Under the Crossbones The Pirate Podcast
213 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsJoin comedian and pirate Nick Hoffman as he explores the history and pop culture of pirates. Deep dive interviews with the most interesting people in the pirate community who bring the history and stories to life. Actors, treasure hunters, musicians, historians, and more.
From Blackbeard to Black Sails, Jack Sparrow to Jack Rackham... Under The Crossbones is loaded with colorful characters who will take you away from your day to day and drag you happily out to sea.
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210 The Pyrate Round
February 27, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. The Pyrate Round is a Youtube Channel and a Facebook page that shares pyrate information for pirates. This page was created by the super delightful Thomas and Delaney Anderson. The page includes information like a daily post on "This day in pirate history," rum reviews and pirate history. In this episode: Thomas and Delaney share how they came up with the name for their pages We talk abo...
209 Mike Tunez
February 05, 2020 22:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 buccaneers or pirates. They also have created a new game called Blood and Valor which is set during WWI. Mike had previously been on Under the Crossbones (episode 46). ...
208 Wayne Curtis
January 29, 2020 22:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 stories have also run in the New York Times, American Scholar, Yankee, American Archeology, and on This American Life. In this episode: Wayne talks a bit about his travels connected with his ...
207 Ace Miles aka Jack Spareribs
January 22, 2020 02:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 television spots and commercials for companies like Toyota and appearances on the Disney Channel, Mornings on 2 and the A&E network’s Good Time Cafe with Ellen DeGen...
206 Dan Franklin
January 14, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 Rimes. He's also a filmmaker that has a couple of fun projects coming up. In this episode: How Dan became a pirate musician Nick does a magic trick Dan talks about traveling ...
205 Melinda Long
January 08, 2020 00:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 of the Caribbean. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. In this episode: How Melinda got her book published The process of writing a children's ...
Under The Crossbones Important Update
August 27, 2019 07:00 - 1 minute - 969 KBA quick update on the status of the show. We've run into a few snags behind the scenes. We're getting everything worked out, but it will take a few weeks to prepare new episodes for you. So hang tight, make sure you're subscribed, and UTC will be back bigger, badder, and better than ever! In the meantime check out some of the back catalog episodes you may have missed at https://www.underthecrossbones.com/episode-guide/
204 Cutthroat Cortez of Pirates Plunder
August 20, 2019 07:00 - 29 minutes - 17.2 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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. And for my final show as host, Lou is the perfect guest. He's exactly the kind of person that makes the pirate community great. Creative, supportive, and genuine...
203 "Last Pirate of New York" Author Rich Cohen
August 13, 2019 07:00 - 52 minutes - 30.6 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 of ground in this talk and I think you'll really enjoy it. In this episode: Who was the last pirate of New York? The running themes that unite all of Rich's books The Rolling Stones, Chess Recor...
202 Musical Blades
August 06, 2019 07:00 - 51 minutes - 30.2 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 fun talk. Co-host Marck Forget of Festival des Pirates sits in with me. In this episode: Dealing with adultish material in a family atmosphere Their secret hard rock roots How they'...
201 Guy Chet author of The Ocean is a Wilderness
July 30, 2019 07:00 - 47 minutes - 26.8 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 and what finally brought it to a half. In this episode: How long Atlantic piracy actually lasted and why What actually brought Atlantic piracy to an end...
200 Surprise Guest and Big News
July 23, 2019 07:00 - 53 minutes - 31.1 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 guest is about some big changes coming to the show in the near future. Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture. Your host Phil Johnson (comedian, musician...
199 Bounding Main
July 16, 2019 07:00 - 38 minutes - 22.7 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 build their unique vocal arrangements They sing live for us! Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture. ...
198 Mike Hawthorne author of The Hungry Horizon
July 09, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 34.6 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 Manchester in 1954, well traveled and self taught, Mike Hawthorne has made his reputation in London since 1975 with exhibitions of rock, reggae, and jazz visu...
197 Stephan Talty of Empire of Blue Waters
July 02, 2019 07:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 book about Henry Morgan, "Empire of Blue Water", as well as co-wrote "A Captain's Duty" with Richard Phillips aka Captain Phillips. Yep, the guy from the movie. ...
196 Dan Blevins Catalano of The Devil's Gauntlet
June 25, 2019 07:00 - 53 minutes - 30.8 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. Dan Blevins bought a pirate ship for $1 and has rebuilt it from the hull up. Now he's getting ready to sail the west coast helping military veterans overcome PTSD and addiction through maritime work as well has entertain and educate the public and work toward a TV show. In this episode: Helping military veterans overcome PTSD and addiction with maritime work on his ship and why he feels dr...
