PODCAST – 2020 v. 2009 Better Today – Better Together
Released September 28, 2020
Miles Free & Carli Kistler discuss the lessons learned in the 2009 Great Recession and compare with the COVID-19 crisis of 2020.
Released September 28, 2020
Miles Free & Carli Kistler discuss the lessons learned in the 2009 Great Recession and compare with the COVID-19 crisis of 2020.
Released April 25, 2022. Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss the real value of titles in your shop and the many ways it can impact morale amongst our performers.
Released June 27, 2022. Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller provide a technical lesson on the properties of the steel materials that we machine in our shops.
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Manufacturing in the US Economy — and Our Place in It We all know how essential manufacturing is to our economy, Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss just how essential precision machining is to manufacturing. Published December 12, 2022
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: IT Series: Interview with Michael Maxwell Carli Kistler-Miller and David Wynn have an in-depth conversation with HORN USA‘s Michael Maxwell to discuss global cybersecurity and the effect open-source applications it has on our lives as well as our shops. Published February 23, 2026
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Contrarian View of Secondary Operations Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss Miles’ contrarian view on secondary operations and attempts to dispel the notion that secondary operations is a lose-lose proposition in our shops. Published February 6, 2023 SHOW NOTES
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Decarburization Carli Kistler-Miller, Emily Riley and David Wynn discuss decarburization on surface layers, how it affects heat treat and hardness, and provides evidence of where in the process a defect occurred in our precision machining shop. Published December 22, 2025