America's Business Radio Show and Podcasts“America’s Business†is a new one-hour radio program that delves deep into the issues that shape manufacturing and business in the United States and abroad. Hosted by broadcast veteran Mike Hambrick, “America’s Business†hits the topics that matter most to those who make America’s products…and to the people who buy them. From politics to the economy, litigation to legislation, Mike goes directly to the nation’s top leaders. The very first guest on “America’s Businessâ€...Immigration, Energy Security, Health Care, Pension Reform- 012906- January 29, 2006 This week, we begin by talking with Under Secretary of State Josette Shiner on trade, immigration and energy security. Then, we "Meet the Press" and talk with Congress Daily energy reporter Darren Goode. Later on, a small manufacturer from Colorado, Ann Brown, talks with us about health care costs. Then, insight and analysis with the NAM's Neil Trautwein and Bob Shepler on health care and pension reforms. All this along with music from Joe Jackson and The Beatleshttp://www.nam.org/hidden/podcast/radio060129.mp3 2006 Congressional Agenda, Lean Manufacturing, Auto Show- 012206- January 22, 2006 This week, we speak with Washington Times editorial page editor Tony Blankley on the upcoming congressional agenda and then Commerce Under Secretary Frank Lavin joins us on on the Bush administrations 2006 trade agenda. Later, we hear from "Lean" manufacturing expert Jamie Flinchbaugh on his new book, The Hitchhikers Guide to Lean, followed by Chevy rep Cheryl Pilcher (from the Detriot Auto Show) on the new Camaro. All this along with music from Dadon Dawadolma, Creedence Clearwater Revival...http://www.nam.org/hidden/podcast/radio060122.mp3 Alito, Product Liability, Gale Norton - 011506- January 15, 2006 This week, we speak with NAM President John Engler on the Alito hearings and why its more about economic than social issues. Then, ABC News Supreme Court correspondent Manny Medrano also will be along to offer his analysis of the politics swirling around the Alito nomination. Later, our weekly trip to the factory floor will introduce us to a small manufacturer in Connecticut who says product liability lawsuits are a big drag on our economy. Finally, as high energy prices also exert a drag on..http://www.nam.org/hidden/podcast/radio060115.mp3 High Energy Costs and Food Prices, Blogging, Judicial Hellholes, Time Square's New Years Eve Crystal Ball - 010106- January 1, 2006 This weeks radio show features a USDA economist on high energy costs and food prices, NAM Sr. VP and blogger-in-chief Pat Cleary on the value of blogs, American Tort Reform Association President Sherman "Tiger" Joyce on his group's 2005 Judicial Hellholes report and a "factory floor" interview with the makers of Time Square's New Year's Eve crystal ball. Background music by Mel Torme (aka, the "Velvet Fog"), The Beatles, Warren Zevon and Auld Lang Zyne.http://www.nam.org/hidden/podcast/radio060101.mp3 |