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168. Poetry From The Pasture: Under The Shade Tree
Between The Beaches Podcast - July 10, 2024 19:32 - 40 minutesIf you wanted to know what it's like to hang out under a shade tree in Florida's summer heat surrounded by cows, this week's episode will put you as close to the real experience as possible. Tune in for some great cowboy poetry coupled with bawling of calves as cows call out for them atop an anci...
167. Independence Day Special: A Look At Florida's Role In The American Revolution
Between The Beaches Podcast - July 04, 2024 02:28 - 58 minutesAs we celebrate our nation's birth and independence this week, we take a look back at the role Florida played in those fateful days even before she was fully a state. There's much more here to uncover than most would expect so sit back and enjoy some old history from the Great State of Florida.
[REBROADCAST] 102. Teaching Tradition and Serving Up Seminole Culture; with Mike Micco
Between The Beaches Podcast - June 26, 2024 10:20 - 55 minutesNOTE: this is a rebroadcast of an episode orignally published in 2022. It's one that we feel represents some of the best of old Florida out here Between The Beaches and hope that you'll enjoy it while we work on some updates for the show this week. Mike Micco comes from a line of elders deep...
166. The Daddy Of Chokoloskee: The Autobiography of C.G. McKinney; with Sam Phares
Between The Beaches Podcast - June 13, 2024 02:55 - 1 hourAs we prepare to venture to Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands region for the annual Florida Cattlemen's Association Convention and Allied Trade Show, we wanted to take a trip back in time to get a rare first person look at what that part of Florida was like before civilization had fully ...
165. Kindred Spirits On The Indian River
Between The Beaches Podcast - June 06, 2024 11:58 - 42 minutesOne of the recent exhibitions at the A.E. Backus Museum and Gallery focused on the connection between Bean and one of his collectors, journalist W.M. Kiplinger. Not only did the exhibit feature splendid paintings, but it also featured numerous letters of correspondence from Kiplinger to Backus as...
164. Rooted in Pasco County's Ranching Legacy; with Larry Barthle of Grand Bar Ranch, LLC
Between The Beaches Podcast - May 29, 2024 04:05 - 1 hourFrom his time working on the ranch in Pasco County to leading the Florida Cattlemen's Association and beyond, Larry Barthle has made significant contributions to Florida and our cattle heritage. Join us this week for a conversation reflecting on the early history of Pasco on to the rapid growth a...
163. Digging Through The Rich History of Treasure Hammock Ranch - Part 2; with Poet, Artist, and Rancher Sean Sexton
Between The Beaches Podcast - May 22, 2024 22:40 - 1 hourIn the first part of our interview with Sean Sexton, we covered his family's cattle history and many other ancillary contributions to Indian River County. This week in Part 2 we get an intimate look into his daily life as he shares excerpts from his personal journals, we share our thoughts on poe...
162. Digging Through The Rich History of Treasure Hammock Ranch - Part 2; with Poet, Artist, and Rancher Sean Sexton
Between The Beaches Podcast - May 22, 2024 13:34 - 10 minutesIn the first part of our interview with Sean Sexton, we covered his family's cattle history and many other ancillary contributions to Indian River County. This week in Part 2 we get an intimate look into his daily life as he shares excerpts from his personal journals, we share our thoughts on po...
162. Digging Through The Rich History of Treasure Hammock Ranch; with Poet, Artist, and Rancher Sean Sexton
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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...
159. A Sentinel For Florida Agriculture: A Conversation With Ardis Hammock
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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...
[REBROADCAST] 32. Cur Dogs: Origins And Evolution of a Florida Cowboy's Best Friend
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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.
153. Ranches And Rodeo Arenas in Florida and Beyond; with Mr. Fritz Brewer
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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?
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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...
150. Giving Back to Florida; with Sam Phares
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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...
147. Scottish Ales And Witch Tales: A Halloween Episode featuring Special Guest Àdhamh Ó Broin, Scottish Gaelic Consultancy
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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...
144. Oslo On Florida's Indian River
Between The Beaches Podcast - 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...
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