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Freightvine
Hear the latest in freight transportation, supply chain and logistics from the Freightvine podcast.
Episodes
FreightvineBrett Suma, Bot Auto | A Trucking Company that Drives Itself
Brett Suma, CEO of Bot Auto, joins Chris Caplice to discuss what it takes to build a trucking business around autonomous trucks. In April, Bot Auto ran a…
FreightvineOlivia Hu, Uber Freight | Inside Uber Freight's Autonomous Vision
Autonomous trucks are already hauling freight. What will it take to make them a practical option for more shippers? This week, Chris Caplice continues our…
FreightvineMichael Wiesinger, Kodiak AI | Kodiak AI’s Sensor Fusion Future
In the second episode of Freightvine’s autonomous freight transportation series, Chris Caplice talks with Michael Wiesinger, COO of Kodiak AI, about the…
FreightvineEyal Cohen, Humble Robotics | No Cab No Driver No Problem
Interview recorded on September 2, 2026 Autonomous trucking is moving beyond pilots and into commercialization. To kick off a new Freightvine series focused on…
FreightvineAlex Leslie, ATRI | TL Carrier Costs: 2026 Update
Interview recorded on August 18, 2026. Freight rates are moving higher as the truckload market starts to tighten. In this episode, Chris Caplice is joined by…
FreightvineZac Rogers, CSU and Dale Rogers, ASU | 10 Years of the Logistics Manager’s Index
The Logistics Manager’s Index has spent the last 10 years offering an early read on where the economy may be headed. In this episode, Chris Caplice is joined…
FreightvineAndrew Sibold, IANA | Tracking the Intermodal Market
Intermodal is gaining ground, but the story looks very different depending on the type of freight and where it is moving. This week, Chris Caplice is joined by…
FreightvineAndres Mendoza Pena, Kearney | Forged in Disruption
This week, Chris Caplice is joined by Andres Mendoza Pena, Partner at Kearney, to discuss the latest CSCMP State of Logistics Report, Forged in Disruption, and…
FreightvineJim Filter, Schneider | Steering Schneider Forward
This week, Chris Caplice is joined by Jim Filter, Schneider’s newly appointed President and CEO, to talk about what it means to step into that role during a…
FreightvineJason Miller, MSU | The Capacity Driven TL Cycle and the ROI of AI
This week, Chris Caplice is joined by Dr. Jason Miller, Professor of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business, for…
FreightvineMike Roeth, NACFE | The Cost of the Messy Middle
The freight industry’s transition to alternative power is firmly in the “messy middle” This week, Chris Caplice is joined by Mike Roeth, Executive Director of…
FreightvineKen Adamo | The End of Broker Preemption
A unanimous Supreme Court decision could have major implications for freight brokerages🚨 Chris Caplice is joined by Ken Adamo, Chief Strategy Officer at Ease…
FreightvinePeter Swartz | Navigating the New Global Trade Landscape
Chris Caplice sits down with Peter Swartz, CEO and co-founder of Altana, to talk about what it takes to navigate today’s fragmented global supply chain…
FreightvineBill Cassidy | Fuel, Freight, and the Resilience of LTL Markets
In this Freightvine podcast episode, Chief Scientist Chris Caplice interviews Bill Cassidy, Senior Editor for Trucking and Domestic Transportation at the…
FreightvineMatthias Winkenbach | New Approaches to Solving the Last Mile Puzzle
In this episode of the Freightvine Podcast, host Chris Caplice sits down with Dr. Matthias Winkenbach, Director of Research at the MIT Center for…
FreightvineEric Johnson | Diesel, Disruption, and Disappearing Capacity
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor at the Journal of Commerce (JOC), part of S&P Global, is the guest on this episode of the Freightvine podcast. Eric…
FreightvineJason Traff | Escaping the Digital Filing Cabinet of Logistics
In this episode of the Freightvine Podcast, host Chris sits down with Jason Traff, co-founder of Shipwell, to explore the transformation of supply chain…
FreightvineChris Pickett | How Shared Truckload Creates a New Mode
This week’s guest is Chris Pickett, Chief Commercial Officer at Flock Freight as well as the Founder of Pickett Research. Chris Pickett returns to the podcast…
FreightvineErin Van Zeeland | Coming Full Circle with Freight Tech in the TL Industry
In this episode, Erin Van Zeeland discusses the massive technological transformation of the logistics industry in general, and Schneider specifically. Here are…
FreightvineFab Brasca | How Agentic AI is Democratizing Supply Chain Capability
