Previously on Over the Road: Channel One-Nine Special -- Custom rigs
The Over the Road podcast, a co-production of Overdrive and PRX’s Radiotopia podcast network, resumes today with its sixth main episode, “Our Punjabi brothers.” It tells the unlikely story of how the Punjabi-American community came together for what amounted to one of trucking’s biggest demonstrations ever and, as it unraveled, changed a few hearts and minds regarding the influx of immigrants into the industry.
Binda Atwal leads the Over the Road team on a tour through the heavily Punjabi-influenced trucking world around his home base in Atwater, California, detailing a rich personal and community history.
Binda Atwal (pictured, left) tells his own and his family’s story in trucking. His father, Gurmail, immigrated to the United States from India’s Punjab region, just preceding a wave of immigration from there that began in the 1980s. Also pictured: Binda’s son, at their home in Atwater, California.
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