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.
WHAT?

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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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

For more content and to get the podcast sent directly to your inbox, subscribe at my Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Contact the show - gordilocks@protonmail.com

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

Lob grenades in my direction on Twitter - https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

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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

gordilocks@protonmail.com

Find me on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

And on Substack

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Miss Flatbed Red is a multi-talented artist and musician, and has become well known amongst those who recognize the aesthetic supremacy of classic American Rigs through her fantastic truck sketches. Red shares a little of her life story with us, how she went from being a music student in London, to then becoming a regular at Truck Shows all across the United States, as well as discussing the intrinsic value of beauty and beautiful equipment, and why older trucks reign supreme.

You can find Flatbed Red at her home website - https://www.missflatbed.red/

She posts regularly on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/missflatbedred/

and can be found hosting truck tours on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/missflatbedred

Contact the show! All questions, comments, and criticisms welcome and encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

Find me on Twitter - https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

And on Substack - https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

In what should be the first of many Roundtables, Voice Of GO(r)D brings you a group discussion on what we can infer about society via the quality (or lack thereof) of replacement parts and those of us who operate and maintain the wheels of our economy.

Very happy to bring you Mr Brandon Daily, seminary student and mechanic, along with his father and business partner Mr Mike Daily, as well as truck parts marketing kingpin Mr Joshua Gwozdz, all of whom share their perspectives about the meaning to be found, or that is lacking, within the world of cars, trucks, and the parts and service required to keep them, and society, moving.

Frequently referenced in the discussion is the writer and philosopher Matthew B Crawford, and you can find out all about him and his books here -

https://www.matthewbcrawford.com/

My guests Twitter profiles - go give them a follow!

Brandon Daily - https://twitter.com/B__Daily

Joshua Gwozdz - https://twitter.com/JoshuaGwozdz

As always, feel free to contact the show with any feedback, criticism, suggestions, or hate mail -

gordilocks@protonmail.com

You can find me on Twitter - https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

and on Substack - https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Former state job training and placement agent "Joe" joins Voice Of GO(r)D to tell us about his experiences with government funded job placement services, and how they are incentivized to push people into the trucking business, wether they are qualified or not, or have any hope of success in the business or not.

There are implications in this discussion for the driver shortage narrative, as what Joe worked in was a piece of the stealth corporate welfare system which trucking companies rely on to maintain their churning of bodies through the business, rather than improving drivers working conditions and pay in order to keep them around.
Perhaps if we weren’t shoveling taxpayer money into these systems, those improvements might come naturally.

"Joe" wishes to remain anonymous.

Contact the show, all comments, questions, and criticisms are welcomed -

gordilocks@protonmail.com

Find me on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

And my Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Voice Of GO(r)D is very happy to bring you a discussion with a friend of the show and fellow author who has just released an excellent new book.

Dr. Chris Ellis is a student of preparedness and his latest work, after multiple masters degrees and a PhD (and preparing defense resiliencies via his role in the United States Army) he has written this book which examines our understanding of ‘preppers’ and the different types of thought, and different types of threats and forward thinking, which animate those who are getting ready … to be ready.

You may remember Dr./Colonel Ellis from a Christmas Post of yore, where he detailed for us the history of NORAD’s Santa Tracker program, of and for which he has been a volunteer, along with his awesome wife, Kim.

Our conversation winds from resiliency mindsets that lead to community building and through to some of the more negative ideas which cause various of the more political problems we have to be prepared for. All in all a positive and very informative discussion.
You can find Dr. Ellis’ book at his very own website -

https://www.resilientcitizens.com/

You can also follow him on Twitter - https://x.com/Prep4Disasters

He has started a Substack as well, and I look forward to seeing more of his thoughts there very soon.

https://resilientcitizens.substack.com/

My book on the fate of the North American truck driver is done - final final final last call editing for the manuscript has been sent back to the publisher, and the book is now being reviewed by some of the best in the business.

Pre-sales for End of The Road open at my publishers website on Monday, November 24, for delivery to your door in March. Get yourself a copy, and better yet, buy one for a trucker in your life - it would make a great Christmas gift for truck stop (or unpaid detention delay) reading.

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

As always, questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and strongly encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

Voice Of GO(r)D is very happy to welcome Cornell Sociologist Karen Levy, PhD, to discuss her recent book "Data Driven - Truckers, Technology, and the new Workplace Surveillance", which is a very deep dive into the effects of Surveillance Technology such as the ELD on America's truckers. We discuss Karen's interest in how rules are managed and negotiated in practice, and where this intersects with state and corporate desire to use surveillance technology to enforce those rules on workers. Karen's research has found some interesting things about this technology, how it works, what it does and does not accomplish, the marketing around it, and how it affects the working lives of the surveilled. There is much consideration to be drawn from her study for the wider working class.

You can buy Data Driven directly from Princeton University Press -

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691175300/data-driven

Karen Levy's personal website with more information about her work -

https://www.karen-levy.net/

Karen's Twitter -

https://twitter.com/karen_ec_levy

My own review of Data Driven at American Affairs Journal -

https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2023/02/panopticons-of-the-interstate/

Contact Voice Of GO(r)D! -

gordilocks@protonmail.com

Find me on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

Subscribe to my Substack, and never miss an article or podcast -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Very old friend and lifelong fully independent owner-operator Trent Lalonde joins Voice Of GO(r)D to discuss his experiences in the business, how to approach it to achieve success, various problems that plague the industry, and how having truck driving recognized as a certified trade will go a long way towards helping solving those problems. Trent also suggests political strategies which would make that happen.

