301: Manufacturing in New York City: Past, Present, and Future

 “New York City is where dreams come to audition”, and this goes for manufacturers too.   Recorded live at New Lab in Brooklyn, this episode is split into three segments and features seven...

The Future of Intralogistics featuring Siemens’ Joel Thomas and Markus Thiel

 Digital, real, real, digital. It sounds simple, but it’s rewriting how a warehouse gets designed. Joel Thomas has spent over a decade in the Intralogistics space and now leads OEM Sales Data Center and Life...

297: Defense Spending, Contract Manufacturing, and Navigating Regulated Industries with Fathom CEO Rush LaSelle

 Fine tuning manufacturing like a guitar – that’s the kind of parallel you can expect from this episode.  This week Chris sits down with Rush LaSelle, CEO at Fathom, recorded on site at their Hartland,...

292: What Manufacturers Can Learn from Silicon Valley

 Growing your own machinists and orchestrating robots across four continents, is this what the future of manufacturing looks like?  This live episode from Hapa’s Brewing in the Bay Area features two panels of people...

289: Industrial Autonomy Explained: How Robotics and AI Are Scaling Across Critical Industries

 20 years ago, automation was a pipe dream for industrial workers, 10 years ago it existed in research and development labs. Now it’s fully operational in warehouses, production facilities and even mines.   The companies...

276: 2026 Automation Industry Outlook, Live from the A3 Business Forum

 Fear is expensive. In 2025, manufacturers delayed billions in capital projects because anxiety, not data, drove business decisions. But 2026 is different. Tax incentives expire mid-year, borrowing costs are down, and the hard data...