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Under the Crossbones The Pirate Podcast

Join 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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Now displaying: June, 2016
Jun 28, 2016

For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com 

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 a game of this magnitude and how they made their Kickstarter for it so outrageously successful.

Then we'll talk with David and Serena Reiland about the 1st annual International Pirate Awards - how it began and how you get to vote for your favorite pirate stuff.  And we'll dig into their Renaissance Festival Podcast a bit too.

Plus comedy from Marc Yaffee and music from Meeta Gajjar Parker.

Big thanks to Craig Buddy at History Of Pirates Podcast for simulcasting this episode.

 

Important Websites:

International Pirate Awards Voting - www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/pirateawards
Marc Yaffee - www.LaughWithMarc.com - Marc with a C
Meeta Gajjar Parker - https://www.facebook.com/meetamusic/
H
istory of Pirates Podcast - http://www.HistoryOfPiratesPodcast.com

You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback

Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/046


Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support

Jun 21, 2016

For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com 

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.

Plus comedy from Dale Jones and music from Dissension Rising.

 

Important Websites:

Michael Elledge - http://jmelledge.com/
Dissension Rising - http://dissensionrising.com/

You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback

Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/045


Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support

Jun 14, 2016

For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com

 

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. I promise.

But that doesn't mean it's not a great episode!  My guest is Shayna Vest from DressLikeAPirate.com and she is quite the character.  We'll talk a bit about pirates invading the Ren Faire scene and what it took to get a business selling pirate clothes up and running in the wild west days of the internet.

Mucho fun-o... Plus epic comedy from Chad Opitz and a great tune called "Appalachian Bound" by Time Sawyer.

 

Important Websites:

Chad Opitz - @ChadOpitz on Twitter
Time Sawyer - www.TimeSawyer.com
 

You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback

Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/044


Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support

Jun 7, 2016

For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com

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 the merchant ships of the time.

What are Jolly Rogers really for (and when)?  Did Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers look to pirates when designing their new democracy.  All this and more!

Peter was also the first name on my wishlist of guests when I started this show.  I'll explain why.

And a bit about my adventures in Colorado Springs with BBQ and donuts.

 

Plus comedy from Cory Robinson and a song called "Give Love" from Groovy Judy.

Important Websites:

Peter T. Leeson - www.PeterLeeson.com
Cory Robinson - www.CoryShowtime.com
Groovy Judy - www.GroovyJudy.com

You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback

Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/043


Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support

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