You can find Trent on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/gustoffur

and on Facebook -

https://www.facebook.com/groups/283073555713106/user/723554668/

And here is his Facebook Group 'Trucking is a Trade'

https://www.facebook.com/groups/283073555713106

Contact Voice Of GO(r)D! All comments and suggestions are welcomed -

gordilocks@protonmail.com

Find me on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

And on Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Today I am joined by Mike Lombard of The Lombard Trucking Podcast, a fitness advocate for truckers whom you may have seen doing pushups or possibly yoga in the parking lot at a truck stop near you. Mike is full of energy and good vibes, and we discuss the importance of fitness to all aspects of your health, including your own self esteem, and for making sure you will be around a long time for your family!

Please check out Mike's TikTok or Instagram page to find out about nutrition and workouts that will work for you - Mike is a friendly and helpful guy, and he wants you to be the best version of yourself that you can be.

Remember, Voice Of GO(r)D takes no ads and charges no admission; all I ask in return is that you make sure this show gets to as many truckers as you know.

TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@lombardtrucking

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lombardtrucking/

1stPhorm Fitness App - https://1stphorm.app/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/LombardTrucking

And check out Mike's very own and very active podcast, The Lombard Trucking Show -

https://open.spotify.com/show/3RV5PhQE4omEko507LvjOG

Contact the show! - gordilocks@protonmail.com

My Twitter - https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

Substack - https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

My Old Ice Road Trucking Pal 'Steady' Eddie Plotnikoff joins the show to fill us in on Winter Road 2023, Covid Jail for Ice Road Truckers, his background as a hippie logging truck driver and descendant of Doukhobors, and plays some tunes for us.

You can find Eddie's music here on Spotify -

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7zf40WdQGWnXYL2Gmc5z91

Contact the show!

gordilocks@protonmail.com

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And on Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

This past weekend I was honored to meet up with Lee + Lisa Schmitt, and Jim Heffernan, of the new trucker advocacy organization CDL Drivers Unlimited.

We were all at the Mid- America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky; it was my first time ever going to that great Festival of All Things Trucking, and I highly recommend you check it out if you ever get the chance.

You can read this great interview The Schmitts gave to Todd Dills over at Overdrive Online -

https://www.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15306453/new-drivers-advocacysupport-organization-makes-initial-push

CDL - Drivers Unlimited website -

https://www.cdldu.com/

CDL - Drivers and Friends website -

https://www.cdldf.org/

You can follow Lee and Lisa on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/LSchmitt_TAAWTS

Find me on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

Contact the show!

gordilocks@protonmail.com

Sing up for my writings and this podcast delivered to your inbox at my Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

British writer and Twitter Anon Mr. KB Goldtooth requested an interview with me for an upcoming essay he is writing, on the inspiration that he and others in the UK's 'Together' movement took from The Freedom Convoy; it was nice to have the table spun and be asked the questions for once. We discussed how I became involved in writing on The Convoy, the effects of Trudeau's psychological warfare campaign had on Canada and how that lead to the Convoy in the first place, and the fall out from it all.

Mr Goldtooth wrote an excellent piece for the Off-Guardian on the Together movement, and you can read it here -

https://off-guardian.org/2023/01/08/the-glorious-counter-revolution-how-the-british-beat-back-the-new-normal/

and recently appeared on my friend Melly's show, "now then" -

https://www.patreon.com/posts/11-when-wind-kb-80461391

You can find KB on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/Goldentoothed

My Twitter -

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

Contact the show!

gordilocks@protonmail.com

My Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Well known for his Twitter threads extolling the virtues of Upstate living, Adirondacker aka Andy joined me today to discuss his very well thought out ideas of remaining and building in place, and ignoring the blackpills of politics and cultural decay to focus on that which is more important and foundational to a life well lived.

You can find Andy on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/shagbark_hick

A recent very encouraging short video he made -

https://twitter.com/shagbark_hick/status/1636460753061306368

Contact the show!

gordilocks@protonmail.com

Find me on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

And my Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Twitter Anon, Programmer, and all around good guy Realism Fan joins the show today to discuss Artificial Intelligence, the limitations facing its further development, and implications for various sectors of the working and professional classes from how it is being applied, especially for those of us facing possible replacement by autonomous trucks.

What a coincidence that the day I was editing this recording, the new version of ChatGPT just dropped, and within hours it was already doing some amazing things; check out this twitter thread.

https://twitter.com/LinusEkenstam/status/1635754587775967233


You can find Realism fan on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/realism_fan

You can find me on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

Email the show!

gordilocks@protonmail.com

Find more on my substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Very honored to be joined by Legal Counsel to The Freedom Convoy and an outstanding warrior for Canada, Ms Eva Chipiuk.

We discuss Eva's career as a lawyer and how it was she came to cross examine Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at The Public Order Emergency Commission, as well as her thoughts on how the government and media handled the Convoy Protests, the proceedings of the POEC, and how Canada heals and moves forward from this dark chapter in our history.

Eva's website 

https://chipiuk.ca/

Eva on Twitter

https://twitter.com/forevaeva79

Contact the show!

gordilocks@protonmail.com

My twitter

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

Find my writings on Substack

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Very honored to be joined by an old friend and fellow trucker from my hometown of Beamsville, Ontario - Mr. Vince Sturge.

Vince has been on the road almost as long as I have, and he takes a very serious approach to looking good on the road as a reflection of a professional attitude. His equipment always looks great, and Vince is one of those people you can count on to represent the best the industry has to offer.

