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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 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 happy to bring you a discussion with an old head in the world of truckin’ podcasts, Mr Bruce Outridge, the empresario behind The Lead Pedal Podcast and a visual artist that works close to his subjects. Bruce has been involved in the trucking industry in some capacity for decades, starting out as a ‘Bed Bug’ hauler and eventually moving on to hauling other freight. He is now a highly sought after commentator on the industry back home in Canada, and has been running the Lead Pedal since 2015. He has had me on his show numerous times, and I decided to return the favor (finally) with an invite to discuss something he has mentioned in his newsletter quite often as of late, the ‘passion’ required to respect and fix up the industry. We are co-releasing this discussion on both of our platforms, and if you haven’t yet, you should subscribe to Bruce’s podcast and his newsletter. The man is a wealth of great information for drivers, owner-operators, and anyone else involved in the industry, and has been a great ambassador for it. You can find Bruce in the above highlighted links or subscribe here to his YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@leadpedal The Lead Pedal is also on Twitter - https://x.com/theleadpedal Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/leadpedalpodcast/ Facecrack - https://www.facebook.com/theleadpedalpodcast My new book on the fate of the North American Trucker, End of The Road - Inside The War on Truckers, drops on March 24; if you haven’t yet, you ought to place your order - In the United States - https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/ Canada - https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/9781967613021.html If you are an Amazon enthusiast and order it there, make sure to go back and give it a review and rating once you’ve read it - https://www.amazon.com/End-Road-Inside-War-Truckers/dp/1967613028 As always, questions, comments, suggestion, corrections or Hate Mail, can be sent my way here - gordilocks@protonmail.com

The Voice Of GO(r)D podcast is very happy to bring you a great history lesson which addresses the question of what a Canadian is, given the destruction of Canadian identity we see after decades of caustic acid poured on the country by the Trudeau Dynasty and their ‘Post Nationalist State’ nonsense. Lance Audette is a multi generational cattle rancher and can trace the history of his own family as far back as 1663, who eventually moved from Québec to Saskatchewan, and has connections to the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The man is as Canadian as it gets, and you want to hear his oral history as delivered to me. You can find Lance on Twitter - https://x.com/LaserAud We mention our online colleague Fortissax; this is a great essay by him about French history in Canada. Fortissax often discusses Le Filles du Roi, of whom Lance is also a direct descendant. https://fortissax.substack.com/p/what-canada-can-learn-from-quebec For my American and international listeners who might not know why there appears to be so much discontent in Canada at the moment, another writer here on Substack whom I am a big fan of, John Carter, gives us a status update on the joint. https://barsoom.substack.com/p/the-state-of-canada In the show we also reference this interview between Candace Malcolm and Daniel Tyrie, the maestro of the Dominion Society of Canada - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcb_wRy_5xM Lance and I also discussed the Humboldt Tragedy, which looms large as a turning point in recent Canadian history and politics. Just this past weekend, former guest of this show Mocha Bezirgan, The Last Journalist in Canada, released a truly infuriating and deeply moving interview with Chris Joseph, the father of one of the boys killed in that completely unnecessary collision. Mr Joseph tells us how the media have been twisting and omitting the words of many families who have suffered great loss from this incident, and how the government campaign to keep Jaskirat Singh Sidhu in Canada is an affront to the entire country, misses out on what a contemptible figure Mr Sidhu is, and will remove any accountability from the trucking industry when the next tragedy like this takes place. And there will be more, especially from the folks sent here by Narendra Modi for his Profit through Emigration program. Please watch Mocha’s interview here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKjkFW84SXA As always, thanks for listening, pass this around to interested parties, especially any friends or family members still caught under the spell of the CBC, and if you have any questions, comments, suggestions, corrections or Hate Mail, send them directly - gordilocks@protonmail.com If you haven’t already, please check out my book and consider ordering yourself a copy here - https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/ Listeners in Canada should order it at Indigo and avoid the expense and hassle of my publisher having to deal with Canada Customs. https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/9781967613021.html Outside of North America, consult with your local book store until I find out more about international distribution from my publisher.

