In 1887, it was an isolated stretch of marshland on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay. By 1958, it was the biggest steel mill in the world. It went bankrupt in 2001. And by 2015, it was a pile of demolished rubble. Sparrows Point is a story of capitalism, labor unions, race, gender, civil rights, pride, and hubris. It’s the story of American steel.
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*FREE Episodes Released every Monday during active seasons. Paid Brevity+ Subscribers get Early Release, Ad Free Listening and Bonus Episodes (Follow link below)** In this hit investigative podcast, Ryan Wolf investigates some of Australasia's most enduring unsolved criminal cases. Season Four On the night of 9th November 1996, Alana Cecil, who had only recently turned 16, was excited to attend the Djerriwah Bonfire Festival in the small city of Melton, just out of Melbourne in Victoria, Aus ...
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AM Radio talks about what's really going on in additive manufacturing. Produced by Additive Manufacturing Media, editors Stephanie Hendrixson, Julia Hider, and Peter Zelinski discuss the places they've been, the applications they've seen, and the trends in additive manufacturing they think they are seeing. And sometimes, they'll even pull back the curtain and bring you the story behind the story.
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Host Martin Feld interviews our people around the world about their careers, teams and projects—showcasing personal narratives in manufacturing and various disciplines.
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In an abandoned steel mill on the shores of the 3 rivers the blast furnace still burns with doc rock at the helm Metal Shop 101 rises from the ashes forging out the best in the Pittsburgh rock & metal scene Doc Rock to the heavy metal scene in Pittsburgh, presents a picture that is far from the truth: arms sleeved with tattoos, hair in a mullet aka Joe Dirt, blue jeans, and a metal band t-shirt. But under that tough, bad boy exterior lives a man with a huge heart and a talent for bringing ou ...
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There are millions of cool stories in manufacturing. Your host, Jim Vinoski, helps share them by talking to the people who are making them happen. Manufacturing is where the rubber meets the road. There's no hiding. You're either making good products people will buy for enough to keep you in business, or you're not. Meet the amazing folks who thrive in that survival-of-the-fittest world.
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We're just two people living in a small town where it's always something poppin off! #town
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A quirky football show in which I, Dr. Grant Campbell, talk to people from the world of football and entertainment about their time in the game and ask them to share stories. This podcast will host plenty of wild football predictions as well as interesting stories from a diverse range of guests within football such as grassroots, media and journalism, ex-professionals and football fans. Contributions, shout outs and conversations encouraged! "The Only Podcast where bad predictions are cancel ...
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Mikhail Taver educates us about investing in industrial AI
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Send us a text You may have heard a bit about AI, am I right? But have you heard about how to whether a specific AI business is a good economic opportunity? Mikhail Taver is here to help. He founded his own investment company, Taver Capital Partners, that was focused on AI back before the big hype took off, and he joined us to talk about how he tel…
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John Bowman tells all the amazing stories from his career in advertising!
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Send us a text We don't often delve into the world of advertising here, but how can you succeed as a manufacturer without it? Fortunately for Episode 121 we connected with one of the best ever, Adman Emeritus John Bowman from Admeritus. John's now mostly retired, but he regaled us with absolutely fascinating stories from his career working with gre…
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54 - New Equipment, Additive Manufacturing for Casting Replacement, and AM's Next Phase at IMTS 2024
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The 2024 edition of IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show welcomed more than 89,000 attendees to Chicago last week. While only a portion of the show’s 1,500 exhibitors were offering additive manufacturing equipment or services, AM nevertheless had a significant footprint at this show. Conversations with speakers, exhibitors and att…
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Green cement that's economically competitive? Ryan Gilliam from Fortera says yes!
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Send us a text Too many emissions reduction-driven or otherwise environmentally friendly new methods of manufacturing simply cost too much and require too much new equipment and plant disruption, so they rarely fly without big dollops of government pork. That's why it was such a great time chatting with Ryan Gilliam for Episode 120. His company, Fo…
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Send us a text We don't talk about the steel industry near enough around here. Yet it's the fundamental form of manufacturing, a precursor to so much other production! So it was a true pleasure to be joined for Episode 119 by Anna Frounfelker. She's cut her teeth in the industry with several different companies over her nearly ten years of experien…
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S4 | Episode 23 | Final: The Highs and the Lows
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We need smarter energy policies - and our favorite scientist Mark Mills is on the job!
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Send us a text Polymath Mark Mills joins us again for a rousing discussion of what's ailing America when it comes to ensuring affordable and reliable energy. Mark is putting the finishing touches on his new outfit - he's now the Executive Director of the National Center for Energy Analytics. He joined us for Episode 118 to tell us about their first…
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Are software vulnerabilities costing your factory big dollars? He's here to help!