You can find Vince on Instagram -

https://www.instagram.com/_canadian_coal_roller/

Vince has also appeared on The Lead Pedal Podcast with Bruce Outridge -

https://theleadpedalpodcast.com/lp198-have-pride-in-your-ride-with-driver-vince-sturge

Contact Voice Of GO(r)D -

gordilocks@protonmail.com

My Twitter -

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Voice Of GO(r)D brings you two trucking industry researchers in discussion on a hot topic today that is now being discussed in the wider media, downstream of a major enforcement action in Oklahoma. Danielle Chaffin returns for her third appearance on the show along with Miranda from the very popular and informative Trucking Made Successful YouTube channel, and we dive in to the question of how random migrants from around the world are showing up in America and various states are issuing them CDLs with very little in the way of any identification, verification, or possibility of accountability should anything go wrong.

There is a lot to say about this topic, and more details that won't fit into Spotify's show description character limit, so please head over to my Substack to check out the rest -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/no-name-given-on-the-fraudulent-issue

You can go follow Danielle on Twitter/X - https://x.com/maybedanielleee and, if you want, NerdIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maybedanielleee/ and her Substack is great, too - https://www.highwayveritas.com/

You can find Miranda’s awesome YouTube Channel here - https://www.youtube.com/@TruckingMadeSuccessful and on Twitter/X - https://x.com/TMSuccessful

In other news - my book is complete! The first round of editing, revisions, and more editing, are all wrapped up, and the manuscript is now in the hands of my publishers at Creed and Culture. They will have a week or two to analyze the manuscript, make any final suggestions or changes, and later this month we should have a final manuscript of the book ready to go. Pre-sales at their website will open in November, and the Hardcover will be delivered to your door in March; or, you can meet me at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, March 26-28 2026, and I will sign a copy for you in person! An E-reader version will also be available, and I will be narrating an audiobook for all of my Road Warrior colleagues to listen to while you are white-knuckling it along the Interstate Mad Max Wasteland.
https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/

Thanks for listening, and please pass this discussion along to your favorite trucker, or US DOT investigator, or State DMV official, or anyone else with the power to fix this problem - its time to start cleaning things up, and attain the Highway Hyperborea that is within our capacity to create.
Questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and Strongly Encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

Absolutely honored to have Ross Kennedy aka HUNTSMAN, renowned Supply Chains and Logistics expert who grew to fame by explaining how the world works to Twitter for those who were hiding at home during the Covid Regime.

You can find Ross and all of his magnificent and highly detailed Supply Chain threads on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/maphumanintent

And much deeper writings at his Substack -

https://fortisanalysis.substack.com/

Contact the Show!

gordilocks@protonmail.com

Find me on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

And on Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Voice Of GO(r)D was delighted to speak with Mr Alex Brown, Toronto based freelance journalist, writer, and host of The Acceptable Views Substack.

We discussed last weeks damning CSIS report which shows the Chinese Communist Party to be behind Justin Trudeau's electoral 'victory' in 2021, Justice Rouleau's 'ruling' on the use of The Emergencies Act, Canada under Trudeau's Covid Regime, and both of our experiences in writing about The Freedom Convoy.

Alex's recent Substack on the CCP and Trudeau -

https://acceptableviews.substack.com/p/meet-the-new-canada

Globe and Mail article containing the CSIS report on the CCP and Trudeau -

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-china-influence-2021-federal-election-csis-documents/

You can find Alex on Twitter here -

https://twitter.com/alexbrown17

My Twitter -

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

Contact the show!

gordilocks@protonmail.com

And my Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

I spoke with my friend D, a public school teacher in Ontario, about how public sector and most other unions were actively hostile to The Freedom Convoy, and have largely abandoned their commitment to defending the interests of their members, at least where it concerns Bodily Autonomy.

We also discussed The Reckoning that is going to be required for society to heal, after the last 3 years of relentless psychological warfare inflicted on everyone by just about all of the institutions whom are entrusted to 'manage' society.


Contact the show -

gordilocks@protonmail.com

Find me on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

Read my Substack -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

Ahoy! On today's episode of Voice Of GO(r)D I speak with lifelong sailor Jessica Bonsor, who relates to us part of her career working on the high seas, from oil tankers to dragging around deep sea drilling rigs. Jessica tells us all about what it is like being a woman in a very male dominated industry, life at sea, and many years of living in The Maritime provinces of eastern Canada.

Jessica now works for The Canadian Coast Guard and lives in Halifax.

Speaking of Canada - read my latest piece of writing on some truly evil and anti-democratic nonsense going on in the Great White North.

https://compactmag.com/article/the-de-banking-of-dissent

Contact the show!

gordilocks@protonmail.com

Find me on Twitter!

https://twitter.com/DriverAutonomy

Read my Substack!

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/

On this episode of Voice Of GO(r)D I had the great pleasure of speaking with my old mate Gavin Smith, quite possibly one of the world's best and most experienced truckers, hailing all the way from New Zealand. Gavin has had quite a life, including service in The Royal New Zealand Navy, and working in many places around the world, including several seasons up on The Ice Roads of the Northwest Territories where I first met him.

Gavin relays much of his history on the road to us, as well as the service he is currently rendering to his fellow Veterans.

