What are Freight Brokers?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Civilization only exists as a result of global trade. Without countless trucks, trains, cargo ships and aircraft, the world as humans understand it will collapse. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt, and Noel explore a particularly fascinating aspect of global shipping -- the freight brokers. These companies are logistical giants: in theory, they intervene to make sure everything gets from Point A to Point Z in the most efficient manner possible. This evening, we ask: What happens when these industries conspire?

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0:00.0	From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies history is riddled with unexplained events.
0:06.7	You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:11.6	A production of I-Heart Radio. Hello, welcome back to the show. My name is Matt. My name is Noah. They call me
0:29.1	Ben. We're joined as always with our super producer Paul Mission Control Decent.
0:34.3	Most importantly, you are you, you are here.
0:37.6	That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:41.7	Big, big thanks. That's how we begin tonight's episode.
0:44.2	To all our fellow conspiracy realist in the trucking and shipping industry.
0:50.1	We get a lot of amazing correspondence from people on the road.
0:53.4	We hear a lot of crazy stories and we want to begin by expressing our gratitude.
0:59.2	We are immensely fortunate that you all have joined us this evening and now there are a lot of you out
1:05.2	there right and it's a lonely road it's a real lonely road literally it is and it's a long
1:12.3	road and we just we appreciate that you let us hang with you so
1:16.4	thank you. And Matt Noel maybe we get into it this way with our with our thank you's
1:22.4	put out there on the record what's the last thing you guys
1:26.6	bought that got shipped to you filters for my air unit that were the wrong size that I then ordered some more that were the right size.
1:39.2	Just happened.
1:40.2	Modular synthesizer piece. Component, it's a module.
1:45.1	Yeah, that's mainly what I've been ordering these days.
1:47.6	I don't know guys, have you ever run into a situation?
1:50.0	I know Amazon is its whole other thing and like it's a whole other like questionable
1:55.0	potential ball of evil. I use it. I'm gonna go ahead and cop to it now and
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