Chemical Processing Distilled

    Chemical Processing’s Distilled podcast extracts essential elements to serve engineers designing and operating plants in the chemical industry. Distilled is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Traci Purdum and available for download on most podcast listening apps, or you can listen right here on chemicalprocessing.com.

    Have a topic you'd like covered? Send Traci Purdum an email at [email protected]. Are you a subject matter expert who would like to participate in the Distilled? Use the same email address to pitch your ideas.  

    Traci Purdum
    June 20, 2025
    Companies hope training works without measuring its effectiveness. Without proper evaluation, organizations cannot know if their training achieves its intended outcomes.
    Jonathan Katz
    June 6, 2025
    Trump's budget cuts and EPA changes reshape the chemical industry amid expansion. How Trump’s 2026 Proposed Budget Cuts Could Impact the Chemical Industry
    Traci Purdum
    May 23, 2025
    Optimizing operator training time saves money through feedback and assessment.
    Traci Purdum
    May 16, 2025
    Chemical plant maintenance best practices include predictive maintenance, safety and continuous improvement – plus six others.
    Jonathan Katz
    May 2, 2025
    Trump's EPA eases regulations while confusion stalls recycling innovation and Dow delays climate investments.
    April 23, 2025
    Listen in on a recent episode of Ear on Processing, from Chemical Processing's sister publication Processing.
    Traci Purdum
    April 18, 2025
    Effective operator training requires realistic practice scenarios with feedback loops, not just explanation and demonstration.
    Jonathan Katz
    April 4, 2025
    Executive Editor Jonathan Katz breaks down the important news that happened in March 2025.
    Traci Purdum
    March 21, 2025
    Unlike unclear goals like "understand distillation," effective objectives specify demonstrable skills.
    Jonathan Katz
    Feb. 28, 2025
    Executive Editor Jon Katz covers the top news from February 2025.
    Traci Purdum
    Feb. 21, 2025
    Effective analysis should focus on specific behaviors, consider environmental factors and adapt to technological changes.
    Traci Purdum
    Feb. 7, 2025
    Work that began in the 1800s is still going strong with the help of a teacher, Motörhead and hypothetical, superheavy elements yet to be discovered.
    Jonathan Katz
    Jan. 31, 2025
    In this news roundup, Executive Editor Jonathan Katz highlights significant policy shifts, with Trump's energy initiatives reversing environmental protections and renewable energy...
    Traci Purdum
    Jan. 29, 2025
    The science of effective teams isn't about trust falls and team lunches — it's about survival.
    Traci Purdum
    Jan. 24, 2025
    ISD is a systematic training approach to improve efficiency and effectiveness in industrial training.