The Veterans Group of which Gavin is the current president -

https://www.mururoaveterans73.nz/

An article describing the work they do and challenges they face -

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/114545821/grandchildren-of-mururoa-nuclear-veterans-face-ongoing-medical-problems

Email me - gordilocks@protonmail.com 

My Substack - autonomoustruckers.substack.com  

Twitter - @driverautonomy

Chace Barber is one of the guys behind Edison Motors, a British Columbia based company which is looking to build realistic trucks which can run on both electricity and diesel fuel, and fill the gap between material reality and the distant Utopia which TechBros keep telling us is almost upon us.

Chace is quite a character and pleasure to listen to, and you will enjoy the story of his career in trucking, and his insights to both the possibilities and limitations of electrifying trucks.

You can find Chace on TikTok

https://www.tiktok.com/@chacebarber?lang=en

Or follow his company Edison Motors on Twitter

https://twitter.com/EdisonMotorsLtd

or just go straight to their website

https://www.edisonmotors.ca/

A quick video of Chace is available to watch here

https://twitter.com/EdisonMotorsLtd/status/1601656059030302720?s=20

Email me - gordilocks@protonmail.com

My Substack - autonomoustruckers.substack.com

Twitter - @driverautonomy 

I was honored to have an audience with Congressman Jefferson Van Drew of New Jersey's 2nd District, where we briefly discussed his district, political career, switching parties, and The Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act, which is now before Congress.

You can read my arguments for passing this act, and ending the overtime pay disparity between truckers and everyone else at

Newsweek - https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-want-support-working-class-vote-andy-levins-trucker-bill-opinion-1715058

The American Conservative - https://www.theamericanconservative.com/pay-truckers-for-their-work/

and on my Substack - https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/nickel-and-overtimed

On this episode of Voice Of GO(r)D I spoke with UK based trucker and writer behind The Lorryist substack, Mr Graham Brown.

Graham's substack is excellent, where he shares his thoughts ranging from philosophies developed behind the wheel, musings on the current state of decay our 'democracies' are experiencing, and his thoughts on the works of other intellectuals such as Curtis Yarvin.

You can find Graham on Twitter here - https://twitter.com/hiwaymyway

and his wonderful Substack here - https://thelorryist.substack.com/

On this episode, I spoke with Will Cook, the man behind the advocacy organization America Without Drivers.

https://americawithoutdrivers.com/ ----> this is quite the website, lots of links and info, check it out!

Will is himself a trucker, but has found himself very busy in attempting to get politicians and the public to give deeper consideration to the myriad consequences of removing America's truckers and replacing them with cold hard code.

AWOD Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/224352448790992

Will Cook on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086627370848&mibextid=LQQJ4d

FreightWaves editorial director Rachel Premack joined me for a day of logging, and then again on Zoom to discuss The Motor Carrier Act of 1980, and many other subjects of fetishization by Freight Nerds.

You can find Rachel on Twitter https://twitter.com/rrpre and you should subscribe to her newsletter MODES https://www.freightwaves.com/modes

Voice of GO(r)D is very happy to bring you Rob Carpenter, trucker, safety expert, writer, and maestro behind the The Tea/Talking Wreckless Substack.

Rob’s current writing project, the 30 Days of Why series, which I highlighted here recently, is one of the best pieces of investigative journalism and deep critiques of the trucking industry I have ever seen, and it is my pleasure to bring Rob to the show to discuss that series, his life in the industry, and so much else.

https://www.talkingwreckless.com/

In the intro you will hear me discuss the latest installments to Rob’s series, which came out after we recorded; I will have to get Rob back on to discuss this two part investigation, because the utterly insane story he highlights speaks to EVERYTHING that is wrong with trucking now, and how multiple system failures, matched with this belief that truckers are just human resources slurry that can be sloshed from country to country, resulted in 9 children being immolated in a totally preventable wreck.

The Safety Tech is not going to save anyone, which is another point Rob and I address.

https://www.talkingwreckless.com/p/the-pruitt-alabama-crash-a-deep-dive

https://www.talkingwreckless.com/p/the-pruitt-crash-part-two-lives-depend

You can find Rob on Twitter - https://x.com/Thewhitesmoke

And on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-carpenter-cds-cdm-e-74500977/

The rough draft of my book is complete - this week sees the manuscript going through the first edit, and then it will be submitted to the publisher and see more tweaks and suggestions from them. I will be announcing when pre-orders will be available in November.

My publisher, Creed and Culture Books, being a new kid on the block, finally got their website up and running here last week, and you should go check it out.

https://creedandculture.com/

Questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and strongly encouraged - gordilocks@protonamail.com

I spoke with James Year, Syracuse University Masters Student and Photojournalist about his work documenting the lives of those whose jobs are perceived to be automated into oblivion in the near future.

You can find James' work here - https://jamesyear.com/ and on Instagram https://instagram.com/yearjames/

On Autonomous Cars not cracking out to what we've been told -

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-10-06/even-after-100-billion-self-driving-cars-are-going-nowhere

Autonomous Truck Manufacturer TuSimple lays off many employees -

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/self-driving-truck-company-tusimple-lay-off-hundreds-days-before-christmas-report

Welcome to VoiceOfGO(r)D - this is the intro episode that will tell you what I'm all about.

Voice Of GO(r)D is very happy to bring you a conversation with Tamie Sue Stuttle of the advocacy organization Real Women in Trucking, where we discuss many of the usual problems facing truckers, and one in particular that is of import to Lady Truckers.

Due to the intransigence of certain of the biggest trucking companies in the country, and their reliance on a wicked and evil training model, a study examining Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment in the industry was recently cancelled.

As reported on by John Gallagher at FreightWaves not two weeks ago -

The Trump administration has canceled a study aimed at addressing sexual harassment and rape in the trucking industry, according to one of the study’s developers.

