Everything is Logistics
by Blythe (Brumleve) Milligan
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How to Plan Your Manifest Vegas 2027 Week with Katie Date
How to Plan Your Manifest Vegas 2027 Week with Katie Date
About this podcast
Everything is Logistics is a show for the freight-curious, the supply chain nerds, and the people who know “it’s complicated” is usually where the best story starts.
Hosted by Blythe Brumleve Milligan, the show explores how your favorite stuff, food, freight, and people move from point A to B, and why those systems matter more than most people realize.
Topics include freight, logistics, transportation, maritime, warehousing, intermodal, trucking, logistics technology, and the attention economy.
With more than 132k downloads and ranked in the top 5% of podcasts across all industries, Everything is Logistics helps you stay curious and become a sharper thinker in freight.
Episodes
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- How to Plan Your Manifest Vegas 2027 Week with Katie Date · 50 minKatie Date is the last of my Manifest OGs to come on the show, so I've officially collected all the infinity stones. Katie is SVP, Industry Relations & Strategic Initiatives at…
- Carriers Want Certainty More Than Another Mexico Headline · 29 minTrade headlines tell you how much freight is moving between the U.S. and Mexico. They tell you much less about whether a carrier can find an eligible driver or get a truck…
- How Slow Carrier Payments Squeeze Mexico Freight Capacity with Jaime Tabachnik · 25 minThe load is delivered. The carrier still has to bring back the paperwork, wait for someone to review it, and hope a missing stamp doesn’t restart the process. Fuel for the next…
- Spooky Supply Chain: Pirates, Poisoned Pills and Train Robbers with Grace Sharkey · 1 h 54 minGrace Sharkey and I traded five cargo crime stories for a Halloween edition of Freight Friends. Every one of them turns on the same weak spot: the moment freight changes hands…
- Why Mexico Customs Delays Start Before the Truck Moves with José Miñarro · 41 minA customs entry might take minutes to prepare while the truck waits days to cross. José Miñarro explains how that disconnect happens when nobody coordinates the paperwork with…
- Getting CTPAT Certified and Staying Compliant with Joe Hurst · 39 minA security policy can look great on paper. The harder question is whether everyone handling your freight actually follows it. I’m joined by Joe Hurst, co-founder and president of…
- Where Mexico Cargo Insurance Gaps Leave You Exposed with Mark Vickers · 36 minYour freight crosses into Mexico. If something happens to it there, do you know whose insurance responds and what it actually covers? I’m joined by Mark Vickers, Executive Vice…
- Why WhatsApp Is Still Doing Mexico TMS Work · 41 minYour customer asks if you can handle their Mexico freight. Before you say yes, you need to understand who will move it and what happens when the shipment changes hands at the…
- Sri Lanka’s Tea, Cinnamon and the Trade Routes Behind Them · 31 minA trip through Sri Lanka makes it hard to look at tea and cinnamon as ordinary groceries. You see the farms, meet the people, and start following the journey those products take…
- The Antarctic Ice Shelf That Took Seven Containers to Sea · 13 minSeven containers were waiting near an Antarctic ice shelf’s edge when a blizzard changed the plan. The ice broke away, carrying the cargo out to sea. Grace Sharkey brings this…
- The Space Economy Needs a Supply Chain - 5 Companies Who Are Making it Happen · 18 minThe rocket gets the glamor shot, but a launch is only one leg of a much larger network. Before anything leaves Earth, hardware has already moved through factories and specialized…
- Why a Japanese Toilet Maker Belongs in the AI Supply Chain · 35 minThe company behind Japan’s heated toilets also makes precision ceramics used in semiconductor manufacturing. TOTO’s role in that supply chain sent Grace Sharkey and me down a…
- What I Learned at IANA Expo 2026: Cargo Crime, Rail and Autonomous Freight · 36 minI went to my first IANA Intermodal Expo with a confession: intermodal was one of the weakest areas in my logistics coverage. I had worked inside an asset-based 3PL with an…
- Tall Ships in New York: When the World Came Together · 12 minTall ships arrived in New York Harbor for America’s 250th, bringing a shared maritime tradition into full view. I loved seeing that gathering alongside the commemorative designs…
