives you?
No matter what you’re doing or where you’re going: it all begins and ends with a road.
Hit the road with WTBA Executive Director Steve Baas and Director of Communications Lane Kimble as they explore entertainment, culture, and interesting nuggets across Wisconsin, discovering how roads, infrastructure, and the transportation construction industry unites them all.
Sometimes life doesn’t go as planned.
Taylor Tauer’s Plan A was to be the next great quarterback of the Green Bay Packers.
Plan B was to follow in his father’s footsteps and join the Marine Corps as a fighter pilot. Then, the military discovered he had Loeys-Dietz syndrome, a genetic disorder that put him at great risk for a ruptured aorta.
“That changed it, right? Oh, now I have to get a real job. And also I have to have open heart surgery,” Tauer said.
Plan C? Put his civil engineering degree from Michigan Tech to good use.
“I was lucky enough to have an opportunity at Northeast Asphalt,” Tauer said. “After a couple interviews, because they weren’t sure, right? I was hired and I’ve been here ever since.”
We’d say that’s worked out pretty well for Tauer, the construction industry, and WTBA as a whole.
Tauer is the latest guest on the “Road Trippin’ with WTBA” podcast. During our 20-minute conversation, we learn more about one of the young industry leaders in our association and Tauer’s critical role in helping launch WTBA’s new work zone safety billboard campaign in the Fox Valley.
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