Best Tony Hodge Podcasts (2025)

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WW1 Memorial, Jackson and Trump, and more 57:17

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Send us a text This week Tony has thrown together a show quickly while traveling a great deal. He talks about the new World War One Memorial, Jacksonianism, the new WVU president, Russia and U.S. relations, and more! Support the show Visit our Twitter feed @TheViewpointPodBy Tony Hodge

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Relationscapes: “The Bad Dads Who Helped Invent Modern Motherhood,” with Nancy Reddy 1:04:00

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“Relationscapes” is the current podcast by Blair Hodges, host of Fireside. Enjoy this sample episode and be sure to subscribe directly to Relatio0nscapes now, because this episode will fall out of the Fireside feed next month!By Relationscapes

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Luxury Beliefs, Kennedy Center, DOGE in WV 56:52

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Send us a text Tony discusses in depth the book by Rob Henderson entitled "Troubled." He talks about social stability as a requirement for economic mobility. Tony reports Trump's rightful take over of the Kennedy Center. DOGE might pay a visit to West Virginia. Support the show Visit our Twitter feed @TheViewpointPod…

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Conservative Young Men, AI Romance, GOP Dominance 1:03:58

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Send us a text Tony talks about more young men than young women being conservative and more young men than women being involved in church. More on this here. Tony discusses the recent news about the Equal Rights Amendment. Tony discusses a NYT article that details a woman who has sex with an AI chatbot. Tony also talks about GOP dominance in West V…

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Revolution of Common Sense 56:54

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Send us a text Tony Hodge reviews the inauguration of Donald Trump and discusses the highlights of his first 100 hours in office. The historic first 100 hours DeepSeek's Sputnik moment How DEI conquered the University of Colorado The Hyde Amendment Keep Americans safe in aviation Support the show Visit our Twitter feed @TheViewpointPod…

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Author and Commander Michael Wegman 1:37:24

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Send us a text Today's guest is Michael Wegman, the author of "Caveat Games," a military suspense thriller. Michael is a retired naval officer, an author, a painter, a creator, a political scientist, an adventurer, a teacher, a leader, a man of faith and so much more. Listen as he shares his background and life experiences that has shaped who he is…

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Rich Rodriguez and Joseph De Soto Commentary and Christmas 1:00:12

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Send us a text On this episode, Tony talks about the death threats by Joseph De Soto. He also shares his thoughts on Rich Rodriguez's return as the WVU football coach. Tony concludes by sharing the Christmas story. Support the show Visit our Twitter feed @TheViewpointPodBy Tony Hodge

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Byron Fisher 1:19:05

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Send us a text Tony is joined by Byron Fisher. Mr. Fisher works in politics with a strong focus on issues of election integrity. We discuss elections, Senator Joe Manchin and his recent SCOTUS proposal, legislating morality, and church issues. Joe Manchin's proposal is here. Young men leaving traditional church is here. St. Nicholas slapping someon…

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Biden Pardon, Rivalry Week, and Booming Bible Sales 52:45

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Send us a text Tony discusses President Biden pardoning his son, the implications of the melees we saw on the college football field this week, the boom in sales of the Bible, and how more young men are into church than young women for the first time ever. Read about the Biden pardon here. Read about the college football rivalry melees here. Sales …

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Thomas Jefferson, Palladian Architecture, American Ideals 1:10:12

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Send us a text Discussion topics on this episode include visiting Thomas Jefferson properties and how the narrative around these locales have shifted away from celebrating Jefferson's accomplishments and toward condemning him for his flaws. Tony talks about Jefferson's politics and his architecutual ideology. Also, Tony briefly reminds the listener…

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AI, Inflation, and Mike Tyson 47:59

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Send us a text This week Tony discusses the meteoric rise of artificial intelligence, the effect of inflation on the election, the Mike Tyson fight, and more. Support the show Visit our Twitter feed @TheViewpointPodBy Tony Hodge

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The Four "I's" of Election 2024 49:18

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Send us a text Tony talks about his top four reasons for the red wave nationally. 1. Inflation 2. Immigration 3. Identity Politics 4. Influence of new media Support the show Visit our Twitter feed @TheViewpointPodBy Tony Hodge

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Relationscapes: “Trans in the Latter Days," with Laurie Lee Hall 2:05:48