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Send us a text Adam Gluck was a founding engineer on Uber's engineering strategy team, where got an early education in development and operations (DevOps). He quickly learned how industrial coding errors and cybersecurity breaches are increasingly a very costly Achilles heel for manufacturers. He founded Copia Automation to help tackle the problem,…
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They use 3D printing to make more environmentally friendly (and extremely cool!) furniture
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Send us a text Model No. produces high-end light fixtures and furniture with a new end in mind: elevating the experience while eliminating the waste. They collaborate with architects and designers along with industry partners to use regenerative and biodegradable materials. It was a treat to have Phillip Raub, CEO of Model No., and Rahul Kasat, VP …
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Jim Vinoski on why pork-driven plant construction spending doesn't make a manufacturing boom
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Send us a text There have been countless breathless reports about the ongoing "boom" in American manufacturing. After all, look at the countless billions of dollars being spent to build plants! Good times are back! Except they aren't. Actual manufacturing activity is down, and has been in contraction mode for a long time. Tune in and learn from you…
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How are maintenance fundamentals the foundation of good business? He's here to tell us
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Send us a text It was fascinating speaking with Nick Haase, who co-founded MaintainX to bring modern tech solutions to manufacturing maintenance. You'd think that's a pretty niche application, and yet almost every central element of his platform he brought up also proved to be a fundamental good business practice. Here are the highlights: 2:40 - th…
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53 - Steel Mills and Spatter: AM and Advanced Manufacturing Research at Carnegie Mellon University
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Stephanie Hendrixson shares observations from her visit to learn more about two different manufacturing institutes under the umbrella of Carnegie Mellon University. First, she visited the lab facilities at Mill 19, a refurbished steel mill site, used by the Manufacturing Futures Institute. The MFI aims to accelerate the digital transformation of ma…
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Running a family business? Workforce development? Cycling? Matt Guse says check, check, and check!
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Send us a text Matt Guse started in machining as a teenager and eventually took over the machine shop his dad founded. Along the way he became a fierce advocate for his team members and for new ways to develop the workforce of the future. Oh, and a committed bicyclist just like your host, so be ready for some serious bike talk toward the end. Here …
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S4 | Episode 17 | She was just a Kid
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Want to reduce absenteeism? She says to make it easier for your workers to communicate!
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Send us a text Calling off work is the easiest thing to do, right? Maybe not, and maybe that breakdown in communications is costing you a lot more than you think. Sheila Stafford, co-founder and CEO of TeamSense, joined us for Episode 112 to explain how her company's platform to facilitate offtime call-ins for your team members can actually reduce …
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Manufacturing digitalization? Heck yes - these guys are here to tell us why and how!
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Send us a text Alex Krüger is the co-founder and CEO of United Manufacturing Hub (UMH), our subject company, and Frank Thelen is co-founder and CEO of Freigeist, a venture capital fund that's backing them. They joined us for Episode 111 to explain all about why digitalization is now a must for manufacturing companies, and how you can best go about …
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GUILT Premium Subscription now available on Spotify Did you know 37% of GUILT listeners listen through Spotify, that's about 150,000 people! After almost two and a half years Spotify listeners can now access the paid Premium Brevity+ Subscription via their Spotify app. So what does this mean? The podcast will always be available FREE through Spotif…
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S4 | Episode 13 | Blood on Her Hands
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Wanna hear about the totally cool Giant Magellan Telescope?
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Send us a text Bruce Bigelow joins us for Episode 110 to share the latest and greatest in one of the biggest coming pieces of science technology ever. The Giant Magellan telescope, which is being constructed in Chile, will open up vistas of our universe we couldn't even have dreamed about a few years ago. This instrument features some extraordinary…
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52 - Additive Manufacturing at NASA (PART 2)
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In this follow-up to episode #51 of AM Radio, Dr. Tim Simpson joins Stephanie Hendrixson and Pete Zelinski in the studio to talk more about how NASA is implementing and shaping additive manufacturing. As part of an intergovernmental personnel act (IPA) assignment, Dr. Simpson has spent the last two years deployed within NASA helping to advance addi…
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51 - Additive Manufacturing at NASA (PART 1)
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Additive Manufacturing Media editors have had the chance to visit three different NASA facilities: the Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Marshall Space Flight Center. Pete Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson learned and reported on how 3D printing is being used to fulfill NASA missions through parts like a generatively design…
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How to grow a fifth-generation family company? Diversify!
