Audio Library
Listen While You Work
Every article narrated by neural voice — the full PLM canon in audio form. Themed playlists for the commute, the gym, or the bench.
Themed Playlists
Kernel Wars
The 15-chapter series tracing how competing 3D geometric kernels shaped CAD, PLM, and ultimately modern AI hardware.
15 episodes · 1h 30m
Agentic AI & PLM
Six articles on how autonomous AI agents and the Model Context Protocol are reshaping product lifecycle management.
6 episodes · 30 min
PLM History 101
The six-part PDM series — from PTC's early assembly modeling through Unigraphics, CATIA, SolidWorks PDM, and the birth of the digital thread.
6 episodes · 11 min
Geography of PLM
How geography shaped the CAD/PLM industry — from Boston's Route 128 corridor and the Silicon Valley rebels to Shenzhen, Seoul, and the European revolution.
5 episodes · 43 min
Vendor Deep Dives
Long-form histories of how the major PLM vendors — PTC, Siemens, and Dassault Systèmes — built their platforms and why it still matters.
3 episodes · 30 min
All Audio Articles
55 filesHow to use these playlists
Download the M3U file and open it in any media player that supports playlists — VLC, foobar2000, Winamp, Apple Music (File → Open), or any podcast app with local file support. The files are hosted directly on this site; no streaming account required.