On today’s show we’re discussing the machining business in South Africa. Our guest is Peter Frow. Peter has been immersed in the machining business and been a participant in the social change of South Africa over the last 50 years. While so many of his countrymen emigrated he stayed and has recently started a busine...

Chicago is appalled by the disgusting and brazen looting of stores like Gucci and Nordstrom’s on its Magnificent Mile. Our Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, is furious and humiliated that her city’s elite shopping area has now been ransacked several times by bands of young thugs that communicate by cell phone, coordinating whe...

Today’s podcast is the second episode of a season in which we’re talking to folks in the machining world outside of the United States.We’re making a second stop in the UK to talk to Tom Pearce, founder of CIRC Manufacturing in Westbury, England, a small CNC shop specializing in producing flow control products using ...

Today’s guest on the show is Timo Lunceford, general manager of Swiss Productions, a 25,000-square-foot Swiss CNC shop in Ventura, California, that specializes in fluidic medical components.Recently Swiss Productions introduced two 7-axis collaborative robots to work in tandem with two Haas CNC mills. Timo says the ...

Today’s podcast is the first episode in a multi-part series in which we’re interviewing people in the machining world outside the United States. Our first stop was England, where we interviewed Joe Reynolds.Joe is Director of MTD, a company with several popular websites based in the UK that market prominent machine ...

Today’s guest on the show is Zac Bogart, founder of Productive Robotics.Productive Robotics manufactures a 7-axis collaborative robot called the OB7. Zac says that the OB7 is different from other robots because it can’t be programmed with code, it only works by the operator showing it what to do. Also, by featuring ...

We just recorded the biggest gain in stock prices for any quarter since 1998 with American unemployment at unprecedented levels. You don’t need to read the obvious in this blog, so let’s talk Yeezy, Kanye West, and Gap.Gap stock rose 42% in one day last week when Kanye West announced he was designing a clothing line...

Today’s guest on the podcast is Darrell Sutherland, founder and owner of Dylan Aerospace in Auburn, Washington, a Tier 1 supplier for Boeing.Scroll down to listen to the podcast. Or listen on your phone on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.Darrell is also a professional mentor. He believes in using the Kaizen manuf...

Our guest on today’s podcast is Ben Cohen, sports writer for the Wall Street Journal and author of the new book, The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks.Scroll down to listen to the podcast.In the book, Ben analyzes many types of hot streaks, from basketball shooting streaks, to investing streaks, even a st...

Today’s guest on the podcast is Taber West, founder of Gravity Worx, the manufacturer of a high performance suspension electric bike, called the E160FS.Scroll down to listen to the podcast.When Taber was younger he raced bikes professionally, but as he aged and gained weight he no longer could do the type of cycling...