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Hosted by FreightWaves, Charles Gracey · business · EN
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Signup to Generate a PitchBrake Check is hosted by FreightWaves, Charles Gracey. The show has published 73 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "AI, Freight Tech & the Driver’s Perspective" (29 October 2026, 28 minutes), "YOUR TRUCKS ARE ROLLING BUT YOUR PROFITS ARE DISAPPEARING" (28 October 2026, 29 minutes), and "TRUCKING'S BIGGEST MONEY SUCK" (15 October 2026, 51 minutes).
Brake Check publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 52 minutes across 73 episodes.
Booking probability for Brake Check is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Brake Check requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Brake Check's contact route on record: verified email.
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FreightWaves, Charles Gracey hosts Brake Check, a business podcast with 73 episodes published.
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Brake Check hits the ground at F3: Future of Freight Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for an inside look at the technology, trends, and relationships shaping the future of freight. Charles Gracie sits down with...
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BUSY TRUCKS, EMPTY BANK ACCOUNTS, WHERE'S THE MONEY?! Your trucks are rolling...The loads are delivered....You're working harder than ever....So why does it feel like everybody's getting paid EXCEPT YOU?! We're taking...
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YOUR AUTHORITY IS STUCK, SO ARE YOUR TRAILERS....AND GUESS WHO'S PAYING? FMCSA'S REGISTRATION SYSTEM IS CAUSING HEADACHES. TRAILERS ARE SITTING IDLE, AND TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE LOSING MONEY WITHOUT TURNING A...
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For years, trucking has been told it has a driver shortage. But what if the bigger problem isn't how many drivers we have? What if we're wasting the ones already here? Research led by Dr. David Correll at MIT FreightLab...
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Trucking bought the AI, Now SHOW ME THE DAMN MONEY! AI is recruiting drivers. Reading contracts. Building RFQs. Automating workflows. Booking freight. And every trucking-tech company suddenly has “AI” somewhere in...
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Is trucking finally at the bottom...or are we still digging? Diesel is around $6.53 a gallon. Rates remain under pressure. Capacity keeps leaving. Cash is getting tighter. And trucking has been hearing the same promise...
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Is trucking finally at the bottom...or are we still digging? Diesel is around $6.53 a gallon. Rates remain under pressure. Capacity keeps leaving. Cash is getting tighter. And trucking has been hearing the same promise...
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Diesel is above $6 a gallon. But what if the pump isn't the only place your trucking company is getting crushed? One carrier analyzed by Magnus Technologies was reportedly more than $53,000 behind through August because...
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$7 DIESEL? FMCSA CRACKDOWN. WHAT’S NEXT? This may be one of the biggest Brake Check conversations we've put together. Two problems are hitting American trucking at the same damn time: The cost of running is exploding...
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In this episode of Brake Check on FreightWaves TV, host Charles Gracey is joined by Lewie Pugh (Executive Vice President of OOIDA) & Dan Lindsey of the Broker Carrier Summit, to tackle the growing issue of "Chameleon...
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100% owner-operators. Turnover around 30%. In an industry where some fleets live with turnover north of 90%…HOW? That’s what we came to Mercer Transportation in Louisville, Kentucky to find out. For Day 1 of Truck...
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The rate confirmation looks legit. The authority checks out. The email looks right. The money looks good. Then the freight disappears .... or you deliver it and nobody pays you.Freight fraud isn't just getting bigger...
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Trucking is spending a fortune on AI and automation. But what if fleets are automating the WRONG damn thing?AI can quote freight, process tenders, move data, predict maintenance problems and eliminate hours of...
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Who the hell gave them a CDL .... and why did it take a family paying the price before Washington started listening?This episode of Brake Check isn't an attack on professional truck drivers. It's an investigation into...
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Fuel additives. Miracle MPG claims. Injector cleaners. Cheap replacement parts. And, of course, Washington taking its cut before you burn a single gallon. So on this episode of Brake Check, we're asking one question:WHO...
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Trucking says young people don't want to drive trucks. BULLSH*T. They're showing up. The real question is why we keep losing them.... With driver turnover still hammering parts of the industry, trucking keeps searching...
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Why would a truck driver spend thousands of dollars .... and an entire weekend ..... making a WORKING truck look better than some people's houses? Because this isn't really about chrome. And it damn sure isn't vanity...
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Cargo theft is changing fast .... and freight fraud is getting EXPENSIVE. Cargo theft incidents dropped 26% in Q2 2026, yet reported losses surged to $304.6 MILLION. Fewer thefts. More than double the money stolen. So...
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Trucking says it NEEDS truckers. So why can't drivers find a safe place to park, why does Washington keep piling on rules, and why does the industry keep screaming “driver shortage” while struggling to keep the drivers...
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Trucking says it has a DRIVER SHORTAGE. So why are some carriers still burning through drivers at 90%+ turnover? Maybe trucking doesn't have a recruiting problem. Maybe it has a job worth keeping problem. On this...
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Executive Vice President, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA)
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