Under the Crossbones – The Pirate Podcast: Recent Episodes
Phil Johnson
Comments or Questions? Email me at nick@underthecrossbones.com or join us on Facebook or Twitter. The Pyrate Round is a Youtube Channel and a Facebook page that shares pirate information for pirates. This page was created by the super delightful Thomas and Delaney Anderson. … Continue reading →
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Mike Tunez is the lead game designer for Firelock Games. Firelock Games has created a number of table top games with titles like: Blood and Plunder, Oak and Iron, and Scurvy Dice, all of which focus on game play involving … Continue reading →
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Wayne Curtis is the author of And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in 10 Cocktails. Wayne is a contributing editor at The Atlantic and a columnist for the Daily Beast and Garden & Gun. His … Continue reading →
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Ace Miles is a pirate performer that appears under the name: Jack Spareribs. He is a magician, juggler and ventriloquist. He has performed at venues all over the state of California. Over the years Ace has been seen in numerous … Continue reading →
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Dan Franklin is a member of the pirate band, The Skullduggers, as well as a member of The Bootstrappers, a group that plays at a popular theme park located in Anaheim, Ca. He has also played with Slash and Leann … Continue reading →
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Melinda Long had written books before but when she discovered that at the time there were very few children’s books about pirates, she decided to write one. About the same time her book was to come out, Disney released Pirates … Continue reading →
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Hey Swashbucklers… Nick Hoffman and I had very much hoped to have a brand new episode ready for you this week. But we’ve run into a bit of stormy weather behind the scenes. Everything is getting worked out and fixed. … Continue reading →
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Lou Hernandez aka Cutthroat Cortez of Pirates Plunder is living an enviable life. He’s a pirate because it’s fun and because he wants to. And he’s using his pirate character to put good things in the world and help others. … Continue reading →
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Rich Cohen is the author of “The Last Pirate of New York” – A ghost ship, a killer, and the birth of a gangster nation. Along with a ton of other really interesting books. Rich and I cover a lot … Continue reading →
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Musical Blades are legends of the pirate music scenes and I can’t believe it took 200 episodes to get to them. But here they are! Everybody is on the mic today and it gets a little chaotic, but it’s really … Continue reading →
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Guy Chet is the author of he Ocean is a Wilderness: Atlantic Piracy and the Limits of State Authority, 1688-1856. It’s a really interesting scholarly work that digs down into the idea of how long piracy in the Atlantic actually lasted … Continue reading →
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Happy episode 200! Whether you’re new to the show or have been listening since the early days, thank you. I appreciate you spending your time with me and my guests very much. Listen in to find out who our secret … Continue reading →
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Bounding Main is a fantastic shanty band from the American Midwest that tours internationally and has a fascinating vocal style that uses many different historical and modern harmonic styles. In this episode: How they got started touring internationally How they … Continue reading →
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Mike Hawthorne is a fantastic visual artist who came to writing later in life with his book The Hungry Horizon. It’s historical fiction about the pirate Bartholomew Sharpe who sailed with Henry Morgan before going his own way. Born in … Continue reading →
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I discovered Stephan Talty through his book “The Black Hand” about the proto-Mafia crime organization that terrorized the Italian community of New York in the early 1900’s. And I was super pleased to find out that he also wrote a … Continue reading →
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Dan Blevins bought a pirate ship for $1, rebuilt it from the hull up and calls it The Devil’s Gauntlet. Now he’s getting ready to sail the west coast helping military veterans overcome PTSD and addiction through maritime work as … Continue reading →
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Talking with Rachel Eldridge of Brethren of the North East Sea aka B.O.N.E.S. This New England band has been making the rounds of the Ren Faire and Pirate Fest scenes since 2011 and we dig into some of the psyche … Continue reading →
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Haakon Vatle leads Norway’s Storm Weather Shanty Choir. He’s got some great tour stories and actually uses sea shanties on a ship he’s the general manager for. Come for the tall ship experience and stay for the crazy wedding story. … Continue reading →
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Eric Mueller is the owner of Pirates Press in Emeryville, CA They’re the industry’s largest vinyl pressing company working with all the big names on really unique vinyl releases and a lot more. The music industry is near and dear … Continue reading →
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Rebekah Harris is the owner of Silverella, a nautical themed jewelry company based in Montauk. I’m not even much of a jewelry guy and I want to get my hands on her works of art. Really unique stuff. And she’s … Continue reading →
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Treva Etienne played the pirate Koehler in Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl and can current be seen in Bosch on Amazon Prime. To set the scene… I recorded my talk with Treva sitting outside a vegan … Continue reading →
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The Shipwreck Rats from Berlin, Germany play “fast and evil” Scottish and Irish Pirate Folk music. In this episode: How three non-German folk musicians managed to find each other in Berlin Which member has a 20,000 jukebox in his brain … Continue reading →
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Randy Gnatowsky aka Constable Heartless is a retired police office and captain of Blackbeard’s Crew, a 501(c)3 non-profit focused on 18th century historical reenactment and education. In this episode: All the new on this year’s Hampton Blackbeard Festival Randy’s other … Continue reading →
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All five members of the Jolly Rogers are on the show today! We delve into the long running band’s epic pirate music career. In this episode: The song that Disney stole from them The insanely cool gig in Krakow, Poland … Continue reading →
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Steve Genett is the creator of A Pirate’s Book of Days. Inside this really cool phone app you’ll get a daily bit of pirate history, and location searchable database of pirate museums, festivals, and attractions around the world, and more. … Continue reading →
