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UTC 087 Mike Kelly of Old New Orleans Rum

April 18, 2017 / Phil Johnson / 0 Comments

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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. That doesn’t seem like a very long time 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. He took a circuitous route to his current gig at Old New Orleans Rum, but all of his previous skills are used here.

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

Want to do a little reading about rum? Use the links below and help support the show!

Important Websites:

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

You can get my latest comedy special, “Pretty From TheBack”at

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UTC 086 Author Helen Hollick

April 11, 2017 / Phil Johnson / 0 Comments

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Author Helen Hollick

Helen Hollick the author of a bazillion books including the 5 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

And YOU can help us dispute the fact that adults don’t buy pirate fiction. 🙂 Be sure to pick up some of Helen Hollick’s books and help support Under The Crossbones at the same time!

Important Websites:

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

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

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

UTC 085 Allen Balogh author of Black Sails 1715

April 4, 2017 / Phil Johnson / 0 Comments

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Allen Balogh author of 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.