EPISODE · Feb 1, 2024 · 41 MIN
Episode 166: Slithering in the Swamps - Captain Caviar John Burke's Cajun Encounters
from Louisiana Insider · host Louisiana Life Magazine
John Burke knows about swamps. He spends time living close to the Atchafalaya swamp near Patterson, Louisiana. Earlier in his career he was involved in a business of making caviar from the roe of the choupique, a native fish whose eggs have some of the similar properties properties usen in European caviar. Now he gives swamp tours. His company, Cajun Encounters, not only takes everyday tourist into the swamps, but media celebrities too, such as Troy Landry, the star of the "Swamp People" TV series. Burke talks to Louisiana Life Executive Editor Errol Laborde about life in the swamps; the beauty and the creepiness. We will also hear about the estimates that there are 2 million gators living in Louisiana. Now that’s creepy.
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John Burke knows about swamps. He spends time living close to the Atchafalaya swamp near Patterson, Louisiana. Earlier in his career he was involved in a business of making caviar from the roe of the choupique, a native fish whose eggs have some of the similar properties properties usen in European caviar. Now he gives swamp tours. His company, Cajun Encounters, not only takes everyday tourist into the swamps, but media celebrities too, such as Troy Landry, the star of the "Swamp People" TV series. Burke talks to Louisiana Life Executive Editor Errol Laborde about life in the swamps; the beauty and the creepiness. We will also hear about the estimates that there are 2 million gators living in Louisiana. Now that’s creepy.
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Episode 166: Slithering in the Swamps - Captain Caviar John Burke's Cajun Encounters
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