For episode 50 of Voice Of GO(r)D I am honored to bring you the one and only Long Haul Paul - singer, songwriter, trucker, and writer at Overdrive Magazine.

Paul and I have been buddies for a couple of years now, and I’ve been meaning to get him on for awhile - what better way to celebrate 50 episodes of this show than with a fellow “trucker of letters”?

If you haven’t heard Paul on the wonderful ‘Over The Road’ podcast series, as soon as you are done here go and download the whole thing, it is a fantastic piece of oral history and storytelling, an extremely thoughtful examination of life on the road and the lives of those whom truckers leave behind.

https://open.spotify.com/show/1tFsufQt7TXR01JmSutk3r?si=cc739dd2a6534ba8

You can read or connect with Over The Road at their excellent website

https://www.overtheroad.fm/

Paul interviewed me for Overdrive Magazine early last year -

https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-extra/article/15289327/faces-of-the-road-gord-magill

You can find a full list of Paul's writings at Overdrive here -

https://www.overdriveonline.com/authors/contact/14865330/long-haul-paul

You can check out all of Paul's music and various projects at his own website, where you can also buy his tunes.

https://www.longhaulpaulmusic.com/

Paul's YouTube channel -

https://www.youtube.com/@longhaulpaulmusic4028

I mentioned in the intro that this show is syndicated Down Under with On The Road Radio, the 24/7 streaming show project of my mates Mike Williams and Yogi Kendall.

You can download their app and listen here -

https://ontheroadradio.com.au/

And you can check out Truckin' Life Magazine, which they have recently acquired and resuscitated -

https://truckinlife.net.au/

As always, questions, comments, suggestions and Hate Mail are welcomed and strongly encouraged -

[email protected]

Don't forget to check out my writings at Substack, where you can also have this show delivered directly to your inbox -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Voice Of GO(r)D is very happy to bring you one of my favorite intellectuals, a man whose prolific output has kept my ears and interest very much occupied the last few years, Mr Charles Haywood.

Charles is the ‘Maximum Leader’ of The Worthy House, an online repository of book reviews, essays, criticism, wit, and humor, unlike any other blog out there. His podcast book reviews, which are actually vehicles for Charles to opine on everything from Roman History to various thought leaders and thought losers of our present day, are extremely interesting, thought provoking, and often containing hidden gems of wickedly funny commentary on our rulers and their fans.

Today we discuss Charles’ book reviews and how he got into that particular pursuit, as well as his thoughts on the dissident right; specifically on why some of them seem to have a class problem where it concerns their attitude towards those of us who work for a living. We also discuss Foundationalism, Charles political program which just might help rebuild the world once the shitshow around us collapses.

You can read more on Foundationalism here - https://theworthyhouse.com/foundationalism/

You can find The Worthy House main site here -

https://theworthyhouse.com/

and podcast versions of Charles’ work on most platforms, including Spotify -

https://open.spotify.com/show/16GCHsMkmbWRyTcJm6TMzv?si=1de55a7470f64d6d

Charles can also be found on Twitter, where he takes his most trenchant criticisms of The Regime and its adherents directly to their own arena -

As always, questions, comments, criticisms, suggestions and Hate Mail are accepted and encouraged - [email protected]
Please pass it around to any interested parties - word of mouth is the only method of advertising I employ, and your helping the show out in this regard is greatly appreciated.

Come find me on Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Jaclyne Martin joins Voice Of GO(r)D to discuss the situation with her man Jerry, and the other men facing a Kafka-esque nightmare as pawns being used to justify the actions of the venal and vindictive regime of Justin Trudeau. Now having spent over 630 days in remand without bail nor trial, these men are suffering a grave injustice in what is clearly a politically motivated witch hunt, as are their children, families, and friends.

The Canadian Media have neglected their duty to hold power to account, and only a very small number of voices are raising legitimate questions about what is going on with this case. Jaclyne very graciously shares her side of the story with us.

Recorded on October 16, 2023.

