Podcast Episodes

Light Hearted Lite #9 – Maine lighthouse keeper Ernie DeRaps

Ernie DeRaps, a native Mainer, spent several years in the 1950s and ‘60s as a Coast Guard lighthouse keeper at four Maine lighthouses – Monhegan, For…

1 year, 9 months ago

Light Hearted ep 303 – Amy Frank, Door County Historical Society and Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, WI

Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, Wisconsin (courtesy photo)

Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, established in 1868, is on a 76-foot bluff in Peninsula State Park in Do…

1 year, 9 months ago

Light Hearted Lite: Betty Hindley Hatzikon, lighthouse keeper’s daughter

Joseph Hindley and his daughter Betty. Courtesy of Betty Hindley Hatzikon.

Joseph Hindley had a long career as a lighthouse keeper that spanned fro…

1 year, 10 months ago

Light Hearted ep 302 – Manitowoc North Breakwater Light, Wisconsin

Manitowoc North Breakwater Lighthouse, USLHS photo by Tom Tag

The city of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, is on the west shore of Lake Michigan, at the mouth…

1 year, 10 months ago

Light Hearted 301 – Cape Canaveral, FL, and the winner of the 2024 Lighthouse Dance Off

Cape Canaveral Lighthouse on Florida’s east coast is owned by the United States Space Force and maintained as an active aid to navigation by the C…

1 year, 10 months ago

Light Hearted Lite: Ford Reiche, owner of Halfway Rock Lighthouse, Maine

This is an edited version of an interview first heard in episode 21 in August 2019. Halfway Rock Lighthouse is a 76-foot granite tower built in 1871 …

1 year, 10 months ago

Light Hearted 300th episode special – most memorable lighthouse moments

To celebrate the 300th episode of this podcast, host Jeremy D’Entremont spoke with almost every person who’s served as a co-host in the past five-plu…

1 year, 11 months ago

Light Hearted ep 299 – Nick Korstad: Borden Flats, MA; Big Bay Point, MI; Browns Head, ME

Nick Korstad

Nick Korstad, who is originally from Portland, Oregon, fell in love with lighthouses when he was in middle school. When Borden Flats L…

1 year, 11 months ago

Light Hearted ep 298 – John Bolster, Lightship Overfalls, Delaware

Lightship Overfalls, photo by Jeremy D’Entremont

The Lightship Overfalls, more properly known as the LV-118 or the WAL 539, was the last lightship …

1 year, 11 months ago

Light Hearted ep 297 – U.S. Lighthouse Society President Henry Gonzalez, pt 2 of 2

Henry and Chris with two of their grandkids

This is part two of a two-part interview with Henry Gonzalez, who became the president of the U.S. Ligh…

1 year, 11 months ago