Between the Levees

Between the Levees

By The Living History CollectionHistory
Download on the App Store

Between the Levees episodes

  • S2:E102 | Chad Leeper | Pilot
    Captain Chad Leeper finally joins me on the show after about 8 months of my pestering off-watch from the lounge on the mighty M/V Dennis C. Bottorff. We discuss a familial connection established about 20 years ago, a 33-year career on the water with 30 of those in the wheelhouse, working as a deckhand at Darrow on his father's boat, and navigating a long and storied career through acquisitions, job-hopping, advancement opportunities, and tropical storms.
    If you enjoy this podcast, please rate, react, repost, comment, share, subscribe, tweet, retweet, and follow wherever you find it. Thanks for playing along.
    1 hr 3 min
  • S2:E100-5 | Capt. David Greer | Life on the Lower

    Special Release on New Year's Day

    Welcome to 2024 and Season 2 of the show! I hope you have a chance to watch and listen to my visit with Captain Joy Manthey that released yesterday.
    In this special release recorded on Christmas Eve, Captain David Greer shares additional insights about life on the water, and responds to a few comments and questions from a fan of the show before we address a number of topics regarding navigation below Thomas Point, and the seemingly inevitable return to nature that is looming over our industry here in the Gulf.
    If you enjoy this podcast, please rate, react, comment, share, subscribe, tweet, retweet, and follow wherever you find it. Thanks for playing along.

    1 hr 16 min
  • S2:E101 | Capt. Joy Manthey | Freelance Trip Pilot

    Debuting 12/31/23 at 06:00 CST:

    Captain Joy Manthey joins me on the show to kick off Season 2. A hustler since childhood, she climbed onto a city bus one morning with her weekly allowance of fifty cents and found herself stuck at the foot of Canal Street in New Orleans. She made her way onboard the Steamer President at city front and went immediately to work in concessions. That same 10-year-old girl told her 5th grade teacher she'd one day be a river pilot. Dismayed not at all by the response she received, Capt. Joy indeed made her way into the wheelhouses of an array of vessels over a long and storied career that is still hooked up and hard down.
    If you enjoy this podcast, please rate, react, comment, share, subscribe, tweet, retweet, and follow wherever you find it. Thanks for playing along.

    1 hr 5 min
  • S1:E100-4 | Capt. David Greer | Good Dogs
    Special Release on Christmas Day
    Retired Captain David Greer joins me again to dive back into history and discuss the conditions that led him to compose this poem about Dewayne and his Good Dogs...
    If you enjoy this podcast, please rate, react, comment, share, subscribe, tweet, retweet, repost, and follow wherever you find it. Thanks for playing along.
    28 min
  • S1:E100-3 | Capt. David Greer | Old River
    Captain Greer joins me for one last session of questions and answers. He talks about the Old River Control Structure, the imminent potential failure of some American ingenuities, and a developing family tradition that may be in jeopardy of finding a different way of life on land.
    Captain Greer's full-episode debuts 1/20/24. Hope you enjoy it!
    11 min
  • S1:E100-2 | Capt. David Greer | Sunshine Bridge
    Captain Greer joins me again to discuss his experiences transiting bridges in the wheelhouses of many towing vessels, some rich American industrial history, and even some Louisiana political history. There is an abrupt change in attitude as I read his poem, "Sunshine Bridge," but I thoroughly enjoyed these vignettes with Captain Greer. I hope very sincerely that you do too.
    Capt. Greer appears with me for a full episode on Season 2 in mid-January.
    17 min
  • S1:E100-1 | Capt. David Greer | Walter and the Green Man
    In this Between the Levees exclusive, Retired Captain David Greer joins me to discuss river history, his great grandson, and his evident passion and interest in the physical geographies that provide our way of life between the levees. There are brief interludes throughout as I read one of many poems he's composed in his retirement. Please enjoy "Walter and the Green Man"
    Captain Greer joins me for season 2 in mid-January of next year.
    26 min
  • S1:E100 | Ed Williams | Retired Riverman

    On the season 1 finale of the show, Mr. Ed Williams joins me to talk through the AEP acquisition by ACBL back in late 2015, his career on the water that began in the Twin Cities, the eventual jump to shoreside roles that led him to ACBL, and finally to retirement after 47 years. He talks a bit about his late wife and his personal life since retirement, and his hopes for continued innovation in an ever-evolving inland rivers maritime industry.

    1 hr
  • S1:E99 | Jeff Stephens | Riverman
    From running fleet vessels in St. Louis and piloting casino boats around the harbor up there to building a towboat and barge industry in South America, Mr. Jeff Stephens joins me for the second to last episode of season 1 to share stories about a career spanning nearly five decades that went off-shore for a time and has since culminated in an equipment brokerage role.
    1 hr 46 min
  • S1:E98 | Kevin Jackson | Captain

    Coming to us from the Captain's Quarters on Marquette's M/V Charles Reid Perry, a 6600-HP Z-Drive boat, and waiting tug service at Darrow Fleet, Kevin Jackson joins me on the show. We get to know a bit about his vessel, his life, and his career to this point. He shares stories about the 15 years spent in the industry that changed life for himself and his family, the bond shared with all mariners, and we get a tour of the boat he calls home for a month at a time.

    This will be a good one to watch on Youtube or Spotify. If you enjoy this podcast, please share it across your networks. Thanks for staying tuned.

    42 min

About Between the Levees

From the publisher's feed

In this podcast, we discuss the living histories of maritime industry personnel in all areas of the business.