Voice Of GO(r)D

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 w...

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 Terri...

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 truc...

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://w...

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...

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...

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

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/...

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