Podcast Episodes

Light Hearted Live audio edition: Author & historian Eric Jay Dolin

This is the audio from the Light Hearted Live episode of September 9. The guest is the acclaimed maritime historian and author Eric Jay Dolin.

Eric g…

1 day, 22 hours ago

Light Hearted ep 352: Ed Metcalf’s memories of Boston Harbor and its lighthouses in the 1950s and ‘60s

Ed Metcalf is from Winthrop, Massachusetts, on the north side of Boston Harbor. He served as a police officer in Winthrop, and he then worked for …

1 week, 2 days ago

Light Hearted Lite #42 – Jem Finer: London’s Trinity Buoy Wharf Lighthouse and “Longplayer”

This is an edited version of an interview with Jem Finer that was first heard in June 2020.

In an area of London known as the Docklands is a part of…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Light Hearted 351 – Midge Eliassen and the Lighthouses of Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire

Lake Sunapee covers more than 4,000 acres in west-central New Hampshire, adjacent to Mount Sunapee State Park. The lake contains 11 islands and three…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Light Hearted Live #10 (audio edition) – Pharologist Anastasia Makarova

This episode features edited audio from our “Light Hearted Live” episode of August 19. Our guest, Anastasia Makarova, is from Russia and now lives in…

4 weeks, 2 days ago

Light Hearted Lite #41 – Kirby Eldridge, keeper at Boon Island, Maine

This is an edited version of an interview that was first heard in May 2021. The guest is Kirby Eldridge, a former Coast Guard lighthouse keeper. Kirb…

1 month ago

Light Hearted ep 350: Boston Light special

Boston Light Station in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, holds an honored place among America’s lighthouses. It was established in 1716 as the first lig…

1 month, 1 week ago

Light Hearted Live! #8 – Author Jazmina Barrera (audio edition)

Jazmina Barrera, a native of Mexico City, is an award-winning author. Her book On Lighthouses is equal parts personal memoir, literary history, and o…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Light Hearted Live #7 – Historic preservation architect Walter Sedovic (audio edition)

Walter Sedovic has dedicated his career to sustainable preservation. With more than two dozen lighthouse projects in his portfolio, Walter is one of …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Light Hearted ep 349 – Bertha Caler, granddaughter of Maine keeper Millard Urquhart

Millard Urquhart. a native of Jonesport, Maine, was born in 1899. After a couple of years working as a Coast Guard surfman at a local lifeboat statio…

2 months ago