How Detroit Built the Machine That Won WWII
Detroit didn't just build cars. During World War II it built the machine that helped win the war. In the final installment of our three-part series on American manufacturing history — marking the 25...
29 Jun 46min
How Pittsburgh Steel Built America’s 20th Century
America turns 250 this year, and the steel that built the modern nation was forged on the banks of the Monongahela. In Part 2 of our three-part series on 250 years of American manufacturing, Scott Pau...
15 Jun 41min
The Englishman Who Smuggled the Industrial Revolution to America
America turns 250 this year, and the story of how it learned to make things starts in one stone building on the Blackstone River. In Part 1 of our three-part series on 250 years of American manufactur...
1 Jun 50min
America Invented This Technology. Now We Make Only 4% of It
America invented the circuit board but now makes less than 4% of the world's supply. Team AAM goes behind the scenes of the documentary "The New Frontier," hearing from Wesley Sprecher of Blue Water C...
18 Mai 12min
Why This RIT Professor is Betting on Veterans to Grow American Manufacturing
American manufacturing needs workers — and veterans need a path back to work. Today, AAM President Scott Paul speaks with Dr. Martin Anselm, Director of the Center for Electronics Manufacturing and As...
4 Mai 36min
The Virginia Chime Maker That Has Outlasted Four Decades of Imports
What started in a garage with pipe from the hardware store is now a 90-person factory shipping nearly a thousand wind chimes a day. Today, Scott Paul speaks with Luke Croushorn of Wind River, the Mana...
20 Apr 33min
The Singer-Songwriter Who Invented a Better Way to Crack Crabs
In Maryland, you learn to crack a crab before you learn to walk - but Shelby Blondell decided the tools you use to do it deserved a serious upgrade. One night in 2017, Shelby picked up the traditional...
6 Apr 36min
How Two People Turned a Trip to Germany Into a Brooklyn Business Empire
What happens when a cartographer and a fashion stylist go to Germany and fall in love with a canvas bag? They come home and build an American business that celebrates hometown pride with every product...
23 Mar 38min
