Manufacturing Happy Hour

You can count on Philly to bring the energy! Recorded live in King of Prussia at the final stop of the Northeast leg of the All-American Manufacturing Summer Tour, this episode features the loudest, most engaged crowd...

Where's the party at? While there’s a lot to see on the show floor at IMTS 2026, some of the best conversations, connections, and memories happen after the show floor closes each day. In this bonus episode of...

"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 guests. Chris explores what...

300 episodes of Chris asking all the questions, this week he is finally in the hot seat - and it’s his high school buddies doing all the grilling! Recorded live at Urban Chestnut Brewing, this episode is split into two...

Some of the best manufacturing advice comes down to one simple idea - buy back your weekends. In this bonus episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour, Chris is joined by Patrick Carmitchel, VP of Product Management and Dustin...

We're not beating the drum this week… we're ringing Cici's bell. Filmed live at Trinity College's Innovation Hub - our first time in Connecticut, and our first ever 9:30am taping. Not quite our usual ‘happy hour’, but...

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 Sciences at...

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, Wisconsin facility...

Two worlds that have never previously spoken the same language are now building the same machine. This week Chris sits down with David Nichols, CEO, Co-Founder and Engineer at Loupe, an alum of the show making his...

What does it take to build something well, on purpose, in a world that keeps pushing you to move faster? This week Chris sits down with Tyler Mincey, Co-Founder and General Partner at Baukunst, a San Francisco and...

What happens when a former SpaceX engineer decides manufacturing software needs to be completely reimagined? In this special live episode of the podcast, recorded at Arts District Brewing in Los Angeles as the final...

Andres Naranjo sailed a race around the world, wrote Japan's digital agenda, and spent his sabbatical teaching himself AI from scratch. This week Chris sits down with Andres, CEO of Software Toolbox, to hear some...

Your frontline team can only perform as well as the processes they're handed. So why are so many leaders still blaming the wrong people instead of listening to the ones closest to the problem? In this weeks’ episode...

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 who...

What if the biggest efficiency problem in your factory isn't your machines, it's the dead time you waste before you even get to one. Workers queuing at ADP and ERP terminals every morning. A wing rib scrapped at the...