Courtney Harrell (Host)
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Maxine loves to listen to music while she drives. Mostly gospel, rock and roll, a little country. But she also loves opera, and she loves to sing. So in her downtime, she's learning to sing O Mio Papi No Caro.
Maxine loves to listen to music while she drives. Mostly gospel, rock and roll, a little country. But she also loves opera, and she loves to sing. So in her downtime, she's learning to sing O Mio Papi No Caro.
Can I ask, like, this part of your job that's like, OK, I don't get paid if all of these things happen with my truck or with the load. How does that make you feel?
Can I ask, like, this part of your job that's like, OK, I don't get paid if all of these things happen with my truck or with the load. How does that make you feel?
Can I ask, like, this part of your job that's like, OK, I don't get paid if all of these things happen with my truck or with the load. How does that make you feel?
Maxine kind of is abandoned. Ever since the 1980s, the trucking industry has become increasingly deregulated. And now there's no law that says trucking companies have to cover expenses like parking or supplies. So it's left up to truckers to figure out how to get through the job and then how to pay for life outside the job. And for Maxine, she can no longer make both things work.
Maxine kind of is abandoned. Ever since the 1980s, the trucking industry has become increasingly deregulated. And now there's no law that says trucking companies have to cover expenses like parking or supplies. So it's left up to truckers to figure out how to get through the job and then how to pay for life outside the job. And for Maxine, she can no longer make both things work.
Maxine kind of is abandoned. Ever since the 1980s, the trucking industry has become increasingly deregulated. And now there's no law that says trucking companies have to cover expenses like parking or supplies. So it's left up to truckers to figure out how to get through the job and then how to pay for life outside the job. And for Maxine, she can no longer make both things work.
After months of working 14-hour days and waiting, waiting, waiting for her pay to improve so she could catch up on bills, Maxine was forced to make a really hard decision. She decided she had to give up her apartment. After day five, she headed back to North Carolina and started packing up.
After months of working 14-hour days and waiting, waiting, waiting for her pay to improve so she could catch up on bills, Maxine was forced to make a really hard decision. She decided she had to give up her apartment. After day five, she headed back to North Carolina and started packing up.
After months of working 14-hour days and waiting, waiting, waiting for her pay to improve so she could catch up on bills, Maxine was forced to make a really hard decision. She decided she had to give up her apartment. After day five, she headed back to North Carolina and started packing up.
Where did you go stay after you left your place? I live in a truck. You live in the truck full time?
Where did you go stay after you left your place? I live in a truck. You live in the truck full time?
Where did you go stay after you left your place? I live in a truck. You live in the truck full time?
How do you all talk to each other about that? What do you say to each other?
How do you all talk to each other about that? What do you say to each other?
How do you all talk to each other about that? What do you say to each other?