A podcast from two instructors in Mechanized Agriculture at Fresno State. Topics cover welding, tractors and equipment, basic shop skills, hydraulics, teaching, farming, and anything in between.
Episode 131 Justin Bolton
43 mins; November 07, 2025
Episode 130 Artificial Intelligence in Ag Mechanics Part 2
50 mins; October 24, 2025
Episode 129 Artificial Intelligence in Ag Mechanics Part 1
48 mins; October 10, 2025
Episode 128 Troubleshooting
45 mins; September 26, 2025
Episode 127 Safety and Equipment Maintenance
51 mins; September 12, 2025
Episode 126 Jaime De Anda
50 mins; March 12, 2025
Episode 125 Yesenia Ramirez
56 mins; October 21, 2024
Episode 124 The Future of Ag Mechanics
48 mins; October 07, 2024
Episode 123 Quarterly Update
47 mins; September 23, 2024
Episode 122 Braden Fowler
38 mins; August 02, 2024
Episode 121 Summer Time
58 mins; July 23, 2024
Episode 120 Conferences
45 mins; June 04, 2024
Episode 119 Curriculum Standards
52 mins; March 25, 2024
Episode 118 Shop Organization
49 mins; March 04, 2024
Episode 117 Establishing and Maintaining Partnerships
51 mins; February 05, 2024
Episode 116 Elysabeth Gomez
52 mins; January 15, 2024
Episode 115 McCaleb Pewitt
55 mins; January 08, 2024
Safety
47 mins; December 18, 2023
Episode 113 Quiz Bowl #2
47 mins; October 30, 2023
Textbooks
19 mins; October 09, 2023
Episode 110 Going back to school
23 mins; September 18, 2023
Episode 110 Dr. Rod
67 hours 53 mins; September 05, 2023
Episode 109 Making changes to the way we teach.
33 mins; August 21, 2023
Episode 108 Charlie Abee
61 hours 9 mins; July 31, 2023
Free for all
62 hours 18 mins; July 24, 2023
Ag Mechanics Curricular Code
43 mins; July 17, 2023
Episode 105 CATA Week
33 mins; June 25, 2023
Episode 104 Quiz Bowl
52 mins; June 19, 2023
Graduation
25 mins; June 12, 2023
Daniel Peden
58 mins; June 05, 2023
Student take over
53 mins; May 29, 2023
100th Episode
66 hours 43 mins; May 22, 2023
What makes an expert?
45 mins; May 15, 2023
Field Day Recap
23 mins; May 08, 2023
Ayden Garcia
55 mins; May 01, 2023
Testing
33 mins; March 27, 2023
Reports based meetings
18 mins; March 06, 2023
John "Cotton eye Joe" Rowe
49 mins; February 27, 2023
World Ag Expo 2023
29 mins; February 20, 2023
Old school vs new school
39 mins; February 13, 2023
Perceptions of an Ag Mechanics Teacher
51 mins; February 06, 2023
Troubleshooting & Problem Solving
33 mins; January 23, 2023
Darrel Chang
54 mins; December 12, 2022
Tailgate #44 Judging Card
17 mins; December 05, 2022
Fabrication and Ag Mechanics Fair Contests
48 mins; November 28, 2022
Tailgate #43 Annoying things students do
23 mins; November 21, 2022
Ag Welding and Small Gas Engines CDEs
64 hours 35 mins; November 14, 2022
Tailgate #42 Murphy "John's" Law
23 mins; November 07, 2022
Farm Power and Ag Mechanics CDEs
49 mins; October 31, 2022
Tailgate #41 Making changes and adding new contests
26 mins; October 24, 2022
Agriculture Mechanics Fair with Dan Crookham
64 hours 29 mins; October 17, 2022
Tailgate #40 Time
25 mins; October 10, 2022
On the job vs classroom
45 mins; September 19, 2022
Tailgate #39 Five foot five with Nick Lara
37 mins; September 12, 2022
Shop Environments
53 mins; September 05, 2022
Tailgate #38 How to choose a mentor
18 mins; August 26, 2022
Changes in technology
49 mins; August 15, 2022
Tailgate #37 Ag Mechanics Certifications
17 mins; July 25, 2022
Conference Wrap up and teaching Ag Mech
57 mins; July 15, 2022
Tailgate #36 Repairing & replacing equipment
26 mins; June 07, 2022
Struggles
58 mins; May 26, 2022
Tailgate # 35 What happens when equipment goes down
