The FreightCaviar Podcast

Will Hopkins is the Co-Founder of Blackbox Logistics, a Birmingham-based freight brokerage nearing a $70M run rate, built through post-COVID cycle swings and open-deck volatility.This week's episode is sponsored by Levity and ChainInterested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at [email protected].

Jonathan McCormack and Brent Evens from OTR Solutions break down their newest platform, OTR Select, a tool built from carrier data, that helps brokers search a lane, origin, destination and equipment type, while also giving you visibility into the full freight footprint of the carrier.This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, CtrlChain, FreightFlexInterested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at [email protected].

Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO at SONAR & FreightWaves, maps how deregulation, family dynamics, and brokerage culture built Chattanooga into a talent-dense freight capital driven by incentives and churn.The full interview is available to FreightCaviar Magazine subscribers inside our private Circle community.This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager and Augment Technologies Inc.Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at [email protected].

Jonathan Salama, Co-Founder &  CEO at Transfix.io, on why automation should not compromise margin,  why Transfix split its brokerage and TMS, and how years of brokerage pain shaped their pricing, scheduling, and carrier selection systems.This week's episode is sponsored by  Rapido, Highway, GoodshipInterested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at [email protected].

Sunbelt Drayage CEO, Pavel Botev, breaks down the realities of trucking in 2026—fraud risks, insurance gaps, and uneven accountability shaping who survives in freight. This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, Chain, Levity.ai.Interested in sponsoring our podcast? Send us an email at [email protected].