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Weld Wednesday w/ AWS | Before You Strike an Arc What Every Welding Student Needs to Know feat: Josh Wolfe

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Wayback Wednesday w/ AWS Certification vs. Qualification w/ Daryl Peterson.

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Weld Wednesday w/ AWS Robots vs. Cobots: Building an Automation Program with Anthony Nighswander of APT Manufacturing

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Weld Wednesday w/ AWSThe $100K Myth: What It Actually Takes to Hit Six Figures in Welding — with Dabs Wellington

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402. From Welding School to $100K: The KWI Kids Proving Everyone Wrong w/ Landon Earlywine & Jackson Settler

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Weld Wednesdays w/ AWS| Resistance Welding Demystified with Don DeCorte — The Process Hiding in Plain Sight

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401. Data Centers, Nuclear, and the Steel Boom Coming for Welders w/ Stephanie Hoffman

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400. "World's Strongest Welding Table"… Prove It w/ Jason Marburger of Fireball Tool

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399. From Helper to Foreman: Building a Career in Structural Steel with Chad Doucette

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Weld Wednesday with AWS | National Welding Month Special

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398. From Night School to Lincoln Electric's Head of Innovation w/ Sheldon Wray

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New CWI? Here's What Nobody Tells You About Welding Inspection w/ Daryl Peterson

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397. You've Never Seen Me Sober – High-Functioning Alcohol in the Welding Industry w/ Justin Merrill

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396. Human Expertise & Machine Intelligence: Redefining the Inspector's Role in the AI Era.

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Weld Wednesday From the Shop Floor to the Code Book: Volunteering with AWS Committees w/ Bill Komlos

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395. Over-Welding, Under-Earning: The Real Cost of Bad Welding Habits w/ Nate Bowman

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394. America's Skilled Trades Are Facing a Workforce Cliff — Brian Huff Explains Why

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393. Speed Does Not Equal Skill w/ Alex McNamara

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392. 50 Years Under the Hood w/ George Rolla

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Weld Wednesdays w/ AWS Leveling Up in 2026 – Where do I start and How AWS Can Help? Feat. Dr. Josh Burgess

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391. They Can't Take My Education Away From Me w/ Josh O'Neal

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390. Annual CrossPod with the Boys

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389. Gas Junkies w/ Tim Kinnaman

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386. If You Want to Do It Long-Term… You Better Love It w/ Dusty James

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Weld Wednesdays w/ AWS The Skilled Trades Gap Isn't a Myth — It's a Warning

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385. Metal Art Is Just Weird Welding w/ David Madero

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384. Rope Access Welding: The Wildest Welding Jobs You've Never Seen

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Weld Wednesday w/ AWS Welder to CWI Making the Leap Without Loosing Your Identity

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383. The Spark That Started It All: Tim Kinnaman on the True History of Welding

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382. Confidence Doesn't Equal Competence: The Truth About Welding Wages

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381. Don't Quit w/ Jason Becker

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380. That First Minute Changes Everything w/ Ryan Eubank

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Weld Wednesdays w/ AWS Starting a Welding Business What I wish I Knew w/ Kevin Johnson

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379. "The Questions That Build Safer Welds." w/ Kim Meszaros

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Fronius Friday from FabTech 2025

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378. The Story of the Bead Man w/ Dante Terrell

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Bonus: Weld Wednesday w/ AWS Dr. Josh Burgess Recorded at FabTech 2025

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377. From Puppets to Pit Bikes: Alex Jordan's Welding Journey

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Weld Wednesday w/ AWS FabTech 2025 w/ Matt Ruben

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376. Known Flaws, Real Lessons: Building Better Inspectors w/ Jeremy Ring

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Weld Wednesdays w/ AWS Future-Proofing Welding Careers: Automation, AI, and Additive Manufacturing Feat. Teresa Melfi & Josh Sullivan

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Weld Wednesday w/ AWS "Community Impact: How Welding Competitions Are Shaping the Next Generation" w/ Mariana Ludmer

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375. Hitting Pause Not Stop w/ Jason Becker

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374. Bird's Eye View from Under the Hood w/ Dusty James

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State of the Arc #8 Welding in 2025: Tools, Trends, and Talent That Matter

