The 5 Best Over the Road Podcast Episodes
1) Our Punjabi Brothers
Punjabi-Americans represent a large and fast-growing segment of the trucking community, especially among California’s Central Valley produce haulers. In this episode, Binda Atwal tells the story of ho...Show More
2) Why We Drive
A tale of two truckers in Grand Island, Nebraska: former real-estate agent Kenyette Godhigh-Bell, and third-generation owner-operator Jared Sidlo. One is testing the waters of a new career, while the ...Show More
3) Three Stops in Kentucky
On this tour of independent truck stops in Eastern Kentucky, Long Haul Paul investigates the enduring and alluring mystique of the “ nanner nanner pudding,” and learns how each stop is keeping the lig...Show More
4) Trailer
Where’s that truck going, what’s inside it and who’s that person behind the wheel? Over the Road, from PRX’s Radiotopia and Overdrive Magazine, takes you behind the wheel to explore a devoted communit...Show More
5) The Biggest Tailgate in Trucking
Over the Road host “Long Haul Paul” Marhoefer drops into the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, where drivers from all over the country converge each year to show off their chrome and ...Show More
6) Eulogy for a Friend
Paul pays tribute to friend and fellow storyteller Shoestring Waugh, who was part of Over the Road’s original “Haul of Fame." Hear “It Comes In Waves” on YouTube. And on Spotify.
7) An Update from the Road
Greetings! It’s been a while, but we’re back with an update on the state of the trucking industry in 2021, and a taste of new projects from the Over the Road team: some music, another podcast, and a b...Show More
8) The Road Ahead
In our series finale, Paul checks back in with truckers we’ve met throughout Over the Road, as the team convenes at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas to ponder the million-dollar question: wi...Show More
9) Channel One-Nine #7
For this final mini-episode Paul is in the hot seat, taking your questions on everything from pet policies to hitchhikers, ‘how’s my driving?’ and highway hand signals. Got questions about trucks, tru...Show More
10) “The Long Haul of Fame”
Meet a handful of Paul’s unsung heroes from within and around trucking, including a pistol-packing grandmother, a disc jockey who brought meaningful overnight trucking radio back to the airwaves and a...Show More