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Nuclear Verdicts: Preventing the Accident
Podcast hosts Doug Grawe and Gary Randall discuss the headline-grabbing topic of nuclear verdicts in trucking. As you will hear, nuclear verdicts can be prevented in 3 ways: (1) investing in a robust, proactive defense that tells your safety story to the jury; (2)...
Good Maintenance Programs
In this episode, Mary Akhavan from FleetNet America joins the Grawe Pod to discuss good maintenance program ideas for carriers. You will hear podcast series hosts Doug Grawe and Gary Randall talk with Mary about roadside assistance, preventative maintenance and the...
Looking Around the Corner
Recorded on August 19, this episode of the Grawe Pod places a focus on the importance for transportation and logistics companies to make time for looking around the corner and to consider what needs to be done going forward to improve your business for the road ahead....
Making Healthcare And Insurance More Accessible for Professional Drivers
For the conclusion of our three-part series examining health insurance and healthcare options that are available to our trucking audience, the SCF Highway to Hope Podcast talks with Tammy Wright, the Director of Trucking for USHealth1. During this segment, you’ll hear...
Filling The People Pipeline: Recruiting & Retaining Talent for Non-Driving Positions, Part 3
In part 3 of our series focusing on the “People Pipeline” and our discussion focused on recruiting and retaining non-driving employees, we are joined by Maggie Debner, the founder of HR MD ([email protected]). Our conversation with Maggie is focused in the importance...
Highlighting The Benefits of Telemedicine
In Part 2 of our three-part series examining health insurance and healthcare options that are available to our trucking audience, the SCF Highway to Hope Podcast talks with Donn Beam, the President and CEO of Everywhere.care. We discuss the rise in popularity of...
Examining Health Insurance & Healthcare Options
With this episode, the SCF Highway To Hope Podcast begins a three-part series examining health insurance and healthcare options that are available to our trucking audience. In Part One of this series, SCF Director of Philanthropy & Development Shannon Currier...
Filling the People Pipeline: Recruiting Talent for Non-Driving Positions, Part 2
In Part 2 of our three-part series focusing on the “People Pipeline,” the Grawe Pod welcomes George Fieser of Global Executive Solutions Group for a discussion about finding experienced talent to fill positions in your company. George has been working with clients and...
Filling the People Pipeline: Recruiting Talent for Non-Driving Positions, Part 1
The Grawe Pod dives into the people pipeline with the first episode in our three-part series focused on attracting and developing your team. Finding drivers to strengthen fleets and capacity remains an intense focus for the trucking industry. At the same time, the...
Benefit Series, Part 5: SCF’s Chat With Country Music Superstar Wynonna Judd
Country Music superstar Wynonna Judd, who is the headliner for the Highway To Hope Benefit Concert, caps off our special series of podcasts featuring the artists performing during the live virtual event on May 16th. The SCF Podcast interview, which was led by podcast...
Benefit Series, Part 4: SCF’s Chat With Multitalented John Schneider
John Schneider joins us for an extended conversation during this episode of the podcast. As we get ready for John’s performance as part of the May 16th Highway To Hope virtual concert benefiting the work of SCF, we talked with John about his career in the...
Benefit Series, Part 3: SCF’s Chat With Country Music Legend Billy Dean
Billy Dean is our featured guest in this episode of our special series highlighting the artists performing at the May 16th Highway To Hope virtual concert benefitting the work of SCF. During our interview, you’ll hear Billy share his amazing journey from what began as...
Benefit Series, Part 2: SCF’s Chat Country Star & Trucking Friend Lindsay Lawler
As we continue our special series previewing the artists who will be performing during SCF's Highway To Hope Virtual Concert on May 16th, our podcast catches up with Lindsay Lawler, the Red River Girl. During our interview with Lindsay, you will learn how she found...
The Value of Making Transportation’s Voice Heard Among Lawmakers
In the debut of the Grawe Pod, hosts Doug Grawe and Gary Randall discuss why the Grawe Group launched its podcast series before diving into the feature topic of the episode, which focuses on the legislative process and the value of making transportation’s voice heard...
Benefit Series, Part 1: SCF’s Q&A With Rising Country Music Star Heath Sanders
Rising County Music Star Heath Sanders is our featured guest on the podcast as we begin a series highlighting SCF’s Highway To Hope Virtual Concert on May 16th. An artist who has drawn heavily from his blue-collar roots as a natural gas worker in the fields in...
COVID-19 Update & SCF’s Efforts to Get Drivers Vaccinated
SCF is dedicating this edition of the podcast to provide you with a trucking perspective on what’s happening with COVID-19 and the effort to get the country vaccinated. In our feature interview, you’ll hear from SCF Executive Director Donna Kennedy as well as Dr. John...
SCF Launches Driving Down Diabetes Program
The SCF Highway to Hope Podcast returns for a second season. SCF Director of Philanthropy & Development Shannon Currier is back as the host of the Highway To Hope. In our opening episode of Season 2, we look back at SCF's fund-raising success in 2020 as the...
Owner-Operator Howard Salmon Honors His Son In Giving Back To SCF
In this edition of the Highway To Hope Podcast, we will feature the touching story of owner-operator Howard Salmon, who has been a long-time supporter of SCF going back to the organization’s earliest days. In January of 2020, Howard and his family encountered their...
Details On TravelCenters of America’s New Program To Deliver Support For SCF
This edition of the podcast will feature our interview with Patty DelMonico, the Senior Manager of Commercial Marketing for TravelCenters of America. Patty will be discussing a new fundraising campaign that Travel Centers of America has launched to further support the...
2020 Citizen Driver Jerry Seaman Discusses His Driving Career & Why He Supports SCF
In this edition of the Highway To Hope, you’ll hear our feature interview with Jerry Seaman, who was honored by Travel Centers of America as a Citizen Driver of the Year for 2020. Jerry tells us how he began his driving career at 12 years old on a farm in South...
Meet The Driver Ambassadors For SCF’s Driven To Be Healthy, Going The Distance Challenge
This edition of the Highway To Hope will give us the opportunity to share more details and get an even greater perspective on SCF’s Driven To Be Healthy, Going The Distance Challenge. The new Health & Wellness from SCF initiative begins on July 27th, and it has...