Sam is joined by local sex icon and philosopher Mike Luci for a most enlightened meeting of the minds, as promised weeks ago. Buckle in.Follow Sam @imSamAdamo & follow Mike @MikeLuciiRate the pod 5 stars to help boost the show--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message…

Sam goes off about visiting a university pro-Palestine encampment at McGill, Toronto FC coming to play his old coach's Montreal-based semi-pro team in the Canadian Championship, Salernitana fans deserving to travel to Cosenza in Serie B next season, and loads more. Enjoy the catharsis. Rate the pod 5 stars and follow Sam @imSamAdamo --- Send in a v…

This week’s guest is Mike Bassani, Partner and Product Leader at Microsoft. Despite starting in Finance, Mike is no stranger to supply chains having worked in supply chain roles for Best Buy, Nike, Amazon, Convoy, and currently, Microsoft where he was the General Manager of the Supply Chain Platform. His role has changed over the last year to lead …

Sam rants about a planned mass coming-out party in world football, the new Scampia housing project, young women and their babies, being humped by puppies and moreRate the pod 5 stars and follow Sam @imSamAdamo--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

Sam has his Persian-Swedish-interista-lawyer-journalist uncle Nima Tavallaey Roodsari back on the pod for a long chat about the mind of Aurelio De Laurentiis, the behaviour of Fabrizio Romano, the Inter Serie A title win, Calciopoli Christmas bribes and much more. Great hang, enjoy!!!Subscribe to Nima's pod "The Italian Football Podcast" with Carlo…

This week’s guest is Woody Richardson, former executive at Schneider. Woody was in the trucking industry for 40 years - all at Schneider. Before retiring in 2021, he had held multiple leadership roles including Revenue Management/Pricing, Sales, Logistics Transportation Procurement, and many others. He recently published his book, Roads Rarely Trav…

Sam rants about dad strength, gambling sites, Greek restaurants and attending soccer tryouts on a stomach full of scones. That and much more.If you're in Montreal come to Sal Valentinetti's performance on May 19th https://linktree.com/insiememontrealFollow Sam @imSamAdamoRate the pod 5 stars per piacere--- Send in a voice message: https://podcaster…

Sam rants about condo leasing agents, his personal experience with Juan Jesus, the English and Italian football media, being accused of having the tism and more. Enjoy!!Follow Sam @imSamAdamoRate the pod 5 stars to help boost the show--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message…

This week’s guest is Dr. Callie Federer, Senior Data Science Manager at DAT Freight & Analytics. Callie comes to the freight and transportation industry from a pretty non-traditional path - a Ph.D. in Computational Bioscience from the University of Colorado-Denver. After earning her PhD, she went straight into industry holding various data science …

Sam is in London and is fully embodying the spirit of the proper Cockney bloke. Gli Azzurri played two matches stateside, so we ran away to Europe to be as far away as possible from the goombas who chose to dwell in the stadiums of Florida and New Jersey. The people who travel to London are a lot to unpack and this week's rant aims to do just that.…

This week’s guest is Dylan Alperin, VP of Professional Services at Keelvar. Founded in Ireland in 2012, Keelvar is a software company specializing in procurement automation and optimization solutions. The word Keelvar can be loosely translated from Irish as “sensible” or having “better intelligence.” Dylan joined Keelvar about 3 years ago after hav…

Sam dives in on Francesco Acerbi getting booted from the Azzurri squad for calling Juan Jesus an ambiguous racial slur, the nuances of the N-word in Italian, Spalletti’s national team call ups and much more. RATE THE POD 5 STARS📱Follow Sam everywhereYOUTUBE https://youtube.com/@SamAdamoINSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/imsamadamoTIKTOK https://tiktok…

Sam is joined by Freeway Frank to chat about dating younger ladies, old world radio, the Trudeau media dilemma, the covid years, who would’ve gassed gypsies at Dachau, calcio scandals, the people of Bari città and more. Enjoy! Check out The Drive By Podcast with Freeway Frank on all audio platforms and on YouTube RATE THE POD 5 STARS📱Follow Sam eve…

This week’s guest is Jeff Short, Vice President, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). ATRI publishes a wide variety of reports on all aspects of freight and trucking from costs to bottlenecks and everything in between. Jeff is the author of the December 2022 ATRI Report entitled “Charging Infrastructure Challenges for the US Elect…

Sam is with his friend Mino to discuss businesses being firebombed, Lazio duly losing to Bayern, which Azzurri players might be fascist, who still goes to the bank, overly supportive immigrant grandparents and tons more. Great hang on the episode this week, enjoy!RATE THE POD 5 STARS📱Follow Sam everywhereYOUTUBE https://youtube.com/@SamAdamoINSTAGR…

Sam rants about Messi ticket prices in Montreal, the new Azzurri kits, your kid having cancer vs being trans, German cooking videos and much, much more. Enjoy!RATE THE POD 5 STARS📱Follow Sam everywhereYOUTUBE https://youtube.com/@SamAdamoINSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/imsamadamoTIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@imsamadamoTWITTER https://twitter.com/imsam…

