Final Episode – Side 1 – Stay Dangerous

Sponsored By: Keystone Tech With Michael & Greg 12/20/25 – Michael & Greg — Get A Grip Finale This is it. The final episode (side 1) of The Get a Grip on Lighting Podcast. Michael and Greg reflect on the past 8 years and 400+ episodes.   Your Resources – National Association of Innovative Lighting Distributors (NAILD)– … Read more

#379 The Importance of Integrity in Lighting Distribution

Sponsored By: Keystone With Michael & Greg 11/25/24 – Lighting Episode 379 (Full Version) – Michael & Greg 15:11 Integrity. Is it in short supply? Michael thinks there is a lot of it in the lighting distribution business. People pay their bills on time, honor handshake deals, and trust one another. But it may not … Read more

#373 Blinking Lights

Sponsored By: Keystone With Brian Amundson 10/8/24 – Lighting Episode 373 (Full Version) – Brian Amundson 10:27 Michael recently had a customer call to fix some blinking lights in his parking lot. Brian joins Michael and Greg to discuss how a distributor could handle this situation when some other company did the installation. The boys … Read more

#370 Stop Blanket Bulb Bans – Call NAILD

Sponsored By: Keystone With Brian Huff 9/9/24 – Lighting Episode 370 (Full Version) – Brian Huff 17:00 Michael presents a document from the Canadian government outlining the coming ban on CFL bulbs. Brian Huff joins Michael and Greg to tackle this misguided and needlessly complicated plan. Hey Governments – want to get rid of Mercury … Read more

#336 The Bulb Collector

Sponsored By: Keystone With Chad Shapiro 12/15/23 – Lighting Episode 336 (Full Version) – Chad Shapiro 44:27 Do you have an enthusiasm for old light bulbs? Then contact Chad and you can geek out about an 1880 Edison Bristol Board Filament prototype lamp, or an 1886 Luminoid Incandescent Lamp. In fact Chad probably has the … Read more

#322 It’s Time for the DoE to Take a Walk with Get A Grip

Sponsored By: Keystone With Michael & Greg 8/21/23 – Lighting Episode 322 (Full Version) – Michael & Greg 16:36 Idiotic. Stupid. Disastrous. A debacle. We’re talking about the recent light bulb ban of course. Hey DOE, take a walk with Michael or Greg and see how this negatively impacts countless businesses and institutions on the … Read more

#317 Bird’s-Eye View

Sponsored By: Keystone With Neil Peterson 7/10/23 – Lighting Episode 317 (Full Version) – Neil Peterson 42:43 Neil Peterson is CEO of LED Lighting Supply where they sell – you guessed it – LED lighting. But they don’t sell to just anyone. LED Lighting Supply excel’s at commercial, industrial and sports lighting. And the market … Read more

Get A Grip on Lighting at LightFair 2023

Live with Ira Greenberg & Josh Brown of Keystone Technologies Live with Doug Knebelsberger of Light Efficient Design Live with Brian Brandes of Satco Live with The King Ellis Yan of TCP Live with Brooke Ziolo & Jacque Nelson of Egret Consulting Live with multi-time Get A Grip Guest Peter Brown Live with Donna McKerrow … Read more

#310 – Customers Don’t Know Good Lighting Until They Have It

Sponsored By: Keystone With Tim Cillessen 5/1/23 – Lighting Episode 310 (Full Version) – Tim Cillessen 37:01 With the kinds of customers Tim serves, good lighting can be a matter of life and death. Mines, factories, steel mills – all require lighting that isn’t going to melt, start a fire or blow up! Tim and … Read more

#305 – Removing the Acrimony

Sponsored By: Keystone With Simone Fenton-Jarvis 3/20/23 – Lighting Episode 305 (Full Version) – Simone Fenton-Jarvis 56:43 “The human centric workplace.” That subject will always spark debate, especially the lighting part of it. Simone explained to Michael and Greg how she goes about it in her profession. She avoids the fluff and the trendiness of … Read more