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On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking with Talent Solvers founder and president KJ McMasters about the great resignation and how it is impacting hiring and retention in freight.Bid Ops founder and CEO Edmund Zagorian talks about the importance and challenges of predictive sourcing in this market.FreightWaves’ reporter Grace Sharkey gets us up to speed on the latest from St. Christopher Christopher Trucker’s Fund,It’s the dog days of summer so we’re taking a look at the dogs of the people who make freight happen.Plus, how to win a ticket to F3. Visit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about freight going virtual as they look at the cloud data driving fleets on air, land, and sea.Plus, House Democrats succeed in boosting trucking insurance to $2 million; trucking jobs finally show strong growth; freight horror stories; the good and bad of fireworks; truck heads down river; and whiskey brewed in a trailer?Joining us is Tobenna Arodiogbu, CEO and co-founder of CloudTrucks; Patrik Berglund, CEO and co-founder of Xeneta; and Nurfad Nadarevic, VP of sales for Loadly.Visit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from FreightWaves’ North American Logistics Tech Summit where they’re joined by Patrik Berglund, CEO & Co-Founder of Xeneta and Vernon O’Donnell, Chief Product Officer, project44Visit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are taking in a double feature. First, they’ll review Liam Neeson’s new trucking thriller, “The Ice Road.” Then they’re joined by FreightWaves copy editor Steve Barrett for a retrospective on Stephen King’s cult classic, “Maximum Overdrive.”Manisha Raisinghani, CTO and co-founder of LogiNext, is leading a paradigm shift of women in coding. We’ll hear how she’s building modern teams tasked with digitizing the supply chain.Groupe Bellemare’s Andrew Miller gets us strapped in for the logistics behind heavy hauling.Scott Frederick, Vice President, Marketing and LTL Carrier Relations, Logistics Plus, celebrates the 3rd annual National Logistics Day.And DHL Supply Chain’s Nick Torpey advises us on potential supply chain risks.Visit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsSteve's Maximum Overdrive article Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the logistics behind staging rockets with Tony Sabatino, lead crane technician/operator, and Ray Zink, manager of spaceflight technical operations for Jacobs.“The Witty Farmer” Jenny Sauer-Schmidgall shares how she’s built a brand around the ag industry and we pick her brain on the logistics of farming.TikToker and On Deck investment partner Kyla Scanlon tells us the story behind her viral McSupplyChain video.Lauren Meyer, CarrierHQ’s director of client services, is celebrating customer success stories in freight.And 101 Mobility’s Preston Holland knows what keeps the mobility industry moving.Gremlins clip c/o Warner BrosVisit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about how Booster Fuels is providing fleets with fuel on demand.Uber Freight has a digital freight market update.Legend Transportation guides us on how to preserve relationships in a volatile market.ArdentX is providing therapy for its brokerage employees.Plus Prime Day results, road safety, Amazon’s warehouse waste, and more.They’re joined by special guests Bill Driegert, co-founder and head of operations, Uber Freight; Robert Moffitt, EVP and director of operations, New Legend Inc.; Austin Brizgys, VP of sales and marketing, Booster Fuels; and Connor Miller, COO of ArdentX. Visit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking with MassRobotics and Vecna Robotics about the first open source autonomous mobile robot interoperability standards, which will enable AMRs from multiple vendors to integrate and work together seamlessly to support safe and efficient operations in global factories, warehouses, distribution and fulfillment centers.Velociti Inc. opens its new Velociti Innovation Lab to drive FreightTech development.Find out how Trux is building the foundation for SaaS-based construction logistics.Plus, double brokering schemes; Lordstown Motors stuck in reverse; the great pistachio heist; Prime Day starts today; and more.They’re joined by special guests Tom Ryden, executive director of MassRobotics; Daniel Theobald, Founder/CIO of Vecna Robotics and co-founder of MassRobotics; Bart Ronan, CEO of TRUX; and Deryk Powell, president of Velociti.Visit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking with Banyan Technology President Lance Healy about what FedEx ditching 1,400 customers means for an already strained LTL market.LogEx President John Calloway has the inside scope on ice cream logistics.Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels shares how one accident reshaped his perspective on safety.Port X Logistics founder Brian Kempisty is unlocking airfreight capacity.Acertus CEO Trent Broberg looks at whether the best vehicle logistics companies are really tech companies.Plus, a TikToker isn’t worried about self-driving trucks, a swimmer isn’t worried about alligators, a simple trucking accessory is confused for a pipe bomb, and more.Visit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsStone Cold vs McMahon's corvette Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the state of product packaging. In the quest for sustainability, is one of the most obvious areas of improvement being ignored? What sells and is sustainable? We’ll find out.Plus, moving big weird freight like lunar modules, KISS artwork, soda machines, classic cars and helicopters.They’re joined by special guests Chandler Magann, founder and president of Next Exit Logistics; Sarah Scudder, president and CRO of Real Sourcing Network LLC; and Steven Tittle, owner, Gateway OT Visit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking to Allegiant Logistics CEO Shay Dixon about building a minority woman-owned and led 3PL in Atlanta.Owner-operator LaKeesha Martin joins us to talk about self-defense for drivers and The H.E.R. Method: a personal protection guide for truck drivers.Trucker Nate Lewis of Doug Andrus Distributing plays it forward with an original country jam.Plus, Connecticut will enact a highway fee for trucks; Yellow defends the transparency of its CARES Act loan; and proposals are submitted to address the ocean shipping crisis. And was that Amy Schumer at a truck stop?Visit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices