Join Josh Beckley, a third-generation custom harvester from Kansas, as he cuts five million bushels of wheat and corn from Texas to Montana, races ahead of hailstorms that can wipe out a year’s earnings in just 20 minutes, and moves a multimillion-dollar caravan of machinery up the highway. Why do farmers hire someone else to harvest their own fields? And what do you do when a combine ends up in a ditch? [buzzsprout episode=’19032277′ player=’true’] View the episode transcript About What It’s Like to Be…In each episode of What It’s Like to Be…, bestselling author Dan Heath talks with someone about what it’s really like to step into their (work) shoes. Behavioral Scientist is a distribution partner, with new episodes released every other week. Learn more about the podcast’s “slow curiosity” mission here, and click here to read Dan’s reflections on how that mission has evolved after a year of conversations. The “Custom Harvester” episode of What It’s Like To Be… features Josh Beckley and was produced and edited by Matt Purdy. Copyright © 2026 by Dan Heath. All rights reserved. The post What It’s Like to Be…a Custom Harvester appeared first on Behavioral Scientist.