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Cargado on the mic

Every podcast conversation from CEO Matt Silver on Mexico and Canada freight — from Bloomberg's Odd Lots to the shows brokers and carriers actually listen to. Newest first.

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The Dynamo Show · Apr 2026

Killing Spreadsheets & WhatsApp: The New Era of Freight with Matt Silver of Cargado

Why WhatsApp and spreadsheets break cross-border collaboration, brokers as relationship managers, and AI-augmented shared platforms.

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Tell Me Everything · Oct 2025

S1 E12 — The One With The Cross-Border Playbook

Deep dive on the cross-border playbook — customs brokers as key partners, Canadian Driver Inc., and how Cargado changes broker-carrier collaboration.

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FreightWaves Cross-Border Summit · Sep 2025

The Future of Technology in U.S.-Mexico Trucking with Cargado

Cargado's pricing engine built from marketplace bid data, AI integrations, and tech adoption in Mexico trucking.

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Freight Gong Friday · Jun 2025

Freight Gong Friday w/ Matt Silver — the Canada launch

Live show on Cargado's Canada expansion and the new market-rates tool — tens of thousands of marketplace bids turned into lane-level pricing.

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2 Dawgs, 1 Pod · Jun 2025

Episode 61 — Viva la México: cross-border freight and nearshoring

Mexico-themed episode with a Cargado customer — why Mexico freight is a different animal and how nearshoring reshapes U.S. supply chains.

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The Ramp Up · May 2025

Episode 6 — Talking Tariffs! Mexico, China, and the future

Career arc, Forager lessons, raising for Cargado, and the tariff landscape for Mexico and Canada freight.

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Let's Talk Logistics · Apr 2025

Let's Talk Logistics with Matt Silver

The full career-arc conversation — Coyote to Forager to Cargado, tariffs, nearshoring, and the Series A.

The Freight Pod · Apr 2025

Ep. #63 — Tariff Talk roundtable

Roundtable with cross-border and trade-compliance founders on navigating tariff volatility — timed with Cargado's Series A announcement.

Odd Lots (Bloomberg) · Apr 2025

What Tariffs Are Doing to North American Freight

Second Odd Lots appearance — the operator's ground view of tariff chaos: USMCA in limbo, shippers and carriers in wait-and-see mode.

WHAT THE TRUCK?!? · Apr 2025

Ep. 823 — Everything you need to know about tariffs

Full tariff explainer with Tim Dooner — how tariffs work, what costs more, exemptions, and the impact across trucking, ocean, and warehousing.

Hammer Down (MarketScale) · Dec 2024

Building a Freight Future

Cargado as the first invite-only cross-border marketplace, industry pain points, and the film-school-to-logistics path.

Manifest Insights · Dec 2024

M&A and the Cargado Story

Short-form interview — the Forager-to-Arrive sale and the road to Cargado.

The FreightCaviar Podcast · Sep 2024

#176 — Building Cargado and Navigating Mexico's Freight Market

State of the Mexico freight market, team-building cadence, and the co-founder origin story.

Freight Gong Friday · Sep 2024

Freight Gong Friday w/ Matt Silver — launch week

FreightCaviar's Friday live show — launch-week conversation on Cargado and the Mexico freight market.

The Freight Pod · Sep 2024

Ep. #36 — Matt Silver and the Official Launch of Cargado

The official-launch episode — Forager lessons, layoff day, 'land the plane', compound-startup strategy, and the first six months of Cargado.

Odd Lots (Bloomberg) · Apr 2024

Why a Former Freight Broker Is Making a Major Bet on Mexico

The biggest mainstream pickup — Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal on the nearshoring macro thesis and the mechanics of getting goods across the border.

FreightWaves LIVE · Mar 2024

Cross-Border Freight and the Future of 3PLs (3PL Summit fireside)

Live fireside at FreightWaves' 3PL Summit — why 3PLs win in cross-border and the $800B U.S.-Mexico trade opportunity.

WHAT THE TRUCK?!? · Feb 2024

Ep. 683 — Why Matt Silver won't be buying Coyote

Coyote sale rumors and family history, the rise of nearshoring, cross-border trends, and the early Cargado story.

Traffic Jam Podcast · Feb 2024

Episode 26 — Matt Silver, Co-Founder of Cargado

Hometown Chicago logistics-community episode, recorded while onboarding Cargado's first Laredo carriers.

ThinkFreight · Jan 2024

Episode #32 — Cargado: Cross-Border Freight Solutions

The first Cargado-era podcast, two days after the January 2024 unveil — the founder story and the cross-border thesis.

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