FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast
FreightWaves
Show overview
FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 995 episodes. That works out to roughly 350 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 17 min and 23 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. Roughly 46% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 14 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2021, with 287 episodes published. Published by FreightWaves.
From the publisher
FreightWaves Live: An Events Podcast: The show where we bring you back to past FreightWaves events, take you inside of upcoming events, and capture the moments and keynotes from the top thought leaders in logistics, FreightTech, business and media.
Latest Episodes
View all 995 episodes12 Months Later: A Report Card on Trump’s Trucking Executive Order
Building a Culture that Outlives You: Insights from Bennett
The Business Side of Trucking: What Independent Operators Need to Know to Grow and Protect What They've Built
The Great Pruning: How Small Fleets are Surviving the Post-COVID Slump
From Behind the Wheel to the Ops Desk: A Driver's Perspective on Running a Better Fleet
Beyond the "Driver Shortage": OOIDA’s Fight for Quality, Training, and Highway Safety
Building a High-Performance Carrier: Culture, Retention, and What Actually Moves the Needle
The OG Returns: Scott Moscrip’s Vision for the Next Era of Truckstop
Scaling Operations Without Losing Control: Lessons from One of the Largest Owner-Operator Fleets in North America
Cross-Border Conflict: the View from Canada | 3PL Summit 2026
Tariffs have disrupted a wide swath of the logistics industry. The perspective of that has been particularly pointed for a company in Canada. Keith Matthew, president and CEO of Canada's NAD Logistics, shares his perspectives with FreightWaves. Keep up with Live FreightWaves Events Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rearview Mirror to Real-Time: How Cold Chain Intelligence Is Ending the Blame Game | 3PL Summit 2026
In this fireside chat: Thomas Wasson sits down with Karl McDermott of DeltaTrack and UBQ Network to discuss how real-time cold chain intelligence is transforming perishables shipping. Learn how connected devices, geo-fencing, and shelf-life prediction algorithms reduce claims, cut waste, eliminate finger-pointing, and give carriers & 3PLs a real competitive advantage. Keep up with Live FreightWaves Events Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AI Helps 3PLs Move Faster as Freight Margins Tighten | 3PL Summit 2026
Skander Mankai of Front joins FreightWaves to discuss how automation is helping teams respond faster, reduce operational friction, and protect margins in volatile freight markets. Keep up with Live FreightWaves Events Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From Monitoring to Enforcement: The Next Phase of 3PL Competition | 3PL Summit 2026
Freight has invested heavily in visibility, data, and layered compliance—yet risk persists. The issue isn’t awareness. It’s enforceability. As markets mature, trust shifts from relationships to standards embedded directly in the transaction. In this conversation, Michael Caney explores how leading 3PLs are operationalizing identity, authority, and participation rules at booking—and how, as adoption scales, those standards are increasingly shaping shipper expectations and broker differentiation. Keep up with Live FreightWaves Events Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Partnership Flywheel: How Great 3PLs Win in Every Phase of the Cycle | 3PL Summit 2026
In freight, cycles are inevitable. What separates the 3PLs that thrive from the ones that just survive is how they build and protect partnerships when it matters most. In this fireside chat, Malcolm Harris sits down with Todd Waldron to break down what he calls the Partnership Flywheel, a practical framework for how great 3PLs show up differently whether the market is down, at inflection, or on the way back up. From carrier loyalty to AI adoption to real time accountability, Todd brings an operator's perspective on what partnership actually means in 2026, not as a slogan but as a competitive advantage. You'll walk away with three moves you can make in the next 30 days to be partner ready no matter what the market does. Keep up with Live FreightWaves Events Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 2025 Freight Market and What to Expect in 2026
The freight market has seen unprecedented changes in the last year, Davis Spencer, vice president of market intelligence at Arrive Logistics joins FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell to break down some of the biggest trends in 2025 and what key indicators to look for in 2026 that could indicate a market change. Keep up with Live FreightWaves Events Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fraud, Enforcement, and the Freight Market
Michael Caney, Chief Commercial Officer at Highway, talks to JP Hampstead, strategic analyst at FreightWaves, about the nature of freight fraud in 2025, the technological, policy, and market responses to the fraud, and the second-order impacts to the freight market these responses are having. Keep up with Live FreightWaves Events Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Reading the Freight Market Tea Leaves: Capacity Pressure vs. Muted Demand
In this fireside chat, Todd Waldron, Vice President of Carrier Experience at Truckstop, joins us to dive into the impacts of the Thanksgiving holiday on capacity and rates, how seasonal demand met seasonal truckload capacity changes, what's ahead for the next year, and a recap of Truckstop's recent moves like buying Denim and how their technology is evolving to meet carrier needs in this changing market. Keep up with Live FreightWaves Events Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mexico and the Future of Global Supply Chains
FreightWaves’ Noi Mahoney and Troy Ryley, president of Echo Mexico, discuss how U.S.-Mexico trade stands to gain significantly from the global shift toward regionalized supply chains. Keep up with Live FreightWaves Events Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Impact of the Insurance Market on the Supply Chain
Carrier insurance is a necessity in the supply chain, but with the rise of nuclear verdicts and cargo theft, the costs and trends are bucking the norm. CEO and Founder of Mesh VI, Andy Sharpe, joins FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell to break down changes in the insurance market and how to best adapt to the changes. Keep up with Live FreightWaves Events Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Intermodal Growth Outlook Bolstered by Rail Partnerships and Solid Service
Mike Baudendistel interviews Rick LaGore, CEO, InTek Logistics, Inc., on the current rail intermodal market dynamics and outlook for the domestic intermodal industry. Keep up with Live FreightWaves Events Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices