FreightCasts
A full trailer load of freight podcasts from FreightWaves. Enjoy shows like the award-winning WHAT THE TRUCK?!? podcast, Put That Coffee Down, Freightonomics, Fuller Speed Ahead, Great Quarter, Gals and more with one click of the subscribe button. One freight feed to rule them all!
Episodes
December 26, 2025 • 2 mins
In this episode of the FreightWaves Morning Minute, we investigate a major class-action filing aimed at stopping the California DMV from canceling nearly 20,000 commercial driver's licenses due to administrative errors. The Lawsuit Targets California DMV Over Administrative Failures Affecting 20,000 CDL Drivers argues that these cancellations disproportionately affect the Sikh community and pose an immediate risk to the stability o...
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December 23, 2025 • 27 mins
In this episode of Loaded and Rolling, host Thomas Wasson sits down with Adam Kahn from Netradyne to explore how the company has evolved over the past decade—and how fleet technology has changed right along with it.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Netradyne reflects on its early days in video telematics and the shift from basic visibility to true, AI-powered context. Adam shares how advancements in edge computing, multi-camera s...
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December 23, 2025 • 5 mins
In this episode of The Daily, we explore the rising cost of rigidity as new regulations and market shifts challenge supply chain agility. We analyze how the FRA caps non-English rail crews at 10-mile border zone to create cross-border capacity bottlenecks and discuss New legislation could upend truck broker margins by imposing steep surcharges on carriers with safety violations.
Shippers face a difficult balancing act as Inventory...
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December 23, 2025 • 34 mins
Every December, thousands of volunteers and hundreds of truck drivers move in unison for one mission: remember the fallen, honor those who serve, and teach the next generation the value of freedom.
In this episode of The Long Haul, Adam sits down with Courtney George, Director of Transportation and Industry Relations for Wreaths Across America, to explore the heart of a program that relies on the trucking community to carry more t...
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December 23, 2025 • 2 mins
In this episode, we discuss how Canada Post, mail carriers tentatively agree on a labor deal after a difficult period involving strikes and work slowdowns. The proposed five-year contract includes wage increases and the introduction of weekend parcel delivery, though it excludes the corporation's demands for dynamic routing and load leveling.
We also examine why new legislation could upend truck broker margins by imposing a 10% su...
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December 22, 2025 • 17 mins
Welcome back to #WithSONAR!
This week, we’re diving into Custom Dashboards and showing you how to tailor SONAR pages specifically to your network.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
• Access and share custom dashboards in SONAR
• Create dashboards from scratch or use the Dashboard Wizard
• Build and customize Chart Widgets to analyze volume, capacity, seasonality, and market trends
• Drill datasets down by market, equipment ty...
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December 22, 2025 • 46 mins
In the final What The Truck?!? episode of 2025, Malcolm Harris sits down with one of the most genuine voices at the intersection of trucking, music, and hustle, Devin Tribble, known to fans as 2Hott.This isn’t just a conversation about freight or hip-hop. It’s a real, unfiltered story about survival, faith, discipline, and how earning a CDL became an escape route from the streets and a foundation for building something bigger.2Hott...
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December 22, 2025 • 6 mins
In this episode of the Daily from FreightWaves, we dive into the escalating risks facing global logistics, starting with a $200K cargo theft that exposes growing fraud schemes in trucking industry and highlights the sophisticated digital deception threatening shippers. Impersonators posing as a global engineering firm used fake paperwork to steal merchandise from a small business, underscoring a reported 29% spike in cargo theft in...
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December 22, 2025 • 2 mins
BNSF CEO: Rail merger still a “significant threat” to economy, consumers covers the intensifying opposition to the proposed Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern merger, as rival BNSF warns of potential service failures and higher rates. CEO Katie Farmer argues that the deal fails to meet regulatory requirements and offers public benefits that could otherwise be achieved through simple collaboration.
We also analyze the "Chart of the...
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December 19, 2025 • 29 mins
In this episode, we dive into what it takes and why it’s important to upgrade your fleet in the offseason. Our guests, Travis Ross Sr. Sales Engineer and Megan Bafford Market Development Lead at EROAD break down the how behind the why of upgrading fleets and what it can do for long-term successful partnerships.
