The Freight Pod
de Andrew Silver
Ep. #90: Lean Solutions Group Acquires Rapido - CEO Jack Freker and…
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The Freight Pod is a deep dive into the journeys of the transportation and logistics industry’s brightest minds and innovators. The show is hosted by Andrew Silver, former founder and CEO of MoLo Solutions, one of the fastest-growing freight brokerages in the industry. His guests will be CEOs, founders, executives, and leaders from some of the most successful freight brokerages, trucking companies, manufacturers, and technology companies that support this great industry. Andrew will interview his guests with a focus on their life and how they got to where they are today, unlocking the key ingredients that helped them develop into the leaders they are now. He will also bring to light the fascinating stories that helped mold and shape his experiences.
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- Ep. #90: Lean Solutions Group Acquires Rapido - CEO Jack Freker and Danny Frisco · 1 h 19 minRates spike, margins shrink, and every “simple” load turns into an exception at the worst possible time. That’s why we sat down with Danny (Rapido) and Jack (Lean Solutions…
- Ep. #89: Aaron Graft, Founder and CEO, Triumph · 1 h 24 minBuying a bank during a meltdown sounds like a bad idea until you hear what it takes to survive it. We talk with Triumph’s CEO about growing up in small-town Oklahoma, sprinting…
- Ep. #88: Tom Madine, CEO, ShipStation Global · 1 h 48 minFrom a live, in-person Chicago studio, we sit down with Tom Madine to unpack what real scale looks like in transportation, and why SMB shipping is still one of the most…
- Ep. #87: Jett McCandless announces LSP44, the AI agent and infrastructure company built for logistics service providers · 1 h 20 minThe freight market changes fast, but a lot of broker operations still look the same: endless check calls, status emails, manual appointment scheduling, missing PODs, and a…
- Ep. #86: Liz Wayne, Founder & CEO, Able Transport Solutions · 1 h 29 minRates are spiking and the scary part is why. We kick off with a June truckload market update built on real broker payment data, then we zoom in on what the numbers are actually…
- Ep. #85: Ryan Soskin, Founder & CEO, GoodShip · 1 h 21 minFreight procurement is still stuck in a world of portals, spreadsheets, and three-month RFP cycles, even though the freight market can flip in weeks. I’m joined by Ryan Soskin…
- Ep. #84: Robby Nathan, Founder & CEO, Envoy AI · 1 h 25 min“AI can negotiate freight rates” is one of those claims that sounds true until you sit on a real brokerage floor and watch what happens. I’m joined by Robby Nathan, founder of…
- Ep. #83: Ken Adamo joins Ease Logistics as Chief Strategy Officer · 1 h 5 minA major freight market intelligence leader is leaving DAT for a brokerage and he’s explaining exactly why. Ken Adamo joins me and Peter Coratola to talk about what most people…
- Ep. #82: Alan Holland, Founder & CEO, Keelvar · 1 h 25 minFreight buying has a dirty secret: most bids do a great job of finding the lowest number and a terrible job of finding the best outcome. When shippers reward price without…
- Ep. #81: Chris Ceausu, CEO, White Arrow · 1 h 28 minFreight is a physical business, but the decisions that make or break a carrier feel more digital every month. I sit down with Chris Ceausu, CEO of White Arrow, to unpack what it…
- Ep. #80: Bill Catania, Founder & CEO, OneRail · 1 h 34 minA 10‑day wait for a refrigerator became the spark for a smarter last mile. We sit down with OneRail CEO Bill Catania to unpack how a racing mindset—frugality, failure tolerance…
- Ep. #79: Funding News - Genlogs Raises $60M · 55 minA carrier vanishes from the road, sells its MC, and reappears just long enough to “accept” a $3.8M server load. Sounds absurd—until you see how often the digital record diverges…
- Ep. #78: Hans Stig Moller, CEO Odyssey Logistics · 1 h 38 minWhat if your sales motion created real partnerships instead of fragile price wins? That’s the thread we pull with Hans, CEO of Odyssey Logistics, as he maps a journey from Danish…
- Ep. #77: Tarek Alaruri, CEO & Founder, Stuut Technologies · 1 h 13 minCash flow is oxygen, and too many teams are holding their breath waiting on portals, proofs, and “who handles this?” handoffs. We sit down with Tarek, a former TQL broker turned…
- Ep. #76: Pablo Palafox, CEO & Cofounder, HappyRobot · 1 h 40 minWhat if your operations team started each day with every check call completed and only the real exceptions waiting? We sat down with Happy Robot co-founder Pablo Palafox to…
- Ep. #75: Chris O'Brien, President, Sunset Armada Holdings · 1 h 47 minA 23-year-old with a pager, a bag phone, and a point to prove—Chris O’Brien takes us from apologizing for not owning trucks in the early days of his C.H. Robinson career, to…
- Ep. #74: Peter Coratola, President, CEO, & Founder, EASE Logistics · 1 h 27 minWhat does it take to build a $220 million logistics company from scratch? Peter Coratola, CEO and founder of EASE Logistics, reveals the hard-earned wisdom behind his remarkable…
- Ep. #73: Shawn McLeod, President of Axle Logistics · 1 h 48 minHow do you build a billion-dollar freight brokerage without a single dollar of outside capital? Sean McLeod, who joined Axle Logistics as employee #21 in 2016, gives us a rare…
- Ep. #72: Andrew Leto, Founder & CEO, Emerge · 1 h 41 minAndrew Leto shares his journey from Navy veteran to successful freight entrepreneur, revealing how he built Global Tranz from zero dollars into a half-billion-dollar business by…
- Ep. #71: Hannah Testani, CEO, Intelligent Audit · 1 h 18 min · Episodul 71This week, Andrew welcomes Hannah Testani, CEO of Intelligent Audit. Hannah dreamed of becoming CEO of Lehman Brothers, so she studied finance at Carnegie Mellon and got a job at…







