Voice Of GO(r)D

We are both big fans of Matthew B. Crawford and fellow working man Brandon Daily of the Savage Collective Substack, and that comes through in much of the conversation; if you aren’t already, you ought to be reading their work.

We also take minor detours into what its like being six foot nine tall, being a car guy versus lessor hobbies, and dating apps.

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Voice Of GO(r)D is happy to bring you the second of a two part series I recorded with the wonderful Oliver Bateman Does the Work of the now defunct What’s Left? podcast on the pathologies of the trucking industry, but this time with UPenn sociologist and author of ‘The Big Rig - Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream’ Steve Viscelli, whom you heard on this show a few months ago.

This conversation was recorded in 2021, and as with part one, Oliver graciously granted me the privilege of re-releasing this discussion here for my readers and listeners.
Steve takes us through his life’s work of academic study into the trucking industry and the lies it tells itself, Oliver asks the hard questions, and I provide very crusty and colorful commentary. I hope you enjoy this chat and find it informative and valuable.

Apologies in advance for the lengthy intro, its been awhile and I had a few things I wanted to say before getting into the meat and potatoes.

You can find Oliver’s work here - https://oliverbatemandoesthework.substack.com/

And here is Steve Viscelli’s website - https://www.steveviscelli.com/
Why not purchase a copy of ‘The Big Rig’?

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Oliver Bateman Does the Work at his now defunct podcast project with Aimee Terese, What’s Left? That show had a great run, and along the way Oliver did a series of interviews on ‘Doing The Work’, where he would talk to regular people with regular jobs, and I was quite chuffed to be the first interview of that series.

This discussion was recorded in November of 2020, and was probably amongst the first half a dozen or so interviews I have ever given, so my apologies if I don’t sound polished or even prepared for such a thing … not that my presentation has improved any in the ensuing four years; ‘Voice Of GO(r)D’ as a title for the show is nothing if not self referential humor at my own expense.

In the interview, I discuss my family history in the trucking business, and many of the problems in the industry, themes of which you will recognize as threads through all of my work since. The industry seems to have only become worse, but we can’t make trucking better if we don’t talk about the problems facing it, even if they seem intractable.

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You can follow Oliver on Twitter - https://x.com/MoustacheClubUS

And find his lengthy bibliography here - https://www.oliverbateman.com/bibliography/

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Scott tells us a little about his career moving long, wide and tall loads around America, as well as a dive into the possibilities presented for removing the capricious and evil excesses of the regulatory state from the lives of truckers, downstream of the Supreme Court and its Chevron Deference decision. We also muse on the possibilities of more rollbacks with a return to office of President Trump this November.

You can find Scott online moderating these two Facebook groups -
https://www.facebook.com/Americawithoutdrivers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/316493381138072

Or over at AWODs own site
https://americawithoutdrivers.com/

I’m looking forward to having Scott back on soon, with former guest of the show, and founder of America Without Drivers, Will Cook.

Thanks for listening, be sure to share this episode with your fellow truckers - a little optimism and some good news on the horizon is helpful for people to hear during these dark times in the industry.

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