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Freight Broker Live 5/28: Chases, Riots and Protests

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 28, 2020 19:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In this episode of Freight Broker Live we talk about the current events around the trucking industry and the world. Live call in show! Carriers, Get a free 30 days on truckersedge Check out our show sponsor, AscendTMS at www.thefreetms.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out inform...

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Freight Broker Live 5/27: State of Trucking, Broker Transparency Fight reaches new low

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 27, 2020 19:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In this episode of Freight Broker Live, we look at the State of Trucking for the past week, and we take another look at the freight broker rate transparency battleground and what seems to be the new strategy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Freight Broker Live 5/26: The truth about freight rate transparency

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 26, 2020 19:27 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Lets talk freight rate transparency: What it really means, why it matters and why freight brokers do not want to share the information. Well that is how the show was supposed to go, but then it turned into a rant on why we all complain so much! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out info...

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Freight Broker Live 5/22: Interview with Paul Todd, Author of Industry of Thieves

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 22, 2020 20:29 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In today's episode we interview Paul Todd, author of the book Industry of Thieves, a freight broker tell all. Plus we cover breaking news out of San Antonio where a trucker flees the scene of a deadly accident. His "co-driver" reportedly slept through the whole thing and remained in the truck fo...

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Freight Broker Live 5/21: new unemployment numbers top 38 Million!

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 21, 2020 19:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In this episode of Freight Broker Live we talk about the new unemployment numbers that came out today bringing the total of filed claims to nearly 40 million people. What does that mean for the freight world? Also Tim Higham, the CEO of InMotion Global to talk about the economy and how brokers a...

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Freight Broker Live 5/20: Anthony Szado, VP of Sales with OTR talks COVID impacts of on Receivables

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 20, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
After 20 days protesting outside of the White House, truckers were able to get a meeting with the White House staffers this morning. This is what we have learned. Also Anthony Szado, the VP of Sales for OTR Capital joins us today to talk about the financial side of the industry and the impact of ...

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State of Trucking: Are Rates on the Rise? We ask DAT's Chief of Analytics Ken Adamo!

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 19, 2020 19:18 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In this episode we cover the our State of Trucking Infographic. Are rates finally on the rise? DAT's Ken Adamo joins us to tell us what is going on with the markets, and hopefully he has an answer for when things will return to "normal" if that is even possible. Plus, we take a look at the Uber ...

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Freight Broker Live: Monday 5/18 a weekend of News

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 18, 2020 19:16 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In today's episode of Freight Broker Live we look at the weekends news stories. In addition we also take a look at Amazon and whether or not freight brokers have anything to worry about related to Amazon's freight brokerage expansion. As always, check out our sponsor www.thefreetms.com for our ...

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Freight Broker Live 5/15: What a day!

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 15, 2020 19:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In this episode we dive into two viral articles: The first, the President says the truckers protesting in DC are not protesting, they are supporting the President. Secondly we dive into the real reason Rick Santiago is backing away from the DC protests. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt...

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Freight Broker Live: New HOS Rulemaking and an interview with a transportation expert

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 14, 2020 19:12 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In today's episode of Freight Broker Live we will touch on the updates from DC, Speak with Anthony Griffith, a motor-coach operator and transportation expert and we will look at the new hours of service rulemaking. All this and more on this exciting episode! Check out our show sponsor, www.thefre...

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Truckers in DC disrupt #busesmoveamerica rally, partially block Constitution Ave

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 13, 2020 19:26 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Truckers in DC are disrupting a pre-planned rally where motor coach bus drivers from across the country have arrived in D.C. to take place in a "rolling rally" calling on Washington lawmakers to offer $15 billion dollars in funding in efforts to keep the industry alive See acast.com/privacy fo...

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Freight Broker Live: State of Trucking: 5/12/2020

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 12, 2020 19:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In this episode of Freight Broker Live we take a look at the State of Trucking for this week. In addition we will talk about the DC trucker protests and highlight what has or has not been accomplished depending on how you approach it. In addition, we will talk about what the future has in store f...

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Freight Broker Live: Monday May 11th

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 11, 2020 19:16 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In this live episode we provide an update on today's freight news. We give an update on the freight broker transparency protest in DC, plus an update from Santiago. In addition we talk about a tanker in CA hauling wine who received an unexpected guest! All this and more on this live call in episo...

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President acknowledges "price-gouging" and TIA supports America's truckers

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 08, 2020 20:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In today's episode we are diving into the wild world of freight covering the President's public acknowledgment of the broker "price-gouging" issue and the freight broker association, TIA becomes the first trucking industry trade group to do anything to actually help trucking companies. All that a...

