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Market Performance Group (MPG) is a leading end-to-end, strategy & services omnichannel commerce agency focused on creating the best PATH FORWARD — from market strategy to in-market reality — for today’s fastest-growing consumer packaged goods and other manufacturers. We aim to use the podcast to help provide a unique insight in to the retail marketing landscape and how to best to navigate it!
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Cruise Control is a automotive show that takes viewers on an inside tour of the car industry with vehicle reviews and interviews with auto industry designers, engineers and executives. Cruise Control is a show for the car enthusiast that enjoys racing and restoring all kind of vehicles.Check out our site at www.cruisecontrolradio.com
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MPGomatic.com takes aim at the automotive issues that matter most today. We tackle the topics and produce real world car reviews that focus on mileage, performance, driveability, and audio integration. Whether it's reporting on cutting edge plug-in electric cars and fuel efficient clean diesels, or getting the most mileage out of old paint, we're here to cut through the fluff and bring forth the truth. MPGomatic.com ... where mileage matters!
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Watch me drive and rant about cars around the world and around the block. Featuring the coolest soundtrack, pants pooping humor and a bit of the sarcasm I've picked up from the English.
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This weekly commentary is heard on WMPG-FM's "Hukkin' a Chainek" hosted by Steve Hirshon. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, other times totally out there, but always worth your two to three minutes. Lorenzo has been a part of 'MPG since it was a mono, 50 watt station out of the University of Southern Maine's Gorham campus in 1988. His show, a formatless affair entitled "Emotionally Bankrupt & Morally in Debt" ran for six years; the commentaries will begin its third year in July '06, and ar ...
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The Overdrive Radio podcast is produced by Overdrive magazine, the Voice of the American Trucker for 60-plus years. Host Todd Dills -- with a supporting cast among Overdrive editors, contributors and others -- presents owner-operator business leading lights, interviews with extraordinary independent truckers and small fleet owners, and plenty in the way of trucking business and regulatory news and views. Access an archive of all episodes of Overdrive Radio going back more than a decade via t ...
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1: Alive -- Krewella (Original Mix) 2: Money Makin’ -- A-Trak & Dillon Francis (Original Mix) 3: Whathz Your Name -- MPG f. Mat (Original Mix) 4: Call Me A Spaceman -- Hardwell f. Mitch Crown (Extended Mix) 5: Bong -- Deniz Koyu (Original Mix) 6: Forever -- Joe Garston (Original Mix) 7: Colors -- Shawnee Taylor f. Sympho Nympho (Club Mix) 8: Freefalling -- Baggi Begovic (Original Mix) 9: Stadium -- MYNC (Original Mix) 10: Sahailua -- Joonas Hahmo (Original Mix) 11: Million Voices -- Otto Kno ...
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Often times, human communication can be limited based upon access, ability and prior experience. Indianapolis based Educator, Entrepreneur and Advocate Topher strange creates opportunities for cross-cultural communication and understating with #SchemeBreakers. If you appreciate honest cross-cultural dialogue, this is a podcast for you! Follow Topher on Instagram @TopherStrange and on Facebook @strangetopher To be featured on #SchemeBreakers reach out to PublishingDivision@CosmicCryptoCompany.com
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Welcome to the Next level trucking podcast where your host, Justin Wood aka Woody the trucker, shares how he got to where he is in trucking, how you can too, and where we can go Next together to reach the Next level of success in this business. As this podcast and journey grows we will have many guests and successful business owners on the show to help guide you in what you should be doing to be successful on your journey in this industry.