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Reece Miller aka Wolfbeard O’Brady is the singer and accordionist for The Dread Crew of Oddwood, the pirate metal world’s least electric band. I mean, they’re still super exciting. They just don’t plug things in. In this episode: How Reece … Continue reading →
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Sam Conniff is an entrepreneur and author of the book “Be More Pirate”. It’s an examination of how pirates rewrote the rules of their time and weaponized storytelling to change the world around them. And then, how we use those … Continue reading →
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Brad Lee Howard leads The Pyrates Royale, the longest running band in pirate fest history. In our talk we dig into Brad’s formative years including classical music, 1970’s standup comedy, Mad Magazine, rugby, and more. In this episode: The group’s … Continue reading →
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Zachary Stocks is the Program Development Officer for Grays Harbor Historical Seaport, home to the Lady Washington and the Hawaiian Chieftain. And my co-host this week, Cheryl Jones, spent a week volunteering on the Lady Washington 15 years ago. So … Continue reading →
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Graeme Bucky aka The Buccaneer is an indie wrestler from Australia. Nick Hoffman sits in with me today and Graeme teaches us about the unique storytelling vehicle that is wrestling. In this episode: Which countries have big wrestling cultures (a … Continue reading →
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Bradley Williamson is the CEO of Treasure Expeditions and we dig into his parallel interests in treasure hunting and genetic engineering. In this episode: Great stories about Mel Fisher, Carl Fizmer, and Louie Anderson(???) Bradley’s plan to run off at … Continue reading →
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Capt James Hawk runs the Krewe of the Scarlett Fortuna, a nonprofit organization to promote reading among children. From book fairs and giveaways to presentations about pirates stories, these guys are using the power of pirates to get kids engaged … Continue reading →
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Jess Dobie is co-owner of Switch Sails in Brisbane, Australia. They specialize in sails for yachts and racing ships. They’ve also made sails for some of your favorite pirate films. We’ll find out about the cutting edge in modern sail-making … Continue reading →
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Marc Paquien is the creator of the board game “Treasure Island”. In the game, one player “hides” the treasure and the other players ask questions and make calculations to find it. Beyond that simple description, it’s a game with all … Continue reading →
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Moonsun Kim is the creator of the pirate web comic “Whispers in the Wind”. We travel to the outskirts of Paris to talk with Moonsun about her early art training, how she became obsessed with the pirate story in her … Continue reading →
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Daniel Bjorkbacka aka Joe Blackheart is the founder and banjo player of Sweden’s Pat Razket. We dig into the band’s background as a party and wedding band, the idea to become pirates, and the moment that convinced them to have … Continue reading →
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Ray Arnoult is the owner of Pirate Guitar Effects out of New Orleans/Wichita. Guitars AND pirates? Yeah! We talk about growing up in New Orleans and how that affects a child’s musical experiences. We’ll find out how Ray is making … Continue reading →
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Throw up the horns! Time for some UK pirate metal with Dave Everitt of Red Rum. We dig into the band’s beginnings and how they settled on being pirates instead of Vikings. Plus Dave’s early childhood in South Africa and … Continue reading →
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Lydelle Joubert is from StableSeas.org, an organization that researches and tracks modern piracy around the world. They act as an information resource for the maritime industry and create programs to combat piracy. We’ll find out the difference between piracy, terrorism, … Continue reading →
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This week we trek out to Sweden to talk to Erik Andersson of Stormfrun about spreading pirate fandom in their home country, the decisions about which language to sing in, the Swedish Pirate Armada and more! Plus, I learn how … Continue reading →
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Happy 2019! For this first episode of the year I thought I’d try a little experimental episode. We’re going to take a deep dive into 1926’s The Black Pirate starring Douglas Fairbanks. It’s a great movie all by itself. But … Continue reading →
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Happy end of 2018! We made it through and I hope you’re taking some time to relax and appreciate the people around you. I super appreciate you supporting the show all this year. To celebrate the end of the year, … Continue reading →
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California has one good pirate story, that of Hipolito Bouchard. And Michael Melzer is here to ruin that for us. Just kidding! His book “The Patriot Pirate” makes the case that Bouchard was a privateer more than pirate and was … Continue reading →
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Jasper Rouwhorst is one third of Craft Game Studio where he and his two partners have created Crooked Waters, a virtual reality pirate video game for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. We dig into the challenges of designing for virtual … Continue reading →
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Charles Dean Beeker’s official title is the Director of the Center of Underwater Science at the University of Indiana – Bloomington. But that word salad doesn’t even begin to tell you about his real passion. Unlike other underwater archaeologist s … Continue reading →
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Hurricane Robb and Krimson Kat of Pyrates of the Coast are on the show today! We’ll get some insight into the long long history of pirate fandom in the Seattle area and how they came to form their own crew. … Continue reading →
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For Thanksgiving week here in the US, we’ve got a great talk about how American pirates affected the course of US history with Eric Jay Dolin, author of “Black Flags, Blue Waters”. Some fascinating stuff here about American pirates taking … Continue reading →
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PJ Dolan is the owner and designer of Secret Spot Escape Rooms in San Diego, CA. This pirate-themed escape room sounds like a must-visit if you’re headed that way. We dig into how he learned the chops of designing escape … Continue reading →
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Gareth Noble and Ferdinando Menezes run Pirate’s Grog Rum. We’ll find out how they got the deal to distribute a small rum company from Roatan and how they’re making it bigger than ever. Always interesting to hear the methods behind … Continue reading →