- Everyone Has the Same Marketing Tools -- So Now What? · 41 minEveryone in freight has the same marketing tools now. Same AI writing assistants, same ability to produce a clean chart in ninety seconds, same well-formatted blog post. RJ…
- Inside the Logistics of Game Day, London, and the Super Bowl · 39 minBefore Everything is Logistics, I spent years covering the Jacksonville Jaguars for a local station. Football has always been more than a game to me. It is one of the clearest…
- Freight Friends: Grace Sharkey on EDI Economics and the AI Reality Check · 1 h 14 minNote: this is technically a segment from a recent Freight Friends episode so if you already listened to that convo, thank you. But if you'd like to listen for the first time or…
- Ports, Cinnamon and the Supply Chain of Sri Lanka · 52 minSri Lanka's logistics story is visible almost everywhere you look. Colombo sorts containers for the region. Hambantota is building an automotive transshipment business. Tea and…
- The Freight Agent Questions That Costs People the Most · 28 minChoosing the right freight agency can make or break your business. So when a post on Linkedin went semi-viral about the top freight agent programs in the country, your girl had…
- Freight Friends: EDI Fees, AI Hype vs. Reality, and Toto's Ceramics That Secretly Power Chip Manufacturing · 2 h 46 minMost EDI contracts never get shopped, and legacy providers price like they know it. Grace Sharkey walks through what that actually looks like on an invoice: a few thousand a…
- How HeyBubba Is Building AI for Truckers and Carriers · 32 minIn this episode of Everything is Logistics, Blythe talks with Tapan Chadhar, CEO of Hey Bubba, about how voice AI is being built specifically for fleets, truckers, and carriers…
- The AI Tool Helping Warehouse Teams See the Messy Middle · 34 minIn this episode of Everything is Logistics, Blythe talks with Sarit Tamir, CEO and co-founder of Seeteria, about how computer vision is helping warehouse teams find lost time…
- Why Appointment Scheduling Is One of Freight’s Sneakiest Bottlenecks · 36 minIn this episode of Everything is Logistics, Blythe talks with Tom Curee, President at Qued, about why freight appointment scheduling is still one of the most stubborn problems in…
- How EPG Is Using AI for Warehouse Document Processing · 30 minIn this episode of Everything is Logistics, Blythe talks with Jett Chitanand, President at EPG Americas, about how AI is being used inside warehouses and distribution centers…
- How Sifted Helps Shippers Monitor Parcel Spend Before It Spikes · 27 minIn this episode of Everything is Logistics, Blythe talks with Shawn McCarrick, CEO of Sifted, about how AI is changing parcel spend management for shippers. Sifted is a…
- How Envoy AI Is Helping Brokerages Take Action on Freight Data · 39 minIn this episode of Everything is Logistics, Blythe talks with Michelle McBride, Head of Product at Envoy AI, about how AI is being used inside freight brokerages to reduce…
- How GoodShip Is Using AI to Make Freight Data Useful · 36 minIn this episode of Everything is Logistics, Blythe talks with Nick Boston, VP of Sales at GoodShip, about how shippers are using AI to better understand freight spend, carrier…
- Autonomous Trucks Are Already Running Freight in Texas · 31 minIn this episode of Everything is Logistics, Blythe talks with Tete Xiao, VP of Engineering and AI at Bot Auto, about how autonomous trucking is being used in real freight…
- The Humanoids in Logistics Are Already Here · 36 minThe pod may have been a little off-schedule over the last month but that’s for good reason because I’m trying out a new editorial approach to the show and its taken more legwork…
- Why the Best SEO Tool in Freight Marketing Is Free · 56 minLLM search is only about 1% of the total search market. Google still controls roughly 88%. So why do so many marketer's content strategy sound like it was written by someone in a…
- Tariffs, Nearshoring, and Why "Made in USA" Is Harder Than It Sounds · 42 minMost conversations about nearshoring assume you're moving away from Chinese manufacturing. Kerim Kfuri, president and CEO of The Atlas Network, has a harder truth: a lot of…
- How to Run LTL and Cross-Border Freight Without Losing Money · 1 h 12 minRobert Kowton left a decade at Coca-Cola, walked into freight brokering in 2008 with zero customers, and built a reputation around two things most brokers avoid: LTL and…
