Latest Cowboypoetry Podcast Episodes
Episode 100: Waddie Mitchell
Cowboy Crossroads - May 16, 2024 02:49 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 271 ratingsWaddie Mitchell returns to Cowboy Crossroads to celebrate 100 episodes of the podcast. Waddie talks about making phone calls to Kris Kristofferson and S. Omar Barker, classic cowboy poetry, his recording career, and his favorite original poems. This interview was recorded onstage in front...
162. Digging Through The Rich History of Treasure Hammock Ranch; with Poet, Artist, and Rancher Sean Sexton
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - May 15, 2024 12:12 - 1 hourThe Sexton family has an incredible legacy in Indian River County and have made lasting agricultural contributions that have carried over into so many other aspects of the community that it would be hard to list them all. The positive impacts they've made extend from the fence lines of their Trea...
161. Origin Stories And Oddities of Old Florida; with Sam Phares
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - May 01, 2024 15:54 - 50 minutesOn this week's episode we delve into some origin stories of some major Florida landmarks and also cover a couple of odd tidbits that are part off our state's intriguing history. From the Seminole story of how Lake Okeechobee came to exist to how the U.S. Army resorted to using Cuban bloodhounds i...
160. From Planks to Pavement: A Historical Review of Florida Roadways
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - April 17, 2024 17:36 - 53 minutesTravel in the early days of Florida was tough at best. Much of the state was underwater for a majority of the year which meant travel by waterways or horseback was most efficient. Roadways and transportation infrastructure blew the state wide open leading it to be the mega-state powerhouse that i...
From Planks to Pavement: A Historical Review of Florida Roadways
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - April 17, 2024 17:36 - 53 minutesTravel in the early days of Florida was tough at best. Much of the state was underwater for a majority of the year which meant travel by waterways or horseback was most efficient. Roadways and transportation infrastructure blew the state wide open leading it to be the mega-state powerhouse that i...
Episode 99: Barbara Van Cleve
Cowboy Crossroads - April 16, 2024 15:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 271 ratingsLegendary western photographer Barbara Van Cleve talks about growing up at the end of the horse age, her family's Lazy K Bar Ranch, her father Spike Van Cleve, her collaborations with rodeo poet Paul Zarzyski, and her love for horses, ranching, and photography. Learn more about Barbara Va...
159. A Sentinel For Florida Agriculture: A Conversation With Ardis Hammock
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - April 10, 2024 04:05 - 1 hourArdis Hammock is an integral part of Frierson Family Farm and the Florida agricultural community. Located immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of Lake Okeechobee for well over 100 years, her family shares a deep legacy in South Florida and has a history of service to not only agriculture...
158. A Taste Of Tallahassee's Colorful And Controversial Past
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - March 28, 2024 02:08 - 44 minutesIt may come as quite a surprise to many while being common knowledge to others, Tallahassee owns a very interesting and rather sordid past. It has flirted with famed Americans and infamous Floridians throughout the years and this week's episode highlights two such examples filled with overlapping...
157. Remembering Wild and Wooly Days In The Flatwoods Of Florida; with Dusty Holley
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - March 20, 2024 04:05 - 1 hourDusty Holley is a man with many talents and a diverse knowledge base that allows him to be equally at home in a board room or sitting on a board in a set of cow pens. Aside from being the Director of Field Services for the Florida Cattlemen's Association, he's a great storyteller with extensive f...
Episode 98: Songs of the Cowboys with Rex Rideout
Cowboy Crossroads - March 07, 2024 02:14 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 271 ratingsOld-time musician Rex Rideout discusses the life and times of the first cowboy song collector Jack Thorp. Rex discusses the events that led to Thorp's search for cowboy songs, Thorp's book of Songs of the Cowboys, the story of Little Joe the Wrangler, and Thorp's banjo. Find out more about...
[REBROADCAST] 32. Cur Dogs: Origins And Evolution of a Florida Cowboy's Best Friend
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - February 29, 2024 14:48 - 43 minutesJoin us for a rebroadcast of this episode that takes a deeper historical look into the origins and development of the Florida rancher's favorite working partner, the cur dog or Florida cow dog. Suffice to say that when our ancestors sailed across the Atlantic to settle in North America, they brou...
156. The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same Here In Florida; with Sam Phares
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - February 22, 2024 03:34 - 50 minutesAfter making it through a very successful art show and finding the time to solve our technical issues with our recording device, we're back with some fresh material for the show. Sam and I took time to select and read a few chapters from a book on obscure Florida history. We then had some lively ...
155. Storytelling and Spur Making: A Conversation With Mr. Billy Davis
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - February 01, 2024 19:52 - 1 hourGoing back to the early 1820's, the Davis family has a long legacy in Florida and our cowhunter culture. Billy Davis has worked cows far and wide across the state and is the president of the Florida Cracker Horse Association so you'd be hard-pressed to find folks in the cattle business who don't ...
154. A Mixed Bag of Musings and a Sprinkling of Poetry
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - January 24, 2024 21:44 - 54 minutesWe're off to the races with meetings and festival preparation here in January. This week is pretty simple; we reflect on some of those activities before serving up a handful of poems focused on Florida and our cooler, wetter winter.
Episode 97: Boots O'Neal
Cowboy Crossroads - January 16, 2024 01:02 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 271 ratingsNinety-one year-old legendary working cowboy Boots O'Neal talks about his early cowboyin' experiences on the JA Ranch, starting colts with his brother Wes, horse wrecks, and tells stories from a lifetime spent punchin' cows on the most iconic ranches in Texas. Recorded in front of a live audie...