Winter downtime is your fleet’s opportunity to transform. Tune in to Running on Ice as we explore EROAD’s cold chain sol...
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December 19, 2025 • 45 mins
On this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, host Malcolm Harris breaks down the biggest stories shaping freight as we head toward the end of 2025. Malcolm covers major industry headlines including the pending Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern rail merger, long-term investment at the Port of New York and New Jersey, consolidation in auto transport logistics, and a high-profile cargo theft case that underscores ongoing risk across the supply ...
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December 19, 2025 • 60 mins
Is your freight being run by the Sinaloa cartel?
In this high-voltage second episode of Freight Expectations, Craig Fuller and Matt Leffler explore why cargo theft has exploded into a $30 billion industry - making it a larger “mode” of traffic than the entire U.S. barge market.
The hosts go scorched-earth on the “driver shortage” propaganda, explain why local police won’t help you find your stolen TVs, and break down why the CORC...
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December 19, 2025 • 5 mins
In this episode of FreightWaves Daily, we analyze why the freight market has shifted into panic mode with rejection rates doubling and spot rates climbing significantly. We break down the perfect storm of weather, holiday demand, and regulatory crackdowns that are rapidly removing carrier capacity from the road.
We then turn to the escalating constitutional showdown in California, where the state plans to reissue 17,000 non-domici...
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December 19, 2025 • 2 mins
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have officially submitted their nearly 7,000-page application to the Surface Transportation Board to create the nation's first Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file historic rail merger application. If the merger meets regulatory approval, the companies anticipate the deal will be finalized and the new network operational by early 2027.
In an effort to restore financial viability, the United St...
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December 18, 2025 • 60 mins
Join FreightWaves for our December State of Freight webinar as we wrap up a volatile year and project the key drivers for the transportation market in 2026. Hosted by Julia Becker, VP of Media Operations, this session features deep-dive analysis from strategic experts Zach Strickland (Head of Freight Market Intelligence) and JP Hampstead (Strategic Analyst).
The team explores the surprising "peakiness" of the 2025 holiday season a...
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December 18, 2025 • 37 mins
What happens if Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern merge into a true transcontinental railroad?
On this episode of Bring It Home, JP Hampstead sits down with SONAR’s Mike Baudendistel to unpack why shareholders overwhelmingly support the merger, why some shipper groups are opposed, and the impact it could have on U.S. and North American reindustrialization.
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December 18, 2025 • 5 mins
In this episode of The Daily, we explore the historic downturn in the trucking market where compliant carriers are struggling against rates that have fallen well below operating costs. We examine claims that labor arbitrage and CDL fraud are tilting the playing field by allowing non-compliant fleets to undercut the market.
We also investigate a potential regulatory ticking time bomb as the administration considers rescheduling mar...
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December 18, 2025 • 2 mins
This episode of the FreightWaves Morning Minute breaks down how OTR Solutions partners with SONAR to bring data-driven rate intelligence directly to carriers. The integration empowers fleets to benchmark their performance against market conditions and negotiate with greater confidence.
In the M&A sector, the podcast highlights that RPM Freight acquires Dealers Choice Auto Transport to expand its finished vehicle logistics capabili...
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December 18, 2025 • 41 mins
When you’re running a small fleet, a single breakdown can crush your margins and throw your week off track. In this episode of The Long Haul, we sit down with Tyler Robertson, founder and CEO of Diesel Laptops, to talk about why every small carrier needs diagnostic tools in their own hands—not locked behind a shop’s schedule or inflated repair fees.
We dig into:
What makes Diesel Laptops different from other diagnostic tools
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December 17, 2025 • 45 mins
Welcome back to WHAT THE TRUCK?!?. Host Malcolm Harris returns for a year-end episode packed with critical insights on freight fraud, cargo theft, trucking finance, and what the industry needs to watch heading into 2026.
This episode features four powerhouse guests tackling the biggest risks and opportunities facing trucking and logistics today:
DZ Patterson, Director of Investigative Services at Travelers, breaks down the realit...
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