195 Rachel Eldridge of Brethren of the North East Sea
June 18, 2019 07:00 - 41 minutes - 24.9 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 of Ren players. In this episode: Introverts vs extroverts in the faire scene How important it is to find your pod of people Dealing with mic fright Ren Fair actor stamina ...
194 Haakon Vatle of Storm Weather Shanty Choir
June 11, 2019 07:00 - 40 minutes - 23 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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. In this episode: How his time on a Norwegian tall ship taught him about the real life usefulness of sea shanties How a couple super hardcore fans made their first Japanese tour happen How accepting a gig as a wedding band turned...
193 Eric Mueller of Pirates Press
June 04, 2019 07:00 - 50 minutes - 28.7 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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. In this episode: All about the modern vinyl record biz How they built from a bedroom operation to one of the world's biggest pressing companies Why the name and how it's a little misrepresentative...
192 Rebekah Harris of Silverella
May 28, 2019 07:00 - 47 minutes - 27.6 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 got great stories about her haphazard hometown and the wilds of the New York diamond district. In this episode: What really sells a piece of jewelry more so than the actual gems and...
191 Treva Etienne of Pirates of the Caribbean
May 21, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 40.1 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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. In this episode: Growing up and learning theater in London How he developed a backstory for Koehler Acting as a team sport The future of fame The responsibilities of film makers All the stuff he's working on now Under The Crossbones is a p...
190 The Shipwreck Rats
May 14, 2019 07:00 - 47 minutes - 28.1 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 The crazy unique homemade equipment they record their music with A world premiere song from their upcoming album! Under The Crossbones is a podc...
189 Randy Gnatowsky aka Constable Heartless of Blackbeard's Crew
May 07, 2019 07:00 - 42 minutes - 24.7 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 life running polygraph tests and how what you hear on the internet isn't true How Randy was elected captain without eve...
188 The Jolly Rogers
April 30, 2019 07:00 - 49 minutes - 81.6 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 and the hidden history of sea chanteys in Poland. What it's like to have written songs that are standards in the pirate genre Their "goofy" ethos and where it came from...
187 Steve Genett of A Pirate's Book of Days
April 23, 2019 07:00 - 46 minutes - 31.4 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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. In this episode: How Steve discovered pirates as a child from a free grocery store book The in-depth research he does for each day's pirate history fac...
186 Wolfbeard O'Brady of Dread Crew of Oddwood
April 16, 2019 07:00 - 51 minutes - 29.7 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 gets his accordion to fill the place of an electric guitar What the heck is that crazy drum kit all about? How they went from playing California Re...
185 Be More Pirate author Sam Conniff
April 09, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 37.3 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 lessons in our own time to make our world better? In this episode: How Sam's business Livity worked with endangered kids to help them contribute to the way companie...
184 Brad Lee Howard of Pyrates Royale
April 02, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 35.8 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 experience being the first pirate band to show up at Ren Faires in the 80's. Their Spinal Tap moment while performing at the Kennedy Center ...
183 Zachary Stocks on The Lady Washington
March 26, 2019 07:00 - 48 minutes - 28.2 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 we get some good "then and now" storytelling about the ship. In this episode: The story of the original Lady Washington as the first merchant ...
182 Indie Wrestler Graeme Buckie aka The Buccaneer
March 19, 2019 07:00 - 41 minutes - 24.5 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 big surprise in here) and how a wrestler moves up the ranks How Graeme connected with his tag team partner and how they devise storylines The ...
181 Bradley Williamson of Treasure Expeditions
March 12, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 age 15 to find the treasure of the Incas His treasure projects around Captain Kidd, Jose Gaspar, and La Buse on TV shows like Expediti...
180 Capt James Hawk of the Krewe of the Scarlett Fortuna
March 05, 2019 08:00 - 53 minutes - 30.9 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. Capt James Hawk runs the Krewe of the Scarlett Fortuna, a nonprofit organization to promote reading among children. In this episode: Why reading is his pet cause The advice him mom gave him that has served him well his whole life Why switching from Medieval to pirates was literally cooler A story about a 4-year old that is way more together than any of us. Under The Crossbones is a...
179 Jess Dobie of Switch Sails and Jenai Marek
February 26, 2019 05:00 - 43 minutes - 26.9 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 and the growing number of people retiring on the sea instead of in a Winnebago. We'll also catch up with author Jenai Marek (previously heard in ep 1...
178 Marc Paquien - Treasure Island Board Game Creator
February 19, 2019 05:00 - 42 minutes - 24.3 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 sorts of unique angles. We talk about Marc's creative process when designing a new game including how he works from the idea of evoking a particular emotion w...
177 Moonsun Kim of Whispers in the Wind
February 12, 2019 05:00 - 39 minutes - 23.1 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 head, her tools of choice, and her time in Korea to find out more about her own culture. Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture. Your host Phil Johnson (com...