In this episode, Fab Brasca (SVP at Kinaxis) discusses the evolution of supply chain technology from 1990s silos to modern, integrated systems. The three key…
FreightvineLarry Gross | The Intermodal Industry – Past, Present, and Future
In this podcast, Larry Gross, a long-time industry expert and 2024 Silver Kingpin Award winner, reflects on a career that began before the deregulation of the…
FreightvineKevin Zweier | Freight Procurement in the AI Era
This week’s guest is Kevin Zweier, Partner & Lead of North American Transportation Practice for Argon & Co. Kevin is a leading expert in transportation…
FreightvineKen Adamo and Dean Croke | Wrapping Up 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026
This week’s guests are my two DAT iQ colleagues: Ken Adamo, Chief of Analytics, and Dean Croke, Principal Analyst. This is our annual end of the year podcast…
FreightvineCorey Klujsza | Inside the Truckload Business Cycle
In this episode, we’re joined by Corey Klujsza, VP of Pricing and Procurement Strategy at RXO. With experience spanning Coyote Logistics, UPS, and now RXO…
FreightvineTim Gagnon & Mark Albrecht | How Agentic AI is Changing How We Do Business
In this episode, we welcome Tim Gagnon (VP of Analytics and Data Science) and Mark Albrecht (VP of AI and Enterprise Strategy) from C.H. Robinson to discuss…
FreightvineJohn Motley | How AI Can Help Shippers Find Their Happy Path
This week’s guest is John Motley, the founder and CEO of LogNet. LogNet was founded over 30 years ago and in our conversation we discussed the evolution of…
FreightvinePatrick Pretorius | State of the Freight Market
This week’s guest is Patrick Pretorius, Senior Director of Enterprise Shipper sales at DAT. Patrick provides unique insight, drawing on his extensive…
FreightvineAngi Acocella | Elephants and Goldfish and Ghost Lanes, Oh My!
This week’s guest is Dr. Angi Acocella, a Research Scientist here at MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics and a key member of the MIT FreightLab. Angi…
FreightvineAri Ashe | Challenges to the First Transcontinental Railroad
This week’s guest is Ari Ashe, Senior editor of the Journal of Commerce which is part of S&P Global. Ari explains the ins and outs of the proposed, and…
FreightvineAlex Leslie | TL Carrier Costs: 2025 Update
This week’s guest is Dr. Alex Leslie, Senior Research Associate at the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), a not-for-profit research arm for the…
FreightvineVishal Jadhav | AI in Supply Chain: From Rules to Reasoning
This week’s guest is Vishal Jadhav, Product Director at Blue Yonder. Everyone listening to this podcast knows of Blue Yonder. It is a company with a long…
FreightvineAndres Mendoza Pena | Navigating through the Fog
This week’s guest is Andres Mendoza Pena, Partner at Kearney. Andres is here to discuss Kearney and CSCMP's annual State of Logistics report, aptly titled…
FreightvineChadd Olesen | The Rise of Automated Dynamic Pricing
This week’s guest is Chadd Olesen, CEO of AVRL. Founded in 2017 as Advanced Voice Research Labs, AVRL brought voice technology to business applications such as…
FreightvineMatt Menner | The Evolution of Managed Transportation
This week’s guest is Matt Menner, Head of Transportation Management Sales at Uber Freight. In our conversation, we discuss how the managed transportation…
FreightvineMike Hicks | Tariffs and Trade: An Economist's View
This week’s guest is Professor Michael Hicks, George & Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Economics at Ball State University. Mike brings an economist’s…
FreightvineKristian ‘KO’ O’Meara | Transportation Procurement Trends
This week’s guest is Kristian ‘KO’ O’Meara, SVP Strategic Initiatives for Jaggaer. KO has been with Jaggaer for just shy of 25 years filling a number of senior…
FreightvineJason Haith | Adapting to Global Trade Volatility
This week’s guest is Jason Haith, Vice President Commercial Forwarding US & Mexico, for DP World. With 20+ years experience in Import/Export operations, Jason…
FreightvineJason Miller | State of the Market: Tariffs and Cycles
This week’s guest is Dr. Jason Miller, Professor and Head of the Supply Chain Management Department at Michigan State University's Eli Broad College of…
FreightvineBen Steffes | Logistics KPIs: Then & Now
This week’s guest is Ben Steffes, Vice President, Solutions & Strategy, Managed Transportation, at RXO. Ben was last on the Freightvine 3 years ago when he had…
FreightvineDr. Josue Velazquez Martinez | From Earth Day to AI Assistants: Innovating for a Sustainable Future
This week’s guest is Dr. Josue Velazquez Martinez. Josue is a Research Scientist at MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics and is also the Director of…
