Sunday Sitdown with Josh Horton is a conversation series from PSA Systems. Each episode, Josh sits down with the builders, operators, and leaders behind industrial automation and the businesses that run on it, and gets past the résumé to the real story: how they got started, what they've figured out along the way, and where their curiosity is taking them next.
The guest list runs wide, from robotics and cobot specialists to entrepreneurs, sales veterans, and the people who quietly keep manufacturing moving. The conversations run wide too. They start with the work and tend to wander somewhere
Sinking Ships, Elon, EVs & Wearables w/ Sean Munnis from WHOOP | PSA Sunday Sitdown ep 20.
What do a Tesla production floor, a sinking Coast Guard ship, and a screenless wearable have in common? Sean Munnis has lived through all three.Josh sits down with Sean, VP of Manufacturing at WHOOP, at WHOOP HQ in Boston. Sean spent nearly a decade in the Coast Guard, then built a career across Tesla, Formlabs, Rivian, and now WHOOP, where his team launches and scales the manufacturing behind millions of devices.Sean takes us inside Tesla’s Model 3 “production hell,” including a tense meeting in Jupiter, the conference room at the center of the production floor, where Elon demanded hour-by-hour progress. He also shares how that experience shaped Elon’s “algorithm,” why automation should come last, and what it was like serving as damage control assistant on a ship that was sinking and on fire at the same time.Plus: why WHOOP chose to go screenless, the “holy grail” of wearables, how a cold LinkedIn message landed him his job, running the 2025 Boston Marathon as his first ever race, and managing five rental properties with his kids along for the ride.Chapters00:00 Welcome to WHOOP HQ00:38 What a VP of Manufacturing does at WHOOP01:00 Wearables are having a moment02:20 Screenless tech and being present05:45 Leading the WHOOP manufacturing team07:15 Product development and the cost of speed10:00 The holy grail of wearables11:40 From EVs to consumer electronics12:55 How a LinkedIn message landed him at WHOOP15:00 Tesla’s Model 3 production hell18:50 Elon’s algorithm: automate last20:25 Type 2 fun22:30 Coast Guard vs. Tesla leadership24:40 Sinking and on fire28:20 Real estate and family life29:30 Running the Boston Marathon31:00 The future of WHOOP
4 Oct 2026
From Theater Kid to Manufacturing's Go-To Videographer w/ Ian Storck | PSA Sunday Sitdown ep.20
Josh sits down with Ian Storck, the videographer you've probably seen sprinting between booths at every major automation show with a Pelican case and not enough coffee. At IMTS this year alone, Ian shot somewhere around 15 booths and estimates he ate two real meals all week.Ian went to Missouri Western State on a full ride for acting, found his way behind the camera, and landed his first industrial gig filming saws and runoffs at his great uncle's machine shop. After hundreds of job rejections, he went out on his own during COVID, and 80% of his work is now robotics and automation. We get into how KUKA Connections opened the door, how he watched cobots take over every booth at IMTS, and why he has zero interest in scaling his business if it means handing clients off to someone else.Also: working with Jake Hall (and trying to keep up), whether your phone is replacing the professional videographer, his quest to see every MLB ballpark, shooting Queen from the pit at the United Center, getting K-pop photos past management, photographing Jensen Huang at NVIDIA GTC, and the one place he'd love to film next: a mine. Or space.Chapters0:00 Meet the person behind the camera1:03 How Ian became the industry's go-to videographer3:52 Watching automation take over IMTS4:22 KUKA Connections and going all-in on robotics6:55 Why he refuses to scale9:17 From acting scholarship to behind the camera11:39 Hundreds of rejections, then going solo during COVID14:58 Balancing the creative and the business side18:23 Working with Jake Hall, the Energizer Bunny of manufacturing21:51 Is your phone replacing the videographer?25:29 A 3DS on a gimbal and the VHS comeback27:04 Chasing every MLB ballpark31:37 Still waiting on his first NFL game33:04 Soldier Field concerts and the parking lot lesson34:41 Shooting Queen from the pit36:11 K-pop approvals, CES, and NVIDIA GTC38:56 Dream shoot: a mine, or maybe space41:13 Legos, cosplay, and creative hobbiesSunday Sitdown with Josh Horton is a PSA Systems production about the people behind industrial automation.
27 Sept 2026
From Kindergarten Troublemaker to Mfg's Biggest Hype Man w/ Jacob Sanchez | PSA Sunday Sitdown ep.18
Josh Horton sits down with Jacob Sanchez in the igus booth at IMTS 2026 in Chicago. Jacob runs industry solutions and community development at igus, and if you've spent any time on manufacturing LinkedIn, you've seen him hyping up everybody else's booth.We start with the booth: this year's motion and automation theme, how igus parts end up everywhere from Long Beach port warehouses to CNC guide rails, and the 3D-printed can flipper that has been flipping Sun Cruisers (and plenty of other bottles) on packaging lines around the country.Then we get into who Jacob actually is. A self-described demon child who ran a pay-to-play slide on the kindergarten playground, fired his teacher, and only landed in manufacturing because the cooking elective was full. One ring on a manual lathe later, he was hooked. That path ran through Yeet Racing, Titans of CNC, Edgewater Automation, and STEM curriculum work before igus came calling.Also: how he became the guy who tells everyone else's story, the mentors who shaped him, why he wants every country to take pride in its manufacturing, his 50-minute rice routine, and what igus is doing for students and teachers through the YES Program and RBTX Learn.Chapters0:00 Welcome back from IMTS 20260:35 The igus booth: motion and automation1:00 From Long Beach ports to the factory floor1:30 The 3D-printed Sun Cruiser can flipper2:30 What igus actually makes2:55 Meeting in the rain at Automate3:30 The kindergarten slide hustle4:10 Kicked out of cooking class, thrown into machining4:40 First ring on a manual lathe, and Yeet Racing5:05 Titans of CNC, Edgewater, and how igus found him5:50 Becoming the community guy7:55 Still a troublemaker, but for the industry8:55 What would he have done instead?11:35 The mentors behind the energy12:25 The new wave of manufacturing creators13:15 Art museums, fishing, and Korean home cooking14:20 What he's taking home from IMTS15:10 The YES Program and RBTX Learn16:20 "It's not as scary as it seems"17:25 Where to find JacobSunday Sitdown with Josh Horton is a PSA Systems production about the people behind industrial automation.
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