153. Ranches And Rodeo Arenas in Florida and Beyond; with Mr. Fritz Brewer
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - January 10, 2024 17:49 - 58 minutesFritz Brewer has spent a lot of years horseback seeing everything from livestock on Florida's open prairies and marsh lands to those performing as athletes in rodeo arenas across our state and country. In this episode, we reflect on his many experiences and the change he's witnessed both in and o...
152. Killing Her Softly: Who Will Stand Up For Florida?
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - January 04, 2024 13:07 - 38 minutesIt's the beginning of a new year and Season 5 of Between The Beaches Podcast, but how's that "New year, New me" thing going for Florida? Not so well. We're still staring down the same major problems that have been plaguing our state for the past few decades and they're only getting worse. Certain...
151. A Voice For Old Florida; with WOKC'S Billy Dean
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - December 15, 2023 03:26 - 1 hourThe communities around Lake Okeechobee know Billy Dean quite well after his 21 years on the air at WOKC with Glades Media Group, but not everyone knows the backstory of his early years and family legacy in Southwest Florida. In this episode, we look back at his agricultural roots, share stories a...
Episode 96: Jay Snider
Cowboy Crossroads - December 12, 2023 03:18 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 271 ratingsOklahoma cowboy poet, rancher, and former bull rider Jay Snider talks about his ranching and rodeo family, the influence of his grandfather, memories from his rodeo career, and the camaraderie of the trail driving era that continues through rodeo and cowboy poetry. Find out more agout Cowb...
150. Giving Back to Florida; with Sam Phares
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - December 06, 2023 05:05 - 1 hourAs we enter the last month of the year and the season when our hearts are full of gratitude, join us as we run down our list of favorite, local charitable organizations that make an impact here in the South Florida region. If you're like us, you like seeing your donations support local, grassroot...
149. Duck Camp Diaries; with Jack Nash, Ryan Hathaway, and Emerson McBryde
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - November 29, 2023 13:26 - 1 hourWaterfowl hunting is a longstanding Southern tradition and offers a great example of the benefits that can be had from well managed public lands and especially on privately owned agricultural lands which are a haven for wildlife of all types. As the first split of the 2023 waterfowl season in Flo...
[REBROADCAST] 9: The Brucellosis Battle in Florida - How Grit and Grace Helped Secure the Victory; with Linda Crane and Evelyn Tiencken
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - November 15, 2023 12:13 - 1 hourNote: This is a rebroadcast from Season 1 of the show that covers a pivotal period of time in Florida's cattle industry. Brucellosis, a devastating bacterial disease, wreaked havoc on the Florida cattle industry for many years until a federal eradication program was instituted. On this episode, w...
148. Crosspromotion: Florida Farm Bureau's Rural Recharge Podcast
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - November 09, 2023 16:29 - 50 minutesThis week we're offering up a special cross-promotion by sharing Florida Farm Bureau Federation's podcast, Rural Recharge. Sam and I joined President Jeb Smith as guests for episode 9 and many of you may have already heard this on their platform, but we thought this was a great way for non-member...
Episode 95: Clarence Lanka
Cowboy Crossroads - October 27, 2023 03:08 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 271 ratings94-year-old rancher and Nebraska Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame inductee Clarence Lanka talks about growing up on a ranch in Western Nebraska, riding his horse to a one room school, roping, good horses, and his faith in God. Find out more about Cowboy Crossroads at www.andyhedges.com ...
147. Scottish Ales And Witch Tales: A Halloween Episode featuring Special Guest Àdhamh Ó Broin, Scottish Gaelic Consultancy
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - October 25, 2023 04:45 - 45 minutesIt's been a wild October and with Halloween closing in on us this seemed like the perfect time to collaborate with our friend in Glasgow, Mr. Àdhamh Ó Broin, to cover some of our heritage and a poem featuring a ghost story. Join us this week for a special presentation of Robert Burns' classic T...
146. Deep Roots in Florida Soil; with Jeb Smith, President Florida Farm Bureau Federation
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - October 11, 2023 04:05 - 1 hourJeb Smith is a fifth generation farmer and current Florida Farm Bureau President. His family has deep roots in Hastings, Florida located in St. Johns County and a legacy of leadership locally and throughout Florida. In this episode, we discuss his family's legacy, early memories of St. Johns Cou...
145. Cowboy Poetry: A Look At Life's Transitions
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - October 04, 2023 04:05 - 36 minutesCommitments relative to my art work have held me captive the last 10 days or so. That means I haven't had time for interviews or much of anything else to be honest. Given those circumstances and the fact we're shifting from summer to fall here in Florida, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to...
Episode 94: Gail Steiger (Part 2)
Cowboy Crossroads - September 26, 2023 16:09 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 271 ratingsWorking cowboy, filmmaker, songwriter, and poet Gail Steiger sends in audio postscripts to continue the conversation from part 1. On this episode Gail talks about his cowboy mentor Bill Murphy, making the film Ranch Album, tracking cattle, handling livestock, international herding cultures, and ...
144. Oslo On Florida's Indian River
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - September 20, 2023 04:05 - 1 hourThis week we journey back to Florida's Indian River region in the early 1900's thanks to a quaint paperback publication titled "Oslo" which was written by Arnold Helseth. Aside from chronicling his ancestors' amazing American journey, it provides vivid and valuable insight into our Florida herita...
143. Florida’s September Storms Part 1: The 1926 Hurricane
BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - September 13, 2023 04:05 - 1 hourFlorida's 2023 tropical weather has ramped up as we find ourselves in the peak of hurricane season so the timing couldn't be more appropriate to reflect on our state's history with September storms. As clean up efforts from Idalia continue in North Florida, we take a look back at the disastrous 1...
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