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UNLOCKING HONDA"S HYDROGEN FUTURE, NEW MPG RULES, JEEP NEW MODELS
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On this edition of Cruise Control with Fred Staab and Les Jackson One manufacturer says sedans are not dead. Honda goes Hydrogen right here in the USA. New fuel mileage ratings were just released, what does this mean for new models? Talking Tech: Could a new type of electric motor be the key to affordable electric vehicles? And JEEP Says its going …
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4 million miles, ever greater efficiency for owner-op Alan Kitzhaber and his 1995 Kenworth T600
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"Some guys customize their truck via paint, chrome, lights, and things like that. I customize my truck to make it a more comfortable place to be, a more profitable truck, a more efficient truck." --Owner-operator Alan KitzhaberMay 2024 was a big month for owner-operator Alan Kitzhaber, running with his authority as Oakridge Transport out of a home …
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TOYOTA & MAZDA ICED, CADILLAC HYPERCAR, EV"S NOT CONSIDERED, TOYOTA CROWN SIGNIA
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On this edition of Cruise Control with Fred Staab and Les Jackson Toyota and Mazda team up on new internal combustion engines. Nissan says no more to gas engines and Volkswagen cuts its EV budget to buildno electric cars and trucks.Cadillac and Honda want to go into the HyperCar business.Why a big truck or SUV might not be as safe as you think.A Ne…
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Man's mastery of the machine: Trucker of the Month's firm hand in the Amazon system
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This week’s edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast drops into Overdrive editor Todd Dills' interview with Overdrive June Trucker of the Month Greg Labosky, the man who is master of the machine, in some respects, that is the Amazon loads platform Relay: https://www.overdriveonline.com/trucker-of-the-year/article/15678623/careful-prep-the-name-of-the…
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FMCSA's safety rating revamp: Truckers urge caution if using roadside data
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This week's Overdrive Radio episode opens a window onto the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's virtual listening session held last week to discuss the agency’s efforts to potentially improve the safety rating system it uses for determining carriers’ fitness to operate in interstate commerce. Sit in on virtually the entire session, featur…
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Dark side of the road: Inside FBI's 'Highway Serial Killings' initiative, fight against trafficking
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In this podcast, the voice of former FBI counterintelligence assistant director Frank Figliuzzi, in conversation with Overdrive News Editor Matt Cole about the new book, "Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers," a close look at the FBI's long investigation of almost 1,000 murders over decades collected and analyzed in its "Highway Serial Kil…
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Marroquin brothers' journey from Guatemala to U.S. trucking, now as owner-operators
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Walking the giant hallway in the South Wing every year at the Mid-America Trucking Show, you’ll find benches that line the route, where people stop to rest. It's nice and quiet out there in general, compared to the show floor. On one Gary Buchs' walks down the hallways to or from this or that meeting, he happened to glance over and see four gentlem…
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MPG Path Forward Podcast: Winning in the Complex Grocery Channel
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What does it take to drive sales and profitable growth this year in the Grocery channel? Always a complex channel, Grocery is undergoing dramatic changes, given a growing omnicommerce landscape, evolving consumer behaviors, and mounting pressures on both shoppers and retailers. How can emerging and established brands successfully navigate all of th…
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Trucker of the Month Alec Costerus' odyssey to 10+ mpg and two-truck Alpha Drivers Transportation
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"The power demand, the power that's required to pull a truck down the highway ... the idea is to match the power that's produced by the engine to the power that's required." --Overdrive's May Trucker of the Month Alec Costerus on the bedrock principal behind achieving the best fuel economyAlpha Drivers Transportation two-truck fleet owner and opera…
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What marijuana as a Schedule III controlled substance could mean for truckers
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The Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration on May 20 officially published its notice of proposed rulemaking that, if finalized, would reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I controlled substance to Schedule III: https://www.regulations.gov/document/DEA-2024-0059-0001 The Biden Administration signaled its intent to move forward with …
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A pair of custom 2024 Peterbilt 589s, and one standout owner's advice for the next generation
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As promised two weeks back, here's Part 2 of our talk with May Trucker of the Month Gary Schloo, longtime owner-operator leased to Long Haul Trucking for the last three decades of a five-decade trucking career. Schloo here tells a can't-miss story about how he and his wife and business partner, Terri, met. It' the "classic trucker-and-the-waitress …
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Roadcheck chicken-house wrap with the Mustang | Running the High Road with tour-haul small fleet
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After years of scheduling needed preventive maintenance and sitting out the Roadcheck blitz, last year Mike "Mustang" Crawford hauled through his first Roadcheck in years. As we did after last year's 72-hour inspection blitz, we’ll be riding along again in this Overdrive Radio edition through three days’ worth of scale reports from our friendly on-…
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What is your time worth? Re-engage with owner-operator business fundamentals to know the answer
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"Time is money," as the old saying goes, and as such "time management is money management." That was how the great Red Eye Radio host Eric Harley put it near the beginning of this our last in a series of Partners in Business short podcasts on Overdrive Radio, talks excerpted from a long roundtable conducted at the Mid-America Trucking Show this yea…
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A short leash on long-term success: Trucker of the Month Gary Schloo
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This week's Overdrive Radio podcast edition features primarily the voice of Overdrive April Trucker of the Month, owner-operator Gary Schloo. The three-decade-plus owner's headquartered in Austin, Minnesota, leased to Long Haul Trucking out of relatively nearby Albertville. Today, Schloo runs dedicated to a particular customer in Long Haul Trucking…
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Navigating the Complexities of the Drug Class of Trade
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Suppliers are feeling heightened pressure as drug retailers look for ways to drive foot traffic, differentiate, and stay relevant with shoppers. The U.S. retail Drug channel continues to face multiple headwinds that are putting pressure on sales and margins. Highly impacted by post-COVID changing consumer habits and preferences, it’s also experienc…
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Trucker Josh Giesbrecht building a legacy for family, fellow truckers, people all around the world
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Today on the podcast, a brief look back into a little bit of Overdrive’s recent history, as you'll hear Canada-headquartered owner-operator Josh Giesbrecht intimate up top. Giesbrecht notes Overdrive gave him his "first big break" on the road to expanded influence around the world for his daily/near-daily series of video blogs he's hosted for nigh …
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How to transform OTR 'work/life' division into real balance, unity with customers
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Here find 2024's third mid-week special edition in Overdrive Radio's series of Partners in Business shorts culled from a long owner-operator business-focused talk at the Mid-America Trucking Show last month with Eric Harley of Red Eye Radio.This episode extends from the first couple, expanding on the necessity of close business analysis in near-rea…
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Hey shippers, we're out here: Small fleet resolved to sharpen biz on long haul for change
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Last week we heard Part 1 of a long talk with Gill Freightlines small fleet owner Surinder Gill, with four trucks owned and headquartered out of Manteca, California, where Gill’s following in the draft of his owner-operator father’s 60-year trucking legacy. (As you can see in the cover image for this week's Part 2 of that talk, the long legacy is h…
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Should freight brokers' required bond amount vary according to company size?
