Today on Moment of Zen, we're sharing a conversation about rebuilding American manufacturing recorded at this week's Hill & Valley Forum in Washington D.C. Senator Todd Young is joined by Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia, and David Friedberg the CEO of Ohalo to discuss the massive energy gap with China, how to reform education for industrial jobs, and where strategic innovation could help the US regain its competitive edge. If you're interested to hear all the talks from the forum, please subscribe to The Hill & Valley Forum Podcast: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HillValleyForum Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hill-valley-forum-podcast/id1692653857 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/39s4MCyt1pOTQ8FjOAS4mi -- 📰 Be notified early when Turpentine's drops new publication: https://www.turpentine.co/exclusiveaccess 🙏 Help shape our show by taking our quick listener survey at https://bit.ly/TurpentinePulse -- SPONSORS: NETSUITE | SHOPIFY | ADQUICK | SQUAD Over 41,000 businesses trust NetSuite by Oracle, the #1 cloud ERP, to future-proof their operations. Whether you're earning millions or hundreds of millions, NetSuite empowers you to tackle challenges and seize opportunities. Download the free CFO's guide to AI and machine learning at https://netsuite.com/zen. Shopify is the world's leading e-commerce platform, offering a market-leading checkout system Shoppay and exclusive AI apps. Nobody does selling better than Shopify. Get a $1 per month trial at https://shopify.com/momentofzen. The easiest way to book out-of-home ads (like billboards, vehicle wraps, and airport displays) the same way you would order an Uber. Ready to get your brand the attention it deserves? Visit https://adquick.com/ today to start reaching your customers in the real world. Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. -- Follow on X: @SenToddYoung (Senator Todd Young) @friedberg (David Friedberg) @shaunmmaguire (Shaun Maguire) @cgarrett_15 (Christian Garrett) @eriktorenberg @turpentinemedia -- TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Preview (00:57) Introduction to the panel on rebuilding American manufacturing (01:25) Panel discussion begins on industrial strength in America (02:29) Shaun Maguire on creating national champions to rebuild supply chains (04:43) Senator Young on government's role in reshoring critical technologies (08:00) David Friedberg on energy and education as baseline problems (14:35) Sponsors: Netsuite | Shopify (17:05) Discussion on nuclear energy policy and regulatory reform (20:00) Role of automation in American manufacturing revival (22:48) Debate on friend-shoring versus onshoring manufacturing (27:48) Magic wand policy changes to bring back manufacturing (30:56) Sponsors: AdQuick | Squad (32:53) Outro