Sam is solo this week ranting about Kanye West's unlikely collaboration and relationship with Inter Milan, the old man in Taranto derailing club plans, Napoli's new coach who is playing Football Manager in real life, Roma's Saudi takeover and more. Enjoy!RATE THE POD 5 STARS📱Follow Sam everywhereYOUTUBE https://youtube.com/@SamAdamoINSTAGRAM https:…

This week’s guest is Ann Marie Jonkman, Senior Director, Global Industry Strategies for Blue Yonder. Ann Marie has had extensive experience in the logistics and supply chain space working for carriers, brokers, and shippers before joining Blue Yonder about 2 years ago. In her current role she is helping Logistics Service Providers, or LSPs, solve t…

Sam is live on location from the touchline of friends of the pod Michele & Matteo Bruzzese's 5-a-side game with their Sunday League team, Crotone6ix. Joining the boys between shifts are teammates and returning guests Vincenzo Attisano aka YCV (whose music we're hoping to sneak into Sanremo by 2045) and Stevie Moore (TLN TV online, founder of The La…

Sam is blessed with the boys from his favourite old calcio podcast, Stereo Serie A (minus Lopopolo), for a chat about the old days, citizenship rules, Serie A doping allegations from Gary Neville, Atalanta's sketchy trainer, the Azzurri Nations League group and much more. Super fun episode. Enjoy!!Follow the boys' dormant Twitter account @StereaSer…

Sam is joined by Stevie Moore (founder of The Laziali, online for TLN TV, creator of DisplayPro frames) in this calcio-heavy bonus episode. They recount experiences of traveling to Rome to watch games at the Stadio Olimpico, assess where Ciro Immobile ranks amount Italy's strikers past and present, outline how Italian teams should aim to upset jugg…

Hello and welcome to the Freightvine podcast, your source for all things freight transportation. I’m Chris Caplice, Chief Scientist at DAT Freight & Analytics, and today I am joined by Adam Buttgenbach, Director of Fleet Engineering and Sustainability for PepsiCo.By DAT Freight and Analytics

Sam is on a bed with no headboard in Toronto to rant about Benito Mussolini's rise to power, Marco Materazzi and the Inter brigade, Blackrock buying his Nonno's home and more. Bedtime story episode, no intro this week -- straight to the chase. Enjoy!Follow Sam @imSamAdamoPlease rate the pod 5 stars!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.sp…

Sam discusses Sütirol's Jannik Sinner becoming the first Italian man to win a Grand Slam title in nearly 50 years but Hitler still claiming him as a German, butchering a pig, Mussolini's pitfalls and more.Follow Sam @imSamAdamoPlease toss a 5 star rating on the pod to help boost it--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show…

This week’s guest is Rob Kelly SVP of Business Development for Forum Mobility. Forum Mobility provides accessible zero-emission trucking solutions for drayage in California. Their services range from building and operating charging infrastructure to offering class 8 zero-emission electric trucks. They are currently developing a network of charging …

Sam goes off on the slew of footballers leaving money behind in Saudi Arabia, football fans commenting on LinkedIn, the mob wife aesthetic trend infecting young females' minds, Sean Strickland and moreFollow Sam @imSamAdamoPlease toss us a 5 star rating to help boost the pod--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samada…

Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Roma, but we'll always have Tirana. Sam's solo this week discussing his ageing relatives becoming increasingly unhinged, new grandparent scams that speak to you in Italian and more. Enjoy! Follow Sam @imSamAdamo please rate the pod 5 stars, cheers --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/…

This week’s guest is Dr. Erez Agmoni, Global Head of Innovation at Maersk. Erez has been in the global freight industry for over 30 years and at Maersk for over a decade. In the newly created role of Global Head of Innovation he is charged with changing the status quo rather than providing incremental improvements to the movement of freight. In our…

Sam has been kicked off his 7-a-side team, Italians come to the rescue, and Jeffrey Epstein is the new Pablo EscobarFollow Sam @imSamAdamoRate the pod 5 stars if you haven't yet--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

Sam discusses players betting on themselves, Carlo Ancelotti refusing to coach Brazil and when he will inevitably coach Italy, how to seduce people as a rich European, crossing the sauces, Sorbillo's pineapple pizza and more.Follow Sam @imSamAdamoPlease rate the pod 5 stars if you haven't yet--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.c…

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 where we revisit our predictions from last year, discuss the major issues of the current year, and take our best guesses as to what will happen next year. Our conversation ranged widely - from…

This festive week: Christmas Eve customs questioned, the new Super League presentation is scary, the best Italian ad ever, Tommy Cutlets, Dembow flow and more. Enjoy!Follow Sam @imSamAdamoPlease rate the show 5 stars--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message…

Sam is joined by Irish comics Shane Todd and Katie Boyle for a cultural crossover episode in the green room at The Stand. We chat about charity football matches, James McClean and the poppy, accent comparisons and more. Enjoy!Follow Sam @imSamAdamoFollow Shane @ShaneToddComedyFollow Katie @KatieBoyleComicPlease rate the podcast if you're so incline…

