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Light Hearted ep 273 – Edward Peppitt, author and host of the “Keeping Watch” podcast
Edward Peppitt is the southeast England representative for the Association of Lighthouse Keepers, or ALK, and he produces and hosts a podcast call…
2 years, 1 month ago
Light Hearted 272 – Gene Davis, director of Coast Guard Museum Northwest
Gene Davis with a fourth-order Fresnel lens from New Dungeness Lighthouse, Washington.
The Coast Guard Museum Northwest, located on an active Coast…
2 years, 1 month ago
Light Hearted ep 271 – Tony Ashdon, Coast Guard lightkeeper
Tony Ashdon (left) with Light Hearted host Jeremy D’Entremont. Photo by John Lopez
The guest in this episode, Tony Ashdon, spent 22 years in the Co…
2 years, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 270 – Emily Straight and Vince Bailey, “The Lighthouse Lowdown”
The podcast “The Lighthouse Lowdown” was launched in 2022 by two residents of Kansas City, Missouri, Emily Straight and Vince Bailey. To date they ha…
2 years, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 269 – Buzz Hoerr and the Michigan Lighthouse Alliance
Harbor Beach Lighthouse, Michigan (USLHS archives)
The Michigan Lighthouse Alliance (MLA), founded in 2003, encompasses more than 50 preservation g…
2 years, 2 months ago
Light Hearted Lite #2 – Joseph Smith & his portrayal of Augustin Fresnel
This is an edited version of an interview that was featured in Light Hearted episode 44 in January 2020. Joseph Smith has been a theatrical perfor…
2 years, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 268 – W. Scott Jett, Hereford Inlet, NJ
Hereford Inlet Lighthouse (courtesy photo)
Hereford Inlet, a break in the barrier islands along the east side of Cape May, New Jersey, was used by …
2 years, 2 months ago
Light Hearted Lite #1 – Sophie Blackall
We’ve produced almost 300 episodes of the podcast Light Hearted in the past five years. Most of the interviews we’ve done have been a half hour to…
2 years, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 267 – Patrick Mont and Chelsea clocks; Guin and Dani talk lighthouses; Portsmouth Harbor Light, NH
Dani and Guin doing what they love
There are three segments in this episode. First, 11-year-old Guinevere Porter and her best friend Dani, Kentucky…
2 years, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 266 – John Zimmerman and Jen Lewis, St. George Reef, California
The seas off the northern California coast are notoriously rough, and no area is more treacherous than St. George Reef, which is the tip of a submerg…
2 years, 3 months ago