176 Daniel Bjorkbacka aka Joe Blackheart of Pat Razket
February 05, 2019 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 a great show but also work harder on their music. And work harder, they have! Their 2nd album Deeds and Debts is fantastic. And you can get it right here: http...
175 Ray Arnoult of Pirate Guitar Effects
January 29, 2019 05:00 - 38 minutes - 25.5 MBComments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. 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 his company stand out in a the very crowded guitar effect market. And we'll find out the flag of Republic of Bimini was pretty darn violent. Plenty of guita...
174 Dave Everitt of Red Rum
January 22, 2019 05:00 - 38 minutes - 25.8 MBThrow 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 his early singing experiences in classical music. Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture. Your host Phil Johnson (comedian, musician, and pirate geek) interviews the most interesting people in the pirate subculture: Actors, Authors, Historians, Mu...
173 Lydelle Joubert of StableSeas.org
January 15, 2019 05:00 - 45 minutes - 30.9 MBLydelle 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, and robbery. And we'll dig into where the piracy hot spots are now. And it's no Somalia! And we'll hear about what's being done to combat piracy in the worst zones. Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate cu...
172 Erik Andersson of Stormfrun
January 08, 2019 05:00 - 35 minutes - 21.4 MBThis 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 to pronounce Stormfrun and then proceed to mispronounce it all over the place. Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture. Your host Phil Johnson (comedian, musician, and pirate geek) interviews the most interesting people in the pirate subculture: A...
171 Douglas Fairbanks in The Black Pirate (1926)
January 01, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBHappy 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 digging into the film's background of breakthrough Technicolor use, inventive stunts, and movie magic makes the whole experience even more fun. Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture. Your host Phil Johnson (comedian, musician, and pirate geek) ...
Dec 2018 Special with Anne Chambers on Grace O'Malley
December 25, 2018 05:00 - 55 minutes - 38.8 MBHappy 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, this is a replay of 2018's most popular episode with Anne Chambers telling us all about Grace O'Malley. And what a joy it was to talk with her! 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 ...
170 Michael Melzer author of The Patriot Pirate
December 18, 2018 05:00 - 42 minutes - 24.3 MBCalifornia 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 in it for the revolution more than the booty. This is a really fun talk about a piece of history we don't know as much about. And we get into Michael's motivations for writing about Hipolito Bouchard and his unique way of funding the book via Kickstarter. Under...
169 Jasper Rouwhorst creator of Crooked Waters
December 11, 2018 05:00 - 37 minutes - 22 MBJasper 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 reality including dealing with motion sickness and how to keep to adapt to players doing things they didn't expect. And we find out how they manage to keep the whole project going with just three people. Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture....
168 Charles Dean Beeker - Underwater Archaeologist and Shipwreck Conservationist
December 04, 2018 05:00 - 44 minutes - 26.1 MBCharles 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 archaeologists we've talked to, Charle's wants to leave the stuff down there and make these shipwreck sites into visitable national historic places. We talk about the whys of his plans and how they play out. Among his many projects are Captain William Kidd...
167 Hurricane Robb and Krimson Kat of Pyrates of the Coast
November 27, 2018 05:00 - 49 minutes - 28.3 MBHurricane 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. There's also some great stuff about running a pirate crew as a business vs a volunteer model. And the story of how Robb and Kat met will have you going "awwww!" Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture. Your host Phil Johnson (comedian, musician, and pirate geek)...
166 Eric Jay Dolin author of Black Flags Blue Waters
November 20, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBFor 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 down Muslim ships well before the Barbary wars and the combination of tactics that eventually eliminated the Golden Age of piracy. Plus great writerly talk about research methods, book proposals, and feeling content or discontent with your current art f...
165 PJ Dolan of Secret Spot Escape Rooms
November 13, 2018 05:00 - 45 minutes - 27.1 MBPJ 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 rooms and other themed attractions even though he had no previous experience. And also how he watches the psychology of his customers to constantly tweak the experiences and make them more exciting and satisfying. And we'll find out about his previous life as a world t...
164 Ferdinando Menezes and Gareth Noble of Pirate's Grog Rum
November 06, 2018 05:00 - 47 minutes - 28.1 MBGareth 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 a company's personal rum, even for teetotalers like me. :) Plus we dig into stories of failed brakes, driving to Mongolia, and discovering you've had a pirate mindset all along. Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture. Your host Phil Joh...
163 Shawn Cowles of Treasure Quest and Mike and Dan of Swashbuckler's Ball
October 30, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBShawn 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'll dig into Shawn's origin story, find out the harrowing tale of one particular dive, and what he's had to learn in his new land-based treasure hunt for the Sacam Baya treasure in Bolivia. Plus we'll do a little catch up with Dan Clark and Mark Axton of the Swashbuckler's Ball in P...