To learn more about this situation, you can read two articles I have written about it in Newsweek -

https://www.newsweek.com/justin-trudeaus-political-prisoners-opinion-1812866

https://www.newsweek.com/meet-four-men-being-held-political-prisoners-canada-opinion-1831823

Keep up to date by following the Alberta Political Prisoners Facebook Page, or the work of independent journalist Mocha Bezirgan, who has been reporting on the story right from Lethbridge.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/622318705558931/

https://www.mediabezirgan.com/

Chris Carbert has a bail hearing on November 8, and Mocha will no doubt be there to report on the results.If you would like to assist the Men and their families with the astronomical legal costs in fighting off Leviathan from ruining their lives, you can donate here -

For more audio on this story, you can hear my interview with Margaret Mackay here -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/on-the-coutts-4-political-prisoners

And an interview with Nikki Thom here -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/canada-tortures-political-prisoners

Canada doesn’t have to be this way, and you don’t have to be party to its descent into totalitarianism.

Returning guest of the show, Chace Barber of Edison Motors, brings us up to date on the progress of Edison’s diesel electric hybrid platform, specifically their brand new from the frame up beast, whom they have named ‘Topsy'“.

Tune in and find out all about how Topsy got its name, how Chace convinved the leader of the Green Party of British Columbia of the merits of Edison’s technology, and what is next for Edison Motors, their trucks, and their customers.

For more information on Topsy’s recent visit to Ontario, including many more photos and some commentary on other friends of the show and their company, please read this written Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/up-close-with-edison-motors-prototype

Follow Edison Motor at their own website - https://www.edisonmotors.ca/

On TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@_edison.motors?lang=en

Or on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@EdisonMotors

Mentioned in the show intro are my friends Down Under at The Australian On The Road Radio Network, and you can find them here on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7gqE7DetB7p7MYu3uhvpHu?si=d96fd8bece2145ab

or wherever you download fine podcasts, or better yet, go to their website where can download their app to your mobile device and listen everywhere.

If you enjoyed this show, please share it far and wide, or at least with any truckers you know. Word of mouth is the only advertising this show employs, and your assistance in that regard would be well appreciated!

Questions, comments, criticisms, and hate mail, are accepted and encouraged -

[email protected]

Subscribe to my Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Very happy to have Wes Harman, lease operator with Prime, Inc join the show to tell us all about his varied and colorful life trajectory on the way to becoming a trucker.

At times an English Professor, Radio Announcer, House Husband and stay at home Dad, and a marketing guy for Tech firms, Wes has had a very, very interesting life, and delivers it to you, my listeners, with one of those silky smooth voices that makes you wonder why he doesn’t have a podcast of his own.

Before Wes went truckin, he had already traveled to 49 of the 50 states, and even lived in Grenada for awhile. I hope you enjoy hearing his story as much as I did.

You can find Wes on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/wesharman

and at his own blog -

https://wesharman.wordpress.com/

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While we are here, you would have heard me mention a GoFundMe set up for my friend Kevin Bowman, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment in his battle against Pancreatic Cancer.

If you have a couple of bucks to spare, you can donate here -

https://gofund.me/5cc90fca

I will be writing a Substack about Kevin and his situation very soon.

As always, comments, suggestions, and hate mail are welcomed and encouraged - [email protected]

Subscribe to my Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

In case you missed it live, here is a recording of the Ask Us Anything roundtable discussion on Automated Vehicle Technology, held within The Arena on ⁠Reed Loustalot's⁠ Lost Fr8 Discord Server, which you can sign up for ⁠here.⁠

This is also part three in a series. featuring previous guests of the show you should all know and love by now -

James Year - https://www.jamesyear.com/

(James Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/yearjames/)

⁠Edward Escobar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-escobar-694445168/

Will Cook and Scott Douglass of America Without Drivers

https://americawithoutdrivers.com/

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America Without Drivers Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/Americawithoutdrivers

This was a pretty lively and interesting roundtable, with plenty of great questions and commentary from the listeners and guests, especially on considerations you will not hear from the media about National Security, hacking, worker displacement, the speed with which this tech will eliminate jobs, lies and propaganda of the autonomous companies, and advice for truckers on how to think about what exactly is about to happen here, with implied messaging for what to do for your own future.