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Shawn Cowles is a long time treasure hunter who started with Mel Fisher’s organization diving the Atocha. Since then he’s branched off on his own including hosting the Discover Channel show Treasure Quest. We dig into Shawn’s origin story including … Continue reading →
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Captain Alex Piccolo is the host of Pirate Theater, a new YouTube series for people who want to bone up on their pirate stuff. We’ll dig into Alex’s background with theater, film, Ren Faires, and Rocky Horror. And we’ll talk … Continue reading →
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Michael Scott Moore was held captive by Somali pirates for 977 days. His new book, The Desert and The Sea, tells the story of what that was like. In our talk we dig into what he did to keep his … Continue reading →
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We’re headed for North Africa this week to talk Barbary Pirates with Joshua London, author of Victory In Tripoli. He’ll take us through the basic timeline of these events that happened soon after the American Revolution and how the Barbary … Continue reading →
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Jess Seevers is the Jill-of-all-trades at Bluefoot Pirate Adventures where they take families out on the waters of Florida and show them a piratey good time. But what happens when the weather turns nasty? We’ll find out. And Jess takes … Continue reading →
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Clay ‘Talderoy’ Clement is that pirate that all the west coast pirates know, even if they’re not sure they’ve ever met him. The Pirates Charles even wrote a song about him. He’s also the owner of Studio City Tattoo, a … Continue reading →
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Daniel “Rover” Singer is one of the leaders of pirate vocal group Quartermaster. He’s also a former Disney Imagineer and Ren Faire performer and current playwright and Lewis Carroll buff. We dig into all that and more in this wide … Continue reading →
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Christy Alan is the Entertainment Director (and then some) for the Tybee Island Pirate Festival on Tybee Island, GA. We dig into what’s happening at this year’s fest Oct 4-7, 2018. And we’ll find out about Christy’s performance background and … Continue reading →
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Shanna Lovette is the leader and songwriter of Tea and Strumpets. They’re a relatively new group, but rising fast on the Pirate and Ren Faire scenes. Somewhere between vocal group and musical theater, they’ve got a load of great original … Continue reading →
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I’m so excited to bring you this show today! Robert Kurson is the author of “Pirate Hunters” a great book about John Chatterton and John Mattera finding a real pirate ship wreck – The Golden Fleece. His latest book, “Rocket … Continue reading →
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Bruce Ellis aka Captain Curry and his partner Mike Moran aka Captain Squishee are the motor behind the Pirates of the Pacific Festival in Brookings, OR. Bruce is on the show today to tell us all about the festival and … Continue reading →
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I was fortunate to catch Penny Opry’s set at this year’s Nor Cal Pirate Festival and I think you’ll dig them too. We got together at Joan’s place for a great talk about some of their European adventures and what … Continue reading →
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Bob Bledsoe is relatively new to the pirate fest scene and has a really funny act called Manis O’Tool and His Imperial Tibetan Yak. In our talk we find out why he decided to get into the Ren Faire/Pirate scene … Continue reading →
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Dave MacArthur is the owner of Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast. Good chance you’re listening to the show on there or have heard me yack about them for 100+ episodes due to their generous sponsorship of the show. And … Continue reading →
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Michael LoPresti is one of the earliest Jack Sparrow impersonators and coordinator of the Rogues Armada, a worldwide consortium of pirate entertainers. We dig into how the group came together and what everyone gets out of it. And we dive … Continue reading →
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T.F. Wright, with is co-creator Volkenfox, is the author of a visual novel called The Pirate’s Fate. It’s a “Choose Your Own Adventure” style pirate book for the modern age. In our talk we discuss his strategies for keeping track … Continue reading →
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James Masciarelli is a former tech headhunter and nonfiction writer who’s just released his first fiction novel, “Beyond Beauport” about a woman who discovers links to pirates in her family tree and goes hunting for a new lease on life … Continue reading →
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The Shark Alley Hobos are a sea shanty pirate band from Northern California and on today’s show we’ll talk with guitarists and singers Che Prasad and John Howard. We dig into the show that inspired them to turn from rock … Continue reading →
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Captain Jay Tucci is a longtime pirate entertainer as part of the Northeast Buccaneers and the Rogues Armada. And he’s the author of a new children’s book called Captain Jay and the Misfit Crew. We dig into Jay’s pirate history, … Continue reading →
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Maybe you like a good camp out. And I know you like pirate stuff. So how about Pirate Camp! Faith Pierce runs Finding Your Neverland, a pirate-themed summer camp for adults and families. It’s a great 3-day getaway that Faith … Continue reading →
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A week or so ago I saw a press release about a new privateer shipwreck being worked on in Bermuda. And the head of the project, Bradley Rodgers of Eastern Carolina University’s Maritime Studies Department, was nice enough to let … Continue reading →
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We’ve been doing a lot with the arts recently and I love it! On today’s show we have Robin Flanagan from Crimson Pirates and Chris Leidenfrost of The Greatest Pirate Story Never Told. We’ll dig into how to Crimson Pirates … Continue reading →
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All the way from New Zealand, Rich Manic is on the show today! Rich is the leader and aka of Captain Festus McBoyle’s Travellin’ Variety Show. We dig into the status of the pirate scene in New Zealand, how Rich … Continue reading →
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Steve Bush and Daniel Redman are the creators and hosts of the Ahoy There Podcast. Both accomplished improvisers, they improvise a serialized pirate story every week and it’s so much fun! We dig into their improv backgrounds and talk about … Continue reading →
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Dave Burgess taught some of the toughest classes imaginable and compiled his ideas into Teach Like A Pirate. And now he’s teaching others how to educate in a fun and experiential way. I love talking to people that are using … Continue reading →
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Cheryl Jones is one of those interesting people that will surprise you with the challenges she’s willing to take on. And while many pirates went on the account after seeing Pirates of the Caribbean, Cheryl took the whole thing way … Continue reading →
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Richard Rasner aka Damashi D’Gascoigne is the head of Clan Darksail out of Southern California. We’ll dig into the group’s origins and the breadth of gigs they do from private parties to high end film work like “Master and Commander”. Richard … Continue reading →
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Samuel Marquis is a prolific historical fiction writer and the author of Blackbeard: The Birth of America. After a bunch of books about WWII, the CIA, and espionage agents, Sam turned his attention to the history of Blackbeard. Not only … Continue reading →
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Jordan Wylie is the author of “Citadel: The True Story of One Man’s War Against the Pirates of Somalia” and an expert in Maritime Security and Somali piracy. As much as we talk about the historical and pop culture aspects of … Continue reading →
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Happy post-St. Patrick’s Day! Anne Chambers is the world’s leading expert on Ireland’s Pirate Queen, Grace O’Malley. We’ll dig into how and why she started researching Grace’s life. Especially what part Grace O’Malley plays in Irish culture and how Anne … Continue reading →
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Anthony Cummins aka Captain Tonz makes the claim that he’s a real pirate. We’ll unpack his definition of what a real pirate is versus what the rest of us might think. Regardless of definitions, Anthony has a great many adventures … Continue reading →
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It’s a 2-fer today! Ces Erdman runs the Cape Fear Parrot Sanctuary. Previously a parrot rescue guy, now he just keeps unwanted parrots at his sanctuary instead of trying to rehome them which they don’t like. (For reasons he’ll explain.) … Continue reading →
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A bit of an experimental episode this week when I asked on the UTC Facebook page “Any pirates in SLO?” and Randy Moore and Brandon Harrison of the Northstar Penguins leapt to the challenge. 🙂 And “Penguins” is not a … Continue reading →
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Bill Furney is the author of Black Hearts White Bones, a fiction story about what might have happened to Anne Bonny and Mary Read after they “plead their bellies” at their trials for piracy. It’s a really fun adventure story … Continue reading →
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Keith Martin is a librarian at the National Institute of Standards and Technology here in the U.S.A. And you’re probably wondering what the heck that has to do with pirates. But there’s a great story in here about how pirates … Continue reading →
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Jenai Marek is the author of The Dangerous Voyage of Gup the Sailor. Gup is a young boy from a Privateer family who finds himself on his own, commanding a crew, and wondering if he’ll be pirate or privateer. Jenai … Continue reading →
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Arnon Shorr is the writer and director of a short film called The Pirate Captain Toledano. The first(?) film about Jewish pirates! During our talk we get into some of the history of Jewish pirates and their motivations for becoming … Continue reading →
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Ted Shred is the owner of Pirates For Hire and Double Dog Dare Events where he produces over-the-top events for any group that needs something crazy to happen to knock them out of real life. Ted has also worked as … Continue reading →
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Scarlett Dearheart is the owner of Dearheart’s Doodads. She sells handmade clothing and accessories for discerning pirates, both lady and man. And going above and beyond her own business, Scarlett is doing some great community building among pirates with the … Continue reading →
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Eric Nelson is the writer/director of the 2006 film Pirates of the Great Salt Lake. And he brought along Kirby Heyborne aka “Captain Kirk” to tell us the story of how their quirky little pirate film got made back when … Continue reading →
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Marcus Rediker is the author of Villains of All Nations. It’s a fascinating look at the golden age of piracy through the lens of pirates as freedom fighters. Marcus has written extensively on pirates in this and many of his … Continue reading →
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With their genesis at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando, FL, Rusty Cutlass has turned into one of the premiere pirate bands on the Southeast pirate fest scene. First we talk with Mark Miller aka Nasty Nate about his … Continue reading →
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Colin Woodard is the author of The Republic of Pirates. Since it was published it’s become one of the most respected scholarly works on the Golden Age of Pirates. His thoroughly researched book is the influence behind the NBC TV … Continue reading →
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Bullet Valmont has been pirating around Hollywood for a long time. You might know him as the advice columnist behind The Wench Whisperer. We talk about that as well as his new pirate performance group Imagine Pirates. And we delve … Continue reading →
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Jesse Wilkes is the owner of The Pirates Code Beard Oils and he wants to help you take care of the forest on your face. Pirates Code is a new business and we talk about what the startup process has … Continue reading →
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Corey Lefkowitz is the owner and captain of Age of Discovery Productions and Pirates of the Silver Realm. He’s built a great business with his crew at pirate festivals, educating the public on life as a pirate. His newest ventures … Continue reading →
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Sarah Kampbell is the creator of Vault Escape, a selection of escape rooms in Chicago, IL. Her latest project is pirate-themed featuring a huge puzzle room with up to 300 players, interactive costumed pirate characters, and tons of puzzles for … Continue reading →
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Mark Axton and Dan Clark are the founders of the Swashbucker’s Ball in Portland, OR. It’s happening this Saturday November 11th at the Melody Ballroom in Portland. Mark and Dan tell us how their “Pirate Prom” came to be 8 … Continue reading →
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Jeff Hartt and Gertie Stubbs head up the Buccaneers of the Black Fleet in Vancouver, Canada. I was lucky enough to visit with them for a talk while I was up there recently. We dig into their varied projects in … Continue reading →
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So excited to talk with James V Hart this week! James is the screenwriter of one of my all-time favorite movies, “Hook”! He also wrote “Muppet Treasure Island” along with other great films like “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”, “Contact”, and “August … Continue reading →
