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AHOY! On today's podcast we have Captain Luis Sobrino, the man behind Transom in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A screen printer on land, and a sport fishing captain on the sea, Luis is pursuing what he's passionate about, and doing it right(starboard). Topics of discussion include: Renovations, open/closed/slammed door policies, shop cleanliness, boating, 10 color manual prints, drive thru pickups, wagin...

Another year has passed, and somehow we're still here. We reminisce on 2021, and the failures and victories it brought us, and we tackle a monster list of listener questions. We've matured as business owners, printers, humans, and gosh darn it... friends. 2022 better watch out, because we have appropriately sized plans. Topics discussed include: Best year?, the catch 22 of efficiency, EOY Bip, ful...

School is in session. We have Kevin 'Emulsion Guru' Kauth of Chromaline here with us, and he's setting everything straight for us. Forget what you've learned about emulsion. Repress those memories, bury them deep deep down inside, and for the love of god just delete your facebook. We're starting over. Clean slate. Best screens. Best prints. Topics of discussion include but are definitely not limit...

Max Gordon is an illustrator turned graphic designer turned screen printer who was raised on shootin' pool. He's the man behind Birdwatchers Studio, and he's lined himself up to be a one stop shop not only for his clients, but for himself as well. Topics of discussion include: Hating iPhones, stepping away from contract printing, prioritizing art, posters, pool, printing on cake with chocolate, th...

After a brief spat over which Vancouver our guests were from, we hung out with Heather & Skyler Mueller of Loyal To The Press in WASHINGTON. While they may be new to the print game, they've embraced the fear, and are grabbing life by the squeegee. Topics discussed include: How incredible of a human being Chad is, Dragon Ball Z screaming in hotels, documenting your shop, finding your niche, bui...

Nearing the end of our Thanksgiving weekend, we chatted it up with Quinten Thoen of Squints Prints. A young printer who went out and started a shop of his own with only a few years of printing under his belt, he's living it up and cranking shirts out for his local community with the help of his beloved degenerate friends. Topics of discussion include: Canada, Ukrainian breakfast, transitioning fro...

It's about damn time we have Lee Stuart of Rogue Lab on the podcast. Weighing in at 220 pounds and standing at 6'2" tall, this motocrossing youtubing screen printing Canadian has just gotten himself some fresh new digs, and we did our best to prep him for the chaos that he's taking head on, while he gave an honest try at teaching us a thing or two about creating content... Topics discussed include...

We sat down with Stan Banks, the supastar behind T-Shirt Side Hustle. We had such a great and DIFFERENT conversation with Stan than we normally have, because his shop is so different from ours. Specializing in smaller quantities and transfers, Stan fell into screen printing while promoting his photography business, and is now hustling shirts full time and motivating the masses to do the same. Topi...

We caught up with Jared Mendelewicz, co-founder of AKT, and fish tank specialist. He shared his story of how he went from Myspace coding, to building and acquiring multiple businesses in various spaces, all nestled under the umbrella of AKT. Topics of discussion include: Disney World, Merchspin, to diversify or double-down, failure to followthrough, playlist live, sustainment, ruining weddings, qu...

When we first logged into the chat we thought us besties were about to interview ourselves, but it was actually another pair of besties in disguise. Christina and Kristina are the HBICs behind Varsity Sports Shop in St. Pierce, FL. After both leaving the corporate life and taking over a local staple, they made some major upgrades and scaled with an all female staff, and they are about to take Vars...

Dazed, confused, sleep deprived, hungover, and IMMEDIATELY after our trip to Print Hustlers Conf in Chicago... we do our best to recollect our wild weekend, and share some takeaways and insights for those of you who couldn't be there with us. Some guy named Matt Marcotte, and John GIbbs helped jog our memories and shared their takeaways as well. We had fun, don't judge us on our performance, just...

We had a great conversation with our northern neighbor, Ricky Pridmore of Presstime Design. Quick to get into it, Ricky shares a few processes and procedures that go against the grain for most printers, and it stoked up a fun and insightful discussion on printing and running a business, as well as a healthy dose of some much needed bullshitting. Topics covered include: Mild Boyz, revoked driver's...