“We all put a lot of time and attention into this, and just got an email yesterday telling us not to do any more work, that we’ve been cancelled,” Anne Balay, a member of the working group overseeing the project, told FreightWaves.

“Everyone knows rape and sexual harassment are incredibly common in this industry, and this was an attempt to do an actual study that would have led to suggestions on how to address it and make the industry safer. But it was canceled not to save money – the money had already been spent – but to prevent the results from getting out to the public, ensuring now nothing gets done to change the industry and make it safer for women.”

A screenshot of a notice from the administration states that the decision to terminate the study “is because the government’s priorities have shifted and this project no longer meets our needs.”

As Tamie and I discuss the cancellation, it appears that it is not the governments needs they are concerned with, but those of the members of the American Trucking Association, whose ‘Team Training’ programs would be exposed to the scrutiny they need by this study, and possibly bring this stupid training method, and all of the sexual abuse it leads to for women, into the public eye. And, perhaps, result in it being made illegal - which is the correct action, to our minds.

Tamie and I also discuss various other issues relevant to woman behind the wheel, and every other trucker out on the road, including a recent study from the ATA’s research arm which suggests that more felons be recruited into trucking. What about those convicted of sexual crimes who would now be a problem for women truckers?

You can find Tamie on Twitter - https://x.com/tamiesue2

Tamie’s own podcast - https://truckinwithtamie.com/

The canceled SASH study at FMCSA - https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/research-and-analysis/cmv-driver-sexual-assault-and-sexual-harassment-sash

https://www.realwomenintrucking.org/

Driver Documentary Film

Petition to re-instate the SASH Study -

https://www.change.org/p/reinstate-the-fmcsa-study-on-sexual-assault-and-harassment-in-trucking

The disgusting White Paper from ATRI encouraging the recruitment of dangerous ex-cons and Foster Children into trucking -

https://truckingresearch.org/2025/07/new-atri-research-highlights-evolving-truck-driver-demographics/

Questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are always welcomed and strongly encouraged -

 gordilocks@protonmail.com

Voice of GO(r)D is very happy to present a short discussion with the CEO of the North American Punjabi Trucking Assocation, Mr Raman Dhillon.
NAPTA is kind of a Member Support organization who provide training, support for members with business development, bulk purchasing discounts, and seek to represent their particular corner of the trucking industry.

I recorded this conversation back in June, before all of the attention which became focused on Mr Dhillon’s community in the wake of this horrific tragedy earlier in August down in Florida. I asked Mr Dhillon to come back on the show to record an addendum to this; he has yet to respond.

This was a useful conversation, where we covered Mr Dhillon’s immigration story to America from India, various topics and problems within trucking, his meeting with former President Biden, and we also touch on issues specific to the Punjabi community and their deep penetration into the trucking business, both in Canada and the United States. You will find that Mr Dhillon is in agreement with the rest of us on many basic and common sense operational rules and approaches for the industry.

In the show we mentioned Mr Dhillon’s interview with Overdrive Magazine, which you can read here -

https://www.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15748790/biden-trucking-plan-and-crisis-of-unvetted-drivers-raman-dhillon

I know the wider discussion out there about migration and all of the work permit/work visa scams is pretty heated right now, and I wanted to hear from someone on the other side of that equation than those born and raised in North America; I hope you find some value in that.

You can find NAPTA online here - https://www.gonapta.org/

Mr Dhillon has his own podcast, Punjabi Trucking 360, which is occasionally recorded in English, and can be found on all of the major podcasting platforms.

Thanks for listening!
I’m almost done the book! Pre-sales will be available in November.

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

Voice Of GO(r)D is happy to present you a conversation with brother and sister Michael and Chasaty Rainer, proprietors of Booker’s Dude Ranch, an event facility in the East Texas town of Henderson that is also doubling as an old school truck stop of sorts, part of the Truck Parking Club network of locations which offer an alternative to the ever declining quality and chaotic madness of America’s large truck stop chains.

Michael himself is a lifelong trucker that is still out there on the road, and is well clued in to the challenges facing drivers in 2025, and sister Chasaty is a nurse who takes a holistic approach to the health and wellness of the truckers that are her guests.

If you happen to be passing through that area of the country, and want a quiet place to park, have some decent non-fast food slop, and maybe have a horse riding lesson while taking a reset, you should go check them out.

You can find The Dude Ranch at their own website -

https://www.bookersduderanch.com/

And over on the Insta -

https://www.instagram.com/bookersduderanch/

And Facecrack -

https://www.facebook.com/bookersduderanch

If you would like to hear more about the Truck Parking Club mission directly from its founder, have a listen here -

As Always - questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and strongly encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

I’m writing a book on the fate of the North American Trucker in 2025, due to be published in March 2026. It’s almost done! Stay tuned for news on editing progress.

Voice Of GO(r)D brings to the mic Texas Trucker Jayme and Blake, a pair of representatives from a small trucker advocacy organization called The National Owner Operators Association, whose recent activities around demanding transparency in the dealings between freight brokers and the truckers who keep the country moving have touched off some heated debates in the industry. TNOOA have some very pointed and compelling positions about the ‘race to the bottom’ in the trucking industry, and how that is driven, in large part, by the over-capacity in the industry not only of trucks, but of brokerages themselves.