FreightvineKary Jablonski | Freight Tech: Insights from Trucker Tools' Leader
This week’s guest is Kary Jablonski, VP & GM, Broker Growth & Trucker Tools at DAT Freight & Analytics. As her title implies, Kary previously led Trucker Tools…
FreightvineMike Roeth | Crossing the Muddy Middle
This week’s guest is Mike Roeth, Executive Director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency or NACFE. NACFE has been around for over 15 years -…
FreightvineBobby Holland | Freight Insights: U.S. Bank and The Freight Payment Index
This week’s guest is Bobby Holland, Vice President and Director, Freight Business Analytics, at US Bank. US Bank has been around since 1863 and is currently…
FreightvineJerrod Mounce | Multiple Approaches to Sustainable Trucking
This week’s guest is Jerrod Mounce, Vice President of Energy & Sustainability at JB Hunt. Our conversation focuses on JB Hunt’s sustainability initiatives and…
FreightvineMatt McLelland | A Common Sense Approach to Sustainable Trucking
This week’s guest is Matt McLelland, VP of Sustainability and Innovation at Covenant Logistics Group. In our conversation today we discuss the connection…
FreightvineIan Jefferies | State of the Rail Industry 2025
This week’s guest is Ian Jefferies, President and CEO, Association of American Railroads. Ian has been with the AAR for over 10 years taking over as President…
FreightvineAndrew Petrisin | Unlocking FLOW: Freight Logistics Optimization Works
This week’s guest is Andrew Petrisin, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multimodal Freight in the U.S. Department of Transportation and the creator of the USDOT’s…
FreightvineKen Adamo and Dean Croke | Wrapping Up 2024 and Looking Ahead to 2025
This week’s guests are my two DAT iQ colleagues: Ken Adamo, Chief of Analytics, and Dean Croke, Principal Analyst. This is our annual end of the year podcast…
FreightvineRob Haddock | Transportation Adventures of a Food Shipper
This week’s guest is Rob Haddock the recently retired Group Director of Planning & Logistics at Coca-Cola North America. In his retirement, Rob has started a…
FreightvineKevin Zweier | Shifting Procurement Strategies
This week’s guest is Kevin Zweier, Vice President of Transportation Practice at NTT, formerly Chainalytics. Long term listeners might recall that Kevin has…
FreightvineTim Denoyer | Revolutionary Change at an Evolutionary Pace
This week’s guest is Tim Denoyer, VP and Senior Analyst at ACT Research. Tim has been a financial analyst covering the transportation space for pretty much his…
FreightvineChad Kennedy & Samuel Parker| Review of DATCON and Shipper Summit
This week’s guests are Chad Kennedy, Senior Product Manager at DAT, and Samuel Parker, Associate Director Shipper Segment at DAT. Chad and Samuel hosted and…
FreightvineErika Voss | Cybersecurity in Transportation
This week’s guest is Dr. Erika Voss, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at DAT. Erika joined DAT earlier in 2024 as our first CISO coming from a long…
FreightvineBill Cassidy | Current Challenges and Opportunities in Freight
This week’s guest is Bill Cassidy, Senior Editor for Trucking and Domestic Transportation at the Journal of Commerce. Bill has been covering transportation for…
FreightvineFelipe Capella | AI in Transportation
This week’s guest is Felipe Capella, CEO and co-founder of LoadSmart. After 10 years as a lawyer, Felipe decided to start a company to build something along…
FreightvineDr. Alex Scott | Fleet Sustainability Index
This week’s guest is Dr. Alex Scott, Associate Professor of SCM at UTK and co-founder of Sustainable Logistics. There is growing pressure on companies - both…
FreightvineJosh Brogan | State of Logistics 2024
This week’s guest is Josh Brogan, Partner at Kearney. Josh is one of the lead authors of the recently released CSCMP’s Annual State of Logistics Report titled…
FreightvineAlex Leslie | TL Carrier Costs: 2024 Update
This week’s guest is Alex Leslie, Senior Research Analyst at the American Transportation Research Institute. Alex is the lead author of ATRI’s latest research…
FreightvineTerry Donohoe | Global Trade, Now and Next
This week’s guest is Terry Donohoe, Senior Vice President of Freight Forwarding, U.S & Mexico for DP World. As most of us know, DP World is a leading global…
FreightvineGonzalo Cordova | Applying Artificial Intelligence to Supply Chains
This week’s guest is Gonzalo Cordova, Director of Decision Science and Automation at The Home Depot. Gonzalo has a long history of solving business and supply…