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Jason Haines is owner and consultant out at Industrial Solutions Arizona, braving the brutal Phoenix heat after growing up in southeastern Ohio, helping manufacturers improve what they do! He joined us to talk all about it in our Episode 57.

Jason learned the only way you really can: by working for 20 years himself right out on the factory floor! He talks about why Lean efforts fail and how you can prevent that from happening to you, and what Lean tools are the best for those getting started. And he talks some really smart stuff on involving the front-line workers and on how leaders right up to the very top have to be involved!

Find out more about what he does here: https://www.isiworld.net/

And tune in for the whole thing! You'll be glad you did!

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Author of the recent book, *The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World,* (https://www.amazon.com/Next-American-Economy-Markets-Uncertain/dp/164177276X) and Distinguished Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, Samuel Gregg joins us for Episode 56 to talk about the wisest public policies for manufacturing.

He tells us why tariffs and having the government picking winners and losers have been shown again and again not to work, and how they hurt the people they're supposed to help.

Tune in for some really intelligent perspectives on why free markets are the best in general and the best for industry!

You can find more of his excellent work here: https://www.aier.org/people/samuel-gregg/

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Sure, he appears regularly on Neil Cavuto's and Maria Bartiromo's shows, but now he's hit the big time: Manufacturing Talks!

Investment strategist and small-government true believer Luke Lloyds joins us for Episode 55 to talk about why so much is going wrong with our economy, what we need to do to fix it, and what manufacturers in particular ought to know!

Plus we talk about bourbon and cigars, rock music, and a whole lot more! Trust us, this one is a great show!

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Allan Evans is co-founder of a company called BarrelRM. They've been working for years on a way to bypass the need for years of aging in brown spirits, and he joins us for our Episode 54 to tell all about it.

And you can try his stuff for yourself! The company now has a whiskey specifically formulated for cocktails called W.K. Reed. You can pick some up at the link: https://gacraftspirits.com/products/w-k-reed-whiskey-750ml

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Gail Robertson is Chief Curiosity Officer at her own manufacturing-based PR firm, GailNow. She also calls herself a recovering journalist, and is deeply concerned about where that profession is headed. But for our Episode 53, she joins us to tell her whole career story, and to encourage the rest of us to act like the real journalists of old, and challenge the orthodoxy that's being forced on us - whether it's in business, politics, or our personal lives!

Tune in for one of our most enlightening and informative episodes yet!

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After reading the immortal Gary Paulsen's childrens' book *Hatchet,* Phil Rink's daughter couldn't find anything else good to read.

And that's because far too many modern kids' books are politicized, vulgar garbage.

So Phil took matters into his own hands and began writing them himself. His are not politicized, are not vulgar, and are not garbage. Quite the opposite - they're good reads not just for kids, but for adults too!

Why does this matter in manufacturing? Because Phil also takes on some technical challenges as subject matter, whether it's a Mars mission or solar power. That's the kind of reading that will help develop the engineers and manufacturing operators we'll need in the future, and make readers out of them to help them become lifelong learners. That's why it matters.

Tune in to our Episode 52 and hear Phil tell all about how he got into writing for kids. Then order the books for yourself, whether you have kids or not. They're that good.

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Matt Croson, President of the American Gear Manufacturers Association, jumps on with us for Episode 51 to tell us all about what his outfit does.

Come for the education about gear-making standards and education, and stay for the discussion about heavy metal music!

Oh, and if you think gears are a thing of the past with high tech taking over, think again. Matt fills us in on all the lates and greatest uses of gears, in everything from spacecraft to EVs.

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It's Episode 50!!

To celebrate, we've got our first return guest. Eric Starkman is one of the most courageous voices out there in journalism, bucking the narrative to fill us in on what's really going on in the world of business and policy and so much more.

He talks about the rapidly approaching energy crisis and how the reliable electricity we've become accustomed to looks to be on its way out.

And about the cratering quality of American cars!

Tune in to hear the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!

And do follow Eric on LinkedIn, and subscribe to his work at https://starkmanapproved.com/.

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Jake Bernal joins us for Episode 49. He's an engineer who works for Hyundai's New Horizons Studio on their totally cool concept car, the Ultimate Mobility Vehicle (UMV). Jake also teaches at Montana State University in Bozeman.

Tune in and hear all about this insanely awesome piece of design and engineering: how the company chose Bozeman for its new R&D facility last year, some of the particular technology challenges, where things stand today, and where they're headed.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimvinoski/2020/10/21/hyundai-and-autodesk-join-forces-to-design-ultimate-mobility-vehicles/

https://www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/company/newsroom/hyundai-new-horizons-studio-to-design-and-build-ultimate-mobility-vehicles-in-bozeman%252C-montana-0000016829

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For our Episode 48, Mark P. Mills joins us to chat about why one of the biggest bottlenecks in the "energy transition" is mining, metals, and minerals. He gave a very lengthy and detailed talk about it at the beginning of the year (see link below), and now he chats with our host Jim Vinoski to tell about some of the basic problems we're already starting to run into.

He's a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a Faculty Fellow at Northwestern University, and a Strategic Partner at Montrose Lane, an investment firm focused on energy technology.

Tune in a learn all about it!

You can find Mark's talk, and some of his other work, at these links:
The energy transition delusion: inescapable mineral realities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgOEGKDVvsg
Articles: https://manhattan.institute/person/mark-p-mills
Website: https://www.tech-pundit.com/