TNOOA have been featured in several articles by Overdrive Magazine, and have engaged in meetings with various politicians on the question of proposed broker transparency legislation, as well as advising them on other issues and regulation in the industry. Blake and Jayme also describe how TNOOA is not merely working for owner operators, but truckers as a whole. They share various stories of assistance they have rendered our fellow truckers, especially in dealing with parasite complexes such as overzealous local parking officers, predatory towing companies, and the dodgier, scummier elements amongst our friends in the world of brokering, including the Armenian double broker and convicted gangster G-Face.

You can find TNOOA online here - https://tnooa.com/

Jayme and Blake are both active participants on FreightX, Blake from her office while supporting her family trucking business, and Jayme from out on the road, who is a Texas based Owner-Operator doing his level best to help his fellow truckers from his position behind the wheel.

Follow Blake here - https://x.com/Fosfamily

Jayme here - https://x.com/Andersonj2273

TNOOA puts out a quarterly online magazine within their website called ‘The Stand’ which features unique industry commentary from their members.

https://tnooa.com/the-stand-magazine/

Thanks for listening! If you found this podcast episode valuable or entertaining, pass it around to your friends and associates, especially other truckers.

And as always, questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail can be sent to me directly - gordilocks@protonmail.com

I’m writing a book on the fate of the North American trucker in 2025, and its almost done! Find out more about the book here -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/book-project-announcement-and-a-major

Voice Of GO(r)D has convened something of an emergency roundtable in the wake of this horrific tragedy in Florida last week, as much of the reporting on it that’s out there is weak, inconsistent, politically motivated, and lacking in substantive context and background.

This tragic incident, for those who follow this Substack, or pay close attention to the North American trucking industry, is but one of many in a long line of completely unnecessary and preventable crashes, and the causes of all of these crashes are many, but there are notable through-lines and historical context. The media, along with many online commentators, are trying to pin this on bad immigration policy, which is certainly a component, or the corruption of politicians like Gavin Newsom, which is also a factor, but this is merely to find convenient villains who are a regular feature of life in America in 2025, and to miss all of the other problems; which are, quite frankly, of far more consequence to this incident.

To help describe the view of this problem in its entirety from 30,000 feet, I have invited colleagues and former guests of this show to join me in a wide ranging roundtable which tackles all of the angles of this story, to help you make more sense of it and arm yourself with accurate complaints to make to your relevant authorities.

Shannon Everett is a co-founder and the public face of American Truckers United. He is, like myself, a trucker who comes from a multi-generational trucking family. Shannon now manages an Arkansas based carrier, and his group has done some incredible research into the suspicious and massive increase of CDLs being issued across America over the past 5 years.

You can listen to our previous interview here, and find his very active Twitter here.

Danielle Chaffin is the granddaughter and daughter of old school truckers in Tennessee, and she has been a freight broker and a social worker, but is now behind the scenes at a TMS company that helps fleets manage all of their data. She is also an independent researcher into the industry, and writes the excellent Highway Veritas substack, which I quote here often. You can find Danielle’s previous appearances on this podcast here and here, and Danielle’s prolific and informative Twitter here.

Justin ‘Supertrucker’ Martin is a former trucker and social media operator, who has held many roles behind the wheel, including hauling high security loads for the United States military, mail for the United States Postal Service, and was once the co-host of the FreightWaves podcast ‘Back The Truck Up’. You can find Justin as a guest on my show here, here, here, and here, and his meme-heavy Twitter account here.

For the first time, and for those folks who prefer to watch things online, I have made the video from our roundtable available on YouTube. I’m not a fan of the video format, mostly because I don’t have time to watch almost anything, but if you like an assemblage of talking heads, here you go -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5I5mxcYgJI

I am a few short days away from submitting the rough manuscript for this book, which will likewise describe the insourcing of unskilled and illiterate labor onto our highways, as well as many other issues of consequence during the twilight days of the last American cowboy.

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/book-project-announcement-and-a-major

As always, questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and strongly encouraged -

 gordilocks@protonmail.com

Voice Of GO(r)D is back and in conversation with Atlanta based attorney Jeremy Citron of Long Haul Law and the Hurt Boss, where we discuss the perception of truckers by the public, and more specifically, members of juries, and how that comes into play when truckers get tangled up in trial. Jeremy also lays out some recommendations on how truckers can facilitate accountability and professionalism and thus more readily protect themselves in such situations. We also get into many issues facing trucking today, and why it is we have so many dodgy operators around.
Jeremy is a thoughtful guy and this was an informative conversation - I hope to get him back again some day. Thanks again for listening!

Questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and strongly encouraged -

 gordilocks@protonmail.com

Voice Of GO(r)D is proud to bring you a conversation with Mr Stephen Ruhe, logistician and scion of an Ohio trucking family and also the proprietor of a new historical documentary project called Semi Historic, which seeks to examine the early history of the trucking industry in America and find lessons applicable today.

https://www.semihistoric.com/

From the website -

”Semi-Historic is my love letter to the truckers and the legends who built America’s supply chain. As the third-generation of a family trucking company, I am creating this archive to finally give our industry the rich history and respect it deserves.”

Stephen gives us an overview of what he hopes to achieve with the project, as well as a few anecdotes from his look into the history of trucking in America, which takes us from its birth in Ohio to the intersection of migration, the prohibition era, the Motor Carrier Act of 1935, and onwards to today, where we find that there is indeed nothing new under the sun. Loopholes and shenanigans derived from the difference between public and private carriers are also highlighted.