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Rich Firato aka Captain Vito Cortana is the man behind Morgan’s Cove in Morgan Hill, CA. He’s built a tropical pirate paradise on his property in Northern California. And you can visit! Be sure to check out the video below … Continue reading →
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Kevin-John and Houston Tucker are the brains behind Legend Cove Trading Company. They’re building a great pirate story around some cool pirate gear – Apparel, coffee, and fine art. And yes, they’ll explain how coffee fits into a pirate story. … Continue reading →
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Sean Loughman is a partner and curator at the Pirates Treasure Museum in St Thomas, Virgin Islands. The museum has loads of great shipwreck artifacts, pirate items, and Sean’s specialty… coins. Lots and lots of coins. During our talk we … Continue reading →
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Nick Tyler is a pirate fan, Lego nut, writer, and comedian out of Nottingham, England. And his Captain Pigheart stories are a treat for any (adult) pirate fan. Not for the kiddies. But absolutely hilarious. You may not be familiar … Continue reading →
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Steve Boehm is the captain and “adult” of the band Pirates For Sail. (Puns!) We dig into the group’s inner workings to see how they came about and got that super lush harmony sound they’re so good at. We’ll also … Continue reading →
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Carl Fismer lives the life of an adventurer. The type of life that they make books and movies about. “Fizz” is a renowned treasure hunter that has dived some of the world’s most famous shipwrecks including the Atocha and the … Continue reading →
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Dan Dolan heads up Captain Dan and The Scurvy Crew, the world’s best/only pirate rap group. We dig into how the group got started on a lark and faced growing pains in the pirate community. All of it leading up … Continue reading →
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Michael Noles spent decades as a Senior Creative Director for the Walt Disney Company. And now he creates fantastic pieces of pirate art that capture the unseen moments of shipboard life. We dig into plenty of good Disney stuff here … Continue reading →
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David Magee is the screenwriter of the fantastic movies Finding Neverland and Life of Pi. He’s also working on the new Mary Poppins and Narnia films. I’m a nut for anything Peter Pan/Captain Hook related, so this talk with David … Continue reading →
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Dr E. Lee Spence is an underwater archaeologist and one of the first people to get a university degree for that work. He’s found hundreds of shipwrecks since finding his first in 1959 at age 12 with homegrown dive gear. … Continue reading →
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Richard Zacks is a fascinating author who’s work spans centuries but definitely has a soft spot for turning over the rocks of history to see what’s crawling around underneath. We dig into both of his pirate books “Pirate Hunter: The … Continue reading →
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John Davidson plays Captain Hook in the touring company of Finding Neverland The Musical. But that’s only the latest project. He’s survived the jungle of the entertainment business for over 50 years by being able to do lots of different … Continue reading →
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Kate Larsen and Shuhe Hawkins are living the pirate life in the mountains of Portland, Oregon. Seven Sails Vineyard, the Portland Pirate Festival, and their band Bilge Rats and Pyrettes. Plus the ship… Oh, the ship. Amazing stories in this … Continue reading →
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Episode 100! Thanks for sticking with the show! Spencer Smilanick aka Captain Spoo Diggity is the lead vocalist of The Pirates Charles. So many good “where did that name come from” stories in this episode! Where the band name came … Continue reading →
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BD McGee of BD Blades is a Florida pirate, former New Jersey cop, and maker of all things sharp, metal, and pointy. We’ll get into the dare from his wife that got him making his first blade (out of a … Continue reading →
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We’re talkin’ ship! Ships in bottles that is. Daniel Siemens is from the landlocked state of Colorado. But that doesn’t stop him from keeping up the tradition of building ships in bottles. Definitely a niche hobby that deserves more … Continue reading →
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Ozgur K Sahin is the author of “The Wrath of Brotherhood”, the first book in the Brethren of the Spanish Main series. And he’s also a really interesting dude. A dilettante in the best sense of the word and a … Continue reading →
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Del Merritt is the leader of The Sea Dogs. Being that New Jersey isn’t a hotbed of pirate culture, Del and his folks have become the pirates on call for whatever needs pirating. Music, living history, re-enacting, history education… Del … Continue reading →
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Poets have existed for centuries. So who’s to say there weren’t a few among the pirates as well? There certainly are now. Steve Sanders aka Blackbead and his group Seadog Slam are taking pirate poetry to Pirate Fests, Ren Faires, … Continue reading →
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James L Nelson is a prolific author of both fiction and non-fiction pirate books. All the way from Vikings through the American Civil War, he’s got some unique takes on how pirates affect the world around them. Not to mention … Continue reading →
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Chris Bowes and his band Alestorm have been bouncing around the world playing their unique brand of pirate metal since 2007. They’re fifth album, “No Grave But The Sea” was just released on May 26th. You’ll hear a new track from … Continue reading →
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I’m super excited to bring you Geoff Zanelli today! Geoff wrote the musical score for Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales. He’s also credited with “additional music” on the first four POTC films. We talk about … Continue reading →
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Laura Sook Duncombe is the author of “Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled The Seven Seas”. It’s a fantastic book about female pirates throughout history, both in fact and fiction. I got a ton of new … Continue reading →
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Scott Graham is the host and resident pirate fan of Pirates 365 on YouTube. In the many dozens of videos he digs deep into every aspect of Pirates of the Caribbean. We’re talking rides, movies, toys, video games, the whole shebang. … Continue reading →
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Greg Engel aka Oddly O’Differous is the captain (because he’s got the red coat) of Arrr Ink, a pirate comedy troupe that you can see at a variety of pirate fests in the Southeast US. Like many of the groups … Continue reading →
