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This week, JP and Chad begin with Bell’s Two-Hearted (not exactly a surprise), and Hutton and Smith’s Marzen style Rocktoberfest. Then, they're good and ready to take on an extravaganza of this week's headlines in logistics. Headlines of the week: Andrew Silver, freight prodigy, is running the hottest brokerage in Chicago K & L Freight doubles down on data analytics and financial services Autonomous vehicles, crowdsourcing, drones and even humans are all seeking a place at the last-mile table BNSF intermodal facility on hold as Port of Los Angeles and City ponder next move Finally, the dynamic freight duo takes on eight headlines in under two minutes (barely!). Chad asks JP: Dallas freight volumes drop, West Coast surges xChange helps container lines cut expenses by reducing empty containers transit CargoX CEO: smart contracts reduced BoL transfer time to 4 minutes Deutsche Bank starts following six transport companies; e-commerce is a big factor in its ratings JP asks Chad: Authenticating the supply chain: Bonafi’s blockchain solution to counterfeiting Manufacturing activity surges to a 14-year high as producers shrugs off tariff concerns One year after Harvey, tropical storm Gordon threatens Gulf Coast Offshore wind power stations on the East Coast would bring in 25,000 jobs