Episode 7 finds DL and Blek broadcasting straight from the road while dealing with the real pressures of trucking life. Missed timing. Bad dispatch calls. Early arrivals with late unloads. Blek is running a load from Cactus Texas to Holland Michigan while being hit with a second pickup that makes no sense. DL is stuck in Salisbury North Carolina watching the clock burn after an early arrival and delayed unload.

The conversation turns heavy when DL breaks down a racist encounter in Lebanon Tennessee and the deeper reality of sundown towns that still exist today. From the history of the Green Book to modern day dangers for Black truckers the episode doesn’t dodge the truth. The suspicious death of J’Theon McGee comes up as another reminder that the road is not always safe.

They get into ...