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“Family Proclamations” is the current podcast by Blair Hodges, host of Fireside. Enjoy this sample episode and be sure to subscribe directly to Family Proclamations now, because this episode will fall out of the Fireside feed next month!By Family Proclamations

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Charleston Mayor Danny Jones 1:14:49

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Send us a text Danny Jones is our guest on this episode of Viewpoint. He is a former four-term Mayor of Charleston, WV, a former Sheriff, and a former member of the House of Delegates. But that's not all. He has lived a colorful, eventful life and he shares some of those details. Support the show Visit our Twitter feed @TheViewpointPod…

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Joe Rogan and the Golden Age of the Interview 45:50

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Send us a text On today's episode we talk about Joe Rogan interviewing Donald Trump and the importance of the long form interview in the 21st century. We talk about the upcoming election and the importance of voting down ballot. Check your local candidates here Astrophysicist Hugh Ross Discussion on UFO's can be found here Support the show Visit ou…

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JB Akers — House of Delegates, District 55 1:36:28

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Send us a text Our guest for this episode is Delegate JB Akers. He is a Delegate in West Virginia representing the 55th District which covers portions of Charleston and surrounding areas. We discuss his early life, how he became interested in politics, his family, and we learn about his passions as it relates to his public service. You can learn ab…

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Os Guinness — Last Call for Liberty 54:16

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Send us a text In this episode, Tony talks with Dr. Os Guinness about the idea of freedom, how it is defined, and how America can keep it. They discuss how the radical left in modern America does not have the same historical view of freedom that was born in 1776. They also talk about modern politics and how we can navigate today's world with clarit…

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Delegate Adam Burkhammer 1:14:25

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Send us a text Delegate Adam Burkhammer joins Viewpoint to talk about his background, his experience in politics and the legislaure, and his passion about family issues and the foster care system. Find Delegate Burkhammer's legislative page here. News about House Bill 4975 can be read here. Support the show Visit our Twitter feed @TheViewpointPod…

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Iran, Woody Williams, and Bottle Caps 49:47

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Send us a text In this solo episode I talk about Reza Pahlavi's appeal in restoring normalcy in the nation of Iran. I discuss the Woody Williams statue replacement proposal for the U.S. Capitol Statuary Hall. Finally, I briefly discuss the plastic bottle cap controversy in the EU. You can find Reza Pahlavi's appeal here. You can find my article on …

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Recreational Marijuana 1:06:17

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Send us a text Joining us in this episode is Dr. Matthew Harris. Dr. Harris has over 30 years of active practice in internal medicine and pediatrics. Guided by this professional experiece, he discusses the health effects of marijuana (cannabis) use as well as the socioeconomic effects, political effects, and other ramifications. We also explore the…

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Unnatural Death 1:31:05

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Send us a text Dr. Richard Weikart joins Viewpoint to discuss his book entitled "Unnatural Death, Medicine's Descent from Healing to Killing." Our discussion is spurred by a ballot initiative in West Virginia that will add constitutional protections for people against the use of euthanasia. We discuss the history of euthanasia, the worldviews that …

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Should Christians Support Israel? 1:07:11

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Send us a text Dr. Jeff Myers is the president of Summit Ministries and the author of several books with his latest entitled, "Should Christians Support Israel?" We discuss the brutal attack Hamas inflicted upon Israel and the worldview issues surrounding that conflict. We also discuss how Gen Z has responded to this crisis and what it says about o…

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Life in the Negative World 58:20

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Send us a text This week's guest is Aaron Renn, author of "Life in the Negative World." We discuss challenges confronting evangelical Christianity, how the political landscape is dramatically changing, effects of the negative world on business and technology, and much more. Aaron Renn's book can be found here: https://a.co/d/0NYERL9 Check out Aaron…

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Parenting, College Football, and Lego 51:20

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Send us a text In this episode we disscus the Surgeon General's new warning on parenting, how the college football landscape is shaped by our worldview, and the major successes of Lego and what it says about us. Part 1: Warning: Parenting Can Be Harmful To Your Mental Health Chimp Crazy! Part 2: College Football Craziness American Nations by Colin …

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Raising Victims 1:27:38

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Send us a text Author and commentator Leonydus Johnson joins us to talk theater, politics, CRT, victimhood mentality, problems with progessivism, his book "Raising Victims," and much more. Find Leonydus' book here Heather MacDonald article on Walz' failure in MN Support the show Visit our Twitter feed @TheViewpointPod…

