Under the Crossbones - The Pirate Podcast

UTC 210: The Pyrate Round

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Nick HoffmanFebruary 27, 2020

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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. 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 about how they created their opening stop motion animation sequence
How they helped put a few rums on the map in their area

Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture. Your host Nick Hoffman (comedian and pirate) interviews the most interesting people in the pirate subculture: Actors, Authors, Historians, Musicians, Artists, Festival Founders, Clothing and Prop Designers, Treasure Hunters, Archaeologists, and more.

Our show is sponsored by:

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

Important Websites:

The Pyrate Round

https://www.facebook.com/thepyrateround/

On Youtube find them under

#thepyrateround

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UTC 209: Mike Tunez

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Nick HoffmanFebruary 27, 2020

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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 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).

In this episode:

Mike updates us on what’s new at Firelock Games
We tease a new kickstarter that is coming soon
Nick tells a delightful story about when his then 10 year old nephew got fired from a job at a pool snack bar in Kansas

Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture. Your host Nick Hoffman (comedian and pirate) interviews the most interesting people in the pirate subculture: Actors, Authors, Historians, Musicians, Artists, Festival Founders, Clothing and Prop Designers, Treasure Hunters, Archaeologists, and more.

Our show was previously sponsored by:

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

Important Websites:

Firelock Games

www.firelockgames.com

Comments or Questions? Email me at nick@underthecrossbones.com

Subscribe to Under The Crossbones on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/under-the-crossbones-the-pirate-podcast/id1039621331

UTC 208 Wayne Curtis

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Nick HoffmanJanuary 29, 2020

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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 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 job as a writer
Rums you can find and enjoy
We talk about Wayne’s other book, The Last Great Walk.
Nick mistakes Wayne for another Wayne Curtis and Wayne is terrible gracious about it