The Lifestyle Lane
Podcasts
Trucking is more than just one loading dock to another. Conferences, championships, rodeos, legendary musicians, trucking legends, and spooky stories can all be found here. These podcasts represent a wide variety of both ongoing and limited series from Podwheels.
The Exit Ramp
The Exit Ramp takes us to exciting destinations and allows our team the opportunity to share short stories from inside and around the trucking industry.
Liner Notes
Liner Notes is the audio version of the notes that musicians leave on the record album’s back cover or CD booklet. Liner Notes takes the time to go in-depth with musical artists to learn more about them, their music, and what they find noteworthy.
Snake Pontchartrain
Snake Pontchartrain’s Places You Wouldn’t Want to Go Unless You’re With Snake Pontchartrain follows a super trucker and ghost hunter investigating the haunted legends of the road at the request of fellow drivers.
The National Truck Driving and National Step Van Championships
NTDC prides itself in being the Super Bowl of Safety. Joined by PodWheels, RadioNemo was on the scene with live coverage and interviews.
Latest Episodes
Richard Sweeney Returning To NTDC As Model Of Quiet Consistency & Excellence
Richard Sweeney, the 2024 Grand Champion from the state of Massachusetts, joins the podcast as we enter our final countdown to NTDC 2024. During this episode, you’ll hear how Richard followed in the footsteps of his father to enter the trucking industry. In his...
New Jersey’s Wilbert Vano Reflects On His Return To NTDC
A National Champion in 2022, Wilbert Vano is grateful and thrilled for the opportunity to return to Indianapolis and to once again be among the nation’s elite professional drivers coming together for NTDC 2024. As you will hear in his interview with Eugene Mulero from...
Tyler Rogers On His Climb To Colorado’s Summit As Grand Champion
While Tyler Rogers will be making his fifth career trip to the Nationals in Indianapolis, his rise to become the 2024 Grand Champion from the state of Colorado even surprised Tyler. As you will hear him share in another great interview by Transport Topics Senior...
Kentucky Grand Champion John Willinger Enjoying Every Moment While Keeping It All In Perspective
In this episode of the podcast, we’ll meet John Willinger, who will be returning to Indianapolis and NTDC 2024 after now winning back-to-back Grand Champion titles in the state of Kentucky. As Transport Topics Senior Reporter Eugene Mulero shares with us, John has...
ATA’s Jacob Pierce Discusses 2024 NTDC Driving Course & Many Other Topics
We are thrilled to welcome Jacob Pierce from the American Trucking Associations to a special edition of the podcast. Jacob is an Executive Director for ATA overseeing the Safety Management Council and the Transportation Security Council. As you will hear during the...
Eugene Mulero Looks Back At NTDC’s History With Radio Legend Dave Nemo
In this special episode of the podcast, we will be bringing you a segment from the Dave Nemo Weekends radio show that originally aired during Father’s Day Weekend. Trucking Radio Pioneer and legendary broadcaster Dave Nemo had asked Eugene Mulero from Transport Topics...
Dedication, Training & Heart: Going Inside Roland Bolduc’s Drive To Achieve Championship Excellence
As we enter July and begin the final countdown to NTDC 2024, we wanted to take you inside the national competition preparations of Roland Bolduc, one of the most accomplished champions in the long history of the NTDC. This year, Roland is the only returning National...
Driving Competitions & National Championships Part of Long Tradition and Love of Trucking For The Lewis Family
We have a father-son story to share with you in this edition of the podcast. Eugene Mulero, Senior Reporter for Transport Topics, brings us his interviews with the father-son duo of Nate and Andrew Lewis. Nate, who is a past National Champion, has been a member of the...
Onsite Coverage From State Championship Tripleheader In New England
In this edition of the podcast, we hear the onsite interviews from the road trip that Eugene Mulero made as part of his coverage for Transport Topics of the NTDC state qualifying rounds. Eugene traveled to Windsor Locks, Connecticut, to be a part of the New England...
Grand Champion Of Arizona, David Coffel Returns To NTDC In New Vehicle Class
We’re turning back the pages of the state truck driving championships to a result happened earlier this year when David Coffel brought home the grand champion’s title at the Arizona Trucking Association’s State Championships. Eugene Mulero, Senior Reporter from...
Honoring Music Legend Dickey Betts By Revisiting 1983 Interview
This episode of Destinations is being shared by PodWheels to pay tribute to Dickey Betts, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band. Following Betts’ passing at the age of 80 on April 18, PodWheels Executive Producer Greg Thompson revisited his personal archives...
Georgia’s Chris Moore Continues To Build Upon Family’s Championship Traditions
In this episode of the podcast, the state of Georgia is on our mind and in focus as we highlight the Grand Championship claimed by Chris Moore. As you will hear, it was at an early age that Chris gained an appreciation for trucking and the skills it takes to compete...
Spotlighting FedEx’s Dan Shamrell & Tim Blair On Road Back To NTDC
As we close out May and begin the final countdown to NTDC 2024, we will spend some time talking with Dan Shamrell from Oregon and Tim Blair from Tennessee. In addition to being members of the FedEx Team who have earned a spot in this year’s Nationals in Indianapolis,...
Special Delivery From Virginia: Our Onsite TDC Report
In this episode of the podcast, we are delivering a “Virginia Special,” as we’ll have onsite interviews conducted by Eugene Mulero, Senior Reporter from Transport Topics. You’ll hear Eugene’s conversation with David Price, who ran the table at the competition to win...