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Marck Forget is a huge promoter of pirate entertainment in Canada. He’s one of those guys whose name I’d seen around the pirate communities online and it was great fun to finally talk with him and hear about all his … Continue reading →
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Mike Kelly is the head distiller at Old New Orleans Rum, America’s longest running rum company since 1995. That doesn’t seem like a very long time and Mike will tell us why that is. We’ll get into the process of making … Continue reading →
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Helen Hollick the author of a bazillion books including the 5 volume Sea Witch Voyages and the upcoming non-fiction Pirates Truth and Tales coming out in May 2017. We’ll dig into Helen’s career as a writer and what led her from … Continue reading →
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Allen Balogh is the author of the book “Black Sail 1715” about the wreck and plundering of the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet off the coast of Florida. If you’re wondering, it’s both connected and not connected to the TV show … Continue reading →
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Jim Laird is a name I’ve been hearing around the pirate community since I started this show. So I’m super happy to have him on the show today! Jim has survived as Blackbeard longer than Blackbeard himself. And he takes … Continue reading →
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Johnny Ringo is one of the partners in Code Rum. He’ll tell us how he went from working in a rock quarry to doing event planning to being a treasure diver to ending up as a rum maker. We also … Continue reading →
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Bruce Mercury and TL Jones are creating a universe of pirate goodness under the name Band of Pirates. The full length feature film has led to books which are leading to a TV series, music and more. Ambitious! We’ll find … Continue reading →
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Brian Fields had “the Halloween House” on his block as a kid. It eventually grew to have a lot of pirate stuff. It also eventually got too big for its britches and had to become a much larger, much scarier … Continue reading →
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Todd Willis grew up as a pirate. Or at least that’s what his mom told him. And he took it to heart. Now he’s a re-enactor and leader of the popular east coast pirate entertainment group The Loose Cannon Company. … Continue reading →
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Baylus Brooks has done a lot of new research into the life and career of Edward “Blackbeard” Teach and presents it in his new book “Quest For Blackbeard”. As history’s most famous pirate, Blackbeard has led many to dig into … Continue reading →
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Sam Siegel is a man with a dream. After a work injury his friend told him he should become a pirate. So he bought a ship. But she’s not quite seaworthy yet. This is the story of a work in … Continue reading →
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Dan Stevens is the founder of Pirata Clothing and Pirata Couture. They specialize in modern clothing that reflects the pirate in all of us. And even some lingerie if that’s your jam. Good looking clothes that us pirate fans can … Continue reading →
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Morgan Molthrop is a former Wall Street investment banker turned New Orleans expert and author. His current book “Jean Lafitte’s Pirate Code: 17 Strategies for Acquiring Until Fortune from America’s first Laissez Fair Capitalist” is part history book, part business … Continue reading →
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Neil Massey is the owner of Rogue Steel where he is a bladesmith, creating custom swords and other pointy things for stage and screen use. We’ll dig into his process (since I know nothing about making swords) and he’ll tell … Continue reading →
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Lee Arenberg has a great career as a character actor in many things. But you’ll most know him as Pintel from the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films. Along with Mackenize Crook’s Ragetti, they had some of the best … Continue reading →
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Vince Lozano is an accomplished character actor most known to you as Jacoby in Pirates of the Caribbean – Curse of the Black Pearl. And he’s one of those actors that’s always working and constantly doing film and TV projects. … Continue reading →
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Ed “ET” Fox is a respected author who’s combined his love of research and pirates into a half dozen fantastic pirate history books. He’s also been able to bust some of the myths that you and I have been … Continue reading →
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Capt’n Tor and the Ne’er Do Well Cads Pirate Invasion are a highly theatrical pirate music experience. In this interview Tor and 1st mate Gwenyvarr Blackshades Lovelocket sit down with me to dig into their philosophies behind the show, the … Continue reading →
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Tom Butler heads up Green Feet Games where they’re working on their new board game, The Pirate Republic. And he’s got some really interesting ideas about game design that I think you’ll dig. We get into tons of game design … Continue reading →
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Matt Stone is the founder and head honcho of Sea Wolf Clothing and Buccaneer Board Riders. He’s in the biz of making cool casual pirate clothes for pirate fans, tourists, and surfers. This talk goes in totally unexpected directions right … Continue reading →
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On this episode we sit down with all the members of Brigada Pirata – Turin, Italy’s best (and probably only) pirate band. These dudes are tons of fun and super high energy. In between telling us about their extremely varied … Continue reading →
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Captain Davy Duvall is a former stuntman turned pirate entertainer. And 26 years in, he’s one of the longest running pirate entertainment acts around. We talk about what made him go into a pirate character at a time when pirate … Continue reading →
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Coming to you from Chicago this week with an interview I recorded a couple weeks ago in Florida with Veta, Ashley, and Mike of Salty Sam’s Pirate Cruise in Fort Myers. We got to do this one in person which … Continue reading →
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For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com Happy Halloween! I got this week’s episode out a day early for you because Michael Manerchia, president of the Marcus Hook Preservation Society has some great ghost stories to give … Continue reading →
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Erikka Innes is a comedian and filmmaker. A few years back she made a short film called “Pool Pirates” that I was lucky enough to be in. You can check out the whole film below. I’m the one in the … Continue reading →
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Xander Kent of Blackbeard Banners is a maker of custom screen printed pirate flags and I’m sure he’s got one for you. Cup of Tea jolly roger? Check. Thor’s Hammer jolly roger? Check. Microphone jolly roger? On my wishlist. We … Continue reading →