Voice Of GO(r)D welcomes back to the show Mr Rob Carpenter, trucker, consultant, software developer, expert witness, and industry researcher and reporter, amongst so many other hats he wears. A question I am often asked by friends and followers is “How do these small companies employing people with no experience and no training in the trucking industry get insurance?” Rob has delved into that question, and has written a series of articles for his own Substack, The Tea , as well as on Twitter/X, and over at FreightWaves, and joins the show to tell us what is going on here. His work is so deep and detailed and explains so much of what is going on that he has had several meetings with FMCSA head Derek Barrs and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. The first of a seven part series by Rob looking into the insurance side of the equation can be read at FreightWaves, and they are all worth your time. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-dumping-ground-insuring-americas-most-dangerous-truckers-no-questions-asked Rob’s writings have been so revealing about the dysfunction in the insurance market that various entities have asked FreightWaves to take his articles down. Clearly he is over some targets. https://x.com/Thewhitesmoke/status/2025184999821971527 Rob has also written extensively on the utter lack of accountability enforcement throughout all levels of regulation in the business, including the fact that those who have murdered others by truck are still out their in business on our highways. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-driver-involved-in-the-10-fatality-alabama-crash-is-back-in-business-and-still-crashing And for those of you into other types of Murder, or Murder Mysteries, if you will, Rob has written about FBI investigations into serial killers who happen to have CDLs. https://x.com/Thewhitesmoke/status/2013764452244455806 I reference some of Rob’s voluminous output in my book coming out on March 24, which I am told by my publisher has already sold over 1000 copies on pre-order. Secure your copy today! In The US, you can order it directly from my publisher, Creed and Culture - https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/ In Canada, you can pre-order from Chapters/Indigo https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/9781967613021.html And if you must order from Amazon, make sure you go back and leave a review for me there after you read it; that greatly helps with the algorithm. https://www.amazon.com/End-Road-Inside-War-Truckers/dp/1967613028/ Thanks for listening, and please share with someone you know who might be a trucker or involved with the industry - word of mouth is the best advertising, especially for a one man show podcast project that generates zero dollars. Questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and strongly encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

Voice Of GO(r)D is delighted to bring you a conversation with one of those personalities you find out on the road (or online) that sticks out by telling things like they are, and pulling no punches in describing the reality we live in. One such personality is Axel, a fellow trucker who goes by the handle ‘Financial Physics’ who offers commentary from the cab on the realities of economics, the hypocrisy of ideological partisans and government agents, and much else besides. In our conversation we go from his other career as an electrical generator installer and technician through all of the chicanery that animates our economy and the regulatory environment which obscures it all, and to the tragic (to me) sale of his Peterbilt and hanging up of his keys. You can find Axel on Twitter - https://x.com/FinancialPhys And on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@financialphysics7541 My book, End Of The Road - Inside The War on Truckers is less than a month from publication and it has already sold over a thousand copies on pre-order. Secure your copy today, or come and see me in person at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, March 26-28. In the US you can pre-order direct from my publisher - https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/ In Canada at Chapters/Indigo - https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/9781967613021.html And if you must - https://www.amazon.com/End-Road-Inside-War-Truckers/dp/1967613028/ As always, questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and strongly encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

For the first show of 2026 and the fourth season of the Voice Of GO(r)D podcast project, I am very happy to bring you a discussion with Ike Stephens, the empresario behind the highly successful and very popular YouTube show, Bonehead Truckers. Ike has been documenting the decline of the American trucking industry via his hilarious and well done commentary videos, which highlight what happens when The Powers That Be take a trade which requires high levels of competency and operational acumen, and attempt to deskill it by flooding the market with hapless locals from the unemployment line, or with insourced labor that is likewise clueless. As of late, Ike has been pulling no punches with calling out everyone involved in allowing this sad state of affairs to take place. You can find Mr Stephens all over the place - https://www.youtube.com/@BoneheadTruckers https://x.com/boneheadtruckrs https://www.facebook.com/boneheadtruckers https://www.instagram.com/boneheadtruckers/ And if you will be at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky next month, March 26-28, you can come meet Ike in person - and I might even be at his exhibition location with copies of my book for sale. Speaking of the book - we are less than 6 weeks out from release, and my book is already doing numbers in various Amazon book categories. As of right now, End Of The Road was number ONE in Canadian Politics, number 13 in Libertarianism, and number ONE in Transportation Industry. The first two are curious, given that Canadian Politics only figure in the intro and final chapters, and I use the term ‘libertarian’ but a small handful of times; the politics that comes through my arguments are all over the place - libertarian, conservative, labor left, populist … I like to think the book’s politics defy categorization. And on that note, go ahead and pre-order for delivery to your door on March 24, or come meet me at MATS, where I will sign a copy for you, and you can pay cash for a steep discount. The audiobook will be available by then, and I will have a QR code handy for those who want to download it to their devices instantly. In the US you can order a hardcover copy direct from my publisher - https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/ In Canada you can do the same from Chapters/Indigo - https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/9781967613021.html If you must - https://www.amazon.com/End-Road-Inside-War-Truckers/dp/1967613028/ Thanks again for listening and making my podcast what it is, and thanks again for reading my work here. Check out my latest piece, which is now approaching four thousand reads here on Substack - https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/truckers-tikka-masala-part-2-the As always, questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and strongly encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

