Voice Of GO(r)D – Détails, épisodes et analyse

The Voice Of GO(r)D podcast is delighted to finally bring you a discussion with Mr Cole Stevens of Stevens Trucking out of El Reno, Oklahoma. The son of a trucking family, Cole, like myself, is looking around at the state of the industry today and has decided to take action, which now includes running for a seat in the Oklahoma State House.

A member of American Truckers United, Cole has been putting in some very hard yards in advocating for reforms to CDL issue and for putting an end to the insourced labor scams that have made our interstates so much more dangerous in recent years. Between many trips to DC in helping organize Dalilah’s Law, and working locally in Oklahoma with his own state government to pass SB20, Cole has been relentless in his pursuit of a safe and profitable future for the American trucking industry and its drivers, and shares with my listeners and I some details of the latest battle.

Cole and I recorded this back in March in anticipation of my recent appearance on Tucker Carlson, where I gave Tucker the breaking news about a lawsuit Stevens Trucking, along with another company in Oklahoma, have launched against some of the same bad actors at play in the recent Montgomery v Caribe SCOTUS decision.

Now that Tucker has finally released that episode, I can let rip with this one.

Cole breaks down some of this lawsuit for us, the claims seeking redress, and what has caused such a great rift in the industry between brokerages and asset based carriers aka actual trucking companies with actual trucks.

You can find my most recent appearance with Tucker here -

https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-gord-magil-060126

You can follow Cole on Twitter - https://x.com/StevensOK26

over on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cole-stevens-3345329a/

and on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cole.stevens.73594

Cole’s Oklahoma campaign FB page - https://www.facebook.com/STEVENSOKHD51

Thanks for listening, and as always, any questions, comments, suggestions, corrections or Hate Mail can be directed to me here - gordilocks@protonmail.com

Voice Of GO(r)D is happy to bring you a conversation with two representatives from the Trucking Association of New York, the state level affiliate of the American Trucking Associations.
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I’ve recently become acquainted with Mr Mark Stone, a lobbyist with TANY, and thought to myself, well, why not hear from someone on that side of the ledger? Mark brought along his colleague Zach, vice president of government affairs at TANY, and I think we had a very interesting and enlightening discussion on issues in trucking specific to the state of New York, and more specifically, issues facing carriers having to deal with climate zealots and the mandates which plague all of our equipment. My listeners will thoroughly enjoy hearing about the higher level discussions which go on in attempting to mitigate the effects of such mandates; Mark and Zach go into great length on the details.

We also discuss issues peculiar to operating in New York City, such as managing traffic flows, or at least trying to, hauling trash out of the city, and the delicate dance of co-operating with everyone else on the roads of the Big Apple.

Later in the show, we touch on Mark’s gig at a Volvo dealer not far from me, and some of the peculiarities of their equipment, and its seeming preparation for autonomous operations.

Mark and Zach are great and you should follow them on LinkedIn -

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-miller-356a7813/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/markstone54ab/

TANY website - https://nytrucks.org/

As mentioned in the intro and near the end of the show, I was recently invited to give a presentation on my book and issues facing the American trucker in 2026 at the hallowed halls of Cornell University.

It was recorded for your benefit, check it out -

https://law-cornell.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=3efee1ae-5175-460a-b123-b43a00e31c5a
If you haven’t yet, you can pick up a copy of my book directly from my publishers at Creed and Culture, in hardcover, e-reader, or audiobook format -

https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/

As always, you can get a hold of me with questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail here - gordilocks@protonmail.com

Voice Of GO(r)D is very happy to bring you a long and substantial conversation with fellow trucker and ‘Trucker-Tok’ personality Wolfgang Wendland. Mr Wentland has been documenting the decrepitude of the trucking industry, and the ‘undiscussed in polite society’ consequences and adversity American Truckers are forced to deal with downstream of the mass flooding of our roads with third world incompetents by the Biden Administration. To say that there is an unsafe (and unsanitary) culture clash happening on the interstates and in truck stops is to put it mildly. That this is happening at all is just another example of our distant and decrepit Ruling Class not giving a damn about the citizens for whom they are supposed to serve.

The trucking industry in America is in a protracted freight recession which has been ongoing for three years, and the Biden Administration dumping at least 600,000, and more likely over a million, migrants, refugees, and illegals into out industry in a blatant wage suppression, has had far reaching consequences which Mr Wentland and I discuss at length. The show is nearly 2-1/2 hours long - pack a lunch.