- Supply Chain Reality from a Major Forest Products Importer · 49 minCMPC moves pulp, lumber, plywood, and industrial and consumer packaging from 16 manufacturing sites across South America into North America. Roughly 10,000 TEUs and 300,000 tons…
- What Logistics World Showed Me About Mexico Trade · 1 h 9 minMost US logistics pros in the US talk about Mexico from a very surface-level approach. But most have never been on the ground to take in and appreciate the nuance that exists…
- Why Ocean Visibility Still Breaks at Drayage · 30 minA 3PL moving 5,000 containers a year can bleed about $120,000 in avoidable detention and demurrage. Tyler Hughes says the fix is not another pretty dashboard. It is cleaner data…
- 90% of Warehouses Are Flying Blind. Here's What That Actually Costs. · 25 minMost warehouse operators have no idea what's actually happening on their floor right now. Not a rough estimate. No idea. The WMS says one thing. Ground truth is something else…
- How Ryder Actually Picks Freight Tech - with Gary Allen, VP of Supply Chain Excellence · 36 minMost people see a Ryder truck on the highway and think "trucking company." That's not wrong — but it's missing 100 million square feet of warehouse space and 2,000 autonomous…
- How to Tell Supply Chain Stories That Actually Land with Sofia Rivas Herrera · 26 minSupply chain storytelling isn't a nice-to-have skill. It's the reason deals fall apart before the demo starts. Sofia Rivas Herrera has spent years building one of the most…
- Why Cargo Crime Keeps Getting Worse · 37 minFreight fraud has moved way past the old stereotype of random cargo theft. Barry Conlon, CEO of Overhaul, joins Blythe from Manifest to break down what’s actually happening in…
- Delivery to Cash: Fixing Freight Invoices Before They Break with Upwell · 27 minMost logistics companies are holding their back office together with "shoestring and bubble gum." When 25% of your bills get rejected on the first pass, you aren't just dealing…
- Are Bots Booking Freight Yet? Manifest Trend Check with Grace Sharkey · 44 minBlythe and Grace Sharkey (Orderful; formerly FreightWaves) break down what everyone’s been talking about coming out of Manifest: agentic AI moving into real workflows…
- We Rebuilt CargoRex for People Who Don’t Know What to Search · 33 minCargoRex.io 2.0 is live and this isn’t a paint job. It’s a rebuild around how people actually research logistics tech when they don’t know what to search for yet. In this…
- Why Logistics Tech Rollouts Fail (and How to Fix Them) | Nate Johnson, GLCS · 1 h 48 minEveryone loves a shiny demo. Nobody wants to talk about the messy middle: implementation. That’s where budgets blow up, timelines slip, and teams quietly blame the software. Nate…
- Why Most Podcasts Stall: Consistency, Completion Rate, Better Packaging · 1 h 6 min4.6 million podcasts exist. Only a tiny slice stay active. The difference isn’t gear or luck. It’s whether you respect the listener’s attention (and measure it). In this episode…
- Cold Calls, Tight Lanes, and Government Freight with Garrett Bowers · 1 h 19 minCold calls. Tight lanes. Government freight. In this episode, I’m talking with Garrett Bowers, owner of Bowers Trucking and an SPI Logistics agency owner, about what it takes to…
- Inside the Manifest Content Engine with Tanzil Uddin · 54 minIf you’ve ever wondered how a massive industry event like Manifest manages to feel timely, relevant, and most importantly useful, this is the episode for you. I’m sitting down…
- Tariffs, Tugs, & Icebreakers: Surviving the Maritime Mess · 2 h 39 minIn the finale of our Best of 2025 series, we’re highlighting the modes and legalities that usually stay "out of sight, out of mind." We start with Jason Aristides of Open Tug…
- South America’s Mega Ports & The Future of Drone Delivery [best-of-2025] · 3 h 6 minIt’s birthday week at Everything is Logistics! To celebrate, we’re digging into the vault to cover the heavy hitters: Janet Labuta explains why "importing is not for cowards,"…
- Your Logistics Marketing & Sales Playbook from 2025 · 3 h 40 minReady to adjust your messaging to earn new business and better business? In this special 'best of' edition, we're cutting through the noise to bring you your favorite, most…
- Best-Of Space Logistics, Economic Opportunities, and Building the New Silk Road · 2 h 34 min2025 has been a massive year for the final frontier, and it honestly feels like the new Wild West of freight. We’re recapping the biggest milestones—from Jared Isaacman being…
