Over the Road

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Over the Road episodes

April 09, 2020 Channel One-Nine #4
A speed round of questions on the theme of truck mechanics, featuring veteran owner-operator Ingrid Brown.
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10 min
April 02, 2020 Three Stops in Kentucky
On this tour of independent truck stops in Eastern Kentucky, Long Haul Paul investigates the enduring and alluring mystique of the “nanner nanner pudding,” and learns how each stop is keeping the lights on amidst the ever-expanding, seemingly ubiquitous national chains.
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46 min
March 31, 2020 Another Update From the Road
The impacts of COVID-19 have radiated out into every corner of the trucking industry. We check back in Paul and four other drivers to hear how life on the road continues to change.
Hear more from Paul's dispatches, and more perspective from produce hauler owner-operator Ingrid Brown, in last week's edition of Overdrive's podcast: ‘This thing is on’: Method amidst the mess, madness around COVID-19.
6 min
March 26, 2020 Channel One-Nine #3
What do drivers listen to on the road?
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9 min
March 19, 2020 A Brief History of Trucking in America
Paul sits down with Finn Murphy, author of the memoir “The Long Haul,” for a genuine, over-the-truck-stop-counter discussion about regulation, de-regulation and the myth of the cowboy trucker. Plus, we meet one of Paul’s personal trucking heroes.
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49 min
March 18, 2020 Brief Update From the Road
How is COVID-19 impacting truckers? Long Haul Paul offers a quick check-in and some initial observations from the road.

You can read more from Paul in his essay, ‘We drive on’: A week in the pandemic, from truck stops, picks and drops, to home published in Overdrive magazine.
5 min
March 12, 2020 Channel One-Nine #2
What’s your favorite road to haul?
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7 min
March 05, 2020 Why We Drive
A tale of two truckers in Grand Island, Nebraska: former real-estate agent Kenyette Godhigh-Bell, and third-generation owner-operator Jared Sidlo. One is testing the waters of a new career, while the other weighs the personal costs of a job he can’t (and won’t) quit.
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42 min
February 27, 2020 Channel One-Nine #1
What are CB handles?
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7 min
February 20, 2020 The Biggest Tailgate in Trucking
Over the Road host “Long Haul Paul” Marhoefer drops into the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, where drivers from all over the country converge each year to show off their chrome and exchange stories, tips and gripes.
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44 min

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Over the Road is an eight-part series that gives voice to the trials and triumphs of America’s long haul truckers. Host “Long Haul Paul” Marhoefer, a musician, storyteller and trucker for nearly 40…