Manufacturing Happy Hour

Technology Podcasts

Welcome to Manufacturing Happy Hour, the podcast where we get real about the latest trends and technologies impacting modern manufacturers. Hosted by industry veteran Chris Luecke, each week, we interview makers, founders, and other manufacturing...

Episodes

300: Chris Luecke’s Friends from High School Interview Him on His Own Podcast, LIVE in St. Louis

BONUS: Predictive Maintenance: The Key to Replacing Unplanned Downtime with Personal Downtime (Sponsored by AssetWatch)

299: Inside Connecticut's Manufacturing Ecosystem: Innovation, Workforce Development, and Industrial Leadership, Live from Hartford, CT

BONUS: What Is Servitization? How OEMs Can Turn Their Installed Base Into Long-Term Revenue with PTC's Sam Neva

BONUS: The Future of Intralogistics featuring Siemens' Joel Thomas and Markus Thiel

297: Defense Spending, Contract Manufacturing, and Navigating Regulated Industries with Fathom CEO Rush LaSelle

BONUS: Software-Defined Automation: The Future of Industrial Control (sponsored by Siemens)

296: The Art of Building in the Age of AI with Baukunst Co-Founder Tyler Mincey

295: Reindustrialization, AI Agents, and the Future of Manufacturing with First Resonance CEO Karan Talati

BONUS: AI in Manufacturing: What’s Broken, What’s Working, and How Manufacturers Can Succeed with AI featuring PTC's Joseph June

BONUS: From a Sabbatical to Building the First Full-Stack Industrial AI Company with Andres Naranjo, CEO of Software Toolbox

293: Manufacturing Leadership That Works with Author and Geislinger CEO Jason Woodard

292: What Manufacturers Can Learn from Silicon Valley: Mechatronics, Startups, and More (LIVE from San Jose, CA)

BONUS: Factory Orchestration: The Next Frontier of Manufacturing Operations with Harmoni Co-Founder David Caputo

BONUS: What Manufacturers Can Learn from Central Wisconsin's Workforce Strategy (LIVE from Wausau, WI)

290: Why Danny Gonzales Thinks Manufacturing Has a Storytelling Problem

289: Beyond the Hype: How Autonomy Is Scaling Across Critical Industries (LIVE from Pittsburgh)

288: Inside the Sisterhood of Trades: Why Women Are Choosing Skilled Trades Careers

287: The Art of Precision Manufacturing: Why Humans Still Matter on the Factory Floor | Live from The Manufacturing Exchange in Rochester, NY (Powered by Fathom)

286: Why Local Execution Drives Regional Manufacturing Success: Live from Cleveland, OH