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The Automation Podcast

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Show overview

The Automation Podcast has been publishing since 2013, and across the 13 years since has built a catalogue of 281 episodes. That works out to roughly 160 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 2026th season.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 25 min and 48 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Technology show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 19 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 52 episodes published. Published by Insights In Automation.

Episodes
281
Running
2013–2026 · 13y
Median length
38 min
Cadence
Fortnightly

From the publisher

The Automation Podcast covers industrial automation products and solutions

Latest Episodes

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Automation to Autonomy: Digital Twin Powered Physical AI (P275)

Jun 16, 2026

Modbus RTU and TCP Products from ICP DAS USA (P274)

Jun 10, 202641 min

VFD and HVAC Applications with Nick Rosner (P273)

Jun 3, 202620 min

Control System Migrations with Rylan Pyciak (P272)

May 27, 202640 min

Tampa Bay, Florida Automation Expo Pre-Show Interview (P271)

May 13, 202633 min

What’s New and Next for Robotics with Christine Bush (P270)

May 6, 202624 min

Modular PLCs from Horner Automation (P269)

Apr 29, 202630 min

Automation At Reframe Systems (P268)

Apr 15, 2026

A.I. for PLC Code Generation (P267)

Apr 8, 202641 min

S2026 Ep 266Operational Technology System Risk Management (P266)

This week Shawn Tierney meets up with Steven Mustard to talk about his new book on Operational Technology (OT) System Risk Management in this episode of #TheAutomationPodcast. To learn more about becoming a member, visit https://TheAutomationBlog.com/join or https://youtube.com/@InsightsIA/join. For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch The Automation Podcast: Note: To support our work and keep new episodes coming, consider becoming a member here. Listen to The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: Links to Steven’s Book: Amazon Link Publisher Link Until next time, Peace ✌️ If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂 Shawn M Tierney Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com. (1 view)

Apr 2, 20261h 0m

S2026 Ep 265What’s New In FactoryTalk View 15 & 16 (P265)

This week Shawn Tierney meets up with Johann Kotze of Rockwell Automation to learn what’s new in FactoryTalk View 15 & 16 in this episode of #TheAutomationPodcast. Unlock access to the ad free EXTENDED EDITION by joining our channel at https://TheAutomationBlog.com/join or https://youtube.com/@InsightsIA join. For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch The Automation Podcast, Free Edition: Note: Below member’s will also find an ad-free and extended edition of this episode. To unlock the ad free extended episode, you can become a member here. Listen to The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: Until next time, Peace ✌️ If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂 Shawn M Tierney Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com. (95 views)

Mar 11, 202643 min

S2026 Ep 264What’s Driving Open Automation with Hany Fouda (P264)

This week Shawn Tierney meets up with Hany Fouda of Schneider Electric to discuss What’s Driving Open Automation initiatives in this episode of #TheAutomationPodcast. For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: Listen to The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: The Automation Podcast, Episode 264 Show Notes: Special thanks goes out to Hany Fouda of Schneider Electric for coming on the show, and to Schneider Electric for sponsoring this episode. Until next time, Peace ✌️ If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂 Shawn M Tierney Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

Mar 4, 202623 min

S2026 Ep 263Migrating S7 PLC Applications to TIA Portal v21 (P263)

This week Shawn Tierney meets up with John DeTellem of Siemens to walk through the steps of migrating an existing S7 PLC and its Program to TIA Portal v21 in this episode of #TheAutomationPodcast. For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: Listen to The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: The Automation Podcast, Episode 263 Show Notes: Special thanks to John DeTellem of Siemens for coming on the show, and to Siemens for sponsoring this episode. For more information please see the below links: TIA Portal V21 Sales & Delivery Release TIA Portal V21 Technical Slides TIA Portal V21 Trial Download TIA Portal in the Cloud TIA Portal Documentations Until next time, Peace ✌️ If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂 Shawn M Tierney Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

Feb 25, 202637 min

S2026 Ep 262AI-Powered Autonomous Welding Robotics (P262)

This week Shawn Tierney meets up with Soroush Karimzadeh of Novarc to discuss their AI-Powered Autonomous Welding Robotics in this episode of #TheAutomationPodcast. For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: Listen to The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: The Automation Podcast, Episode 262 Show Notes: Special thanks goes out to Soroush Karimzadeh for coming on the show, and to Novarc for sponsoring this episode. To learn more about their AI-Powered Autonomous Robotic Welding solution, see the below links: Soroush Karimzadeh, LinkedIn, CEO & CoFounder, Novarc Technologies Inc.: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soroushkarimzadeh Novarc Technologies, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/novarc-technologies-inc- Novarc Technologies Website: https://www.novarctech.com/ NovAI™ – Adaptive Welding: The full power of AI and machine vision in welding automation: https://www.novarctech.com/products/novai/ Spool Welding Robot (SWR™): https://www.novarctech.com/products/spool-welding-robot/ Until next time, Peace ✌️ If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂 Shawn M Tierney Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

Feb 18, 2026

S2026 Ep 261What’s Next for Industrial Automation with Karim Kozman (P261)

