The Freight Pulse Podcast

Hosted by Ari Ashe

The Freight Pulse Podcast delivers clear, data-driven analysis of North American freight markets. The show breaks down what’s really happening in the US economy and what it means for truckload, intermodal rail, ports, supply chains — beyond the headlines and quarterly spin. Each episode focuses on: • Freight market cycles and inflection points • US economic metrics, earnings calls, other industry comments and their impact on freight transportation. • Intermodal and truckload trends • Trade, ports, and policy impacts • How customers, operators and investors should interpret the noise Built for shippers, logistics professionals, carriers and transport investors who care about signal — not hot takes. ariashe.substack.com

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Ari Ashe
Category
News

Website: https://ariashe.substack.com/podcast

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Recent episodes

  1. Monday Morons — Naked Walmart Bandit Ignores Electronics to Nap on Lumpy Kibble

    · 22 min

    On this special episode of NOT Freight Pulse, we are stepping away from light, policy, and market trends to highlight examples of sheer human ineptitude. Because why not start your workweek with a laugh? From fraudsters to high-speed chases sparked by imaginary threats, we are diving deep into the a

  2. Sector Pulse Tuesdays — The Energy Jenga Tower for Flatbeds

    · 34 min

    In today’s episode, we use a multi-tiered game of supply chain Jenga to visualize the interconnected, highly fragile dynamics of the 2026 logistics market. One industry. Current conditions. Freight consequences. We explore how structural shocks—from military conflicts to refinery redlining—ripple ac

  3. Monday Morons — Double-Crossed: Thief’s Getaway Car Stolen While He Robs Verizon Store

    · 21 min

    Lock the doors, hide your kids, and get ready for a fast-paced, NSFW roast completely derailing from the supply chain to count down the absolute finest in human incompetence! Because why not start your workweek with a laugh? In the new weekly Monday Morons, the hosts drop the corporate act to rank t

  4. Moron Monday: Grifter Makes $1K Selling Trash from the Taylor Swift Wedding

    · 24 min

    In this episode of Freight Pulse (or rather, the Not Freight Pulse podcast), we step away from supply chain data and freight markets to count down 15 of the most incompetent, logistically insane, and downright bizarre human behaviors captured in recent news. From bizarre police station break-ins to

  5. The "Not" Freight Pulse: Multi-Millionaire CEO Publicly Humiliates Staffer Over a $3 Transit Fare

    · 20 min

    Get ready for a completely unhinged edition of the podcast. Today, we are throwing out the sterile, corporate script and diving into raw audio logs, leaked transcripts, and hot-mic blunders. We are counting down the top six “mask-off” moments where high-paid executives accidentally said the quiet pa

  6. The Multimillion-Dollar Scolding: Stock Goes Gangbusters as CEO Gets Yelled at by Mom

    · 24 min

    In this episode of Freight Pulse, we trace the volatile threads connecting global geopolitical hot spots to the domestic transportation networks moving North American freight. We break down the stark realities of a fractured shipping market, look at how the AI boom is physically cannibalizing legacy

  7. Dumping or Gravity? The Economic Anatomy of the Chassis Battle

    · 22 min

    📋 Episode Summary In this episode of Freight Pulse, we unpack a heavily divided commission: one side diagnosing material injury due to predatory foreign pricing, and the other pointing to post-pandemic macroeconomic gravity. From the supply chain chaos of 2022 to the severe 2024 domestic manufactur

  8. Will Amazon Put Shippers on the LTL Power Play?

    · 8 min

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit ariashe.substack.com Welcome to Freight Pulse, the daily briefing where data, policy, and freight markets intersect, hosted by an AI and produced by Ari Ashe. In this deep dive, we break down the structural shockwaves hitting the North Am

  9. THE MONTGOMERY PANIC: Why Brokers Are Terrified, But Also Overreacting!

    · 23 min

    Episode Summary In this episode of Freight Pulse, we dive deep into the legal wreckage of a groundbreaking federal court decision: Barkholtz v. Ivory. Just four days before a Wisconsin judge was set to rule on a fatal commercial truck accident, a bombshell U.S. Supreme Court decision radically shift

  10. We Made it to the Weekend, Thank Goodness

    · 25 min

    In This Episode, We Discuss: * The Macro Weather Report: Why the New York Fed’s “optimistic” headline numbers hide a dangerous trap of lengthening delivery times and negative supply availability. * The Energy Storm: The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the “evaporation” of 1 billion barrels of cr

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