What the Truck?!?

Have we hit the top for rates; Buffalo Wild Wing-less?; trucking movies ranked and more inside the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter.

A review of Netflix’s The Ice Road, a Maximum Overdrive retrospective, celebrating National Logistics Day and more

How NASA and Jacobs are staging their Artemis 1 rocket, McSupplyChain’s Kyla Scanlon, The Witty Farmer and more

Booster is fueling fleets on demand, maintaining relationships in a volatile market, Uber Freight update, and mental health

Neverending peak season, Amazon’s disposal culture, Lordstown stock sale scrutiny, more.

How MassRobitics and Vecna Robotics are getting warehouse robots on the same page with shared standards

From pint to cone, we’re talking about trucking ice cream. Plus, what does FedEx move mean for LTL?

Lordstown’s implosion, HMM’s cyber attack, truckers lose $4600 parking, Home Depot’s ship and more

In the quest for sustainability, is one of the most obvious areas of improvement being ignored? What sells and is sustainable? Find out.

Building a minority women-owned 3PL in ATL, self-defense for drivers, latest news and more

Dooner and The Dude host a special episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? during the Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit.

Moving freight 145 million years in the making: dinosaurs.

DHL’s sustainability road map; the first-ever fully automated IoT platform for fleet management; an automated booking hub that cuts out the middleman; and shipping odd-size freight

We hear from freight unicorn project44’s CEO / founder Jett McCandless

Nintendo’s new Switch faces chip shortage, another ship stuck in the Suez, Wingcopter’s new drone, more

How do you mean a giant rocket around the USA? NASA joins us to talk about the logistics behind moving monster-sized rockets

Retention is the new recruiting. If you’re having trouble finding drivers don’t miss this episode.

OOIDA pushes back against 556% insurance hike, the next supply chain shortage, Germany goes driverless and more

Mental health in supply chain, breaking down The Ice Road trailer, 3g sunsets and more.

A tool for combating nuclear verdicts, truckers needed to haul nuclear weapons, Kyrie Irving teams up with Fleeting, more

Scott Prince, CEO of CarrierHQ, shared on WHAT THE TRUCK?!? how his company is modernizing insurance.

Dooner and The Dude are back for Day 2 of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME with interviews from all across the logistics industry.

Kyrie Irving invests in Fleeting to aid truckers, Christmas peak season in May, Amazon ups warehouse pay, more

How the wheels that keep supply chains moving are made; DHL’s sustainability solutions; and the data that keeps ocean trade flowing.

A new solution for moving containers, CRST trucker plays us a song, CarrierHQ talks AB5, and country music’s Jeremiah Craig debuts his new album

Gas outages are getting bad, will you be impacted? Plus, we continue our supply chain education week

PS5 delays extend into 2022, spot rates spike, who are the pipeline hackers, Nike and Postal Service settle on sneaker, more

Pipeline ransomware attack, rise of supply chain education, Steam goes domestic, and truckers share their perspectives.

The logistics behind cannabis delivery, cyber risk, business event etiquette post-COVID, trucker awarded $9m and more

Everything you need to know about rail and road safety, plus pizza!

Road check blitz, airplanes with sharkskin, the semis Tesla really needs, Amazon gamifies and more.

Dooner and The Dude look at the drone racing world during this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? for FreightWaves’ DroneWaves Summit.

Find out about what went into making the Mars helicopter Ingenuity fly on Mars. Plus, the X59 supersonic jet.

Crazy lumber prices, where’s the Tesla Semi, Daimler’s new electric charging island, how SONAR can help to reduce your carbon footprint, brokers go bankrupt, more

On the show we’re talking about reinvigorating the great American road trip with Stuckey’s CEO Stephanie Stuckey

On this 300th episode of WTT we’re talking to a truckerprenuer making safety gear for her, and more

On this special episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? during the FreightWaves Net-Zero Carbon Summit, Dooner and The Dude talk to five corporate leaders about their companies’ initiatives to reach net carbon neutrality.

How do we crack the code of the traveling salesman problem and apply it to freight?

In this issue, the rise of ghost kitchen logistics, spot rates slide again, truck parking opposed, no gnomes, Mortal Kombat and more.

How hard is it to find drivers in ’21? We’re looking at recruiting, media, markets, and TuSimple’s autonomous tech.

Autonomous trucks are hitting the road but how soon and are trucking jobs really in danger?

ImportYeti lets users view import data for free and we’re talking to the founder. Plus, news, markets, more

Chip shortages, crypto as a hedge against the freight market, mattresses stuffed with used medical masks and more.

AutoStore recently received a $2.8 billion investment from SoftBank. Today we find out how they’re redefining space

WHAT THE TRUCK?!? welcomes HubTran’s Josh Asbury to the show. The crew dives into the acquisition with TriumphPay and discusses HubTran’s Lights-Out Processing platform.

The problem with integrations, supply chain behind WTT belt, TriumphPay + HubTran deal, Redwood’s first qtr.

It’s a great WHAT THE TRUCK?!? special episode for the Enterprise Fleet Summit and Dooner and The Dude host four guests who provide insight on the tech advances being made for fleets of all sizes.

Misplaced blame in the Suez, Brooks Brothers leaves warehouse holding the bag, is infrastructure plan a boon for trucking, the $1 trillion cybercrime problem and more

TriumphPay’s big $97 million buy of HubTran; getting drivers in shape with a new fitness program; and building sales infrastructure

Truckers, do you have a side hustle? On this show we’re talking to a driver who started his own company based on a daily need.

