Trucking is in Trouble.
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
The world's trade system is cartoonishly complex, and it depends on multiple factors: one of the most important being trucks. Without semis and truckers, the global economy will immediately collapse -- and, unfortunately, trucking is in trouble. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore a catastrophe on the horizon. A spiraling economy, skyrocketing inflation, and disruptive new technology combine to put one of the world's most essential industries is on the verge of collapse. So what happens next?
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| 0:00.0 | From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events. |
| 0:06.5 | You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 0:12.0 | A production of IHeartRadie. Hello. Welcome back to the show. My name is Matt. |
| 0:29.6 | My name is Noel. |
| 0:30.5 | They call me Ben. We're joined, as always, with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal Fagan. |
| 0:37.2 | Most importantly, you are you. |
| 0:39.5 | You are here. |
| 0:40.7 | That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 0:44.7 | And let's give it up for the truckers if you work in the transit. |
| 0:50.3 | Right? |
| 0:51.2 | So cool. |
| 0:52.1 | If you work in the transit or transportation industry, which, as we'll see, touches so many things, this one is for you. Because every single day in the United States and indeed around the world, billions of supplies, resources, products, they move through these |
| 1:13.0 | labyrinthine network logistics, right? |
| 1:17.0 | These global trade patterns. |
| 1:18.8 | And obviously, guys, we know air freight plays a big role, but it's so expensive that |
| 1:25.3 | it's often impractical and cargo ships are irreplaceable. Check out our episodes on those, |
| 1:31.8 | but you're not going to see a cargo ship barely not by 75. Yeah. No matter how that cargo gets |
| 1:40.1 | onto like a mainland, there is always going to have to be a truck that takes that stuff |
| 1:45.9 | off of the dock, a truck that takes that stuff to a warehouse somewhere. |
| 1:50.0 | You know, it, yeah, as you're saying, Ben, it doesn't go from plane to your Walmart. |
| 1:54.4 | No, it's the thing that ferries the goods to its final destination. |
| 1:59.0 | Yeah, and trains are great. We are fans of trains, I think, as a destination. Yeah, and trains are great. |
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