In this episode, the tables are turned on Light Hearted host Jeremy D’Entremont as he is interviewed by his friend Bob Trapani, executive director of the American Lighthouse Foundation. This is part one of two parts. Among the subjects discussed are Jeremy’s nearly 40 years researching, writing about, and photographing lighthouses, as well as his work in the field of lighthouse preservation.

Jeremy D’Entremont aboard the clipper ship Cutty Sark in Greenwich, England. Photo by Jeremy Hawes.Bob Trapani (left) and Jeremy D’Entremont in the lantern room at Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse, New Hampshire. Photo by Ann Trapani.Jeremy D’Entremont grew up on the North Shore of Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Film in 1979. His varied work experience included several years as a projectionist at the Boston Museum of Science’s Omnimax theater, as well as eight years as a media archivist at WGBH-TV in Boston. In the 1990s he began writing articles on lighthouse history and his first book — The Lighthouses of Connecticut — was published in 2005. He has now written more than 20 books.

Jeremy D’Entremont at Boston Light in 1989Jeremy is the president and historian of the American Lighthouse Foundation, and also serves as the historian of the U.S. Lighthouse Society. He founded Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses in 2001 as a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, and he has served on other boards of directors including Friends of Flying Santa, the Shining Sea Foundation, and Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands. He began producing and hosting this podcast in June 2019. Jeremy lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with his wife, Charlotte Raczkowski.