You can find Mr Wendland on TikTok here -

 https://www.tiktok.com/@wolfgangkw2

On Twitter - https://x.com/wolfgangkw2

And his new YouTube based podcast, The Back Row Show

Pre-sales for my book on the fate of the North American trucker in 2025 are now open and you can confirm your copy for March delivery right here -

https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/

Questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and Strongly Encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

The economy is not doing well, trucking companies large and small are going out of business, and the industry is in contraction mode. On top of all this, various types of parasites continue to extract blood and treasure from the American trucking market, leaving very little profits for an already super marginal industry. The government is behind the ball, and some of these scammers are operating in the open, brazenly discussing their methods on social media, and bragging about all of the money they are making off the backs of hard working American truckers.

What to do?

Voice Of GO(r)D brings you a roundtable discussion with top industry professionals, to first identify the problem, the international scope of the problem, how these scammers operate, and then to offer solutions to keep your company, be it a brokerage or trucking firm, be you an owner operator or shipper, from being taken advantage of.

Joining the show today -

Clarissa Hawes, investigative reporter at FreightWaves, who brings 16 years of experience in trucking journalism to the issue.

You can read Clarissa's latest piece on this very topic at FreightWaves -

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckers-deal-with-fallout-after-fraudsters-steal-dot-numbers

And you can find Clarissa on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarissa-hawes-60a1b012a/

or on Twitter - https://twitter.com/cage_writer

Also joining us from FreightWaves, Justin 'Supertrucker' Martin, FreightWaves social media manager, and a former trucker with well over a decade on the road under his belt.

You can find Justin on Twitter - https://twitter.com/supertrucker and commenting as a frequent guest on his colleague Timothy Dooner's excellent show, What The Truck? - https://www.freightwaves.com/wtt or on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@FWwhatthetruck

Mike Lombard is a returning guest on Voice of GO(r)D, and the impresario behind the Lombard Trucking Podcast, and you can find him making machine gun verbal deliveries while training for marathons on a backroad behind your nearest truck stop, or, more easily on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@lombardtrucking or anywhere else via his LinkTree - https://www.lombardtrucking.com/

And last but not least, very special guest Paul Bernard Jaroslawski, aka PBJ, the man behind Freight Caviar, joining us all the way from Poland, where he keeps an eye on the Eastern Front in the battle against the scammers.

You can find PBJ on Twitter - https://twitter.com/freightcaviar and LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/freightcaviar/ and you can also subscribe to his excellent industry newsletter over at https://www.freightcaviar.com/

And you can find me over at https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/ and are welcome to send love letters, hate mail, suggestions, or invite yourself on the show, go ahead and send an email - gordilocks@protonmail.com

For episode 30 of Voice Of GO(r)D, I was very happy to sit down with Lora Andela, a trucker who hauls livestock and hails from a small farm near Utica, N.Y., to hear the story of how she got into trucking, from her family growing and hauling hay down to Long Island, to homeschooling, learning trucking the old fashioned way with a company that knows what its doing, to skipping the world of freight and going straight to moooving cows.

Lora is a remarkable young woman, and her perspective on how she learned to drive truck and be a solid operator in the business is something 'leaders' in the industry should take heed from; Lora did it correctly, and so did her employers.

You can find and follow Lora on Twitter - https://twitter.com/loradaniandela

on Facecrack - https://www.facebook.com/loradanielle99

or on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lora_andela/

Shout out to the folks who first employed her at Alnye - https://alnyetrucking.com/

Also shout out to my man Rust Belt Kid over at the Heartland Revival Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6pxXSE4bPJQ5HHjEwKMyZM?si=ac0caf10ed004987

Contact the show - gordilocks@protonmail.com

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https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

In this second of hopefully many roundtable discussions hosted by Voice Of GO(r)D, I am joined by veteran riders of rails and thumbers of rides, Andy, Joseph, and James.

We had a very lengthy discussion on this seemingly lost form of travel, of what drives young men to undertake such journeys, the meaning to be found while on them and within the traveler himself, and a little look into the particularly American crust punk culture that overlaps with hitch-hiking and train jumping.

The legendary underground book 'Evasion' was mentioned and you can find out more about it here - https://evasionbook.com/evasion-book1647373395319

Andy is the author of many twitter threads weighing in on matters of great import, usually meticulously detailed in the way maps of yore were drawn. You will note that Andy is the first repeat guest of Voice Of GO(r)D, having joined the show previously to discuss his love of Upstate New York, and extolling the virtues of the rural aesthetic on the episode titled 'Adirondack Supremacy'.

