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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: April, 2017
Apr 25, 2017

Marck Forget of Festival des Pirates

Marck Forget is a huge backer 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 talk with him and hear about all his different projects.

Festival des Pirates is an online pirate festival helping to promote various pirate folk the world over.  Marck and his team are doing great stuff to bring pirate entertainment to the masses. 

You'll enjoy this fun talk.  We even devise a plan for a pirate invasion of the world's largest comedy festival. :)

Today's show is sponsored by:


Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'!  http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes.   http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/087

 

Important Websites:

Marck Forget - https://www.facebook.com/Festivaldespirates

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

Additional Show Notes: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/088


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

 

Subscribe to Under The Crossbones on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/under-crossbones-pirate-podcast/id1039621331?mt=2

Visit http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com for all the episodes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apr 18, 2017

Mike Kelly of Old New Orleans Rum

Mike Kelly is the head distiller at Old New Orleans Rum, America's longest running rum company since 1995.  Which doesn't seem like that long and Mike will tell us why that is.

We'll get into the process of making rum including how they make their own aging barrels.  Mike will also tell us about his rum adventures as a six year old.

And I'll tell you about the strangest compliment I received after a show on my recent Midwest tour.

Today's show is sponsored by:


Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'!  http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes.   http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/087

 

Important Websites:

Mike Kelley - Old New Orleans Rum - https://oldneworleansrum.com/

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

Additional Show Notes: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/087


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

 

Subscribe to Under The Crossbones on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/under-crossbones-pirate-podcast/id1039621331?mt=2

Visit http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com for all the episodes.

 

 

 

 

 

Apr 11, 2017

Helen Hollick

Helen Hollick the author of a bazillion books including the 6 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 writing historical fantasy to pirate tales.  And we talk a lot about the pros and cons of self-publishing vs working with a big publisher.

Plus I'll tell you a bit about my trip to Paisley Park while I was in Minneapolis.

Today's show is sponsored by:


Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'!  http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes.   http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/086

 

Important Websites:

Helen Hollick - http://www.helenhollick.net/

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

Additional Show Notes: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/086


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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apr 4, 2017

Allen Balogh Black Sails 1715

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 Black Sails.  Mostly not.  But a little bit yes. :)

Allen gives us a great in depth view of the 1715 fleet's wreck and the pirate plundering that went on around it.  Plenty of names you'll recognize as this is smack in the middle of the Golden Age of Piracy.

We'll also learn about the present status of the wreck site and the amazing amount of plunder still down there.  

Allen's book is a fantastic historical fiction retelling of the experience that humanizes the dates and places to create a really alive historical experience. 

Today's show is sponsored by:


Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'!

For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes.   www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/085

 

Important Websites:

Allen Balogh - http://www.blacksails1715.com/

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

Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/085


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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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