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Tim Murphy is an animation-trained artist with a new comic book series called Pirates of Padre Tiempo that you’ll really dig if you’re into comics. We’ll talk about the stories themselves, his Kickstarter to fund the second issue, and his … Continue reading →
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The St Augustine Pirate Museum has one of the largest collections of real pirate artifacts anywhere. And today we talk with two of the head honchos over there, Cindy Stavely and Captain Mayhem. We’ll dig into where they get their … Continue reading →
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Dane Bennett aka Admiral Basil Drake is the lead singer for Pride of Bedlam, this year’s International Pirate Awards winners for Favorite Band. They make their home base at the Texas Renaissance Faire. But you’ll be able to find them … Continue reading →
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Our first live episode! We invade the Story Tavern in Burbank, CA to celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day 2016! Chris Roberts is the owner of Pirate Art Design in Los Angeles, CA. They do set design for loads … Continue reading →
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Scott Pooler, owner of Gasparilla Media, is a (Captain?) jack of all trades. Originally a merchant marine and sea captain before being forced back to land by a horrific accident (that we talk about), he’s now a photographer and web … Continue reading →
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Matt Aurthur is the host of Pirate History Podcast, and much like Craig Buddy back in ep. 22, is doing a great job telling the historical stories of the pirates before, during, and after the Golden Age. We’ll get into … Continue reading →
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Ye Banished Privateers is one of the hottest pirate bands in Europe and one of my personal faves. Our first interview attempt resulted in some unfortunate sound problems. But here in our second attempt, the gods of technology smiled upon … Continue reading →
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Joe Neate and Mike Chapman of Rare Games sit down with us to talk about their new pirate game Sea of Thieves. How’s it different from the average pirate video game? What’s gone into make this game both exciting and … Continue reading →
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Craig Lutke is the leader and multi-instrumentalist of The Bilge Pumps, a pirate fest favorite. We’ll get into the accidental way they started the group, where the name came from, and their process for including comedy in their arrangements. This … Continue reading →
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Javier Dominguez of Big Hat Pirates is on the show today. Sure, we’re talking about pirate hats. Super bad ass custom pirate hats at that. But we’re also talking about creativity (of a form that I’m terrible at) and when … Continue reading →
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This week’s guest is author Darren Simon who’s written a great book called “The Dangerous Legacy”. If you like your pirate fiction laced with real historical characters and a dose of the supernatural, you’ll dig this one. Make sure to … Continue reading →
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United under the black flag indeed! 50 episodes! Whether you’ve been listening for a year now or you just discovered this show a week ago, thank you for tuning in and listening to me yap with fun pirate folks! Wanna … Continue reading →
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TS Rhodes is a renaissance woman of the pirate set. She writes fiction and non-fiction, she tells stories at pirate fests, she reviews Black Sails for a prominent geek website, she knows a ton about pirate clothing, and does a … Continue reading →
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Alan Shepard is the main actor and show writer for Hawaii Pirate Ship Adventures. We’ll dig into what it’s like to write a show that has to be flexible enough for a new interactive crowd every day. Not to mention … Continue reading →
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Laura Nelson’s project is called The Whydah Pirates Speak. We’ve all heard Whydah stories from a variety of angles. So Laura went after the stories of the lesser players, the crew members, the characters you don’t normally hear about to add something … Continue reading →
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It’s a big fat juicy one today with two awesome interviews! We’ll talk with Mike Tunez of Firelock Games about their new pirate tabletop game Blood and Plunder. And he gives us the lowdown of what it takes to create … Continue reading →
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On today’s show, things go boom! We’re talking with cannon and carriage builder Michael Elledge. We’ll dig into a bunch of history stuff on cannons and what it takes to simulate that now. Really interesting and entertaining talk. You’ll even … Continue reading →
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It’s Wonky Sound Day on UTC! I’m on the road and forgot to pack my podcasting mic and there’s a weird bumpy knocky sound during the interview. The sound gods did not smile upon us this week. Better next time. … Continue reading →
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Today’s guest is very special. Peter T Leeson is an economist and author of “The Invisible Hand”. We’re going to dig down into the economics of piracy in the Golden Age and why they had to work so differently from … Continue reading →
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My guest on the show today is Captain Teach, head of the Phoenix Risen pirate clan. I had no idea what pirate clans are all about, why they exist, and what they do. So this was educational for me and … Continue reading →
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Mark Hanna is a professor at UC San Diego and the author of “Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire 1570-1740”. Yep, we’re getting historical today. We’ll talk about how pirates needed allies on land to allow them … Continue reading →
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Before we get to Nick Hoffman, A big ahoy to all the new listeners! And a big thanks to Craig Buddy and the mention on his podcast that brought so many great new folks into the UTC circle over the last … Continue reading →
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Matt Nelson is the creator of Catbeard the Pirate, a comic strip about a pirate with a cat attached to his face. Sounds weird,yes. But the comic strip is extremely well done and very funny. We’ll dig right into where … Continue reading →
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Shaun Rolly is the co-creator of the musical “A Pirate’s Tale”. He’s a really fun and interesting pirate with a knack for jumping off the deep end without a plan. Get learned up on what happens at stuntman school and … Continue reading →
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O’Craven is a great band with the extremely specific niche of Irish Pirate Rock, from San Jose, CA. In this interview we dig into how they stumbled across the music they were meant to be playing. We also talk a lot … Continue reading →
