Freight talk for people close to the work.
The Logistics of Logistics brings freight operators, software builders, consultants, and industry reporters into plainspoken conversations about how supply chains actually work. Its best moments turn terms like drayage, TMS, freight audit, and stockouts into concrete business problems.
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The Logistics of Logistics is an interview-led show about the systems, people, and decisions behind modern freight. It lives in the practical middle ground between industry networking and operational problem solving. Episodes often begin with a narrow question, then widen into the messy reality around it. What does landside logistics mean once a container leaves a port or railhead? Why does a warehouse management system say a case is in one place when the picker cannot find it? How does a shipper choose freight technology without losing the capabilities it already depends on? These are the kinds of problems the show returns to. The conversations are friendly and unhurried, with enough room for personal background, local color, and the occasional sports aside. Then the discussion gets back to work. Guests describe drayage, intermodal movement, transportation management systems, global trade data, parcel competition, fulfillment, freight audit, and AI-native tools in language that does not assume every listener already knows the acronym. That is a real strength. The show can talk about TMS, WMS, BLs, BCOs, stockouts, and carrier vetting while still pausing to explain why any of it matters to a shipper, broker, retailer, or consultant. It also has a clear eye for risk. Recent episodes touch freight fraud, cargo theft, payment redirection, bad data, implementation failure, and the reputational damage that follows missed orders. The show is not trying to make logistics glamorous. It makes logistics legible. Its best interviews connect boardroom strategy to dock-level consequences, showing how software choices, network design, invoices, and physical freight all collide in daily operations.
Made for: Built for logistics operators, shippers, brokers, consultants, freight tech teams, and supply chain marketers who want practical context from inside the industry. It also works for business listeners trying to understand how goods, data, software, and risk move together.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by translating specialist freight language into everyday operational stakes. It keeps the conversation grounded in examples: missing warehouse inventory, port-to-warehouse movement, failed implementations, freight fraud, stockouts, and the financial controls that catch problems late.
The Logistics of Logistics is a podcast hosted by industry expert Joe Lynch. Joe interviews founders, executives, and innovators who are shaping the future of logistics and supply chain. Topics include transportation, logistics, warehousing, technology, supply chain, and ecommerce. The Logistics of Logistics audience expects an inside perspective of what's next in logistics and supply chain delivered via podcasts, videos, and articles.Topics include:Transportation TopicsSmall package, Small parcel, Air Cargo, Ocean Shipping, Ocean freight, Bulk carriers, Cargo ships, Container ships, Tankers (ocean tankers), Refrigerated ships (reefers), Roll-on/roll-off ships, Multi-purpose ship, General ca…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Joe Lynch connects freight operations, technology, security, and shipping costs to the business decisions they shape.
Joe Lynch turns logistics into a series of operating decisions, using interviews to connect freight systems with cost, growth, risk, and customer service.
A potato-chip stockout costs more than the fine once Joe Lynch follows the empty shelf.
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A shipper profile helps keep freight tech strategy from becoming an implementation trap.
Freight technology is treated here as a strategy question before it becomes an implementation project. Brad Forrester of JBF Consulting argues that shippers first need a clear view of current capabilities, then a practical sense of how growth, acquisitions, physical networks,…
Supply chain control gets concrete when visibility gaps turn into invoice errors, fraud, and loss.
This episode treats Alan Rolette and Infios as a control layer for complex supply chain operators, with execution, visibility, and financial control all pulling in the same direction.
Nauta presents ERP cleanup as a supply-chain fix centered on stockouts and structured data.
The episode treats ERP as messy rather than polished, and Valentina Jordan, co-founder and CEO of Nauta, uses that frame to explain the company.
Will Urban connects freight-tech growth with market swings, revenue exposure, and the question of where acquired technology fits.
Will Urban frames freight-tech growth as a question of exposure. He ties startup momentum to freight-market swings, then shows how a company without other revenue streams can be left with little room when conditions turn.
A practical look at USPS pricing mechanics and carrier partnerships shaping small parcel shipping.
Small parcel shipping comes through here as a market that has outgrown the easy UPS-or-FedEx shorthand. Glenn Gooding of Gooding Supply Chain Advisors lays out how USPS work share, destination-based induction, and final-mile partnerships affect the way packages move and the…
A grounded look at how personal visibility can warm up logistics connections.
Sales opportunities in logistics often begin well before a formal pitch, and this episode tracks that idea through Jenny Malafarina's day-to-day work.
A clear look at why weak freight rates make cleaner equipment and stronger security harder to fund.
Landside logistics gets framed here as a business caught between volume and viability. Imports into the United States are up about 3.3 percent year to date, yet freight rates sit well below pandemic levels and around pre-pandemic levels while provider costs keep climbing.
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Straight talk from the warehouse floor.
Freight strategy from the operating floor.
Joe Lynch interviews Jenny Malafarina about the 'dark funnel' in logistics marketing, where buyers avoid traditional lead forms.
Host Joe Lynch interviews Brian Kobza, Chief Commercial Officer of IMC Logistics, at the IANA Intermodal Expo 2025 in Long Beach.
This episode features an interview with supply chain expert Bart De Muynck discussing his career journey and insights on AI and the future of freight logistics.
This episode features an interview with Dave Nemo, discussing his transition from long-time Sirius Satellite radio broadcasting to running Radio Nemo as a streaming platform while navigating life on the road.
This episode features an interview with motivational speaker Nick Klingensmith discussing strategies for logistics professionals to succeed during freight market downturns through motivation and sales fundamentals.
This episode features an interview with Brian Hastings, CEO of Veritas Logistics, discussing his company's specialization in food safety and cold chain logistics for the food and beverage industry.
Nate Schutz, founder of the Ballast mastermind for supply chain entrepreneurs, tells host Joe Lynch that AI layered on a broken process yields "a fancy broken process." He and Lynch discuss Trimble's Jonah McIntyre and his "ethical crumple zone" idea, the security case for on-premises software, and wrapper companies whose token costs can change at any time.
This episode features an interview with Brian Kobza, Chief Commercial Officer at IMC Logistics, discussing the concept of landside logistics, which involves moving containers from ports or railheads to warehouses or distribution centers.
This episode explores the concept of the dark funnel in sales and marketing, featuring Jennie Malafarina discussing her work in the trucking and logistics industry.
This episode discusses the three key vulnerabilities in freight operations with Michael Hain from Descartes Systems Group, focusing on security and logistics management.
This episode discusses UPS's challenges and strategies under CEO Carol Tomei in a competitive parcel market, based on a Bloomberg Businessweek article by Devin Leonard.
This episode explores how Gather AI uses artificial intelligence to bridge the gap between warehouse management systems and real-world operations, addressing common inefficiencies in supply chain logistics.
Freight tech starts with knowing what works today.
Joe Lynch opens with execution, visibility, and financial control in global supply chains.
Joe Lynch opens by framing the conversation around an ERP as a data graveyard and the promise of unlocking millions with Valentina Jordan.
Joe Lynch opens with the challenge of growth and scaling in freight tech companies.
Glenn Gooding says small parcel shipping stopped being a UPS-or-FedEx decision once DIM billing, regional carriers, USPS workshare, and Amazon changed the market.
This episode explores how Gather AI uses drones and computer vision to improve inventory accuracy and solve labor challenges in logistics warehouses.