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May 22, 2020 • 44min

Best of Swarfcast Ep. 66 – Creating Products People Use, with Rick Miller

Our podcast team is taking a short break this weekend to enjoy time with our families (virtually in some cases). In the meantime, this is one of our favorite episodes from earlier this year. Scroll down to listen to the podcast. In January, we interviewed Rick Miller, owner and co-founder of Elijah Tooling, a company [...] The post Best of Swarfcast Ep. 66 – Creating Products People Use, with Rick Miller first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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May 15, 2020 • 37min

Ep. 82 – Running a Pizza Place During COVID-19 with Marco Schiavoni

Today’s guest on the podcast is Marco Schiavoni, owner of Pizza Metro, one of my favorite pizza places in Chicago. Marco has been in the restaurant business for 20 years, and like most business owners he’s seen his share of ups and downs over time. Scroll down to listen to the podcast. I spoke to [...] The post Ep. 82 – Running a Pizza Place During COVID-19 with Marco Schiavoni first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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May 8, 2020 • 30min

Ep. 81 – Negotiating Like an FBI Agent with Chris and Brandon Voss Part II

Today’s podcast is the second half of a two part interview with Chris and Brandon Voss, coauthors of the best selling book on business negotiation, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It. Scroll down to listen to the podcast. Chris Voss used to be an FBI hostage negotiator. When he [...] The post Ep. 81 – Negotiating Like an FBI Agent with Chris and Brandon Voss Part II first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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May 1, 2020 • 28min

Ep. 80 – Negotiating Like an FBI Agent with Chris and Brandon Voss

Today’s podcast is part 1 of a two part interview with Chris and Brandon Voss, co-authors of the best selling book on business negotiation, Never Split the Difference, and executives at Black Swan Group, a company offering business negotiation training. Scroll down to listen to the podcast. Never Split the Difference teaches how to approach [...] The post Ep. 80 – Negotiating Like an FBI Agent with Chris and Brandon Voss first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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Apr 24, 2020 • 29min

Ep. 79 – Building the Ultimate E-Bike with Taber West

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 [...] The post Ep. 79 – Building the Ultimate E-Bike with Taber West first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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Apr 17, 2020 • 33min

Ep. 78 – Is the Hot Hand Real, with Ben Cohen

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 [...] The post Ep. 78 – Is the Hot Hand Real, with Ben Cohen first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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Apr 10, 2020 • 31min

Ep. 77 – Niche Products and Injection Molding with Rick Wheeler

On today’s podcast we interviewed Rick Wheeler, owner of O’Malley Manufacturing in St. Petersburg, Florida, a company originally founded in 1910. Scroll down to listen to the podcast. Over the years O’Malley has had a knack for finding niche products to produce such as the Hair Snare, Lint Snare and Bait Bucket, which are all [...] The post Ep. 77 – Niche Products and Injection Molding with Rick Wheeler first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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Apr 3, 2020 • 31min

Ep. 76 – Focusing on Obstacles with Gabriele Oettingen

Today’s guest on the podcast is Gabriele Oettingen, professor of psychology at NYU and author of the book “Rethinking Positive Thinking: the Science of Motivation.” Contrary to conventional wisdom that asserts “positive thinking is always positive,” Oettingen’s studies have shown that people who embrace only positive thinking as a way to reach their dreams are [...] The post Ep. 76 – Focusing on Obstacles with Gabriele Oettingen first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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Mar 27, 2020 • 29min

Ep. 75 – Using Blockchain in Manufacturing with Jim Regenor

Today’s guest on the podcast is Jim Regenor, founder of Veritx, a company which helps clients dramatically reduce lead times and increases readiness for military and airline customers with blockchain technology. Scroll down to listen to the podcast. With today’s 3-D printing technology parts can be produced on site so clients don’t need to wait [...] The post Ep. 75 – Using Blockchain in Manufacturing with Jim Regenor first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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Mar 20, 2020 • 33min

Ep. 74 – Getting Young People Into Manufacturing with Terry Iverson

Our guest on today’s show is Terry Iverson, co-owner of Iverson and Company and author of a new book called Finding America’s Greatest Champion: Building Prosperity Through Manufacturing, Mentoring and the Awesome Responsibility of Parenting. Scroll down to listen to the podcast Terry and his family have been in the machine tool and production business [...] The post Ep. 74 – Getting Young People Into Manufacturing with Terry Iverson first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

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