Tune in to the AZ Midday interview with Ralph and Ben from Harman Solar Podcast. They discuss why they came up with this podcast and what they hope to accomplish from doing it.
Tune in to the AZ Midday interview with Ralph and Ben from Harman Solar Podcast. They discuss why they came up with this podcast and what they hope to accomplish from doing it.
Speaker 1:
Hey, listen up if you're looking for a local podcast to check out, with enlightening conversation on sustainability, solar energy and more. Look no further, because we have a company that's offering their perspectives on these topics. So joining me now is Ralph and Ben with Harman Solar Podcast. Hey guys, thanks for joining us Hi.
Speaker 2:
thanks for having us.
Speaker 1:
Okay, let's just get right to it. You guys are used to this right Talking to people and doing interviews so whose idea was it to start this podcast?
Speaker 3:
It was actually my idea.
Speaker 1:
Okay.
Speaker 3:
I do some other stuff around their own podcast and I think that said, ben, we should start this. I think it's a great idea to inform some people, give them some knowledge and learn them. So we started doing this about a couple of weeks ago, a couple of months ago it was actually a couple of months ago, yeah.
Speaker 1:
A couple of months ago. Okay, that's when you guys started thinking about it and actually making it happen. How long has it been on air or on the podcast?
Speaker 3:
It's been out about two months.
Speaker 1:
Yeah two months.
Speaker 2:
Okay, we do one every week. Okay, I think it started off as maybe we'll just do a couple here and there. Then it turned it into more of a all right, we've got to start doing this every week now.
Speaker 1:
Okay, every week because it's getting so popular, right? People are interested in finding out all of this information, so how do you come up with all your topics?
Speaker 2:
So the main idea behind it was we need to educate people. Buying solar is a very complex thing. It's not like going to the store and just buying milk or ketchup or something. It's very customizable to you and your lifestyle.
Speaker 2:
So we needed to educate people on that so that we can kind of weed out all the bad information. Because if you look on social media there's a lot of bad information on solar and people think it's a scam and this and that. It's not like that, it's just because you were misinformed. So our goal with this whole podcast was to we need to get out the correct information so that people and consumers can make better decisions.
Speaker 1:
You know that's so true because when people are knocking on my door at my house and they're trying to sell me this, I'm like, oh, I don't know any background information. I'm like is this really true? Am I really going to save money? Should I be giving up my electric company for this? You know, so that's what you guys help out with, right.
Speaker 3:
We do, and Arizona is probably the best place in the country for solar right. So a lot of companies come out here from different states, especially during the summer, because they're going to try to come out here and get some business and they don't understand the complexities of Arizona. So what we've done is, by doing this, we're arming the people to say hey, make sure that you're looking at these things and asking these questions, because if you're not, you just might be doing the wrong thing for yourself.
Speaker 2:
So we're trying to protect people. What I always tell people is not everyone should get solar, which is shocking. Yeah, not everyone should get solar, but everyone should at least take a look. Get multiple quotes from multiple companies and take a look at everything to get all your information and then make the decision of is it going to be best for me?
Speaker 1:
Okay, I like that because you're being real right, because I'm sure everybody's like, yes, you need this, but maybe it doesn't fit your home and maybe and that's what you guys are helping out with. So what topics have you taken on so far?
Speaker 3:
Wow. So we started with SRP just to talk about the complexities, because it's so different when you go solar and SRP. So we started talking about SRP and demand management. Those were our first two episodes and we thought this would be like maybe a 30-minute episode. We're an hour in going. Wow, there's a lot of information there. We brought guests in from manufacturers and experts that have come in in the different fields. So we started SRP, started demand management, then we went into roofing to talk about roofing and what you should look for If you want to go solar. Obviously it goes on your roof, but things should you know. And how does Harmon do? Things? Different because we are very different than every other company in the industry.
Speaker 3:
We did that. What was the?
Speaker 2:
next one, we did EV charging network.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, so we got into the EV world to talk about the charging network that's going on and electric vehicles and we brought in an expert to talk about that.
Speaker 2:
We did our sales too. Yup, sales. The whole sales process from beginning to end.
Speaker 1:
You guys have covered it all already so far, right? Oh, no, no, no, no, close. You're like oh, not even close. Okay, it feels like they've touched on so many topics, but you still have so many more. So if people are interested in learning more about your podcast or listening, where do they go?
Speaker 3:
So you can go to harmansohlercom slash podcast and that will link to our podcast page. And we have YouTube videos. If you want to see our pretty faces, we're on there. Otherwise you can go on Spotify or you can go on iTunes those kind of heart and just look up Harmon Solar podcast and you can find all our stuff.
Speaker 1:
Perfect, all right guys. Well, thank you so much for joining us this afternoon and for starting that podcast and sharing all that information.
Speaker 3:
Thank you, appreciate you.
Speaker 1:
If you want some more info, go ahead and visit the website there at the bottom of your screen.