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Benerson Little is the author of five non-fiction books on piracy and sea roving plus a novel with sequels to come. He’s considered a leading expert of piracy past and present, and is the historical consultant for Black Sails on … Continue reading →
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Lisa Jensen is the author of “The Witch from the Sea” and “Alias Hook” – two great fun pirate novels. She’s also a movie critic for the Good Times weekly in Santa Cruz, CA. We’ll dig into her interesting take … Continue reading →
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You’ve been asking for the Talk Like A Pirate Day guys and now here they are! Mark Summers and John Baur have done almost as much for pirates in popular culture in recent years as Johnny Depp has. And they kind … Continue reading →
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Jeff Dixon and his family at Dixon woodworking make some of the most badass pirate ship clubhouses you’re ever going to see. You don’t even need to have kids because they’re built for adults too. The story of how the … Continue reading →
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Brad Perri is a comic artist and creator of “Pirate Mike: Maladjusted Suburbanite”. It’s a really funny little comic strip. We dive into lots of stuff about character development in comics and the current state of that industry. And plenty … Continue reading →
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Jason Surrell is a theme park show designer – former Imagineer, now with Universal – and the author of “Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies”. He was deeply involved with adding the new film characters … Continue reading →
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I like pirate music, but I don’t know nearly as much about it as Jack Gonzo does. He does a great pirate music radio show every Wednesday at 9pm Central called Scoundrel’s Inn. During our talk, we dive a little … Continue reading →
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This week we get super niche and talk about surgery and medical practices among the Golden Age pirates with Mark “Mission” Kehoe. He’s a pirate surgery expert and reenactor with some great stories. As Mark talks about, we mostly hear … Continue reading →
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This is part 2 of my interview with wreck diver John Chatterton. Part 1 is here. He’s the subject of the books “Pirate Hunters” and “Shadow Hunters” by Robert Kurson. In this part of the interview we get into Titanic … Continue reading →
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I could NOT wipe the smile from my face during this interview! John Chatterton is a wreck diver and treasure hunter. He’s been to Titanic, the Andrea Doria, and discovered a German U-Boat wreck. But most importantly for this show, … Continue reading →
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Naufragant is a pirate metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina. And this is a fun interview with the band’s singer, Franco Tempesta. We get into the trials they’ve had in naming the band (formerly Skull and Crossbones), why the decided … Continue reading →
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We’ve got some Pirates of the Caribbean action on today’s show! But first, I nearly burned my face off tasting hot sauces over the weekend in lovely Monterey, CA You’ll find out how far up the Scoville Scale I made … Continue reading →
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Noah Scalin is a unique artist. And an “artist” in the broadest sense of the word. His music with the League of Space Pirates is a fantastic romp of a story that encompasses music, theatrics, web shows, live shows, and … Continue reading →
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Ron Allen, aka Thagarr, and his crew of merry modders deal in pirate video games. I lost track of pirate video games after the first version of Sid Meyer’s Pirates many years ago. But there are a lot of cool … Continue reading →
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Happy 2016! Getting ready for some Black Sails season 3 action! For the first show of the year, I’ve got a double interview for you! Both awesome and unique. First up, actor Ray Stevenson who portrays Blackbeard in season 3 … Continue reading →
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Jim Light lost his leg in an auto accident and turned it into a life of performing as a pirate. If that ain’t lemons into lemonade… My first official guest with a real peg leg. Jim is a fantastic, earnest … Continue reading →
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SR Staley is the author of the Pirate of Panther Bay series. You’ve got two books you can dig into right now: “The Pirate of Panther Bay” and “Tortuga Bay”. The third book will arrive in 2016. In the stories, Isabella … Continue reading →
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On today’s show, an interview with Ross Furman, one of the founders of the Eastport Pirate Festival in Eastport, Maine. It takes place the second weekend of September each year. Ross is quite a character and we get into their motivations … Continue reading →
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John Amrhein and his team of researchers have discovered details behind the actual events that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write Treasure Island. The background of this story has been hotly debated for decades. And he’s put it all in … Continue reading →
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Sydney Treasure Hunt is an experience designed by Gillian Opie that uses pirates for team building. The whole thing sounds super fun. And she’s managed to build a great pirate ship business of her own. This is a great example … Continue reading →
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Libsyn.com, the company that hosts the audio for Under The Crossbones, is doing a neat project called “Thanks, Podcasting”. A bunch of the podcasters are doing short episodes talking about why podcasting is important. Big or small reasons. I believe … Continue reading →
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Chris Macort is the curator of the Whydah Pirate Museum in Provincetown, MA. He’s also a wreck diver and treasure hunter who’d helped excavate the Whydah and protect the artifacts they’ve brought up. The Whydah is the first positively ID’d … Continue reading →
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Tiger Lee is quite the self-made man. We’ll journey from his origins as a fairy photographer to the depths of the Caribbean and into Florida where he found his calling in creating authentic pirate clothing and weaponry. Lots of detailed … Continue reading →
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Joyce Mclean is totally a pirate. She’s made her way through an unorthodox series of businesses to find herself in Galveston, TX as owner or a really cool pirate experience called Pirates! Legends of the Gulf Coast. If you get … Continue reading →
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Today’s episode seems to be a sort of remix theme. My interview guest is Andrea Jones, author of the Hook and Jill Saga. The first two books, “Hook and Jill” and “Other Oceans” are out now. The third book, “Other … Continue reading →
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