Semi Historic with Stephen Ruhe

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Stephen Ruhe about the history of the trucking industry in America and his documentary project Semi Historic.

Voice Of GO(r)D is proud to bring you a conversation with Mr Stephen Ruhe, logistician and scion of an Ohio trucking family and also the proprietor of a new historical documentary project called Semi Historic, which seeks to examine the early history of the trucking industry in America and find lessons applicable today. https://www.semihistoric.com/ From the website - ” Semi-Historic is my love letter to the truckers and the legends who built America’s supply chain. As the third-generation of a family trucking company, I am creating this archive to finally give our industry the rich history and respect it deserves.” Stephen gives us an overview of what he hopes to achieve with the project, as well as a few anecdotes from his look into the history of trucking in America, which takes us from its birth in Ohio to the intersection of migration, the prohibition era, the Motor Carrier Act of 1935, and onwards to today, where we find that there is indeed nothing new under the sun. Loopholes and shenanigans derived from the difference between public and private carriers are also highlighted. You can find Stephen on Twitter/X - https://x.com/StephenRuhe As mentioned in the intro, I’ve…

People in this episode

Host: Gord Magill

Guest: Stephen Ruhe

Topics covered

• trucking industry
• history
• logistics
• migration
• prohibition
• Motor Carrier Act

Keywords

• trucking
• history
• logistics
• Ohio
• Semi Historic
• Motor Carrier Act
• prohibition
• migration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Semi Historic, C-Span, Cornell

Places: Ohio

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