You can find Stephen on Twitter/X - https://x.com/StephenRuhe

As mentioned in the intro, I’ve been busy as of late with various interviews and presentations regards my own examination of the recent history of trucking. My description of a silent war on the truckers who drive the industry has resonated with more than a few people, and I was asked to join C-Span, and give a presentation at Cornell University here in my new home town of Ithaca, NY.

https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/gord-magill-on-end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/677222

https://law-cornell.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=3efee1ae-5175-460a-b123-b43a00e31c5a

Friend of this podcast and FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller was recently invited to write an Op-Ed for the New York Times, and boy does it ever said like a compressed version of what I have been saying for years.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/opinion/trucking-safety.html

If you haven’t yet, you can order a hardcover, e-reader, or audio version of my book, End of The Road - Inside The War on Truckers from my publishers at Creed and Culture -

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

Thanks for listening, and as always, questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

The Voice Of GO(r)D podcast is very happy to bring you a discussion with former MIT Data Scientist Dr. David Correll, whose work within MIT FreightLab, a project of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, examines the mother of all problems in trucking, and the one that begets so many others, DETENTION.

For non-truckers, detention is when trucks are held up for unreasonable amounts of time in the loading and unloading process at customer facilities. Some facility operators are notorious for this, and I have spent days trying to get certain things unloaded, and will share a particularly egregious example in the book I am writing on the fate of the North American Trucker in 2025. (see details below)

Everyone remembers seeing footage of a hundred container ships waiting to be docked at the Port Of Long Beach/Los Angeles during Covid - imagine that this is what its like in many sectors of trucking, except it happens all the time, year in, year out, and has been this way since forever.

Dr. Correll’s research concludes, in his words, that America leaves “40% of its trucking capacity on the table every day” due to this pernicious and seemingly intractable problem, which is the proximate cause of -

- Truck driver churn and retention issues

- Speeding and aggressive driving behavior which pose a saftey hazard on our roads, and has resulted in the imposition of ELDs and other surveillance tech into the lives of truckers

- Shippers being ghosted by carriers who find better facilities to work with

- The wasting of millenia, yes, literally thousands of years worth of valuable human capital. Multiply all of the hours lost times millions of truckers times decades of this problem …. and its probably more than millenia.

- An unnecessary drag on the resiliency of American supply chains.

We had an interesting discussion that covers detention and then connects it to these other issues, and we also discuss possible solutions.

You can read all about it at the following links -
David’s testimony to the Biden ‘Trucking Task Force’ -

https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/114233/witnesses/HHRG-117-PW0Wstate-CorrellD-20211117.pdf

David at Medium -

https://medium.com/mitsupplychain/is-there-a-truck-driver-shortage-or-a-capacity-crisis-73a7d7a5bcb

From MIT’s own news site -

https://news.mit.edu/2022/are-supply-chains-stuck-detention-0425

Some FreightLabs research papers for your perusal -

https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/130093

https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/142935

https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/126383

You can find Dr. Correll online

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

https://x.com/DavidHCCorrell

Please enjoy this musical interlude -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7kwFSp7yh4&list=RDc7kwFSp7yh4&start_radio=1

I have written extensively about one of the solutions to this problem, and that solution has been sitting in Congress for 3 years, waiting to be acted upon. Its amazing how a one line bill that doesn’t include new taxes or giveaways to anyone seems to have so much trouble getting out of committee -

https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-want-support-working-class-vote-andy-levins-trucker-bill-opinion-1715058

https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-proposal-remove-taxes-overtime-almost-perfecthe-just-needs-include-truckers-opinion-1954663

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/pay-truckers-for-their-work/

Questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and encouraged, especially if you are being abused by lazy and disorganized cretins holding you up and wasting the only resource you can’t make more of and is the most important thing we have in life - TIME.

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I’m almost done the rough manuscript of this detailed overview of what has become of the North American Trucker in 2025 -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/book-project-announcement-and-a-major

Voice Of GO(r)D is pleased to bring you a light conversation about a heavy topic centered on the question of why the country that is most dependent in the world on highway freight for its economy has such short and light trucks.

Professor Christopher Clarke is an economist at Washington State University, and is a presenter on a new social media channel called Business Explains The World. Their recent video on this question went viral, and as I have spent much of my trucking career outside of the USA pulling longer and heavier trucks than are usually to be found in America, I had to get him on the podcast.

I’ve always thought of the 53’ foot freight box as highly symbolic in that it is built explicitly to max out calories cubes where something like a Canadian Super B Train is built to max out on nutrition weight, and one of these things is healthier for the body economy than the other. Professor Clarke and I go back and forth on this question, amongst others, including the corporate welfare part of the equation where it concerns the production and flooding of the market with ‘drivers’, which is part of the problem here. Higher density trucks require a higher quality level of driver, and if anything this Substack should have taught you by now, it is that the trucking industry in North America in 2025 is very busy chasing the high quality operators out.

You can find Professor Clarke all over -
Twitter - https://x.com/EconChrisClarke
Professor Clarke’s own blog - https://econchrisclarke.wordpress.com/

TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@econchrisclarke
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/econchrisclarke/

As mentioned during the show, I hope to get Professor Clarke on for a longer and heavier discussion about this topic.

As always, questions, comments, suggestions, corrections, weight loss tips and Hate Mail are strongly encouraged and always welcome - gordilocks@protonmail.com

I’m almost done writing a book on the fate of the North American Trucker in 2025

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/book-project-announcement-and-a-major

Voice Of GO(r)D is happy to bring you a long overdue interview with Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of freight industry news website FreightWaves, as well as the freight data analytics tool SONAR and Firecrown Media empire.

