About

Hi everyone! If you don’t know by now, my name is Matt Vanderlist and I’m the host and creator of Matt’s Basement Workshop Podcast.

The very first episode of MBW was posted on January 26th, 2006 and was recorded in my basement on a toy microphone, if you’ve listened that probably explains a few things doesn’t it?

Not all that much has changed since then, but at the heart of it Matt’s Basement Workshop is still the same show as when it started – ME trying to share with YOU the listener my own experiences so far as a woodworker.

When it comes down to it, I’m just an amateur woodworker in a basement workshop filled with tools and enjoying every moment in there that I can. And like so many of you, I was bitten by the woodworking bug very early on in my life. For me it was from the hours of watching my grandfather working in his basement workshop. And also like so many of you it was until years later, when I bought my first house, that the bug resurfaced and bit even harder than before.

A big part of why I started Matt’s Basement Workshop Podcast was that I knew by sharing my own experiences in woodworking it would help me to understand more about what I already knew, and in so many ways, inspire me to learn more about what I still have yet to discover. Over the years it’s been a great opportunity to talk with all of you so we can learn more about woodworking from each other.

A few facts to share with you about myself: I’m a devoted husband and a father of two great kids. While I would love to make MBW Podcast my full-time job for now it’s just another part of my woodworking experience and a great hobby on top of it.

At my “day job” I’m a cytotechnologist for a Hospital Pathology Department (basically I sit at a desk all day and stare into a microscope). But during my free time I’m an avid woodworker trying to learn and do as much as I can, and of course I try to share all of that with all of you.

If there’s ever anything I talk about on the show that you’d like to learn more about or something you feel needs correcting…please don’t ever hesitate to email me with your questions or concerns.