Bob Worsley doesn't let the grass grow under his feet! First he founded Skymall and sold it to Rupert Murdoch. Then he ran successfully for an Arizona state Senate seat. And now he's tackling the housing crisis. His new company Zennihome, is using robotic automation to make small housing units, built on the dimensions of shipping containers, "live larger" by making spaces truly multi-purpose. And his two models are designed to be connected together to make everything from a larger single-family home to a multi-story apartment building! They also include green features to make them some of the most sustainable dwellings out there. And perhaps most important, they're designed to be mass-produced using advanced manufacturing, which will keep costs down and quality up! I was so impressed by the story, I wrote it up for Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimvinoski/2023/07/21/zennihome-uses-factory-robotics-and-home-automation-to-fight-the-housing-crisis/ And now I'm happy to be joined by Bob for my Episode 61. Tune in and learn all about what this true innovator is bringing to our housing market, which is desperate to be disrupted! And do check out the ZenniHome website below, where you can see video of the house's automated features: https://zennihome.com/

Meredith Angwin, author and speaker, joins us for Episode 60 to tell us why she thinks our fragile electric grids are soon going to be failing us. Since she predicted the failure of the Texas grid during the winter storm a couple years ago, you probably ought to be listening to her. Plus she actually wrote the book on the subject: Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid. As she says, "Grid insiders know how fragile the grid is becoming. Unfortunately, they have no incentive to solve the problems because near-misses increase their profits." What's the culprit causing the problems? Wind and solar, whose inherent unreliability are destabilizing power generation, and whose relegation of our formerly reliable generating technologies to backup generation are making the unreliable too. Tune in and learn all the ugly details, and find out about what you need to be doing about our pending disaster.

Your host Jim Vinoski is flying solo again on this one, talking about why the claims that renewables and power storage saved the day in Texas this summer are complete hogwash. This one's critical. Because what's playing out in Texas is soon going to be playing out everywhere: more and more unreliable power generation, less and less reliable generation, and lots of people lying trying to cover up the coming disaster. Watch the whole thing, and please like, share, and subscribe to hear a lot more coming about the disaster in the making when it comes to energy in the Western world.

Terry Iverson joins us for Episode 58. He was the third generation leader at his family's machine tool business, Iverson & Company, for most of his career. Then he took a challenge to connect with young people and help sell manufacturing as a great career path, and he was off to the races! He founded CHAMPION Now, an advocacy to reach out to America's youth. Its focus? Here it is in Terry's own words, from the CHAMPION Now website: "CHAMPION Now® exists to change the image of manufacturing from the unrealistic, stereotypical 'dark and dirty' industry to one that is filled with extremely technology, advanced innovations, and exhilarating and good paying careers available for the next generation." Terry went on to write not just one, but TWO books about his efforts: Finding America’s Greatest Champion and Inspiring Champions in Advanced Manufacturing. Tune in and hear Terry tell all about what you can do as an industry leader. You're needed in the effort! You'll learn about things like opening up your company's doors to help youth learn what manufacturing is all about, and partnering with local schools to help educate kids about their career opportunities and what schooling they need to go after them. There's a link below to the CHAMPION Now website, where you can learn more and find out about both of Terry's books. There's also a link to the Kickstarter campaign where you can help launch the second book. And there's Terry's email address too! Take up the challenge, just like Terry did! CHAMPION Now website: https://championnow.org/ Kickstarter campaign to help launch Terry's second book: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1381700333/inspiring-champions-in-advanced-manufacturing Terry's email: tiverson@iversonandco.com

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!

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/

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!

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 Get some, give it a try, and come back here to give your feedback via the comments section!