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I started this podcast with the idea that everyone in this world is interesting and has a story to tell. We are all amazing people with incredible stories and just because we are lost does not mean we cannot find our way. Hope everyone enjoys and please follow us on Instagram @crossbonespodcast. Much Love!
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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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Amy Schonland is a Production Assistant/ Freelancer and has worked on movies such as "How the Bitch Stole Christmas" and television shows coming to apple TV and many other projects. Tune in as we discuss her experiences in the film industry, her time working in HR, and her battles with Anxiety and depression. I hope you guys enjoy and as always Muc…
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Raina Virginia is a Photographer based in Los Angeles specializing in photography and digital film. Tune in as we discuss her move to Los Angles, the moment she new she wanted to do full time photography, and her advice to any aspiring photographers. Had a blast recording this and make sure to give her a follow on IG @rainavirginia and shoot her a …
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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 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 hist…
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Comments or Questions? Email me at nick@underthecrossbones.com 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 al…
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Comments or Questions? Email me at nick@underthecrossbones.com 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, America…
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Comments or Questions? Email me at nick@underthecrossbones.com 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 com…
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Comments or Questions? Email me at nick@underthecrossbones.com 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 …
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Comments or Questions? Email me at nick@underthecrossbones.com 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 ab…
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A 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 …
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Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com 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…
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203 "Last Pirate of New York" Author Rich Cohen
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Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com 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…
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Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com 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…
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201 Guy Chet author of The Ocean is a Wilderness
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Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com 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 t…
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Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com 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 internationall…
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198 Mike Hawthorne author of The Hungry Horizon
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Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com 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 195…
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197 Stephan Talty of Empire of Blue Waters
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Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com 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 Morga…
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196 Dan Blevins Catalano of The Devil's Gauntlet
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195 Rachel Eldridge of Brethren of the North East Sea
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Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com 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: Introv…
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194 Haakon Vatle of Storm Weather Shanty Choir
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Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com 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…
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Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com 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 homet…
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191 Treva Etienne of Pirates of the Caribbean
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Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com 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…
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189 Randy Gnatowsky aka Constable Heartless of Blackbeard's Crew
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Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com 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 Festi…
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Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com 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 chan…
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