הפודקאסטים הטובים ביותר ב-Overdrive Radio (2024)

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Veterans Day special: Coalition supporting vets in ag careers honored in Howes Hall of Fame 25:23

6d ago25:23

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Here’s wishing all United States military veterans in the audience a happy Veterans Day with this edition of Overdrive Radio. To mark the day, we bring you this dive into the work of the Farmer Veteran Coalition, an organization that got its start back in 2009 with a goal of a then California/Mexico produce farmer to help support returning military…

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'Good day to be out trucking': Overdrive October Trucker of the Month, two-truck Zimmerman Ag 27:09

13d ago27:09

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In this Overdrive Radio, we catch up primarily with owner-operator Daryl Zimmerman of Belgrade, Minnesota, co-owner with his brother, Nelson (also featured in the podcast), of two-truck Zimmerman Ag. Daryl was looking out the windshield glass on a bright and sunny day running between Minneapolis-St. Paul and his area in Central Minnesota bound for …

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The 'driver shortage' is dead? And: Inside the broker-carrier scrum at last week's summit 34:48

19d ago34:48

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"The driver shortage is dead, long live the driver shortage."That’s sort of the message you might get digging into a recent truck driver compensation study and the "driver shortage" narrative’s longest proponent’s response to it. That compensation study was conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine at the request of …

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$2 million Peterbilt 389X with a special mission, benefiting Wounded Warrior Project, other orgs 25:02

26d ago25:02

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The expert singing voice of Marine veteran and Nashville-headquartered singer-songwriter Sal Gonzalez warms up and brings to fruition a special celebration event held last week by Rush Truck Centers in Nashville, Tennessee, in this edition of Overdrive Radio. Rush was announcing the big winner of the quite expensive, final, only 2025 build of a Pet…

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Rene Holguin, September Trucker of the Month, cementing a legacy with authority 23:09

1M ago23:09

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"He's such a hard worker. He's always helping his family to help get their own authority. He'll let them lease on for a while ... until they get on their feet and get their own authority. ... He's just a good person all around." --Messina Holguin, speaking to reasons she nominated her husband, owner-operator Rene Holguin, for Overdrive's Trucker of…

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Owner-operator income/cost stability shows in 2024 ATBS update: When will rates rise? 1:00:40

1M ago1:00:40

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"If you're doing the right things ... if you're looking at your numbers, figuring out your fixed cost per day, your variable cost per mile, and choosing the best loads for yourself, you're going to weather this winter just fine like you have the last two years. And then when freight turns around, you're going to be in really good shape." --ATBS Vic…

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When will freight markets turn? Part 2: Building business for trucking's down cycles 29:24

2M ago29:24

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In this week's Overdrive Radio edition, Part 2 of our "How to build business for trucking’s down cycles" online roundtable in late August. Among the questions flagged for panelists was just whether, and when, the long freight-rates slide of the last two years might turn the corner, or at least stabilize. Since the late-August time period, the march…

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'The sweetness of low price' v. the 'sour of bad service': Trucking through the freight trough 34:00

2M ago34:00

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"The sweetness of low price is really fast, even though the sour of bad service lasts a lot longer. The sweetness is really tempting to jump in and take." --Silver Creek Transportation founder and president Jason CowanAt the top of this week's edition of Overdrive Radio, you'll hear the sage words of Silver Creek Transportation Founder and Presiden…

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No more detention half measures: The time is now to charge for it and actually collect from shippers 30:18

2M ago30:18

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When we polled owner-operators about a year ago on recent-history improvement, or lack thereof, in detention time along their routes and at their customers, a huge majority noted the situation they'd seen at docks hadn’t improved to any noticeable degree in recent years. Forty percent of all poll respondents at the time in fact said detention had g…

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Investment diligence over nearly 35 years has Trucker of the Month on path to profitable retirement 26:31

2M ago26:31

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In this week's Overdrive Radio podcast edition we’ll hear more of our talk with August Trucker of the Month Alan Kitzhaber, and a good bit about one particular subject near and dear to the 4-million-mile owner of a 1995 Kenworth T600 he's piloted since it was new."I've been very religious about investing my money instead of spending it, and it's pu…

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Trucker of the Month Alan Kitzhaber: 4 million miles, ever greater efficiency for his '95 T600 30:29