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Family Matters 59:48

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Send us a text Host Tony Hodge talks about why family matters, how family affects our worldview, and how our worldview affects the world of politics and public policy. Support the show Visit our Twitter feed @TheViewpointPodBy Tony Hodge

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S’mores (Bonus Episode)—Tara Boyce on Hope 53:50

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Tara Boyce joins us to reconsider Tom Whyman’s episode about “hope.” Is Tom too hopeful? Transcript at our website, firesidepod.org/episodes/boyce. Buy the book and other merch at firesidepod.org/store.By Fireside with Blair Hodges

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Joy, with Ross Gay 1:10:16

2 years ago1:10:16

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Ross Gay is a New York Times bestselling author of essays and poetry. His latest book is ‘Inciting Joy,’ which argues that “joy is something like what we feel like when we help each other carry our sorrows, what we feel like when we sort of realize we're practicing our entanglement, our belonging to one another.” Transcript at our website, fireside…

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Invisible, with Meghan O’Rourke

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Meghan O'Rourke is a citizen of what she calls the invisible kingdom. Anyone can become a citizen. Even you. All you need is a debilitating chronic illness that doctors can't easily understand or treat—autoimmune diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic Lyme, fibromyalgia, and a bunch of other conditions at the blurry edges of medical knowledge.…

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Transitions, with Susan Stryker 1:35:22

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When she was born, Susan Stryker’s parents thought they were welcoming a baby boy. She knew they were wrong by the time she was five years old, but it took decades to let them know who she really was. Being trans raised a lot of questions for Susan—practical questions of course, but also theological, philosophical, and historical questions. So she …

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Mission, with Kathryn Gin Lum

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Race and religion have been intertwined throughout American history. Christians believed they could detect so-called “heathen” unbelief by the color of someone’s skin or the state of a foreign landscape. Over time, the word “heathen” dropped off, but historian Kathryn Gin Lum says the ideas behind it are alive and well in the United States today, e…

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Shell Play, with Toni Jensen

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Toni Jensen grew up around guns. As a girl, she learned to shoot birds in rural Iowa with her father. As an adult, she’s had guns waved in her face near Standing Rock, felt their silent threat on the concealed-carry campus where she teaches. Toni is a Métis woman, with mixed European and Indigenous ancestry. She's no stranger to the violence enacte…

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Hope, with Tom Whyman

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When Tom Whyman started thinking about becoming a father, he worried. Would he and his partner be able to make a living to support a child? What about political upheaval in the UK, or the increasing threat of climate change—not to mention all the little daily ways having a child could change his life. Then a global pandemic shook things up even mor…

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The Fire, with Danté Stewart 1:29:37

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Coming up out of the waters of baptism at a new white Christian church, Danté Stewart envisioned leaving his blackness behind, washing away his boyhood Black Pentecostal baptism, and rising to a colorblind world where all lives matter. But as time passed, as he witnessed more bodies of Black Americans being killed, he felt rage growing inside. An u…

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Heritage, with Masha Rumer

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Masha Rumer immigrated to the United States from the former Soviet Union when she was thirteen. At first, her nationality made her self-conscious; she wanted to blend in with her new American peers as fast as possible. But over time, Masha discovered her love for her homeland never really went away, and she wanted to share it with her own children.…

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Monsters, with David Livingstone Smith 1:06:01

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David Livingstone Smith has studied dehumanization for decades. He's spent a lot of time researching horrific genocides, lynching, massacres, and other brutalities. Real humans pull the trigger. Real humans administer the poisonous gasses and drop the bombs. People not entirely unlike me and you, although it's a lot more comforting to imagine they'…

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Voices, with Jeff Chu 58:01

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When Rachel Held Evans unexpectedly died in 2019, the thirty-seven-year-old Christian writer left behind a husband and two young children, as well as an unfinished book manuscript. Rachel's husband Dan knew she would want that book out in the world, so he enlisted their good friend Jeff Chu—a writer, reporter, and editor—to put all the pieces in pl…

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Margins, with Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen Hemming 58:38

