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Line Life Podcast: 2023 Lineman's Rodeo Week, Part 1: Competitors and Supporters

Oct. 20, 2023
This podcast episode features live interviews with journeymen lineworkers, apprentices and supporters.
Related To: Huskie Tools

The 2023 International Lineman's Rodeo shattered records across the board with 1,316 competitors, 292 teams, 440 apprentices, 541 judges and 100 volunteers. To bring to life the coverage from the event, we conducted live interviews in our T&D World booth at the Lineman's Expo. 

Everyone from line kids to competitors and event judges stopped by our booth to share their stories about why they were participating in the Lineman's Rodeo Week.

Part 1 features interviews with competitors, spectators and supporters, while Part 2, which will air in November 2023, will focus on the line families and the Climbin for Kids fundraiser. We'll also feature future episodes on Prime Power's training program for military lineworkers and with David Mendonca, the host of the Show Up Dad podcast. 

To listen to the October 2023 episode, which is sponsored by Huskie Tools, click on this link. If you have a suggestion for a future guest or a comment on this episode, email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you. 

To see who is highlighted in Part 1, check out the photo gallery. View the video to see all of the lineworkers and supporters who stopped by the T&D World Booth at the Lineman's Expo to participate in the Line Life Podcast live recording session. 

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade.  She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected]. 

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