3M ago30:29

30:29

"Some guys customize their truck via paint, chrome, lights, and things like that. I customize my truck to make it a more comfortable place to be, a more profitable truck, a more efficient truck." --Owner-operator Alan KitzhaberIt's another rewinder of sorts for this week in the Overdrive Radio podcast series. If you missed the news last week Tuesda…

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Brake inspection blitz this week: Roadside inspection system should be 'preventive,' not punitive 31:06

3M ago31:06

31:06

With the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Brake Safety Week inspection initiative kicking off August 26 with stepped-up brake checks and inspections, generally, in jurisdictions across North America, we’re looking back at a podcast from earlier in the year – February 2024 to be exact. The episode featured Wisconsin-headquartered owner-op…

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Owner-operators survive, thrive: Lightning round from the final Waupun Truck-N-Show 25:38

3M ago25:38

25:38

It was no doubt a bittersweet last weekend in Waupun, Wisconsin, at what could well be the final edition of the decades-running Waupun Truck-N-Show, where Overdrive News Editor Matt Cole was on hand talking to many among the owner-operators and other truckers in attendance: https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-extra/article/15681420/final-waup…

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Fair shot at highway safety: Trucker of the Month Mike Nichols a voice for sharing the road 33:40

3M ago33:40

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"As anti-automated driving as I am, I might almost rather see some robots. At least they're not going to be looking at screens" going down the road. --owner-operator and Overdrive July 2024 Trucker of the Month Mike Nichols: https://www.overdriveonline.com/trucker-of-the-year/article/15680591/trucker-of-the-month-mike-nichols-knows-limits-hones-str…

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Trucker of the Month Mike Nichols steers business with reliable freight, maintenance partners 32:43

3M ago32:43

32:43

This week on the podcast, we're diving in headfirst to the history of Wisconsin-headquartered owner-operator Mike Nichols, Overdrive's July Trucker of the Month and profiled recently in our Trucker of the Year semi-finalist series by Matt Cole: https://www.overdriveonline.com/trucker-of-the-year/article/15680591/trucker-of-the-month-mike-nichols-kn…

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'Thank you to all drivers everywhere': Part 2 on the road with Alabama and tour hauler Josh Gentry 36:51

4M ago36:51

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More, today, from Overdrive Editor Todd Dills's run with Josh Gentry. Gentry’s the son of country music titan Alabama’s founding member and bassist Teddy Gentry. Today, we dive into the history of the band with some of the hands at its headquarters in Ft. Payne, Alabama, around which all three founding members -- Gentry, lead vocalist Randy Owen, a…

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'Roll On, Alabama': On the road with tour hauler Josh Gentry for music titans' Roll On II tour 27:17

4M ago27:17

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Thursday, July 18, would be a short day of work for operator Josh Gentry, starting at a leisurely 10 a.m. in Fort Payne, Alabama, outside the Quality Inn in town. There, Gentry met Overdrive Radio host Todd Dills to get rolling, the pair starting the day in Gentry's Chevrolet en route to the site of an old auto dealership in town that, since the mi…

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4 million miles, ever greater efficiency for owner-op Alan Kitzhaber and his 1995 Kenworth T600 28:49

4M ago28:49

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"Some guys customize their truck via paint, chrome, lights, and things like that. I customize my truck to make it a more comfortable place to be, a more profitable truck, a more efficient truck." --Owner-operator Alan KitzhaberMay 2024 was a big month for owner-operator Alan Kitzhaber, running with his authority as Oakridge Transport out of a home …

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Man's mastery of the machine: Trucker of the Month's firm hand in the Amazon system 31:59

4M ago31:59

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This week’s edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast drops into Overdrive editor Todd Dills' interview with Overdrive June Trucker of the Month Greg Labosky, the man who is master of the machine, in some respects, that is the Amazon loads platform Relay: https://www.overdriveonline.com/trucker-of-the-year/article/15678623/careful-prep-the-name-of-the…

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FMCSA's safety rating revamp: Truckers urge caution if using roadside data 57:45

5M ago57:45

57:45

This week's Overdrive Radio episode opens a window onto the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's virtual listening session held last week to discuss the agency’s efforts to potentially improve the safety rating system it uses for determining carriers’ fitness to operate in interstate commerce. Sit in on virtually the entire session, featur…

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Dark side of the road: Inside FBI's 'Highway Serial Killings' initiative, fight against trafficking 46:59

