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Planning: What Do We Need To Do To Reach Our Goals?
With the midway point in 2023 on the horizon, the Grawe Pod has dedicated an episode to examine several key questions related to longer range planning and maintaining a focus on reaching your company’s goals. Podcast hosts Doug Grawe and Gary Randall discuss the...
Long Haul Paul Discusses Legends of the Lost Highway CD
In this Liner Notes edition of our Destinations Series, Long Haul Paul Marhoefer goes in-depth on the making of his newest CD release, Legends of the Lost Highway. Greg Thompson from PodWheels met Long Haul Paul while he was on the road to have an extended...
Exit Ramp: Our Walking Tour of the Chattanooga Whiskey Company
For an Exit Ramp episode of our series, we'll take you to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and we'll take a walking tour of the Chattanooga Whiskey Company, a craft bourbon distillery that has been in operation for the past decade. Tim Piersant, the Founder and President of...
Benefit Concert Series 2023: Interview With Lindsay Lawler, Part 2
The final edition of our Artist Interview Series ahead of the Highway To Hope Benefit Concert taking place on Saturday, April 22, will feature Part 2 of our conversation with Lindsay Lawler, who will be one of the featured artists for the SCF benefit show at Cotton...
Benefit Concert Series 2023: Interview With Lindsay Lawler, Part 1
he Highway To Hope Benefit Concert is happening on Saturday, April 22 at Cotton Eyed Joe’s in Knoxville, Tenn. As part of our final countdown to the show, our concert artist podcast series presents Part 1 of our interview with Lindsay Lawler, who will be one of the...
Benefit Concert Series 2023: Interview With Levi Hummon, Part 2
In Part 2 of our conversation with rising country artist Levi Hummon ahead of the April 22 Highway To Hope Benefit Concert, we spend some time exploring Levi’s songwriting influences. As we shared in Part 1, Levi is the son of Grammy-winning songwriter Marcus Hummon....
Benefit Concert Series 2023: Interview With Levi Hummon, Part 1
The Highway To Hope Benefit Concert is just around the corner and we have the first of four special artist series podcast episodes that we will be sharing with you. To kick things off, we have the first segment of a two-part interview with Levi Hummon, a rising...
Driver Qualifications & The Driver Qualification Process
In today’s transportation landscape, trucking companies are crunched by the prevalence of nuclear verdicts, the shortage of quality drivers, and multiple viewpoints from Operations, Safety, & Recruiting. With this episode of the Grawe Pod, Doug Grawe and Gary...
New Program Sponsored By Driver Solutions Promotes Better Health Through Walking
We’re opening the 2023 season of the SCF Highway To Hope Podcast by highlighting a new program being sponsored by Driver Solutions that is designed to get professional drivers to take the first steps toward better fitness. Sydney Cox, the Digital Marketing Coordinator...
Age-Old Question: IC Fleet, Employee Fleet or Mixed Fleet?
For our first episode of 2023, the Grawe Pod addresses one of the oldest questions facing a trucking company: Should we go with an independent contractor fleet, an employee fleet or a fleet that utilizes both ICs and employee drivers? Podcast host Doug Grawe is joined...
The People Episode
Posting a recycled job ad on Indeed, conducting four rounds of interviews and utilizing a copy-and-paste approach with job qualification requirements are not cutting it in today’s market. During the People Episode of the Grawe Pod, we will be sharing a collection of...
Putting The Smokes Out With SCF’s Rigs Without Cigs Program
For this edition of the SCF Highway to Hope Podcast, we will be focusing on our Rigs Without Cigs program as we mark Great American Smoke Out Day for 2022. Smoking is the leading cause of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Did you know that 16 million...
Celebrating Roland Bolduc’s Grand Championship Victory
To mark the six-month anniversary since we launched the PodWheels Powered By RadioNemo platform, we are taking an exit ramp that will roll us back to mid-August when we were onsite at the National Truck Driving & National Step Van Driving Championships. Roland...
Discussing Business Development Plans for 2023
With this episode of the Grawe Pod, we will introduce you to the newest team member of the Grawe Group, Steve Youngquist. Along with introducing Steve and welcoming him to the team, Grawe Pod hosts Doug Grawe and Gary Randall will be engaging Steve to draw from his...
NTTC Honors Driver of the Year Grand Champion Tom Frain With $2,500 Donation To SCF
During this special episode of the SCF Highway To Hope Podcast, you’ll meet Tom Frain, who earned the prestigious honor of being named the 2021 – 2022 Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year Grand Champion by the National Tank Truck Carriers. Tom will be looking...
Implementing Mergers & Acquisitions Effectively
In this episode of the Grawe Pod, we will explore a very important aspect of mergers and acquisitions as the M&A activity is once again heating up in the transportation industry. Grawe Pod hosts Doug Grawe and Gary Randall discuss the subject of mergers and...
Episode 12: St. Augustine Lighthouse
On the advice of trucker Jody Vale, Snake visits the St. Augustine Lighthouse.
ATA’s Elisabeth Barna Reflects On Memorable NTDC 2022
In our first post-event episode for this podcast series covering the National Truck Driving & National Step Van Driving Championships, Elisabeth Barna from the American Trucking Associations takes some time with us to look back at a very memorable NTDC 2022....
Episode 11: The Keys
Snake takes a vacation to Miami, but he soon finds himself in The Florida Keys with friend The Historian where they encounter a deadly doll.
Special Feature: Taking You Inside The NTDC Road Course
On the first day of the competition, PodWheels Executive Producer Greg Thompson had the opportunity to spend some time at NTDC 2022 with four captains from America’s Road Team. While Captain Rhonda Hartman provided Greg with a view of the road course problems the...
Ruan’s Dan Van Alstine Preparing For His Term As ATA Chairman
Dan Van Alstine, the current Vice Chairman of the American Trucking Associations, talked with Greg Thompson on the day of his eight-year-anniversary as President of Ruan. Dan, who will become the Chairman of ATA in October, shares his thoughts on just why this year’s...