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Top Trucking & Off-Highway Podcasts of 2023 for Suppliers

When looking for resources to help keep up to date on all things trucking, podcasts are a great go-to. But with a multitude of options available, it can be hard to narrow down the best podcasts to focus your time on. So, we’ve done the research for you.

We’ve come up with a list of top podcasts of value for suppliers in the trucking and off-highway sectors. These podcasts range widely in length and topic focus, but together, they can keep supplier executives informed on the latest industry news, technologies and trends.

Here are the top 15 podcasts we recommend:

FreightCasts: A full trailer load of freight podcasts from FreightWaves, which is a feed for a number of podcasts, such as WHAT THE TRUCK, Put That Coffee Down, Freightonomics, Fuller Speed Ahead, Great Quarter, Gals and more.

• WHATTHE TRUCK: A FreightWaves podcast breaking down the biggest stories in transportation and logistics. The podcast is all about the people that make freight move. On the show you’ll hear from founders, CEOs, VCs, truckers, brokers and influencers.
• Put That Coffee Down: Host Kevin Hill and special guests take you to freight sales school as they discuss pipelines, funnels, margin, psychology, social selling and marketing with the top leaders in freight.
• Freightonomics: Hosted by FreightWaves market expert Zach Strickland and economist Anthony Smith, this podcast gives you an economics breakdown of the freight and transportation industry.
• Fuller Speed Ahead: FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller’s deep dive interview show features top thought leaders in trucking, freight, supply chain and technology.
• Great Quarter Gals: Covering the state of freight from a data driven research powered approach, FreightWaves’ FreightIntel Research Team dives deep into the numbers, surveys and people who drive the decisions behind the nation’s movement of goods and the surface transportation of freight.  

HDT Talks Trucking: Go behind the scenes with the industry’s most seasoned trucking reporters. Heavy Duty Trucking’s editorial team brings you expert insights and interviews industry professionals to discuss the latest news, trends and technology. With two to three episodes a month, each runs around 15-to-30 minutes.

GovCast: Produced by Government Fleet magazine, the podcast features its editors talking to industry experts and vendors and takes a look at the issues surrounding government fleets and the solutions that can help solve those challenges.

OEM Industry Update: An OEM Off-Highway podcast, it shares a 10-to-25 minute update on the latest technology, industry and market news for the off-highway equipment design and development industry.

Overdrive Radio: A weekly podcast produced by Overdrive Magazine and hosted by Todd Dills with a supporting cast of Overdrive editors, contributors and more. The podcast presents owner-operator business leading insights, interviews with independent truckers and small fleet owners, and trucking business and regulatory news and views.  

RoadSigns: A Transport Topics production, this podcast focuses on the future of trucking. In each episode, you’ll follow a transportation journalist on a singular pursuit for the most solid answer to a critical question and meet interesting people along the way.

SAE Tomorrow Today: This weekly podcast explores what’s next in mobility as host Grayson Brulte talks with engineers, CEOs, strategists and subject-matter experts innovating in developing vehicles for use on the road, off the highway, in the air and everything in between.

State of the Fleet Industry: This video report, issued every Tuesday by Automotive Fleet magazine, explores the latest developments and trends in the commercial fleet market, with topics ranging from acquisition costs, operating expenses, wholesale market conditions to the latest developments among OEMs, upfitters and supplier ecosystem.

The 10-44: A weekly podcast and webisode from the editors of CCJ, Overdrive and Truck, Parts Service magazines, that focuses on the latest trucking news, insights and trends for motor carriers, owner-operators and truck dealers and distributors.

Truck Chat: Lauren Fletcher, executive editor of Work Truck magazine, interviews experts on topics, trucks and trends that matter most to vocational fleet managers. She also meets with many “Faces of Fleet” to share more about the people and their experiences in the unique industry.

Happy listening!

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