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It’s been said that, like the Bible, there are few women in the Book of Mormon. And that’s true, in one sense. But in another, women are everywhere there. Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen Hemming are looking for them while they work on the first complete commentary on the Book of Mormon ever written by women. Transcript available: firesidepod.org/…

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The Books, with Vanessa Zoltan 58:50

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What happens if we approach some of our favorite books with a similar kind of devotion and attentive reading religious communities bring to their scripture? Vanessa Zoltan breathes new life into our engagement with our favorite books—even the ones that don't hold up well regarding sexism, racism, and more. Transcript at our website, firesidepod.org…

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E30: Chad Harmon - Second Nature 24:19

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Today on The Industrial Movement podcast, we are joined by Chad Harmon. Chad is the director of manufacturing at Second Nature. Tune in to hear how Chad became involved in the company, what they do, and what their plans are for the future. You will also learn about what Chad has learned from his experience in manufacturing, resources and people tha…

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Civility, with Alex Zamalin 49:00

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In his book Against Civility: The Hidden Racism in our Obsession with Civility, Alex Zamalin traces the history of civility from its deployment against African slaves, through Reconstruction and the Civil Rights movement, all the way to today’s Black Lives Matter protests. Transcript at our website, firesidepod.org/episodes/zamalin. Buy the book an…

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E29: Todd Hammel - Amazon 31:46

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Our guest today is someone who has seamlessly transitioned from engineering to operations in one of the most successful companies in the world right now! Todd Hammel is the Operations Manager at Amazon in Nashville, Tennessee, and today, he joins us to share his insights into the workings of the well-oiled machine that is Amazon. Todd fills us in o…

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Hidden, with Ayala Fader 1:31:00

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews structure every aspect of their lives around their religion. But those who come to doubt their beliefs, or who question various practices and rituals, risk losing everything. Transcript at our website, firesidepod.org/episodes/fader. Buy the book and other merch at firesidepod.org/store.…

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Episode 28: Paul Banks - Logan Aluminum 42:38

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In today’s show, we speak to Paul Banks, Plant Manager at Logan Aluminum. In this episode, we learn about Paul’s professional background, his unconventional journey to Plant Manager, and about Logan Aluminum. We also talk about the role of continuous improvement, the biggest challenges facing the industry, who the people are that influenced Paul’s …

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E27: Tony Gilleland – Packaging Specialties 36:39

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Tony Gilleland is the plant manager at Packaging Specialties and today he shares his 22-year progression with the company and what he has learned along the way. In this episode of The Industrial Movement, you will hear a brief history of the company, what Packaging Specialties does, and the biggest challenge their industry is facing today. Tony als…

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E26: Scott Martin - XOS Trucks 28:07

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Today on the show we are joined by Scott Martin, a manufacturing project engineer, most recently with XOS Trucks, an electric vehicle manufacturer based out of Los Angeles, California. In our conversation, we discuss Scott’s somewhat unconventional career path, what he’s learned from the different companies he’s worked at, and some of the most exci…

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E25: Robert Lillquist - Ford Motor Company 39:10

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In today’s show, we speak to special guest Robert Lillquist, the F-Series Manufacturing Engineer at Ford Motor Company, who has worked his way up in the company after starting there seven years ago. Robert is known by his peers as a motivated and disciplined individual who has a passion for engineering, sustainability, and renewable energy. His bro…

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E24: Solocast - 2022 Best Workplaces in America 32:29

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Welcome back to another episode of The Industrial Movement, a show focused on the processes and the equipment that drives American manufacturing. We usually have conversations with other professionals in the industry, but today is a special solo-cast, held by hosts Morty Hodge and Greg Smith. In this episode, listeners will hear about our recent 20…

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E23: Mark Potter - Patronus Consulting 41:17

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Our guest today has been in manufacturing for 30 years, predominantly in the food industry, and has a passion for stepping in and turning businesses around by improving their efficiency and productivity. Mark Potter joins us today to talk about his impressively dense career and his new consulting company, Patronus. In this episode, we cover everyth…

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E22: Harry Moser - Reshoring Initiative 41:54

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Today we're honored to have the esteemed Harry Moser join us to talk about his worthy mission to balance America's goods trade deficit! Harry is the founder of Reshoring Initiative, after being the president of a machine tool maker GF Machining Solutions for about 22 years. His awards include Industrial Week and AME Manufacturing Halls of Fame, SPE…

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