{"podcast":{"title":"Manufacturing an American Century","slug":"manufacturing-an-american-century-6604798","podcast_index_feed_id":6604798,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/manufacturing-an-american-century","website_url":"https://americanmcc.org/amcc-podcast/","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/06/a6/77/6c/06a6776c-7e7f-404d-a6a4-506f774613d3/d1a0836cab3e4583286e1472a4f9b25ac58b5530e7c0395d15fab100962b332f4f1a184b647690231329a71fbaba73fc4a9ba33689a2d4e0f76a7fb928892e54.jpeg","author":"AMCC","episode_count":49,"summary":"About the American Manufacturing Communities Collaborative (AMCC) AMCC is a non-profit organization assembled and led by a group of regional and national stakeholders dedicated to strengthening collaboration within and between regional manufacturing communities. AMCC works to achieve sustainable development in America through economic growth, improved environmental performance, and inclusive well-paid job creation to support the revitalization of American manufacturing. Born out of an interagency program, the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP), AMCC was created as a national organization of regional stakeholders to continue the important work of deepening connections and sharing best practices within community ecosystems and between manufacturing regions. AMCC has championed the bottom-up, community-driven model of building ecosystems of support to help manufacturers thrive, and was recently designated by the U.S. EDA as the nation’s manufacturing Community of Practice. AMCC supports regional consortia organized to strengthen manufacturing in any number of public/private initiatives to include federal agency community designation programs like IMCP, DOD’s DM…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T16:21:42.805239+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/manufacturing-an-american-century-6604798"},"episode":{"title":"Building Batteries, Building America: Inside Sparkz’ Mission with Sanjiv Malhotra","slug":"building-batteries-building-america-inside-sparkz-mission-with-sanjiv-malhotra","published_at":"2025-01-23T00:50:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/manufacturing-an-american-century-6604798/building-batteries-building-america-inside-sparkz-mission-with-sanjiv-malhotra","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/manufacturing-an-american-century-6604798","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/f5ac2bce-88b5-4361-80bc-9432155aee77.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/f5ac2bce-88b5-4361-80bc-9432155aee77.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"In this episode, I chat with Sanjiv Malhotra, Founder and CEO of Sparkz, and a true force in clean tech manufacturing. Sanjiv takes us through his fascinating journey of battery innovation and the gap he saw in the national supply chain manufacturing cathode materials here in the United States. This guy is all about bringing battery production back to America, ensuring sustainability, and building a resilient supply chain that’s free from dependence on foreign powers. Trust me, you don’t want to miss this inside look at how clean energy manufacturing is reshaping our country’s future. We also dive into workforce development, which Sanjiv has championed by retraining former coal workers to build the batteries of tomorrow. Sanjive also describes the partnership between Sparkz and the United Auto Workers establishing a historic climate-tech workforce partnership. It's a real testament to the power of collaboration between government, private industry, and communities. Stick around to hear how Sparkz is paving the way for a cleaner, greener, and more independent energy sector—all while keeping jobs right here at home. AMCC’s podcast is made possible in part by the expertise of Mike McAllen, founder of Podcasting4Associations . Are you part of an association also looking to produce a podcast? Let us get you in touch with Mike. Thank you to the Economic Development Administration for their partnership in producing this podcast. This podcast was prepared in part using Federal funds under award 3070145 from the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Economic Development Administration or the U.S. Department of Commerce…","meta_description":"In this episode, I chat with Sanjiv Malhotra, Founder and CEO of Sparkz, and a true force in clean tech manufacturing. 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