FreightWaves has been of great service to the industry, and employed some of the finest journalists working on trucking, including former guests of this show Rachel Premack and Clarissa Hawes, as well as my pals Dooner and Supertrucker and so many other great people dedicated to Making Trucking Great Again.

Craig fills us in on his family history in trucking, including his Dad and Uncle at the US Express and Covenant Transport companies, the origin story of FreightWaves, current topics in trucking, and, of course, our favorite people in the world, the American Trucking Association.

(sarc) Craig had a bomb lobbed at him by Chris Spear the other day, and Craig has returned fire in kind, which lead me to having to bump this interview up in the schedule; this was recorded two weeks ago before the ATA started up their shit.

The Return Fire has been beautiful to watch - head on over to my Substack for screenshots

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/a-chat-with-freightwaves-ceo-craig

Typically I try not to get involved in other people’s fights but Craig has been nothing but good to me and I think in his heart is trying to do right by truckers; Chris Spear and the ATA, on the other hand, are corporate lobbyists whose grip on media narratives around trucking, and the taxpayer loot they extract from us for their members, are one of the primary causes of trucking being in the utter mess that its in, so to hell with them.

You can read more from Craig himself here -

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-atas-waning-influence-irks-its-leader

And while you are there, have a look around FreightWaves site, the reporting is excellent, and they have so many great people there, including Dooner, JP Hampstead, John Kingston, and Grace Sharkey, amongst others.

Craig's Twitter

Craig and I are both writing books at the moment - his is done, and will be out in November, mine is getting there and will be out in March.

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/book-project-announcement-and-a-major

If you want to help see me through to the end -
https://www.givesendgo.com/EndOfTheRoad

Questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are always welcome and strongly encouraged!

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Voice Of GO(r)D is pleased to bring you a discussion with Dale Prax, founder of FreightValidate, a service and tool to help brokers and shippers deal with the scamming and parasitism epidemic in the North American trucking industry today.
From his website -

Trust FreightValidate to provide crucial insights into the reliability of carriers and brokers operating in the United States and Canada. Our platform uniquely combines advanced technology with deep industry knowledge, a thorough understanding of 49 CFR regulations, and Public Law 112-141 (MAP-21), along with years of industry experience. We use objective, impartial, and factual data in our FreightValidation process—no predictive analytics, no guesswork, no hypotheticals. Just the facts.

Dale fills us in on his history in trucking and freight brokering, and what he has seen over his career, and the nuances of various laws and regulations, how they’re being enforced, or not, usually, and what you can do to beat the ‘Chameleon’ and ‘Ghost’ carriers who are out there putting your freight, and the lives of motorists, at risk.

Dale also shares with us his interactions with regulators, and some of the very simple policy suggestions that would greatly reduce the number and impact of these bad actors on the industry.

You can also see Dale speaking at the FreightWaves Freight Fraud Symposium

https://youtu.be/8dhpPSo-EM8

You can find Dale on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dale-prax-%E2%9C%85-a6814518/

Or email him directly - info@freightvalidate.com

As mentioned in the Intro, friend and former guest of the show Danielle Chaffin maybe danielle’s thoughts has written a couple of bangers on this subject over the past few days, and you can check them out here -

https://maybedanielleee.substack.com/p/hope-trans-llc-knowns-unknowns-and

I’m writing a book on the fate of the North American Trucker in 2025 -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/book-project-announcement-and-a-major

It’s very close to being ready for editing, and if you want to help me get it over the finish line, you can donate here -

https://www.givesendgo.com/EndOfTheRoad

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

Voice Of GO(r)D is pleased to welcome back to the show returning guests Danielle Chaffin and Justin ‘Supertrucker’ Martin in discussion on the ease with which certain bad actors in trucking can be identified and avoided. If you are on FreightX, Danielle and Justin are revealing, on the daily, ‘Chameleon’ or ‘Ghost’ Carriers, and the shell games they play with layers of LLCs, the trade in Motor Carrier numbers, and other methods by which they avoid accountability for their unsafe and unprofessional operations. In doing so, they show us how easy it is for shippers and load broker to screen these guys out, especially with a new and easy to use tool developed by our mutual and friend of this show, Garret Makes, simply called ‘Search Carriers’.

I’ve been a little behind on getting episodes out - we recorded this over a month ago - but the timing of edit and release today was fortuitous, as yesterday, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy appeared on our colleague Timothy Dooner’s show WHAT THE TRUCK? and it was quite a White Pill to discover that Duffy has been taking on criticisms and complaints from FreightX and other social media, and is, in fact, launching investigations into various problems in the industry highlighted by truckers online, especially the Non-Domicile CDL scams identified by our friends at American Truckers United.

Check it out!

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-secretary-duffy-nationwide-non-domiciled-cdl-audit-elp-enforcement-what-the-truck

Also worthy of a look is Danielle’s recent contribution to Freight Caviar regarding Chameleon Carriers - the data she has dug up would be a worthy project for Secretary Duffy’s team to look through - we have a problem here!
https://www.freightcaviar.com/eye-opening-patterns-in-fmcsa-data/
You can find Danielle on Twitter/X - https://x.com/maybedanielleee

And LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maybedanielleee/

And Justin - https://x.com/supertrucker

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

Our friend Garret - https://x.com/garrett_makes
And his handy Carrier Screening Tool - https://searchcarriers.com/
Stay tuned for the release of their new podcast “Shady Freight”, coming out soon!

I’m writing a book on the fate of the North American Trucker in 2025, read about that here -

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/book-project-announcement-and-a-major

As always - questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com