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UTC 022 – Ray Stevenson of Black Sails and Craig Buddy of History of Pirates Podcast

January 5, 2016 / Phil Johnson / 0 Comments

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Ray Stevenson of Black Sails and Craig Buddy of History of Pirates Podcast

Happy 2016! Getting ready for some Black Sails season 3 action! For the first show of the year, I’ve got a double interview for you! Both awesome and unique.

First up, actor Ray Stevenson who portrays Blackbeard in season 3 (and 4 so far) of Black Sails on Starz. You’ve also seen him in the Thor movies, Divergent, and the TV show Dexter. Plus lots of other stuff. We get into stuff he’s had to do for Black Sails that he’s never done before, what went into their decision whether or not to use the Bristol accent, and why Ibiza is a “tough island”.

Then an interview with the only other person running a podcast about pirates, Craig Buddy of the History of Pirates Podcast. He and I talk about getting started in podcast and why pirates. Plus how we came to such different formats for our shows. And he tells a great story about when Julius Caesar was captured by pirates.

Episode Sponsored by: SR Staley, author of the Pirate of Panther Bay series.

Plus comedy from Jason Resler about why you should play catch with your kids and a song called “Certain Death” from Brad Sucks.

You can also hear about my private little ritual that happens after my last live show each year.

Important Websites:
Black Sails – www.starz.com/originals/blacksails
Ray Stevenson – www.ray-stevenson.com
Craig Buddy – www.historyofpiratespodcast.com
Jason Resler – www.pitchingpunchlines.com
Brad Sucks – www.bradsucks.net
Phil Johnson – www.PhilJohnsonComedy.com

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

Here’s a little Blackbeard background info from the folks over at Starz to whet your appetite.

Thanks Podcasting!

November 22, 2015 / Phil Johnson / 0 Comments

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Libsyn.com, the company that hosts the audio for Under The Crossbones, is doing a neat project called “Thanks, Podcasting”. A bunch of the podcasters are doing short episodes talking about why podcasting is important. Big or small reasons.

I believe you’ll be able to hear all of them starting just after Thanksgiving. Pretty neat idea. I’m sure if you just Google “Thanks Podcasting” you’ll be able to get all the details about it. Or you can check out Libsyn’s blog about it here.

You can listen to my episode of it on the player above. I talk a bit about why I started podcasting and why I chose pirates as the subject of the show.

You’ll also hear a bit about my guests and how much I enjoy connecting them with new people that wouldn’t otherwise know about them.

It’s a short little 3 minute episode. And if you’d like to do some thanking yourself and help me keep this pirate ship afloat, here’s how you can help.

UTC 011 – Gerard Heidgerkin aka BilgeMunky

October 13, 2015 / Phil Johnson / 0 Comments

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Gerard Heidgerken is known to the pirate world as BilgeMunky and he’s been a diehard promoter of modern pirate music for over a decade.

We dig into where he came from as one of the first pirate bloggers, DJs, and podcasters (before podcasts were even podcasts…)

You’ll love the story about how he completely pissed off his listeners during his 100th episode.

Also on the show, comedy from this year’s winner of the San Francisco Comedy Competition, Myles Weber. And music from lovable Parrothead Loren Davidson.

Lots of fun and laughs in this one. Check it out.

If you’d like to read a more lengthy (and humorous) screed on the Playmobil Pirate Ship, I gave it a full frontal assault here.

Here’s some very misguided music from new movie “Pan”.