Chuck Baker joins Jim Blasingame to explain how the short-line railroad industry is structured and operates, and plays a critical role in the overall national distribution system, including contribution to Main Street businesses.

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current state of manufacturing reshoring to the U.S., and reasons why there’s every reason to believe this will continue.

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the fact that our supply chain strategy must increasingly include redundancy as a survival practice, and why we’ll have to pay a little more for that insurance.

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the reasons why the global supply chain is so disrupted today, and what is the prospect for future improvement.

Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges the world has in trying to defend Taiwan against the nationalistic goal of China to absorb it.

Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the U.S. is currently falling dangerously behind China on our infrastructure maintenance, and what we have to do to recover.

Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the reality of China’s plans and actions in order to spread their influence around the globe both economically and geopolitically.

Brian Fielkow joins Jim Blasingame to encourage businesses to get closer to their trucking vendors in order to insure reliable supply chain performance going forward.

Brian Fielkow joins Jim Blasingame to report on the pandemic state of trucking, including the driver shortage, and what the industry must do to solve this crisis, but that autonomous trucks is not a near-term option.

James Bowers joins Jim Blasingame to report on the challenge that has been revealed regarding America’s supply chain dependence upon China for many things, including antibiotics and rare earth metals.