HeyJaredBeyond the Workbench
Hosted by Odin Clack and Michael Magnus, Beyond the Workbench casually dives into the world of leathercraft, entrepreneurship, and modern maker life.
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- Sep 17, 2026
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All Money Is Not Good Money | Beyond the Workbench #30 (opens the original)
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Not every job that pays is worth taking. Neither host can find a night to record. High school sports and a slow trip through East Texas turn into a conversation about what a break is for. Magnus also gives the update on his great aunt, three months after the cats were placed. Then it turns to where the hours go. Odin ran out of branded tape because finding a new supplier was less fun than tooling a belt. Magnus adds up the hours he spent building a class search app and wonders what marketing wou
Heart of Texas Leather Show (2026) Recap | Beyond the Workbench #29 (opens the original)
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The show was busy enough that almost nobody got the catch-up time they came for. In Episode 29, Odin and Magnus recap the Heart of Texas Leather Show in Waco: classes back to back, a line at every booth, and apology texts afterward from friends who never found a free minute. Both hosts also noticed a shift on the floor, younger faces and makers coming at the craft from outside traditional tooling. The classes surfaced the same three sentiments over and over: a hobby that got expensive enough tha
Life Be Lifin' | Beyond the Workbench #28 (opens the original)
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Sometimes the plan gets interrupted by 32 cats. Magnus spent two weeks helping his 81-year-old great aunt's pets. His projects stood still while he did it, but it was all for the best. Odin saw a shirt that read "Life be lifin'," and it became the frame for the episode: what happens to your goals when summer, family, and an emergency all land at once. The goal line is yours to move. Magnus also paid out the first quarterly dividends to the makers selling on learnleathercraft.com, which is someth
Community Is Key w/ Steve Van Plew, Van Plew Co. | Beyond the Workbench #27 (opens the original)
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Most people think they need an audience. What they actually need is a community. Steve Van Plew, a TV editor turned leatherworker and host of the Leathercraft Community Podcast Show, joins Odin and Magnus to talk about why he built his show around community instead of audience, and what that distinction actually changes: storytelling that builds trust, vulnerability that makes people relate, and a genuine investment in the people watching. The conversation moves into batch recording, pitching sp
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