Podcast Episodes

Light Hearted Live #4 – Irish light keeper Gerald Butler

Join host Jeremy D’Entremont and guest co-host Joy Tubby as they chat with Gerald Butler, a longtime Irish lighthouse keeper and author. This is the …

11 hours ago

Light Hearted Lite #43 – Richard Cummins, Irish light keeper, part 1

This is an edited version of a conversation that was first heard in December 2020. The guest is Richard Cummins, who was a keeper at Irish lightho…

1 week ago

Light Hearted ep 346: Elizabeth Boggs, St. Johns River, Florida

St. Johns River Lighthouse (Mayport Lighthouse Association)

The St. Johns River Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse located on the grounds of…

2 weeks ago

Light Hearted ep 345- Fire Island, NY, update with Jonathon Gaare

Jonathon Gaare (Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society)

Jonathon Gaare, executive director of the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society …

3 weeks ago

Light Hearted ep 344 – Rear Admiral Bill Merlin, U.S. Coast Guard Retired

Bill Merlin had a 34-year career in the Coast Guard. After graduating from the Coast Guard Academy in 1956, he served on Coast Guard cutters in th…

4 weeks ago

Light Hearted Live! #3 – Therese Woelfel, author of “Our Guiding Light.”

This is the audio from a live stream on April 23, 2026. The video version can be seen on YouTube.

Therese Woelfel’s grandfather, Charles A. Linsmeier…

1 month ago

Light Hearted 343: Joy and Patrick Tubby, Happisburgh Lighthouse, UK

Joy and Patrick Tubby, who live in England, have both been passionate about lighthouses for a long time. In fact, they were engaged and married at li…

1 month, 1 week ago

Light Hearted 342 – Mary Jo Marquis, Burnt Island, ME

In 1988, Burnt Island Light in Boothbay Harbor became one of the last Maine light stations to be automated and destaffed. In February 1998, the stati…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Light Hearted 341 – Rick St. Pierre, Coast Guard keeper at Boon Island, Maine

Rick St. Pierre

Rick St. Pierre, originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts, had a 20 year career in the Coast Guard that included some time as the…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Light Hearted Live #2: Dave Waller, owner of Graves Light in Boston Harbor, MA

This is the audio from the live streaming podcast episode of March 26. The complete video can be seen on the USLHS YouTube channel. Joining host Jere…

2 months ago