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OOIDA vs. TIA = we're screwed

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 07, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
OOIDA vs TIA = Small businesses lose. In this episode of Freight Broker Live we will discuss the battle between small trucking and freight brokerages, what that means for all the truckers who are going to be forced to close. Plus we talk about Amazon's behind the scenes takeover of the freight in...

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Freight Broker Live: May 6th 2020

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 06, 2020 20:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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Freight Broker Live May 5th: Freight News, Talk and Entertainment

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 05, 2020 20:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In this episode of Freight Broker Live we cover the State of Trucking for the past week. We also cover the day's freight and logistics news, trucking trends and more. Please make sure you check out Freight Broker Live for all your freight and logistics news. Check out our monthly show sponso...

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Back from DC and Tired: This is what I learned!

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 05, 2020 12:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In a spur of the moment decision, Freight Broker Live made the trip to DC to cover the trucking demonstration. This is what we learned. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Protests, Updates, and Dispatcher talk

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - May 01, 2020 19:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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Freight Broker Live: Is the week over yet?

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - April 30, 2020 19:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Well it has been a long week so far and I personally am ready for it to be over! In this episode of Freight Broker Live: New unemployment numbers are out today and although better than last week, very bad all together. TIA releases video answering "price-gouging" claims. Hero trucker's dash-cam...

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Freight Broker Live April 29th: Busy Day in Freight News

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - April 29, 2020 20:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In this episode of Freight Broker Live we are going to try and cover all the freight and logistics news happening today. There is a lot. Lets go! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Why this freight broker agrees with a Nationwide trucker demonstration

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - April 28, 2020 19:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In this live episode of Freight Broker Live we will talk about why I, a freight broker, am in support of a nationwide trucking demonstration. make sure you check out our show sponsor www.thefreetms.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Trucking's "Mayday" protests scheduled for this week; Possibility of meat shortages?

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - April 27, 2020 19:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In today's episode of Freight Broker Live, we discuss the nationwide trucker protest scheduled for later this week. What does it mean, why is it relevant and will it affect change? In other news, Tyson Foods warns of serious supply chain ramifications in the nations meat supply. Is a national me...

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Freight Broker Live Friday April 24th: Lets talk trucking!

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - April 24, 2020 20:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In today'e episode we are just going to wing it. We will talk brokers, bashing, rates, strikes and wherever else the open line takes us. Live call in show. Make sure you check out our sponsor at www.thefreetms.com for all your software needs! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out inform...

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Freight Broker Live 4/23: Record Unemployment, Rates continue to flop

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - April 23, 2020 19:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In this episode of Freight Broker Live we are going to dive into today's freight news and tech advancements in the middle of unprecedented times. Unemployment reaches new highs, again. Truckers are fed up with low rates, where do they turn. Make sure you check out our show sponsor www.thefreetm...

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Five Minutes of Freight: FBI surround truckers who pulled into the wrong warehouse; Semi Accident claims 4 police officers in Australia

The Pre-Trip Presented by PT News Network - April 23, 2020 14:51 - 4 minutes
Five Minutes of Freight: FBI surround truckers who pulled into the wrong warehouse; Semi Accident claims 4 police officers in Australia, New unemployment numbers reach 26 million today. To read the articles with this story please visit our site To check out our show sponsor, please visit Asce...

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Freight Broker Live 4/22: Houston PD open's investigation into "wage theft"

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - April 22, 2020 19:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In today's episode of Freight Broker Live we look at the Houston Police Chief's "criminal investigation" into wage theft after Monday's trucker protest. Also we will look at the market, what every trucker needs to do to assure they stay open throughout the COVID-19 crisis. While volumes reach al...

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Five Minutes of Freight: 4/22/2020

The Pre-Trip Presented by PT News Network - April 22, 2020 13:43 - 4 minutes
Five Minutes of Freight: COVID-19 Update; Trucking Company pays $50k for employee's groceries; DAT's COVID-19 Update; Additional PPP money See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Houston Trucker Protest, State of Freight and NC Truck Boot. LIVE POLL RESULTS

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - April 21, 2020 20:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In today's episode we test out a new live polling functionality to ask viewers what they feel. in this episode we covered a NC towing company who says that they, like truckers, are essential, as a justification for booting trucks who stop to rest in parking lots. We also look at our State of Truc...

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Freight Broker Live 4/2/2020: Saying "thank you truckers" is not enough!

Wake Up America! Opening Monologues - April 20, 2020 19:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
We are learning that simply saying "thank you truckers" is not going to save trucking. A new trade organization is formed to try and help be the voice of the trucking industry as a whole. Plus we will talk about the latest in freight news, trucking trends, and what to expect in the coming months...

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