Like the climate in general, the weather outside is chilling, but the year's first installment of predominantly fastener-related talk radio warms the hearts of threaded fastening aficionados, as

Stelfast

president,

Simmi

, presents her optimistic view of the fastener world to launch the 2014 season (1:08:52). Also,

NFDA

and

Hodell-Natco

president,

Kevin Reidl

, previews upcoming industry conferences and the latest developments with the recently revived

Fastener Industry Coalition

(18:22). On the

Fastener News Report

,

Mike McNulty

delivers top industry headlines, and reviews the

FDI

reading for December with

BB&T

analyst,

Holden Lewis

(41:06). Eric oddly claims the sun impacts Earth's weather, while Brian dons an electric winter jacket, just in case. Run time: 01:37:54