ASA Washington, D.C. representative Bob Redding talks about the latest news and headlines in Right to Repair.

It's time to talk about the 2023 Ratchet+Wrench Management Conference and what you can do to help level it up!

Tips to weather economic storms in any season without compromising service, integrity or personnel.

Chris Salvo shares the lessons he's learned in preparing for and engaging in electric vehicle work.

While pay naturally shows up on the list of technician wants, Jimmy Alauria found other desires techs want shop owners to take notice of and implement.

It was a great year of podcasting for Ratchet+Wrench Radio. Here are the best episodes of 2022.

Chris Lawson of Technician Find talks about how shop owners waste their time writing job ads and what they should do instead. 

Travis Troy talks about what culture is and why Honest Wrenches places a premium on a great culture and exemplary service and how you can do the same. 

Tim Suggs and Rachel Grewell speak candidly about their shop, its founding, its culture, and its eclectic personality. 

One of the best ways to improve your life and your shop is by defining the values by which you live. In this episode, Chris Cloutier shares his four pillars for creating a mission statement and how they can help you govern your life and work.

Chris Knuth, founder of APAC ATI, talks about how his program could help auto repair shops across the country staff up with qualified auto techs. 

Mitch Moncur of Denny's Auto talks about how he developed his apprenticeship program and how other shops can model it.

In this special AAPEX episode, Lauren Beaulieu revisits a story published in the June Issue of Ratcher+Wrench and discusses what's happened with TechNet Impressions since it was published.

Kim Conti, VP of product for RAIN Agency, talks about Ortho, a new voice assistant that increases the speed by which technicians can work, thus saving hours per week in the shop.

If you've ever wondered what our all-digital sister publication ADAPT was all about and how it's different from Ratchet+Wrench, this episode's for you. 

Daniel Gonzalez talks about buying his shop during COVID and making the leap from tech to owner in the most uncertain of times.

Mickie Kennedy from eReleases stops by to talk about how shops can leverage the power of press releases to create more buzz, increase credibility, and generate profit.

Bob Redding of the Automotive Service Association discusses how recent decisions made by California legislators will affect the future of the automotive aftermarket. 

David Boyes, president of Today's Class, talks about how his app-based learning platform has been a game changer for shops, and how it works.

Learn about Carolyn Coquillette, her life as a shop owner, and why she created Shop-Ware, a popular shop management software used by shops all across the United States.

Deanna Bumgardner of Employer's Advantage LLC talks about how shop owners can encourage their team members to be open and honest communicators who feel good about contributing ideas that can help grow the shop. 

Tekmetric's Alex Bunkers takes a deep dive into a white paper she wrote called, “Quantifying Inefficiencies in Your Shop.”

Jennifer and Tony Ringham of Precision Imports, featured in the August 2022 story, "Keepin' It Rural," offer a closer look at the life and work of rural shop owners and how they make it work.

Cecil Bullard of the Institute for Automotive Business Excellence discusses how shops can outlast and outsmart the technician shortage by making some strategic changes to their business models.

Ben Johnson, director of product management for Mitchell 1, talks about the role of emerging technologies in auto care and what shops can do to prepare for EV and ADAS work.