The Lineman Life Podcast

The Lineman Life Podcast


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Storm Stories: Hurricane Bertha PT 1
May 18, 2019

Here are a few lineman stories that took place during Hurricane Bertha in 1996 around Wilmington, NC. WARNING Do not try anything mentioned in this video on your job. These stories are from “back in the day” when you could get away with this stuff.

Contractor or Utility Lineman?
May 12, 2019

Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Good evening, brother linemen. Today I'm going to talk about the differences between working for a contractor and working for an electric utility, or co-op. And the reason I'm talking about this is,

R.I.P. Brother
May 02, 2019

Everyone has people that help them get through their apprenticeship. Being an apprentice is like going on a long journey to reach a destination, which is the land of knowledge, the land of knowledge happens to be a Journeyman Lineman. On this journey,

Linemen Don’t Let Lineman…
April 27, 2019

What kind of Lineman culture do you have where you work? Do you wake up in the morning and dread going to work? We all want to work at a place where everyone gets along and works together to get the job done.

How Do YOU Lead Your Apprentices and Helpers?
April 19, 2019

I want to ask you, which style of leading helpers and apprentice lineman is better, autocratic or democratic?  Autocratic is where the person in charge makes all the decisions and directs his workers to follow.

My Lineman Didn’t Just Say That!
April 10, 2019

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Where Have You Been?
August 04, 2018

I have been getting emails about when the next episode is coming out and also what have I been up to lately. This episode will give you a quick update. NOTE: About 6 minutes in. Yes I know USC (University of South Carolina) doesn’t have a medical schoo...

Lineman Make Too Much Money
July 14, 2018

Today I want to talk to you about a favorite subject of linemen, and that is the subject of overtime. Now this is going to be a little bit of a rant, because something happened to me this week. I heard somebody talking about overtime,

Written in Blood
June 23, 2018

I was hanging out in a Facebook group for #Lineman a couple of weeks ago, if you have never had the experience I suggest you try it out. In this group, #Lineman post things that run the scale from funny to ridiculous.

Linemen VS Alcohol
June 09, 2018

Welcome to another episode of The Lineman Life. The podcast for power professionals. Today we’re going to talk about a lineman favorite, alcohol. So this last week I happened to be riding around and I started thinking about a couple of alcohol stories ...