The FreightCaviar Podcast

Lynn Gravley, Founder of NTG and TIA's incoming Chairman, on why brokers who cut shipments instead of chasing them win the freight game, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by  Epay Manager, Highway, Goodship, Bitfreighter Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com.

Jayne Bart-Plange is a transportation attorney. This pre-ruling conversation explores why brokers became litigation targets, where liability begins, and why enforcement gaps leave the industry exposed. This week's episode is sponsored by  Epay Manager, FreightFlex Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com .

Rob Liss is Vice President at MAKA Logistics, one of the largest independent agencies in Armstrong Transport Group. He explains why a proposed Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger could shift freight from trucks to rail and reshape competition across North America, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by  Epay Manager, Augment Technologies Inc, Goodship. Interested in sponsoring our pod...

Kevin Coomes, Chief Revenue Officer at Chain and George Schergen, Chief Client Officer (CCO) at Dynamic Logistix, explain how Kansas City evolved from a railroad crossroads into one of freight’s most important warehouse and logistics hubs. They also break down why AI won’t replace freight operators, and which companies are best positioned to benefit from the next wave of automation. This week's ep...

Jordan Graft is the Founder & CEO of Highway. He explains why the PDF rate confirmation in your inbox is on its way out and why the high-trust days of brokerage are over. This week's episode is sponsored by Rapido and Chain. Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com.

Reed Rivers is the President & CEO of Freight Flex, a freight brokerage and logistics provider helping freight agents grow. He shares his take on why email needs to die in freight, VC money inflows, and non-competes.    This week's episode is sponsored by  Epay Manager, Goodship, Augument Technologies Inc. Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com.

Thomas Mella, Co-Founder of TrackFlo, breaks down why freight tech buying decisions are shaped more by integration limits and relationship density than AI capability, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, Augment Technologies Inc, Goodship Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com .

Ryan Soskin helped build Convoy’s contract pricing team. Now, as Co-Founder and CEO at GoodShip, he’s giving carriers AI context on lanes, lead times, where contracts quietly fail. This week's episode is sponsored by Rapido Solutions Group and Highway. Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com.

Will Hopkins is the Co-Founder of Blackbox Logistics, a Birmingham-based freight brokerage nearing a $70M run rate, built through post-COVID cycle swings and open-deck volatility. This week's episode is sponsored by Levity and Chain Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com .

Jonathan McCormack and Brent Evens from OTR Solutions break down their newest platform, OTR Select, a tool built from carrier data, that helps brokers search a lane, origin, destination and equipment type, while also giving you visibility into the full freight footprint of the carrier. This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, CtrlChain, FreightFlex Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Se...

Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO at SONAR & FreightWaves, maps how deregulation, family dynamics, and brokerage culture built Chattanooga into a talent-dense freight capital driven by incentives and churn. The full interview is available to FreightCaviar Magazine subscribers inside our private Circle community. This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager and Augment Technologies Inc. I...

Jonathan Salama, Co-Founder &  CEO at Transfix.io , on why automation should not compromise margin,  why Transfix split its brokerage and TMS, and how years of brokerage pain shaped their pricing, scheduling, and carrier selection systems. This week's episode is sponsored by  Rapido, Highway, Goodship Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com.

Sunbelt Drayage CEO, Pavel Botev, breaks down the realities of trucking in 2026—fraud risks, insurance gaps, and uneven accountability shaping who survives in freight.  This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, Chain, Levity.ai . Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com.

David Parker built Covenant in Chattanooga, surviving busts, brokers, and shifting freight networks while watching the city become a central logistics hub. This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, CtrlChain, Freight Flex Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com . The full interview is available to FreightCaviar Magazine subscribers inside our pri...

We sat down with Max Fuller, Founder of U.S. Xpress. At its peak, his company had nearly 10,000 trucks. He has been in trucking for over 50 years and has seen every cycle from regulation to deregulation to today’s market. In this conversation, he explains how trucking actually worked before deregulation, how companies were growing 70 to 80 percent per year, and how early technology gave certain ca...

Kara Smith-Brown, Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at LeadCoverage, discusses why, in freight, the next edge isn’t branding—it’s owning the data. Intent signals, CRM hygiene, and niche market indexes quietly decide who gets the first call. This week's episode is sponsored by  Levity.a i and Freight Flex. Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com .

Freight tech offers optionality, but leverage comes only when strategy identifies the right problems before buying the tools. This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, Augment Technologies Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com.

Drivers used to lose an hour a day to parking. Truck Parking Club built an app that made that search unnecessary. This week's episode is sponsored by CloneOps.ai , CtrlChain, Goodship Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com .

Freight’s AI winners won’t be the flashiest tools but the firms that survive integrations, politics, and trust gaps—most companies will standardize on one or two models. This week's episode is sponsored by Augment Technologies Inc., Highway, FreightFlex, Goodship Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com .

Pull California’s licensing authority and you don’t solve a driver problem—you scatter it nationwide, disrupting produce lanes and exposing how fragile trucking’s labor pipeline really is. This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, CtrlChain, FreightFlex, Augment. Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com .

When a motor carrier crashes or tariffs are imposed, who holds the power—and how will the Supreme Court decide? Matthew Leffler, Armchair Attorney, breaks it all down. This week's episode is sponsored by CloneOps.ai , Rapido Solutions, Goodship, Highway Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com .

From covert ops to open roads, Ryan Joyce, CEO & Founder of GenLogs, walks through how GenLogs uncovers fraud and tracks carriers that vanish from the system. This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, Levity.ai , and Chain. Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com .

Why Garrett Allen, Founder at SearchCarriers.com , left big teams and crowded freight tech to run a carrier intelligence platform brokers rely on daily. This week's episode is sponsored by  Epay Manager, CtrlChain, CloneOps.ai . Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com .

David Spencer discusses how markets, contract rates, and AI signals reveal the hidden rhythms of freight cycles this year. This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, CloneOps.ai, and Rapido Solutions Group. Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at pbj@freightcaviar.com.

In this week’s episode of The FreightCaviar Podcast, we sat down with Ryan Rogers, Founder at TextLocate to discuss his start in logistics, the impact it’s had on the city, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, Levity, and Chain. Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at  pbj@freightcaviar.com .