This week’s guest is Bill Driegert, EVP and head of North America for Flexport. Bill has over 20 years in the industry with key roles at Coyote Logistics, Amazon, UberFreight, and now Flexport. With the recent acquisition of Convoy’s technology stack, Bill is back in the familiar position of starting up brokerage operations from scratch - something…

Sam sits down with stand-up comic Tony Dabas, whose story of growing up selling ice cream to criminals on Staten Island and narrowly escaping death is one of the wildest we've had on the pod. Enjoy!Please rate the pod 5 stars if you read this and haven't alreadyFollow Sam @imSamAdamoFollow Tony @TonyDcomedy--- Send in a voice message: https://podca…

Sam breaks down gli Azzurri's EURO 2024 group draw against a number of tantalizing opponents and has a great chat with stand-up comic Bassam Shawl about fasting, his time working for the Qatari government and more. Enjoy! Follow Bassam @BassamShawl and follow Sam @imSamAdamo Please give the pod a 5 star rating to help boost the show --- Send in a v…

This week’s guests are John Stauffer and Brian Cristol, co-founders of Isometric Technologies. ISO is a performance management solution that centralizes service data between business partners and connects costs from chargebacks and service-level failures to the responsible parties. Anyone in the industry knows how hard it is to reconcile the root c…

Sam is joined for a top tier chat with Gabriel Ferrari (ex-Sampdoria player, retired pro) and fellow comic Alex Carabaño (The VSPOT, St. Mark's Comedy Club, friend of the show). They chat about coaching in Italy, playing under Maurizio Sarri, stories from the trenches of Serie C and Serie B, being teammates with Gaddafi's son, and tons more. Enjoy!…

Italy have qualified for EURO 2024 and Sam is live on location with The Magic Man, Paulie Malignaggi, at Caffè Sportivo on 18th Avenue in Brooklyn in the immediate aftermath of gli Azzurri's electric 0-0 draw against Ukraine, surrounded by a cast of locals and a possible Eastern European spy. Tech issues; yelling about Donnarumma; a young Golden Gl…

This week’s guest is Dr. Zac Rogers, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Colorado State University. In addition to his academic duties at CSU, Zac also co-developed and currently leads the publishing of the Logistics Manager Index or LMI. Fashioned in the same way as the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) which has been around for over 5…

Sam goes deep into the mind of new friend and fellow comic Jared Schwartz after Jared interloped at a private dinner event (to which he was not invited) that Sam was attending. ​⁠Rate the pod 5 stars per favore and follow Sam @imSamAdamo & Jared @TheKidJared--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message…

Sam is in New York (after narrowly evading detention by US border agents) to yell about losing a pod guest who had to police a Palestine protest, a bunga bunga bird being evicted by the Berlusconi family, the various types of intense religious attire and more.Follow Sam @imSam AdamoPlease rate the pod 5 stars wherever you're listening to this--- Se…

This week’s guest is Jim Filter, EVP, Group President Transportation & Logistics. The conversation centers on Schneider’s adoption of electric vehicles within their California drayage operations. This is a highly relevant topic for all shippers and carriers as we see the electrification of transportation - both freight and passenger - continue to b…

Sam has Alfredo Marabese of AzzurriTV on the pod to chat about Italians in England, the Church of Maradona and rank London's clubs from least to most vibey. Super fun episode, enjoy!Follow Sam everywhere @imSamAdamoPlease rate pod 5 stars to help the show out--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message…

Sam goes off about David Beckham’s mistress, Netflix documentary and brand, Piers Morgan, youth hockey, Imams in Kyrgyzstan and more.Follow Sam everywhere @imSamAdamoPlease rate pod 5 stars to help the show out--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

This week’s guest is Dean Croke, Principal Analyst and all-around trucking expert here at DAT Freight & Analytics. Dean has over 20 years of experience in the long-haul trucking industry - from (and still) being a driver to insurance to software and analytics. In this episode, Dean discusses the state of the TL market - specifically the capacity si…

Sam has a poised freak out over Italy losing to England and risking EURO 2024 qualification, a betting scandal rocking Italian football, Italy hosting EURO 2032, and islamic fundamentalist ChatGPT. That and much more. A real ADHD brain pod, glorious.Follow Sam everywhere @imSamAdamoPlease rate pod 5 stars to help the show out--- Send in a voice mes…

Sam skates around the circumstances of the war in Israel and sneaks in a little Azzurri squad breakdown.Please rate the pod 5 starsFollow Sam everywhere @imSamAdamo--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message

This week’s guest is Steve Raetz, Dir. Research and Market Intelligence at CH Robinson. Steve is a perfect person to discuss strategic use of the spot market as he not only brings 30+ years of experience in a variety of roles at CHR, but he currently leads CHR’s research efforts working with universities and others. The topic of spot as a strategy …

Sam goes in on the Lorenzo Insigne stadium incident in Toronto, the Napoli social media team vs. Victor Osimhen, Mario Balotelli, troubling new podcast regulation in Canada, and tons more.Rate the pod 5 stars please.Follow Sam @imSamAdamo--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samadamo/message…