Check out Reed’s new podcast, where he will be showcasing more discussions from the LostFr8 Arena -

https://open.spotify.com/show/03xLemvPWJc7MhLicwq7wr?si=bf3eea9d3a454548

As always, questions, comments, and hate mail are welcomed and encouraged - you can email the show at

[email protected]

If you enjoyed this show, please pass it around to any interested parties, and share it on your social media.

Thanks again for listening, and if you haven’t yet, subscribe to my Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

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Voice Of GO(r)D is incredibly blessed and honored to bring you author, mechanic, engineer, and America's best modern philosopher, Matthew B Crawford, in conversation with myself and co-host Brandon Daily.

If you haven't heard of or read Shopclass as Soulcraft, The World Beyond Your Head, or Why We Drive, when you are finished listening to this episode, y'all need to head over to Matthew's website and get ordering some books -

https://www.matthewbcrawford.com/

Given my audience of Road Warriors, maybe Audiobooks are more your thing -

https://www.audible.com/author/Matthew-B-Crawford/B001QV943Q

And after that, check out Matthew's excellent substack, Archedelia, where he explores just what is going on with those who rule us.

There is too much deeply thought out and well written content to narrow down any one recommendation, become a subscriber and read it all, it is that good.

https://mcrawford.substack.com/

I'm back on Twitter! - https://twitter.com/Voice_Of_GORD

and you can find my excellent co-pilot Mr Brandon Daily -

https://twitter.com/B__Daily

Also mentioned on the show is former guest Mr Michael Thomas of Sharon, whose talk with me can be found here -

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5dIOYLvTP5nAl2V4XJyuBm?si=9a6f53d4dfb848da

Michael can be found on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MichaelTG09

I name dropped one of the best accounts on Twitter, a real Gear Head, bike guy, Cabover Respecter, lover of America, and friend to Voice Of GO(r)D and all old school truckers, Big Dog Sib -

https://twitter.com/big_sib

All feedback is welcomed and encouraged - contact the show via [email protected]

Please subscribe to my Substack and never miss a show or any of my written content -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

In this final installment of my 5 episode run for National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, I am very happy to bring you a lovely discussion I had with Overdrive Online Chief Editor Todd Dills and News Editor Matt Cole.

We went over the history of Overdrive Magazine, a few of the many issues facing truckers and the industry at large, and a dive into an excellent series Overdrive recently published called "Trucking's State of Surveillance" which polled many readers on their experiences and opinions on all of this tech being foisted on us by The Powers That Be.

You can read that great series here -

https://www.overdriveonline.com/business/article/15541635/truckings-state-of-surveillance-inside-the-costs-benefits

More of Matt Cole's great trucking reporting can be read below; Matt is great and you should follow his work.

https://www.overdriveonline.com/csas-data-trail/article/15301876/crashes-injuries-and-fatalities-up-posteld-mandate

https://www.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15634302/will-autonomous-trucks-displace-drivers-congress-mulls-impacts

You can find both Todd and Matt on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/channel19todd

https://twitter.com/mattcolerr

Contact the show! [email protected]

Subscribe to my Substack and never miss an episode of Voice Of GO(r)D or any of my written content.

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Documents recently obtained under FOIPOP by associates of Jeremy Mackenzie, Canada's number one Enemy of The State, have begun to be analyzed and show an alarming level of malfeasance on the part of the Canadian Government and its security services, The RCMP and CSIS, as well as the media, and a state funded activist group called The Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN).

Voice of GO(r)D is joined by Toronto based Lawyer and independent journalist Caryma Sa'd, who has reviewed these very recently released documents, and with Elisa Hategan, another victim of CAHN and their penchant for smear campaigns, has drafted a deep expose and summary of this nexus where agents of the security state met a government incentivized to engage in a witch hunt by a client group driven by toxic identity politics, whom have afforded themselves illegitimate credentials as 'experts'.

In essence, everything you read in the media about Diagolon, Coutts, and the rationale behind the invocation of The Emergency Measures Act, was high level misinformation, grossly so, and built on a pack of lies.

The report/expose is a damning indictment of everyone involved, and is worth your time to read; in a normally functioning political culture heads would roll because of it. This is, however, Justin Trudeau's Canada, and democracy ain't what it used to be.