5M ago46:59

46:59

In this podcast, the voice of former FBI counterintelligence assistant director Frank Figliuzzi, in conversation with Overdrive News Editor Matt Cole about the new book, "Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers," a close look at the FBI's long investigation of almost 1,000 murders over decades collected and analyzed in its "Highway Serial Kil…

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Marroquin brothers' journey from Guatemala to U.S. trucking, now as owner-operators 36:19

5M ago36:19

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Walking the giant hallway in the South Wing every year at the Mid-America Trucking Show, you’ll find benches that line the route, where people stop to rest. It's nice and quiet out there in general, compared to the show floor. On one Gary Buchs' walks down the hallways to or from this or that meeting, he happened to glance over and see four gentlem…

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Trucker of the Month Alec Costerus' odyssey to 10+ mpg and two-truck Alpha Drivers Transportation 43:44

5M ago43:44

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"The power demand, the power that's required to pull a truck down the highway ... the idea is to match the power that's produced by the engine to the power that's required." --Overdrive's May Trucker of the Month Alec Costerus on the bedrock principal behind achieving the best fuel economyAlpha Drivers Transportation two-truck fleet owner and opera…

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What marijuana as a Schedule III controlled substance could mean for truckers 19:43

6M ago19:43

19:43

The Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration on May 20 officially published its notice of proposed rulemaking that, if finalized, would reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I controlled substance to Schedule III: https://www.regulations.gov/document/DEA-2024-0059-0001 The Biden Administration signaled its intent to move forward with …

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A pair of custom 2024 Peterbilt 589s, and one standout owner's advice for the next generation 22:23

6M ago22:23

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As promised two weeks back, here's Part 2 of our talk with May Trucker of the Month Gary Schloo, longtime owner-operator leased to Long Haul Trucking for the last three decades of a five-decade trucking career. Schloo here tells a can't-miss story about how he and his wife and business partner, Terri, met. It' the "classic trucker-and-the-waitress …

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Veterans Day special: Coalition supporting vets in ag careers honored in Howes Hall of Fame 25:23

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'Good day to be out trucking': Overdrive October Trucker of the Month, two-truck Zimmerman Ag 27:09

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The 'driver shortage' is dead? And: Inside the broker-carrier scrum at last week's summit 34:48

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$2 million Peterbilt 389X with a special mission, benefiting Wounded Warrior Project, other orgs 25:02

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Rene Holguin, September Trucker of the Month, cementing a legacy with authority 23:09

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Owner-operator income/cost stability shows in 2024 ATBS update: When will rates rise? 1:00:40

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When will freight markets turn? Part 2: Building business for trucking's down cycles 29:24

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'The sweetness of low price' v. the 'sour of bad service': Trucking through the freight trough 34:00

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No more detention half measures: The time is now to charge for it and actually collect from shippers 30:18

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Investment diligence over nearly 35 years has Trucker of the Month on path to profitable retirement 26:31

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Trucker of the Month Alan Kitzhaber: 4 million miles, ever greater efficiency for his '95 T600 30:29

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Brake inspection blitz this week: Roadside inspection system should be 'preventive,' not punitive 31:06

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Owner-operators survive, thrive: Lightning round from the final Waupun Truck-N-Show 25:38

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Fair shot at highway safety: Trucker of the Month Mike Nichols a voice for sharing the road 33:40

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Trucker of the Month Mike Nichols steers business with reliable freight, maintenance partners 32:43

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'Thank you to all drivers everywhere': Part 2 on the road with Alabama and tour hauler Josh Gentry 36:51

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'Roll On, Alabama': On the road with tour hauler Josh Gentry for music titans' Roll On II tour 27:17

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4 million miles, ever greater efficiency for owner-op Alan Kitzhaber and his 1995 Kenworth T600 28:49

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Man's mastery of the machine: Trucker of the Month's firm hand in the Amazon system 31:59

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FMCSA's safety rating revamp: Truckers urge caution if using roadside data 57:45

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Dark side of the road: Inside FBI's 'Highway Serial Killings' initiative, fight against trafficking 46:59

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Marroquin brothers' journey from Guatemala to U.S. trucking, now as owner-operators 36:19

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Trucker of the Month Alec Costerus' odyssey to 10+ mpg and two-truck Alpha Drivers Transportation 43:44

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What marijuana as a Schedule III controlled substance could mean for truckers 19:43

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A pair of custom 2024 Peterbilt 589s, and one standout owner's advice for the next generation 22:23

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