How China Evades American Tariffs and Gets Away With It
Winning a court case against unfair trade should mean justice, but for many American manufacturers, it doesn't. And it's costing them billions. Today, David Rashid of auto-parts maker Plews & Edelman...
23 Feb 40min
A Factory That Refused to Die
Buying a business is hard. Holding and growing it for decades is even harder. Today, Gat Caperton shares how he acquired a struggling West Virginia furniture maker at age 29 and spent nearly three dec...
9 Feb 33min
Why This Army Veteran Refused to Make His Product Overseas
The idea for this company didn’t start in a boardroom — it started under a military helmet. Today, Scott Paul speaks with Haidar Hamoud, founder of HaakWear, about reinventing the traditional beanie t...
26 Jan 34min
One TV Segment Changed Everything for These American Makers
Happy 2026! Today we’re featuring two artisan makers who were spotlighted in AAM’s holiday gift guide. Treeworks founder & co-owner Meaghan Goulder shares their evolution from arborist work to full-ti...
12 Jan 45min
The Year of the Tariff
2025 will be remembered as the year tariffs took center stage in U.S. trade policy. Today, AAM President Scott Paul and AAM Director of Media Relations, Cat Adams, recap 2025 and walk us through the T...
29 Dec 202528min
How City Threads Survived Fast Fashion and Kept Making Clothes in the USA
In an industry dominated by imports, one company stayed local — and competitive. AAM President Scott Paul speaks with City Threads founders Shayna Samuels and Joe Willis about building a Made-in-USA a...
22 Dec 202545min
The Portland Startup Saving Millions of Inner Tubes from Landfills
It started with one sewing machine, a pile of flat inner tubes — and a big idea about American manufacturing. Lanette Fidrych shares how Cycle Dog grew from sewing dog leashes out of discarded bike tu...
15 Dec 202542min
How Two Parents Built a Made in America Production Line for Kids' Play Furniture
They built one toy for their daughter - and it changed everything. Blueberry and Third, founded by Nikki and Brian Benbenek, began as a handcrafted climbing arch for their daughter and evolved into a ...
8 Dec 202530min
