

Bring It Home
Craig Fuller, JP Hampstead, FreightWaves
Bring it Home is the podcast and show where Craig Fuller and J.P. Hampstead discuss and celebrate the reindustrialization revolution that is happening right now in America. Each episode features guests who will share their stories and highlight how companies around the world are making announcements and investments that are impacting American jobs and the economy.
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Jul 17, 2025 • 38min
How to get into steel manufacturing w/ Zane Hengsperger
Zane Hengsperger of NOX Metals / Delta22 tells JP Hampstead about going from tech to steel manufacturing and the rich heritage of automotive manufacturing in Windsor, Detroit, and the Great Lakes region. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 3, 2025 • 35min
Financing critical mineral processing w/ Charles Yang
Charles Yang tells JP Hampstead about his contribution to the Techno-Industrial Playbook, which explains the levers that the government can pull to expand financing for domestic critical mineral processing. Charles and JP discuss the economics of minerals commodity markets and the risks that domestic processors take on by entering a market whose prices can be manipulated by China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 19, 2025 • 49min
The Surface Transportation Board /w Patrick Fuchs
The Surface Transportation Board regulates railroad freight markets, maintaining a competitive landscape in the industry and ensuring that shippers have good service. Chairman Fuchs explains to JP Hampstead and Stuart Chirls how the STB is also enabling American reindustrialization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 5, 2025 • 37min
Reindustrializing Buffalo w/ Tom Kurcharski
Buffalo is growing again! Tom Kucharski, President and CEO of Invest Buffalo Niagara, tells JP about the long road to reindustrializing the Buffalo - Niagara region, including the Micron 'megafab' semiconductor plant currently under construction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 8, 2025 • 56min
What a fund manager thinks about transportation w/ Seth Holm
West Brow Capital founder and portfolio manager Seth Holm runs a fund focused on global transportation. In this episode recorded on April 8, Seth sits down with JP Hampstead and runs through his view of the transportation industry, mode by mode—where he's long and short. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 24, 2025 • 39min
Lithium Battery Technology w/ Virginia Klausmeier
Sylvatex foudner and CEO Virginia Klausmeier tells JP about waterless lithium battery production processes, the future of climate tech, and the complexities of rebuilding industry in human geographies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 11, 2025 • 43min
Industrial Policy after the CHIPS Act w/ Julius Krein
American Affairs founder and editor Julius Krein offers his vision of what America’s next industrial policy should be in a conversation with JP Hampstead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 27, 2025 • 55min
Inside Union Pacific's ambitious tech projects w/ Rahul Jalali
Union Pacific EVP and Chief Information Officer Rahul Jalali shares how the storied railroad is implementing technology, from shipment visibility to the physics simulator that keeps UP's trains from derailing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 13, 2025 • 45min
How Norfolk Southern serves industrial customers w/ Stefan Loeb
Norfolk Southern's VP of Business Development and First and Final Mile Markets Stefan Loeb talks to JP Hampstead and FreightWaves staff writer Stuart Chirls about the railroad's work with industrial clients, from site selection and development to specialized customer service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 27, 2025 • 40min
New American Industrial Alliance w/ Aaron Slodov
Aaron Slodov, CEO of Atomic Industries and co-founder of the New American Industrial Alliance talks to JP Hampstead about rebuilding and modernizing America's industrial base and why the time is right for a new coalition of industrialists, technologists, and policymakers to come together on a strategic vision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