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State of the Arc #7: Steel, Reactors, and Rod Ovens: Welding Trends You Need to Know

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373. Take Pride in What You Do w/ Al Moore

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State of the Arc #6: Smart Factories, Heavy Equipment Welding, Infrastructure Jobs & Tax Policy Shifts

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Weld Wednesdays Changes to the D1.1:2025 Structural Steel Code Book

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372. Living on the EDGE w/ Stacia and Eric Mueller

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State of the Arc #5 – Battery Welding in Rail, $44B Alaska Pipeline, Buyouts Over Builds, and Robots on the Jobsite

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371. Why Laser Welding Isn't Just a Gimmick w/ Rex Alexandre

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State of the Arc #4 – Infrared Inspection, Laser-Hybrid Welding, Wage Growth & Gulf Coast Pipeline Expansion

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370. Training the Next Generation w/ Austin Ross & Leo Martinez

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State of the Arc #3: Exxon's $8B Build, OSHA's Crackdown, Welding School Pipelines & Ag Fab Jobs

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369. Welding the Future: Automation, Innovation & Miller Electric

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State of the Arc #2: Welding in 2025 — Tariffs, Renewables, Certs & AI Inspection

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Weld Wednesday w/ AWS Certifications Without Borders w/ Steve Snyder

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368. Rebuilding Welding Education w/ Nick Mcmillen and Ziad Bedran

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State of the Arc #1: Robotic Welding Certs, Welder Shortage Reality, and D1.1 2025 Updates

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367. The Pursuit of "Why" w/ Tim Lucas

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366. TIG Tight and Shop Strong w/ Gavin Young of Baer Welding

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365. Sign of the Times w/ Jake LeGrand

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Weld Wednesdays w/ AWS State of the Industry 2025 w/ Dick Holdren

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364. Go-NoGo w/ Kyle Taylor

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363. Metal Health w/ Steve Kost

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362. Stairway to Success with Jonathan Webster of JD Stairs

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Weld Wednesdays w/ AWS Virtual Reality and E-Learning Tools

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361. The Science of Grinding w. Ryan Boyd

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360. Pipeline Perspectives: Austin and Rodney Ross on the Welding Life

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359. The Future of Fabrication w/ Jason Marburger

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358. Titans of our Industry II w/ Dick Holdren

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Weld Wednesdays w/ AWS Its Scholarship Season!

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357. Chiasson Dreams w/ Jason and Miranda Chiasson

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356. Who the Hell is Todd Clouser?

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355. Year of the Yeti w/ Dillon Hales

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354. Navigating the Welding Industry: From Entry-Level to Leadership

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353. Finding Your Center w/ Weston Spencer

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352. Unveiling the Next Big Thing in Our Industry w/ Scott Witkowski and Juvi Calvo

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351. Growing My Tribe w/ Chris Hale

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Weld Wednesdays w/ AWS The Future of Welding Education with Tim Baber

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350. Brazing in the Modern Age w/ Harry Erskine

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349. Building Dreams, One Bend at a Time w/ Tyler Mullen

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348. Welding the Divide: Empowering Students Through Vocational Training w/ Dorman Vic

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347. Blackened is Just the Beginning w/ Rob Deitrich

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Weld Wednesday w/ AWS Unlocking Success in Welding: Insights on Certifications and Mentorship from Andy Provost

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346. Fixturing Heavy Fab w/ Ben Steel

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345. From the Field to the Classroom: Bridging Industry and Education w/ Guy Seguin

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Weld Wednesday w/ AWS Streamline Your Workflow: Lean Manufacturing Secrets for Job Shops w/ Dr. Shahrukh Irani

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344. Starting Your Own Business with the CrossPod Crew

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343. The Guzoni Method w/ Sophia Fulgoni

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342. Gate Keeping w/ Josh Wolfe

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341. Heavy Metal Fab w/ Dave Rubin

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340. Welds Matter w/ Scooter Can't Weld

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339. From Startup to High-Profile Projects w/ John Derham

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Weld Wednesday w/ AWS Welding Careers in Emerging Technologies

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338. Setting the Standard w/ Kevin Johnson

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337. Titans of our Industry w/ Bill Newell

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336. Changing the Culture in our Industry w/ Juvi Calvo

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335. Scaling Your Welding Business w/ Eric Pleil