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A weekly podcast from the Transportation Intermediaries that delves into the biggest topics and issues facing every link in the supply chain. Each episode a guest joins to discuss everything from cargo theft to modern regulation, the ins and outs of various forms of freight and how it's changing, and where the industry is headed. Whether you're a broker, a shipper, or a carrier, this show will deliver unparalleled insights into the people and companies that move America.
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Booking probability
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Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchA weekly podcast from the Transportation Intermediaries that delves into the biggest topics and issues facing every link in the supply chain. Each episode a guest joins to discuss everything from cargo theft to modern regulation, the ins and outs of various forms of freight and how it's changing, and where the industry is headed.
Freight Beat is hosted by Transportation Intermediaries Association. The show has published 52 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Building a Brokerage That Outlasts You" (26 October 2026, 53 minutes), "What Does All This Freight Tech Actually Solve?" (21 October 2026, 42 minutes), and "Tech, Trust and Freight Risk" (13 October 2026, 54 minutes).
Freight Beat publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 45 minutes across 52 episodes.
Booking probability for Freight Beat is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Freight Beat requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Freight Beat's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Freight Beat are Freight Forwarding and Trucking. Freight Beat has a business audience.
Transportation Intermediaries Association hosts Freight Beat, a business podcast with 52 episodes published.
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Freight Beat
More brokerages are changing hands, and a lot of owners are wondering if their company is ready for the day they're not the one running it. Doug Grawe says buyers can tell the difference between a company that's...
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Eric Williams just won both the People's Choice and Judges' Choice awards at TIA's Shark Tank for Beagl, the company he co-founded to help brokers run a better RFP process and win more contract freight. Tech companies...
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Thieves are pulling freight off moving trains, and fraudsters are using stolen broker identities to move dozens of loads. Brandon Arnold spent 28 years in brokerage before moving into insurance, and he thinks leaning...
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Will Jenkins co-founded a brokerage at 26 that ArcBest later bought for $235 million up front. Then he started over with no outside money and no paid marketing. Will is founder and CEO of Journey, which helps freight...
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Greg Sanders launched a brokerage at 55, about three weeks before Covid, with no time window to fail. He leads by a stoic's rule: you can't control what happens, only how you react to it. Greg is chairman and CEO of RDS...
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Truck rates are up and intermodal rates have held steady, and shippers are moving freight over to the rail because of it. Most small brokers still can't quote it. Jeff Brashares says the setup is easier than you think...
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You've heard a hundred takes on AI in freight. Most are about the technology. This one's about the desk that has to use it. David Peckman sits with brokerages all day, from the ones just poking at AI to the ones fully...
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One week out from the Policy Forum, TIA's President and CEO and the Government Affairs team walk through what members are going to Capitol Hill to ask for. Chris Burroughs on what the Montgomery decision changed and...
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Descartes bought Tai for $100 million on August 24. This episode covers what that means for a broker running Tai Software, and then goes past the deal into the two claims Tai Software has been making out loud: never...
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There is no FMCSA in Canada. No surety bond, no MC number, no federal database to run a carrier against. None of which protects anybody the way brokers on both sides of the border assume it does.Freight Beat is the...
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Freight rates are climbing, margins are still tight, and Avery Vise says brokers haven't seen the top of this market yet. Freight Beat is the podcast from the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA), the trade...
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Every rule that lands on your brokerage was open for comment first, argued over, stalled, and rewritten long before you heard about it. Jack Van Steenburg watched that happen for 15 years, and he is blunt about the...
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Freight Beat welcomes to the show Daniel Ilg, president of ILG Logistics and an at-large member of TIA's board of directors. He knows the value of speaking for your industry, he has been going to Washington for six...
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Nearshoring is having a moment in freight and logistics, but most brokers still don't know what it actually means, or how it's different from offshoring and outsourcing. Freight Beat down with Mia Mazal , co-founder of...
Last week a Texas jury ruled that a broker is heavily liable in the death of several people stemming from a 2021 traffic collision. This has sent ripples through the brokerage community. But what does it mean, really...
Freight Beat talks with Scott Cornell, the Chief Risk Officer for SPG Cargo & Logistics and Chair of the Transported Asset Protection Association(TAPA). Cornell is an expert in the realm of cargo theft, whether...
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Former FMCSA administrator Annette Sandberg joins Freight Beat to break down what highway safety really means for brokers and 3PLs. She explains the agency’s core mission to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities, and...
The drayage market isn't slowing down, it's merely shifting. Driver capacity is shrinking fast, liability rules just changed, and intermodal is having a moment. We brought in some of the sharpest operators in the...
This episode explores how the Digital Standards Development Council (DSDC) is building a common digital language for freight. Learn why EDI still matters, where APIs add real-time value, how standards support AI, and...
Explore how freight brokers can adopt automation without overhauling existing workflows. This episode covers practical strategies for using freight technology to improve carrier sourcing, booking, tracking, compliance...
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