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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Hammer Down (MarketScale) · Dec 2024

Building a Freight Future

Building a vetted cross-border marketplace, industry pain points, and the film-school-to-logistics path.

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Manifest Insights · Dec 2024

M&A and the Cargado Story

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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