Check Call

About Check Call

Check Call is a podcast for 3PLs and Freight Brokers. We take the industry we know and sometimes love under a microscope to dive a little deeper and see what we can find.

Publisher

FreightWaves

Category

business · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Nov 2021

Latest episode

24 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

86 of 190 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   24 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Sourcing solutions with Source Logistics

   In this episode, we dive into a solution based omnichannel approach. Our guest, Raul Villarreal, CEO at Source Logistics, breaks down the why behind being that solution provider for shippers and how partnering with experts is sometimes better than trying to do everything yourself. For more information, subscribe to Check Call the newsletter or the podcast. Follow the Check Call Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2. 

   7 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Expanding security in 2026

   Mike Grabovica, CEO of Birdseye, discusses strategies for expanding security through supply chain and yard automation in 2026, highlighting best adoption practices in this interview.

3. 

   2 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Breaking down the future of parcel shipping

   Taylor Pawelka and Grace Sharkey analyze the future of parcel shipping, discussing white paper findings and gaps companies are currently experiencing in the industry in this interview episode.

Inside a recent episode

Sourcing solutions with Source Logistics

Published 24 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Oh, well, it's it's a. I mean, we can spend I think a lot of time talking about that. But I think at the end, at the end, the way we look at it, these. Just just as context, we are at 3PL that it's heavy, heavy in food and beverage. So that's that's where we're good at. We know how to handle food. We have all of the certifications and we know how to and we know and we're very, very closely following. All of the retail retailers requirements and compliance and all of that stuff. And that that to me is what it all comes down to is having a partner that is has the systems. The infrastructure and what we call the source DNA to to to create and design solutions. […]

Who has been a guest on Check Call

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mike Grabovica
• Joe Ohr
• Brent Hutto
• Keith Matthews
• Jesse Buckingham

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

87

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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