We caught up with Beau Perry of Craft Works Printing, a printer whose garage days aren't too far behind him. He's maintained his forward progression through necessary pivots and diversifications, not only did we have a great conversation, but he taught us a thing or two, and we may or may not now be investing in trailers . Topics of discussion include: Deaths by Ink, the importance of having handy...

We're talking with Drue Nickerson of 320 Ink in Maine. Right off the bat, we get into Dylan's sudden loss of a press op, and all that comes with 'The Abrupt Fuck You'. We then get on track and into Drue's story, and this guy is loaded with a lot of useful knowledge, and you'll probably get pumped listening to somebody who truly feels they were meant to be a screen printer. Topics of discussion inc...

We met up with Marley Reel & Mike Miller of Rise Designs in Lake Tahoe. Two self proclaimed ski bums who fell into the print game as they settled into life in the mountains. They're currently dealing with some serious wildfires in their area, and we got an update on how things are going post evacuation, and then they schooled us on how they've grown their business over the last 14 years, while...

Joining us from the land of Andy's infamous 3 week vacation, we have Glen Coy of Windmill City in Palm Springs. A former skateshop owner, Glen pivoted to screen printing with a heavy focus on retail, and his team has been crushing it ever since. Topics of discussion include: New space & equipment, retagging, waterbased printing, anti walk-ins, the 80/20 rule, weekend shifts, upcharge struggles...

After a brief ink update from Aaron at Monarch, we sat down with Dave Quigley, the man with the mullet, of Noreast Apparel. He's been printing since he was a teenager, and has worked his way from location to location, and into the sweet spot he's operating out of now. Topics of discussion include: Baby proofing the shop, getting ink everywhere, bullshit radars, paying up front vs terms, getting ja...

Assisted by special guest-host, Justin Lawrence, we had a great conversation with Cori & JL Luzietti of Screen Kings. This power couple gave us a whole lot of insight on what it's like running a shop on top of a whacked off mountain in New Mexico, and the never ending upsides of working with you significant other. Topics of discussion include: The disconnect between contractor & printer, r...

We caught up with fellow print nerd, Alyson Collins of Parkway Printshop, and we got down to the nitty gritty of our processes and print journeys. A true lifer, dedicated to her craft, Alyson is borderline TOO good to be true when it comes to occupying the role of a production manager. Topics discussed include: Vegemite, wiener dog shaped shops, floor layouts, S.O.P., growing pains, interviewing p...

We have Mr. Grizzly Wheeler himself, wild man, Josh Wheeler on today's podcast. Proud of ourselves for staying on track as well as we did, when our guest has a natural ability to derail any conversation he is a part of. Our discussion with Josh is equal parts bullshitting, commiserating, and inspiring, with a dash of optimism. Josh has been blazing his own trail for some time now, and is on the pa...

One could argue that we had too many podcasters for zoom to handle, but we carried on as true professionals and had a great conversation with our pals Cole Friedman, and Cam Werner. Both of these guys are incredible freelance designers, and co-hosts of their design podcast 'Pentool Pals'. We tackled all of the questions from printer to designer, and designer to printer, as well as a little podcast...

We caught up with Matt & Nathan Richardson, the two brothers behind Relentless Merch, and possible heirs of the Richardson hat company (relations have yet to be determined). What originally began in the garage, is now bursting at the seams, and these guys are looking forward to moving into their new space. Truly living up to their name, their growth has been relentless, and while the Richardso...

We talked with James Lawson & Donald Radtke, both sides of the brain behind Edgemen Printing. In our conversation with them you'll see how truly balanced their dynamic is, and understand how these two have created such a killer shop, deeply rooted in their community, and fueled by Hank the shop dog, the love of the print game... and a little bit of spite. Our conversation covers topics such as...

We traveled back in time to connect with Max Hellmann of Family Industries, and the conversation we had was worth jeopardizing our timeline. Max shared his story of how he got into printing, and eventually became a superpower in the live printing game. He threw around a few terms that went right over our heads, so we held hands and gently walked through topics of discussion such as: Activations, k...

We consider ourselves lucky having as great of an audience as we do, and in our constant efforts of trying to connect with you all, we thought we should reach out to one of our most engaged listeners/viewers out there, Jose Moreno of 2ELEVEN STREETAPPAREL. Jose has been printing for the better half of this past year, and is as enthusiastic and eager to learn his craft as they come. He's very close...