And all of this with the backdrop of political prisoners in Alberta, and the current and ongoing trials of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, who were prominent leaders of the Ottawa component of The Freedom Convoy

Read the Expose here -

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/64febd50f4fd8674296b61ae/t/6500bae1dced033b736564a4/1694546659244/The+HateGate+Affair.pdf

https://crier.co/the-hategate-affair-unmasking-canadas-hate-industry/

You can read all of the released documents here yourself -

https://truthpedia.ca/the-diagolon-files.html

Follow this unfolding story -

http://hategate.ca/

You can find Caryma on Twitter - https://twitter.com/carymarules

If you want to find out more about Political Prisoners in Canada, I have recorded two podcasts and written extensively on the matter.

https://www.newsweek.com/justin-trudeaus-political-prisoners-opinion-1812866

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/regime-stenography-and-the-maple

https://open.spotify.com/episode/17bFkaB7NAiNErJc2eBzaS?si=f37bbe4096b24350

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5G7xofPQYCgaD0xEaYLf5t?si=7680ad9ddef7497e

If you want to help with legal defense for the Coutts Men, please donate here -
https://www.givesendgo.com/G9HX4

Feel free to contact the show - [email protected]

Subscribe to my Substack - https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

In this, the fourth episode of my special National Truck Driver Appreciation Week series, I invited some friends of the show on to discuss the biggest lie in the trucking business, the Driver Shortage Narrative. What better way to appreciate someone than to stop pretending they don't exist? Let’s get the government to stop shoveling money at corporations who use this falsehood to suppress our wages.

Justin 'Supertrucker' Martin, social media guru over at FreightWaves, joins us to fill us in on his boss, Craig Fuller, the CEO and Big Kahuna, who laid quite a Twitter smackdown on the American Trucking Association; Lee + Lisa Schmitt bring the latest research on the number of drivers, along with interesting truck accident data, from our friends at CDL - Drivers Unlimited, and Mike Lombard joins us later in the show to fill us in on how the shortage narrative does or does not affect the goals of the young people he is assisting move within the industry in Mike's new position as a recruiter.

You can read a summary of Craig Fuller’s take on the Driver Shortage Myth over at FreightWaves, and I highly recommend that you do. Even TIME Magazine knows the score, and a newly published study by friend of the show and author of Big Rig - Trucking and The Decline of The American Dream author Steve Viscelli also shows what everyone knows the real problem to be - RETENTION.
A short snippet -
We looked at a wide range of statistical data from state and federal sources. We talked to drivers, shippers, industry associations, and other stakeholders. We heard about problems facing drivers. Some of these concerns, like congestion and poor driving behavior, are perennial. For other problems, like the state’s truck speed limit and limited truck parking, the state has options to consider ready at hand.

We did not find evidence of a shortage of people interested in becoming truck drivers, but we did find strong evidence of a retention problem. That problem is concentrated in the long-haul segment of the industry—the segment that caused shippers the most pain in 2021. Because of this high turnover, long-haul trucking is the primary gateway to the industry for new truckers. Drivers argued that the job was challenging because of long hours and time away from home, but poor-quality training and bad initial jobs discouraged many would-be drivers. In this area, the state has some unique opportunities to foster partnerships that will better utilize state training monies. These options include funding and fostering an alternative pipeline to trucking careers built on local training and local jobs that lead directly to agricultural trucking jobs.

You can find Justin often appearing on his FreightWaves colleague Timothy Dooner's show, What The Truck?, dropping the dankest memes on Twitter, or going hard on TikTok.

Lee and Lisa Schmitt are a husband and wife trucking duo from Wisconsin, and are founding members of CDL - Drivers Unlimited, a trucker advocacy organization making gains inside the Machine in D.C.
You can find The Schmitts on Facecrack, Twitter, and TikTok.

Mike Lombard is testing the limits of human endurance in his capacity as a personal trainer, and has moved on from trucking to recruiting, all while continuing his project of improving the industry over at The Lombard Trucking Show.

You can find Mike on Twitter, making inspirational videos on TikTok, and catch his podcast in all the usual places, especially on Spotify; his latest episode with colleague and friend of the show James Year is a real banger, and you should listen.