The Art of Manufacturing
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The Art of Manufacturing
Manufacturing is sexy. Sounds crazy? Just wait! Every Thursday, Z Holly takes us on a behind-the-scenes look at how people who make stuff are trying to 'make it' in their industries. Get a sneak peek inside these risk-takers' factories and studios — and most of all, their minds. If you've ever wonde...
Recent Episodes
52 episodes
James Webb Space Telescope: Krystal Puga and Scott Willoughby
$9 billion and a million miles away: we get a special behind-the-scenes tour of NASA's most ambitious and risky project ever. The James Webb Space Tel...
Hydroswarm: Preeti Battacharyya
An underwater roboticist is determined to map the 70% of our globe covered in water. Everyone's talking about space these days, but the most promising...
Knock Knock: Jen Bilik
Comedy isn't always easy: this entrepreneur has learned some tough lessons manufacturing irreverent gifts that don't meet everyone's tastes.
Thi...
Lumi: Jesse Genet [encore]
Packaging should be your secret weapon, and this serial entrepreneur will show you how. Some of you might remember our episode a year ago, with Jesse...
Desktop Metal: Ric Fulop, Jonah Myerberg & Andy Roberts
Meet the 3D printing company that might totally change how we manufacture, design, and even develop products.
When you hear the words 3D printin...
SmartyPants Vitamins: Courtney Nichols Gould [encore]
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Th...
Tulip Interfaces: Rony Kubat & Erik Mirandette
Digitizing the factory isn't always easy. A former counter-intelligence officer and former reality TV star talk about how they hope to bring modern da...
David Charlot: Charlot Biosciences
A bioengineering startup tries to commercialize a new tool that might totally change the way we identify and treat disease.
We have tools to loo...
Wiivv: Shamil Hargovan and Chris Bellamy
A startup builds custom, on-demand 3D printed shoes and gives a glimpse of what innovation might look like in the future.
Recently, I took a lit...
Micki Krimmel: Superfit Hero
Roller derby inspires a body-positive athletic fashion brand that's just hitting a tipping point. Though finding a factory that will take her business...
Should I make it in the USA? [live]
Four experts explore the dilemma of where to do your manufacturing. It's is an important question to ask yourself when you are launching a company, an...
Meredith Perry: uBeam
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Taboo! Julia Rose of VaGenie and Melanie Cristol of Lorals
Two brave women build businesses that might make you blush. What is it like to launch a product that you can't talk about in "polite company"? Meet Ju...
Tim O’Reilly: WTF! [live]
What's the Future? The "Oracle of Silicon Valley" shares his contrarian thoughts about technology, capitalism, and preparing for the big shifts on the...
Lidia Yan: NEXT Trucking
There's a shortage of 50,000 truck drivers impacting manufacturing in America, and demand keeps growing. Last week, we spoke about some pretty futuri...
Dr. Anita Sengupta: Virgin Hyperloop One [live]
(recorded live) Speeding through tubes at nearly the speed of sound; a former NASA systems engineer is helping make the future of transportation a rea...
Brent Bushnell and Eric Gradman: Two Bit Circus
Two clowns reimagine entertainment through micro-amusement parks. They use technology, a bit of showmanship, and a unique process of innovation to dev...
Julio Ruiz: LiquidSky Sports
A skydiver with an unusual past shares how his business delivers custom apparel for action athletes and Hollywood by adopting new digital design and m...
Natasha Case & Freya Estreller: Coolhaus
Cult favorite ice cream brand Coolhaus started in a broken down postal truck at the Coachella music festival. While growing their ice cream brand over...
Felix Ejeckam: Akash Systems
Space! Diamonds! Startups! Cubesats could soon be streaming live video of anywhere on earth and beaming broadband data to the last three billion peopl...
Ashley Crowder: VNTANA
Holograms and hardware: just one piece of VNTANA's strategy to become the go-to platform for brands to engage with customers using AR and mixed realit...
Cat Chen: Skylar Body
Customer trust and deep supplier relationships are the foundation for The Honest Company's former head of operations as she launches a new venture-bac...
Titan Gilroy: TITANS of CNC & 7 Myths, Busted
An ex-prisoner turned elite CNC machinist and TV personality, Titan Gilroy, talks about how to save American manufacturing and the joy of seeing somet...
Kevin Czinger: Divergent 3D + Jeff Krause: SME
3D printing automotive micro-factories (not electric vehicles) might be the key to sustainability and innovation. We learn why, from the CEO of Diverg...
Courtney Nichols Gould: SmartyPants Vitamins
Launching a consumer product in a complex retail environment: For our season finale, we're speaking with Courtney Nichols Gould, the co-founder and CE...
Rodney Brooks: Rethink Robotics
If you own a Roomba, you can thank Rod, because he's the co-founder of iRobot. He launched the company almost three decades ago when he was a professo...
Sonja Rasula: The Unique Empire
Connecting with customers to build a great business, with the creator of the weekend pop-up market. In 2008, Sonja Rasula, risked her entire 401k savi...
Jeni Britton Bauer: Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
Gourmet ice cream that takes the whole state of Ohio to manufacture! This week we're talking with Jeni Britton Bauer, the founder and CEO of Jeni's Sp...
Ben Horowitz: Andreessen Horowitz (live)
Imagine your startup is down to its last bit of cash, your investors won't follow on, you're sure you're going bankrupt, and everyone tells you to giv...
Rodney Mullen: godfather of street skating
In this episode, "the godfather of street skating" Rodney Mullen reveals his insights on the history and future of skateboarding. He invented most of...
Litty Mathew: Greenbar Distillery
Becoming the largest organic spirits company in the world takes a careful balance between having a point of view and appealing to a broader market. An...
Bethany Shorb: Cyberoptix and Well Done Goods
A Detroit manufacturer tries retailing. But sometimes the hardest part about growing your business isn't collapsing ceilings or managing inventory. It...
Ivka Adam: Iconery + Carolyn Casavan
An on-demand jewelry company, plus a sustainability segment for Earth Day! Ivka Adam is the Founder and CEO of Iconery. She's mashing up 3D printing,...
Nick Pinkston: Plethora
Job killer or savior? Automation and technology have definitely been changing the way we communicate, how we shop, how we date, how we get around. And...
Chris Wilson: House of DaVinci
Chris Wilson murdered a man at age 17. He was tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison. But what happened next is nothing short of remarkable...
Jesse Genet: Lumi
Packaging should be your secret weapon, and Jesse Genet can show you how. At age 15, Jesse started her first business printing t-shirts in Detroit. Ov...
Mark Fuller: WET Design
Iconic Fountains of Bellagio captured our collective attention when they opened in 1998, and they manage to impress decades later. The creator Mark Fu...
Kellie Johnson: ACE Clearwater
Through true grit and teamwork, this welder's granddaughter overcame intimidation and stereotypes to turn ACE Clearwater from a third-generation busin...
Ellen Bennett: The Apron Lady + White House Maker Conversations
Maker conversations from the White House and LA! Celebrity makers and chefs like Martha Stewart and Mario Batali are crazy about Hedley & Bennett apro...
Dov Charney Reveals What's Next
American Apparel's controverial founder built a multi-hundred million dollar company that created thousands of local jobs and helped define popular cu...