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Manteca, California, Gill Freightlines small fleet owner Surinder Gill's family's trucking lineage traces back through 60 years of OTR work done by his father, Gurmail Singh Gill, over more than one continent. The elder Gill hauled first in his native India, some in the Middle East, and finished out his career in the United States. Surinder Gill ha…
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Staying choosy about brokers -- 'too many scammers out there': Trucker of the Month Candace Marley
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In today’s world, the kind of choosiness with brokers owner-operator Candace Marley practices is an absolute must for many independents. "I don't jump in with just any broker out there," she said. "There's too many scammers out there, too many double brokers, too many frauds." In this edition of Overdrive Radio, Marley details the relationship-buil…
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'You're the business owner, so be the boss': Engage your own trucking numbers to take control
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Here find 2024's second mid-week special edition in Overdrive Radio's series of Partners in Business shorts culled from a long owner-operator business-focused talk at the Mid-America Trucking Show last month with Eric Harley of Red Eye Radio. This one digs into more of the routine business analysis practice participants in the discussion began to t…
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How to leave trucking better than you found it, with Small Fleet Champ Jason Cowan
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“Like a lot of young boys, I grew up in a farming and trucking environment, and as I stood on the stage a couple of years ago as our company accepted the 2021 Small Fleet Champion of the year award, it hit me that I had hit a pinnacle in my career. Because all I had ever wanted as a young boy was to get my own truck into Overdrive magazine.” --Silv…
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Trucking's feast-or-famine cycles: Stock the pantry against 'panic mode' as an owner-operator
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In this special-edition Overdrive Radio short, Red Eye Radio host Eric Harley relays an anecdote from a family relation, an owner-operator who lamented the difficulty coping with the hunger-sticken parts of the feast-or-famine business cycles in trucking. That's most certainly where the business has been for at least the last year -- some would say…
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FMCSA moves on carrier/broker-registration overhaul to tamp down fraud: Detail, potential problems
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"We're going to clean up the bad actors that are in our system now." FMCSA registration office director Ken Riddle.Ken Riddle's office handles applications for authority, updates to carrier and other entity data, third-party access to the system, BOC3 filers’ access, and more. In this podcast for April Fool’s Day, we’re not fooling around -- big ch…
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Long legacy, good humor of LNL Trucking owner Larry Limp: From a '79 White COE to fleet of 12
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"As I get older, I like electronic logbooks a lot better than I would have in my 20s. Now that I'm 63, I like that 10 hours off. My work ethic really started to wane when I found out that feed mills are open at noon. You didn't have to be there at 7 o'clock in the morning. You can get there at noon and still unload." --LNL Trucking small fleet owne…
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On-highway toward MATS with the 'Sisters of the Road' book tour and its pilot, Debbie Desiderato
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Independent owner-operator Debbie Desiderato, long hauling with her authority as Walkabout Transport, probably needs no introduction to regular Overdrive readers. Her insight around customer relationships and so much more has featured in Overdrive multiple times through the years, and last year she was one of our Truckers of the Month in the Trucke…
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How owner-operator Doug Viaille persevered through 30-plus years trucking: 'Expensive wisdom'
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In this edition of Overdrive Radio highlighting February Trucker of the Month Doug Viaille, listeners get a clear sense for the understated, homespun sense of humor of the owner-operator today hauling as Goat’s Transport. Viaille’s been in business for himself as an owner-operator for most of his 30-plus years in trucking thus far, and was nominate…
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