Voice Of GO(r)D welcomes back to the show Mr Wez, aka Obsidian Blackbird, who has adopted the Nom de plume Latimer Redlance for his autobiographical first crack at a book. From the Amazon purchase link description - Gutter to the Stars: Memories of a Post-Grunge Drifter is a raw and unflinching memoir that captures a life lived on the edge of three decades and three countries. From the freezing Gulf Islands of 1980s Canada, to the rugged bush of 1990s rural New Zealand, and finally to the chaotic streets of early 2000s Sydney, these stories trace the restless journey of a Gen-X drifter searching for meaning, belonging, and fire. Told with the grit of a bar-room confession and the honesty of a midnight conversation, this book is both a time capsule and a time machine. For those who came of age in the late twentieth century, it offers a nostalgic return to the music, the wild nights, and the restless energy of a generation caught between rebellion and survival. For younger readers, it is an invitation to witness the raw spirit of a life burned bright and lived without compromise. The book has also been featured here on Substack’s very own book store - https://buybooks.substack.com/p/from-ryan-gosling-to-the-gutter Latimer has written something rare: a true underground memoir that feels like a cross between Fear and Loathing, On the Road, and the diary of a kid who survived the 80s and 90s with nothing but stubbornness, luck, and rage. This is the anti-Eat-Pray-Love, the antidote to polished, pseudo-philosophical memoir fluff. It’s messy, honest, grungy, real. And holy hell, it’s entertaining. And just like Wez’ first time on the podcast, his second go round with me shows us the sense of humor he has developed over a life wildly lived by grabbing those short and curlies and giving it everything he’s got. In case you missed his first appearance on Voice Of GO(r)D - https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/post-grunge-drifting-with-wez-aka We went hard for a little over two hours, and Wez takes us back to the beginning, where we come to find out the early seed plantings of adversity, and certain types of deprivation at a very young and tender age, did sprout into the journey that is his life. He pulls no punches on the realities of that adversity, family dysfunction, a certain type of economic deprivation, and the salvation found on the road out of it all. If you enjoy this conversation, you will LOVE the book - go get yourself a copy. Speaking of books - presales are open for my examination of the fate of the North American trucker in Foul Year of our Lord 2025 - End of The Road - Inside The War on Truckers Readers in America can pre-order a copy directly from my publisher https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/ And because governments and their postal services around the world are, like everyone else these days, busy keeping the working man poor, unfortunately your best bet outside of America is Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/End-Road-Inside-War-Truckers/dp/1967613028/ For everyone in the Northern Hemisphere - we’ve just started another long cold winter, why not cozy up next to the fire with a hot cuppa and two brand new books from some of the best mouthpieces of Substack? Questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and Strongly Encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

Voice of GO(r)D is happy to present in conversation Mr Dwayne Stovall, candidate for Congress from Texas who happens to have a long history in trucking, especially hauling around heavy equipment for the oil industry, and his own construction company. Dwayne has a deep understanding of problems in the business, and brings a lifetime of local political involvement to bear, along with many years of international business experience from trading in heavy equipment around the world. The real driver shortage in America resides in Congress, where far too many careerist politicians with no connection nor experience in the real world make life difficult for the rest of us who do operate in reality land. If you live in Texas CD 9, why not consider Dwayne to be your representative? You can find out all about Dwayne, his life experiences, and his commitments to the people of Texas over on his website - https://www.dwaynestovall.com/index.php Dwayne is also on Twitter - https://x.com/DwayneStovall And here is a special message from Dwayne to his fellow truckers and Texans - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQioUL0VHg Questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are always welcomed and encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com As many of you know, my book on the fate of the North American trucker is complete, and available for presale, so you can have it in your hot little hands this coming March. Why not advance order a copy for yourself, or as a Christmas Gift for a trucker or someone else you know with interest in the people who make our world go round? https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/ Check out my own site at - https://autonomoustruckers.substack.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 Wentland. 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 Wentland 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

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 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

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

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

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. gordilocks@protonmail.com 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