You can find Andy on Twitter - https://twitter.com/shagbark_hick

Jospeh Keegin is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at Tulane University in New Orleans, a contributor to The Doomer Optimists podcast project, a writer at The Point Magazine https://thepointmag.com/ and can be found both at his own website https://fxxfy.net/ and on Twitter https://twitter.com/fxxfy

James Pogue is a writer at many of The Cathedral's most essential organs - Harper's, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair, where you may remember this piece which referenced my friends over at The Good Ol' Boyz podcast - https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets

You can find James' own website here - https://jameshensonpogue.com/ and you can find him on Twitter - https://twitter.com/jhensonpogue

James and Jospeh have both appeared/hosted with friends of the show Doomer Optimism, whose podcast can be found here on Spotify -

https://open.spotify.com/show/7C9x3FfDfsfAvmgUysy1wh?si=fbbfb3db393b4e42

Feel free to contact Voice of GO(r)D, gordilocks@protonmail.com

You can find my writings and subscribe to this podcast at substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Every once in awhile a particular type of 'poast' or 'poaster' on the internet goes viral, or develops a legend around them, wether they know it or not.

One such poaster is Kevin Kenneth Koehnke, whose selfies featuring his custom made trucker caps are instantly recognizable. Mr Koehnke has had quite a mysterious sort of legend spring up around him, due to his past 'BoomerWaffen' poasting on Facebook, and in part to other internet accounts sharing his pictures, acting as a sort of homage, a tribute, which only add to his fame.

I finally tracked Mr Koehnke down, and he shares his life and many stories from the road with us.

You can find 'Uncle Kevin' on Twitter - https://twitter.com/KoehnkeKevin

and on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kevinkennethkoehnke/

If you would like to order your very own Uncle Kevin stitched trucker hat, call Innovative Stitching in Fremont, Indiana

1-260-495-3614

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Edward Escobar joins Voice Of GO(r)D to discuss his history of activism as an independent driver organizer, legal fights against Uber, the AB5 controversy in California, and what to expect from the ongoing attempts to roll out Autonomous Vehicles into society.

Edward is the founder of AiW Alliance for Independent Workers @ WCPDA, Wine Country Pro Drivers Alliance, is the Owner/Operator of Black Level Services SUV/LIMO, and is a public speaker on automation and the future of work.

You can find Edward on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-escobar-694445168/

and his Alliance for Independent Workers Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/581196215724042

For this episode of Voice Of GO(r)D, I'm very happy to bring you my very own Uncle Chris, who shares with us stories, wisdom, and keys to success, built up from a trucking career that spans back to the 1960s. In 1985, Uncle Chris, Aunt Gina, and his partner Jeff, founded Lakeside Freight Systems in a little office in Oakville, Ontario, and built it into one of Canada's most successful freight brokers, which, after my uncle retired, was eventually sold on to Uber Freight.

Uncle Chris is a high miler that has plenty of stories to tell, and insights one can only develop after having put 79 years on the odometer.

Thanks for listening, and as always, this show is a gift to my fellow drivers, which accepts no donations nor advertising - all I ask is that you pass it around to anyone else who might be interested in listening.

Comments, criticisms, hate mail, I take it all! Contact the show - gordilocks@protonmail.com

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Did you know that in Trudeau's Canada we have Political Prisoners being held under conditions and circumstances quite similar to that of The January 6 Protesters in the United States, or of Guantanamo Bay?

Four men are approaching 500 days in prison without yet facing trial, nor given bail, under circumstances that are unbecoming a modern western 'democracy', simply for exercising their democratic rights in participating with Canada's Freedom Convoy, quite possibly the largest and most peaceful protest in Canadian history.

Margaret 'Granny' Mackay joins Voice Of GO(r)D to tell us all about them.

The Coutts 4 -

Anthony (Tony) Olienick

Chris Carbert

Jerry Morin

Chris Lysak

Alberta Political Prisoners Facebook Page -

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

In Canada you can send funds to help the defense of these men via Interac E-Mail money transfer to operationrescue@protonmail.com

You can write letters to all of the men at the following addresses - use black or blue ink on white paper, using white envelopes, nothing else

Anthony Olienick

Inmate#2200620

Care of Medicine Hat Remand Centre

874 Second Street SE

Medicine Hat, AB

T1A 8H2

Chris Carbert

Inmate #1322255

Care of Lethbridge Correctional Centre

PO Bag 3001

Lethbridge, AB

T1J 3Z3

Jerry Morin

Inmate #2182289

Care of Calgary Correctional Centre

11808 85 Street NW

Calgary, AB

T3R 1J3

Chris Lysak

Inmate #1477491

Care of Lethbridge Correctional Centre

PO Bag 3001

Lethbridge, AB

T1J 3Z3

Thank you for taking the time to write, and for caring.

You can also make a donation to assist with the men's legal defense at GiveSendGo - https://www.givesendgo.com/G9HX4

Contact the show

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https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

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