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Jed's journey with Stakes Manufacturing has been a wild ride, and he's busier than ever. Now 4 episodes into his new podcast Raising The Stakes and fresh off the release of his book INKclusivity , it’s safe to say he...

Daniel is basically a print scientist. He’s got a lab, he’s constantly testing decoration methods on Stanley/Stella apparel, and he gets to make cool shit along the way. But more importantly, he’s an advocate for...

Kayla McGarry is the Group Show Director for Impressions Expo, and she’s here to tell us how she found her way into the trade show world, what goes into putting on an event of this size, and why you don’t want to miss...

Cassie and Christina from BELLA+CANVAS join us to talk about where the brand has been, where it’s going, and why things feel new and exciting again. Cassie shares how she found her way into the industry and takes us...

After 30+ years of Maxis Screen Printing, John Mack is calling it a career, but he’s clearly not done printing just yet. We talk about what 50 years of printing experience has taught him, what’s worth passing down, and...

The Stampinator is one of those pieces of equipment that seems to get either high praise or absolute slander, with very little room in the middle. We’ve been asked about it enough times that we figured it was time to go...

Shawn Sckoropad of Printeez is back on the pod! Because running a successful print shop wasn’t complicated enough, he’s recently moved his family from Canada to Florida as the first step toward expanding Printeez...

Dennis and the crew at Axelrad are artists printing for artists, but don’t mistake the DIY punk-kid ethos for a fear of spreadsheets. Between tracking production data, experimenting with new decoration methods, and...

Michael Fader loved printing enough to pack up his life, move across the country, and see just how far he could take it. After reading a few signs the universe threw his way, he’s now crushing it as the General Manager...

Michelle has always been on the forefront of this industry. From the frontiers of special effects and digital printing, to the fringes of AI. Well nearly two years have passed since she discussed this new and emerging...

The band dude to merch dude pipeline is alive and well! Nate Skinner is the longtime Operations Manager at Relentless Merch, and after years of dealing with the chaos of artist merchandise firsthand, Merchcast was born...

The differences in capabilities and offerings between a print shop and promo product shop are getting blurrier by the minute. This week we brought in Stein Shi from xTool and Bev Pennington of Soul & Grace Designs to...

The band dude to print dude pipeline is real, and the path is usually pretty predictable… but Luke took a little detour in between. Before landing at Real Thread, he built a career at Publix that gave him an outside the...

Building a business is a lot like going to the gym. You get stronger with every rep, and if you’re doing something wrong… you’re in for a world of hurt. Cody Klimper got into this industry through the fitness world, and...

Josh NSFW Wheeler is back on the pod to catch us up on what he’s been up to for the last 5 years, how his shop has evolved, and how he’s ensuring SURVIVAL in this business. Topics of discussion include: Keeping it...