This week Shawn Tierney meets up with Karim Kozman of Schneider Electric to discuss What’s Next for Industrial Automation in this episode of #TheAutomationPodcast. For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: Listen to The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: The Automation Podcast, Episode 261 Show Notes: Special thanks goes out to Karim Kozman of Schneider Electric for coming on the show, and to Schneider Electric for sponsoring this episode. Until next time, Peace ✌️ If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂 Shawn M Tierney Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

Feb 11, 202625 min

S2026 Ep 260Next Gen IPCs from Emerson (TAP260)

This week Shawn Tierney meets up with Manish Sharma of Emerson to learn about the Next Generation of PACSystems Industrial PCs in this episode of #TheAutomationPodcast. Unlock access to the ad free EXTENDED EDITION by joining our channel at https://youtube.com/@InsightsIA/join or https://TheAutomationBlog.com/join For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch The Automation Podcast: Note: Below member’s will also find an ad-free and extended edition of this episode. To unlock the ad free extended episode, you can become a member here. Listen to The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: Until next time, Peace ✌️ If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂 Shawn M Tierney Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com. (62 views)

Feb 4, 202629 min

S2026 Ep 259What New in TIA Portal v21 (P259)

This week Shawn Tierney meets up with John DeTellem of Siemens to learn what’s new in TIA Portal v21 in this episode of #TheAutomationPodcast. For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: Listen to The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: The Automation Podcast, Episode 259 Show Notes: Special thanks to John DeTellem of Siemens for coming on the show, and to Siemens for sponsoring this episode. For more information please see the below links: TIA Portal V21 Sales & Delivery Release TIA Portal V21 Technical Slides TIA Portal V21 Trial Download TIA Portal in the Cloud TIA Portal Documentations Until next time, Peace ✌️ If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂 Shawn M Tierney Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

Jan 28, 202640 min

S2026 Ep 258Digital Transformations & Industrial Automation Trends with Dante Vaccaro (P258)

This week Shawn Tierney meets up with Dante Vaccaro of Schneider Electric to discuss Digital Transformations and Trends in Industrial Automation in this episode of #TheAutomationPodcast. For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: Listen to The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: The Automation Podcast, Episode 258 Show Notes: Special thanks goes out to Dante Vaccaro of Schneider Electric for coming on the show, and to Schneider Electric for sponsoring this episode. Until next time, Peace ✌️ If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂 Shawn M Tierney Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com. 2026 Sponsorship Notice: When a company offers to underwrite some of our production costs (aka sponsors an episode) it has no effect on our opinions, and all guests (sponsored and unsponsored) are invited to freely share information about their products, services, and companies. Sponsorships do grant the sponsor (1) to have ads disabled on the episode for the first 12 months, (2) to have the episode published on platforms that don’t support ads, (3) we offer to include some of their links in the show description, and (4) it may grant the sponsor a license to re-publish the episode after 30 days. It should also be noted that all opinions expressed in any of our episodes are those of the respected hosts and guests, and not those of Insights In Automation.

Jan 21, 202624 min

S2026 Ep 257PRONETIQS: Measure, Monitor, and Maintain (P257)

This week Shawn Tierney meets up with Matthew Dulcey of PRONETIQS, and Stefan Hild of Spur Insights, to learn how PRONETIQS helps Measure, Monitor, and Maintain Control Systems in this episode of #TheAutomationPodcast. For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: Listen to The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: The Automation Podcast, Episode 257 Show Notes: Special thanks goes out to Matthew Dulcey of PRONETIQS, and Stefan Hild of Spur Insights, for coming on the show, and to PRONETIQS for sponsoring this episode. If you’d like to learn more, please visit the below links: Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pronetiqs SID 5: https://pronetiqs.com/sid5 IntraVUE: https://pronetiqs.com/intravue Service & Support: https://pronetiqs.com/service-and-support Trainings: https://pronetiqs.com/trainings Until next time, Peace ✌️ If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂 Shawn M Tierney Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com. 2026 Sponsorship Notice: When a company offers to underwrite some of our production costs (aka sponsors an episode) it has no effect on the content of our interviews, as all guests are invited to share information about their products freely. What a sponsorship does grant the sponsor is (1) to have ads disabled on the episode for the first 12 months, (2) to have the episode published on platforms that don’t support ads, (3) we offer to include some of their company links in the show description, and (4) it may grant the sponsor a license to use the episode for their own use. It should also be noted that all opinions expressed in any of our episodes are those of the respected hosts and guests, and not those of Insights In Automation.

Jan 14, 202637 min

S2025 Ep 256Drew Allen of Grace Technologies on Automation, Safety, and More (P256)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Drew Allen of Grace Technologies to discuss Automation, Safety, the history of Grace, and more in this episode of The Automation Podcast. For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: Listen to The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog: The Automation Podcast, Episode 256 Show Notes: To learn about becoming a member and unlocking hundreds of our “member’s only” videos, click here. Until next time, Peace ✌️ If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂 Shawn M Tierney Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

Dec 17, 202553 min
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