WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from day 5 at Global Supply Chain Week.

Darren Epps, sr. director advanced vehicle technology at Ryder System joins the show to get us plugged in to EV technology. We can’t talk about EVs without talking about charging? Which comes first?

Nate Shutes, host of The Bootstrappers Guide to Logistics talks about entrepreneurship in freight. 

John Kingston, editor at large at FreightWaves talks about pain at the pump, what a Russia/Ukraine conflict means for oil, and the future of fuels.

Plus, congestion mounts at Port of Charleston, Port of Los Angeles adds container storage, trucking wants a seat at the table for EV talks and what’s Coke’s new beverage taste like?

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On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from CPG day at Global Supply Chain Week.

Doug Waggoner, CEO at Echo is talking tech and the freight outlook for ‘22.

Jordan Lawrence, Director, Logistics Strategy & Head of the Flexe Institute at Flexe discusses logistics capacity constraints. Are they here to stay? 

Christopher Thornycroft, Senior VP of Carrier Operations at Redwood Logistics helps us navigate our way through the capacity maze.

David Stone, Senior Director Transportation Management at Ryder System talks about automated pricing. Is it all hype? 

Christian Lee, CFO at Transfix discusses record earnings and advancing sustainability.

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On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from day one of Global Supply Chain Week.

John Echeverria, Senior Manager Global Logistics at Wayfair talks about using your supply chain as a competitive advantage, meeting customer demands in times of high disruption, and the challenge of reverse logistics. 

Emmanuel Carrillo, CEO at Talon Logistics focuses on the driver’s mental state in people-centric organizations. 

Greg Tuthill, CCO at SeaCube Containers shares how well managed reefer containers can minimize failure. 

Bob Goldenberg, VP Global Business Development at Crowley on the utilization of a blended services model to connect supply chains.

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On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the "People’s Convoy." Is it really headed to the Super Bowl? We investigate.

We’re buzzing about bees as we learn the ins and outs of the logistics behind truckin’ bees with Andrew Fisher, manager and beekeeper at Royalty Honey Bees LLC.

We take a look at some of the greatest truck pics in the business as we explore the art of truck photography with Nick Souza, president at Nick Souza Photography.

Erica Reiss, National Accounts Manager and Adam Knight, Creative Director at First Gear, Inc. show off the die-cast truckmaker’s tribute to MATS.

Plus, good news/bad news about ocean plastics and turning your Cybertruck into a boat.

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On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to the other Port of Vancouver. Alex Strogen, chief commercial officer at Port of Vancouver USA, loads us up with everything we need to know about the farthest inland deepwater port on the Columbia River. 

Jens Peder Kristensen, founder and CEO of Denmark-based TinyMobileRobots,  the global leader in fully autonomous GPS line-marking robots, tells us how his unique little bots are keeping trucks in the fast lane. 

John Brewer, director of distribution and logistics at CKE Restaurants Inc., orders up a Super Star Value Meal-sized serving of fast food logistics and trucking songs. 

Plus, a Tesla on autopilot slams into a police cruiser; retailers are checking out trucking companies; a trade deal gets an F; relief at SoCal ports; a snowplow driver goes rogue; Freedom Convoy protesters and Ottawa police battle over jerry cans; a swan befriends a postman; and more. 

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On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are bringing you the first-ever freight meme world championship. FreightCaviar’s Paul-Bernard Jaroslawski takes on Superior Dispatch Services’ Boris Panov. Joining them at the judges table is TrophySmack founder Matt Walsh. Who will survive and what will be left of them? Meme’s the word.

Eric Riggs and Matt Beach stop by the studio to get Dooner to try out Big Rigg’s Beard Tamer. 

Armchair Attorney Matthew Leffler talks about liabilities truckers face when participating in convoys and protests. Plus, will teenage truckers usher in an era of super nuclear verdicts? 

Plus, Flexport announces a $935 million series E with a strategic investment from Shopify; more trucker convoys roll into Canadian cities protesting vaccine mandates; the vaccine mandate has varied impacts on Mexico cross-border trucking; and more. 

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On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude meet the author of a new children’s book that celebrates the people who make deliveries happen. Sean Freedman, author of “Heroes Behind the Wheel” and president at Freightzy, talks about the importance of teaching kids the value of logistics. 

Joe Stefani, president of Amazon e-commerce shop Desert Cactus, tells us how to survive as an Amazon seller in ‘22.  

Ian Weiland, intermodal account manager at Junction Collaborative Transport, gets us up to date on what’s going on in drayage. Is it still a dumpster fire?

Plus, how not to turn a motorcycle into a semi; Boston Dynamics robots get ready for Super Bowl; Platform Science raises $115 million; the Senate introduces an ocean shipping reform bill; and more. 

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On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to trucker Brian Brase about the Freedom Convoy and whether a similar protest is headed to the U.S. He shares what the plans are for the Convoy to DC 2022 event.

EXO Freight CEO and co-founder Kurtis Tryber shares his story behind building the marketplace for open-deck shippers. 

Matthew Vega-Sanz, CEO at LULA Trucking, decided to join the trucking industry after hearing about the overpricing of insurance through his father and brother, who are owner-operators. His company has created a pay-per-day insurance model that allows truckers to save on insurance by only paying for days when the truck is actually in use. 

Guillermo Mayol, CEO at FR8 Company, has created an app for truck drivers and trucking companies to use as a time stamp at the ports, rail terminals and now at any location where they may have a wait time. We’ll learn all about it. 

Cameron Robertson, CEO and president at 3PL Systems Inc., discusses the process and technology behind automating a load.

Plus, time loops and more on this Groundhog Day edition of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

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On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the Freedom Convoy 2022 protest at the Canadian capital. How did things go and what will this mean for cross-border trucking? We ask FleetOps CEO Chris Atkinson. 

Fillogic co-founders Bill Thayer, the CEO, and Rob Caucci, the president, talk about building their company as well as retail trends. 

Kevin Clonch, group director of customer logistics at Ryder System, discusses why his company retains talent with culture, not noncompetes. 

Vaughn Moore, president and CEO at AIT Worldwide Logistics, delivers broader trends in capacity and the economy. 

And Troy Ryley, president at Redwood Mexico, talks about the benefits of sourcing from Mexico. 

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On the 400th episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner and The Dude are talking to NASA about space tacos, growing peppers that are out of this world, deep space logistics and the interstellar food supply chain. They’re joined by Oscar Monje, Research Scientist - Air Revitalization Lab - APH Science Team - Space Crop Production Team at the Kennedy Space Center.

Aaron Graft, CEO at Triumph Bancorp, Inc. and Mike Mangino, CTO, at TriumphPay share what it's like building the payments network for the trucking industry. 

Mark Schedler, Senior Transport Management Editor with J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. talks about the power of predictive analytics. 

Jason Gillespie, Senior Director of Continuous Improvement and Innovation at DHL Supply Chain discusses the state of autonomous tech in ‘22 and where DHL is headed with it.

Plus, good news bad news involving close calls, taking a snowmobile to Freedom Convoy 2022, and are Calendly links controversial? 

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