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Send us a text Multiple generations of ownership of a family business make for a great story - but they also historically make for increasing difficulties in making the business work. Matthew Nix. President and CEO of Nix Companies, took the industrial company that his ancestors originally started as a blacksmith shop over 120 years ago and with th…
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S4 | Episode 11 | The St Albans Witnesses
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Tommy's Express does manufacturing too? Yep - he's here to tell us why...
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Send us a text Who knew the fast-growing car wash smash hit company Tommy's Express is also into manufacturing? When you learn why, it makes perfect sense. Ed Ouellette, the company's National Franchise Development Manager, joined us for Episode 108 to explain how so many of the cool and user-friendly features you see at Tommy's are there because t…
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Clare Epstein from Vector Solutions talks about the latest and greatest in keeping your workers safe
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Send us a text It should be job one for everyone, but especially for manufacturers, to ensure the people who work for us go home every night in at least as good condition as they were in when they showed up for the job. Among other offeringss, Vector Solutions focuses on providing training that helps make that happen every single day. Clare Epstein…
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Lori Waiser and Brian Hollowaty of Los Angeles Brands tell their manufacturing success story
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Send us a text Nothing like throwing yourself a challenge! Los Angeles Brands has its production of skin care and beauty products right there in the LA area, just to make things interesting. Then they launch their products against some of the biggest, best-known, and best-funded brands there are! Lori Waiser and Brad Hollowaty joined us to tell us …
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S4 | Episode Nine | They're Going to Kill Me
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Paul H. Tice tells us about his dire warnings about ESG and global finance from his recent book
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Send us a text This is the most important episode we've done so far. That's because, if we don't heed the call to action from author Paul Tice in his book, *The Race to Zero: How ESG Investing Will Crater the Global Financial System,* our economy and our way of life are doomed. He joined us for Episode 105 to tell us why. According to Tice, ESG - s…
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50 - How Model No. Manufactures Sustainable Furniture with 3D Printed Polymers
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When we first covered Model No. in 2020, the company was manufacturing furniture on its own large-format 3D printers, built to designs directly manipulated by customers through parametric options available on its website. Four years later, production looks a bit different. Gone is the user-facing design tool, as the company has discovered that conv…
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48. Apprenticeships with Zeal Futures and BlueScope in Australia
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We explore the partnership between BlueScope and Zeal Futures, which works with industry-leading organisations to offer high-quality, innovative apprenticeship and traineeship programs across a range of industries. In the featured group interview, you’ll meet Jeff Robinson (Maintenance Improvement Manager), Katie Tully (Electrical Services Manager)…
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Quality guru Michelle Brydalski gives us the all the latest scoop about food safety
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Send us a text The terrible headlines of recalls and foodborne illnesses can have people thinking our food supply is a disaster. But the fact is that while it's safer now than at almost any time in the past, there are always places where our producers can improve. Michelle Brydalski, VP of Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory at Charcuterie Artisan…
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S4 | Episode Six | The Winner Loses
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47. ResponsibleSteel™ Certification of NS BlueScope Vietnam
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We are joined by four participants to discuss the certification of NS BlueScope Vietnam’s Phú Mỹ site by ResponsibleSteel™. They are Annie Heaton (CEO, ResponsibleSteel™), Hai Truong Anh (Vice President HSE & Community, NS BlueScope Vietnam), Nhut Vo (President, NS BlueScope Vietnam) and Tim Rodsted (Head of Sustainability, BlueScope). Together, th…
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Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling of Always On Energy Research on why we're heading for an energy disaster
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Send us a text Having just founded Always On Energy Research, Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling -experts on power generation and our creaky grids - joined us to give us their unique perspectives on America's electricity situation. They publish routinely on the subject on their Substack, "Energy Bad Boys." Isaac is the VP of Research and Mitch is the Dire…
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Konstantin Christoulakis shares his encyclopedic knowledge of metal markets and mining
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Send us a text For our 102nd episode, your host is joined by his pal who helped him with a Forbes article about mining a year ago, and who has been his go-to guy for metals intelligence ever since. Konstantin Christoulakis is a senior manager of procurement and risk for a metals trading company, and has oodles of experience in supply chains in gene…
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Your host Jim Vinoski explains how Biden's regulations blitz is the industrial suicide of America
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Send us a text In a recent Forbes article, your host explained how Germany was undergoing the beginnings of deindustrialization as a result of its horrible energy policies, and how that should be a warning to America. Unfortunately the current administration's regulatory policies now have the US on an even worse path than Germany. This is an existe…
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