Larry Gorby Returns To NTDC As West Virginia Grand Champion
Larry Gorby from West Virginia and Ina Daly from Arizona are in the spotlight during another mega-edition of our NTDC Podcast, which was recorded on May 8. You will hear Eugene Mulero, Senior Reporter from Transport Topics and co-author of “From Roadeo To TDC,” look...
NTDC Nevada Shocker & Our Chat With Georgia’s Herschel Evans
In this supersized edition of the podcast, you will hear an interview with the 2024 Grand Champion from Nevada, Matt Hart. Podcast co-host Eugene Mulero, a Senior Reporter with Transport Topics, talks with Matt about earning the top prize in the Silver State, and...
Road To NTDC 2024: State Championships First Hurdle For Past Champs & All Competitors
Recorded on April 3, the second episode of 2024 edition of our NTDC series takes you inside this year’s first state championship, which was held in Louisiana, and we also discuss the approaches the past two National Grand Champions are taking to prepare for their...
MATS Rewind: Meet Todd Carroll, President & Founder of United Axle
Todd Carroll, the President and Founder of United Axle, spent some time with Dave Nemo, Jimmy Mac and Lindsay Lawler on the final morning of MATS to talk about the important work Todd’s company does in keeping the trucks utilizing their services rolling across the...
Iowa Customs Tailoring After-Market Accessories To Big-Rig Owners’ Needs
Terry Wurzer, the Co-founder and Vice President of Iowa Customs, joined the conversation with the RadioNemo Team on Friday of MATS 2024. Terry shares the company’s origin story and how it is catering to the after-market needs and wants for big rig owners. One of the...
Dr. Mark Manera Dedicated To Improving The Health of Professional Drivers
One of the Friday conversations presented by the RadioNemo Team featured Dr. Mark Manera, who is the founder and CEO of Offshift. Dr. Manera will be chatting with Dave Nemo, Jimmy Mac and Lindsay Lawler on the work he is doing through Offshift to assist professional...
Trucking Opens New Doors For TA Citizen Driver Gina Jones
When Gina Jones made the decision to join her husband, Steve, on the road, she knew it would be a life-changing career move. However, as Gina shares with Dave Nemo and Lindsay Lawler during her TA Citizen Driver of the Year interview, she had no idea how her efforts...
Veteran Driver Steve Jones Reflects On Earning TA Citizen Driver Honors
As you will hear, Steve Jones was deeply touched and extremely humbled in being selected along with his wife, Gina, as a TA Citizen Driver for 2024. Steve shares his observations with Dave Nemo and Lindsay Lawler that the trucking industry has provided him with...
Tim Taylor Looks Back at His Route To Become A TA Citizen Driver Award Winner
One of three TA Citizen Drivers chosen in 2024, Tim Taylor joined Dave Nemo and Lindsay Lawler to talk about his trucking career that spans nearly three million safe driving miles in his work as a company driver and trainer at FedEx. Tim, who hosts a weekly podcast on...
Dave Nemo Reflects On His 39 Visits To MATS Over The Years
On the first day of MATS 2024, Jimmy Mac took a moment to talk to Dave Nemo about Dave’s own personal history at the Mid-America Trucking Show. Over the course of their conversation, Dave had the opportunity to look back at his 39 total visits to MATS that have been...
Pittsburgh Power’s Eric Moser On His First Visit To MATS
As you will hear in this segment, Pittsburgh Power has held an annual presence at the Mid-America Trucking Show for over 30 years, and Service Manager Eric Moser has been with Pittsburgh Power for 14 years. However, Eric had never made the trip to Louisville until...
SCF’s Shannon Currier Talks Virtual 5K During MATS 2024 Rewind
Shannon Currier, the Director of Philanthropy for the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund visited with Dave Nemo and Jimmy Mac during the first day of RadioNemo’s coverage of the Mid-America Trucking Show. Along with discussing the ongoing work and programs of SCF,...
MATS 2024 Rewind: Fastport’s Brad Bentley & Neurable’s Adam Molnar
In this opening segment from the 2024 Mid-America Trucking Show, Brad Bentley from Fastport joins Dave Nemo and Jimmy Mac as they welcome Neurable’s Adam Molnar. You’ll hear Brad and Adam talk about what’s happening with their respective companies and what’s ahead at...
Legendary Trucking Radio Personality Dave Nemo to Retire from Full-Time Duties Next Year
Broadcasting and trucking industry pioneer will spend this year saying goodbye with “Last Ride Of The Road Gang” themed parties, broadcasts, and special events. OCEAN SPRINGS, (Miss.) – March 25, 2024 – After over 50 years of keeping truck drivers entertained with...
Destination Indy: Road To NTDC 2024 Begins With State Competitions
PodWheels Powered By RadioNemo is thrilled to once again rev up our podcast series dedicated to the National Truck Driving & National Step Van Driving Championships. We plan to have at least one episode per month leading up to NTDC 2024 this August in...
Catalogum Mysterium #2: Ley Lines
Are they sources of power that helped connect early civilization? A giant antenna signal to summon intelligences greater than our own across an immense ethereal gulf? Or did folks in The Sixties just have too much acid on their tongues? Join Clare Marie as she traces...