Godzilla vs. Kong vs. Ever Given, freight rejections on the rise, driver demand driving driver pay, more

The Ever Given is free, NASA joins the show to talk space logistics, and the state of freight markets

On this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner and The Dude continue the conversation about the Suez Canal blockage and hear the founding story of Convoy.

On this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner and The Dude spend eight rounds talking to people from every corner of the freight industry about the roles they play in keeping things moving.

Rates slide but by how much; Maersk sets goal to eliminate spot freight in five years; are we over online grocery delivery; more

We’re learning how air cargo K9s work ahead of the Third-Party Canine Cargo Program and more

Heather Zumarraga talks about her new book ‘The Man’s Guide To Corporate Culture’ plus cyber risk, markets, more

In this issue, freight and diesel costing an arm and a leg, warehouse unicorns, the war on packaging and more

SmartHop’s plans for its most recent funding round and Spill Bully’s eco-friendly logistics waste solutions.

The freight market is heating up as we enter the Spring and today we’re turning the clocks ahead on your trucking knowledge

XPO Logistics has embraced diversity, equity and inclusion in its workforce that is enhancing its culture, and leading to business success.

On this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? for Digital Wildcatters’ oil and gas summit, Dooner and The Dude hear about the latest developments in the diesel market and how fuel impacts the logistics market.

Spot rates stay near record high, West Coast Port Crisis ‘21, Canada’s ELD mandate, BK checkmates itself, more

In an industry in which one wrong move in something as simple as packaging can send a company into the red, evolution, problem-solving and pivots are a pathway to survival

All aboard the hyperloop hype train as Dooner and The Dude are joined by Virgin Hyperloop’s CEO/co-founder Josh Giegel

For the last day of Global Supply Chain Week, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the impact February’s winter storm had on Texas ports and how recovery is going with spring around the corner.

Spot rates hit record high; KeepTruckin caught up in crash fallout; Workhorse loses contract; Amazon vs Walmart

On this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? for FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week, Dooner and The Dude talk to ocean shipping experts about the steps to manage risky situations.

On this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? for FreightWaves Global Supply Chain Week, Dooner and The Dude talk about the future of renewable fuels and the complicated relationships between chemicals and freight.

Controlant helped Iceland reduce its pharmaceutical waste to 0.5% after the H1N1 pandemic.

Dogs in logistics, plus market crunches shippers, a look at Global Supply Chain Week, moving a house with a semi and more

XPO is known as a digital broker that collaborates with its customers to develop innovative technologies.

Echo Global Logistics CEO Doug Waggoner talks about the future of logistics and the role of technology in pushing the transportation industry forward.

Dooner and The Dude catch up with Thomas Healy from Hyliion during the first episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? for FreightWaves Global Supply Chain Week.

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NASA lands on WHAT THE TRUCK?!? to talk about the deep space logistics behind landing Perseverance on Mars

Olipop’s Ben Goodwin on the logistics behind building a beverage brand Olipop, and the latest freight news on the podcast

Will Biden team up with Big Tech on vaccines? Spot rates thaw but South doesn’t. The logistics of Gorilla Glue, and more.

Ice storms turn deadly for drivers, state of vaccine logistics, can an automated trailer change intermodal, more

Miss one of our live podcasts this week? Get caught up here.

How to be a truckerprenuer plus handling the west coast port crisis ’21

Dooner and The Dude talk to Chad Brueck about how CRST is ensuring secure COVID-19 vaccine delivery in this session of FreightWaves’ Health & Pharma Supply Chain Summit.

Dooner and The Dude learn how ArcBest has adapted during the pandemic to help deliver supplies in this session of FreightWaves’ Health & Pharma Supply Chain Summit.

3,140 fleet failures in 2020, woeful state of yard management, crash causing koalas, more in the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter

Dooner and The Dude are talking all about the rise of drone delivery and how Valqari plans on having your packages land with them

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Everything you need to know about cannabis logistics in ’21, plus trucker shot during rescue, transportation jobs down, more

Dooner and The Dude kick off Black History Month with two freight founders who are blazing trails in the industry

In this issue, spot market stabilizes, Bezos steps down as CEO at Amazon, top truck stops in America, Robinhood tanks meme stocks, trucker dumps salt on cops, spinach that can email and more

Dooner and The Dude hit some big headlines, hear another Play It Forward and learn the top fleets to drive for in 2021 on this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Get caught up on all of this weeks freightcasts here!

Dooner and The Dude debate the prioritization of truck drivers for the COVID-19 vaccine, recap the Sales & Marketing Summit and learn how truckers handle their essential business.

Where do you fit in the freight industry? Dooner and The Dude debate how to find your place in this wide world of transportation

Could a logistics stock be the next GameStop, spot market slumps, UPS Freight sold to TFI, pirates attack, bees on the loose and more

Dooner and The Dude explore sales optimizations, faster payments for truckers and being charitable on this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

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Dooner and The Dude discuss President Biden’s executive orders, circular economies and moving to sustainability on this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Dooner and The Dude sit down with two women who are leading their companies through the e-commerce boom.

Operation Warp Speed hits speed bumps, will trucker protests happen, DroneWaves and more in the newsletter.

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