Inflation, Recession, Pretzels?
You are confused about inflation, interest rates, recession—your job. I’m not going to act like the Wall Street economist who knows less than nothing, but proclaims there is a 10% to 90% chance of recession to justify their million-dollar paycheck. I’m going to tell you what is going to happen

Best Of Swarfcast: Starting a Swiss Shop with Dulio Arellano—EP 68
Today’s podcast is an American Dream story. Our guest is Dulio Arellano, owner of Premier Swiss, a Tornos shop in Addison, Illinois, which he founded

Family Business
Father’s Day came early for me with the end of the NBA Finals. The Golden State Warriors won the championship with four of the five

My Father’s Day Card
This Sunday will be my first Father’s Day—the first one in which I am a father myself, which I have only been for about two

Help Me With My Skunks
I feel like my 20,000-square-foot house’s lot is a wildlife preserve. Three weeks ago, a deer gave birth to a fawn in a group of

Trading Sanity for Stability in a Machining Company, with Matt Wardle—EP 157
Today’s guest on the podcast is Matt Wardle, owner and President of JD Machine Corp. in Ogden, Utah. JD Machine currently produces around 4,000 active

Central Steel’s Big Move
You might think chopping up steel bars would be a fairly mundane business, but for one of the biggest choppers of them all, it’s been,