Podcast Episodes

Light Hearted 137 – Andy Robinson & the California Lighthouse Society; J. Dennis Robinson, NH Seacoast historian

Andy Robinson is a junior at Palo Alto High School in California, and he’s a co-chair for the Teen Advisory Council of the Palo Alto History Museum, …

5 years ago

Light Hearted ep 136 -Carol & John O’Neil, Point Sur, CA

Point Sur juts out from a rugged portion of the California coast 25 miles south of Monterey Bay. The Lighthouse Board had considered a lighthouse at…

5 years ago

Light Hearted ep 135 – Josh Liller, “The Florida Lighthouse Trail”

Josh Liller

Josh Liller has been the Historian and Collections Manager for the Loxahatchee River Historical Society and the Jupiter Inlet Lighthous…

5 years ago

Light Hearted ep 134 – Lisa Nolan and Gerry Abbott, Block Island Southeast, RI

Block Island, south of the Rhode Island coast and east of the entrance to Long Island Sound, lies in the middle of major shipping lanes.  A lighthous…

5 years ago

Light Hearted ep 133 – Greg Stone, Lighthouse Inn, Cape Cod, MA; Ralph Krugler, Florida historian/author

Early photo of Bass River Lighthouse, Massachusetts (National Archives)

Congress appropriated $4,000 for a lighthouse near the mouth of the Bass Ri…

5 years, 1 month ago

Light Hearted ep 132 – Meghan Agresto, Currituck Beach, NC

The Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long chain of barrier islands, stretch from southeastern Virginia to most of the North Carolina coast. The islands wer…

5 years, 1 month ago

Light Hearted ep 131 – Randy Polumbo, Orient Point, NY; George Latimer, Tarrytown, NY

Orient Point Lighthouse is a cast-iron, so-called “sparkplug” type lighthouse in a location known as Plum Gut, between Plum Island and Orient Point a…

5 years, 1 month ago

Light Hearted ep 130 – Author Elinor DeWire; new Mid-Atlantic lighthouse postage stamps

Elinor DeWire at Cape Meares Lighthouse, Oregon

Elinor DeWire is an award-winning author, editor, public speaker, educator, and blogger based in Co…

5 years, 1 month ago

Light Hearted 129 – Jen Lewis, Point Cabrillo, CA

Point Cabrillo is in Northern California, about midway between San Francisco and the border with Oregon. The point is named for Juan Rodriguez Cabril…

5 years, 2 months ago

Light Hearted ep 128 – Chris Overcash – Climate change & Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, MD

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Chris Overcash is the Senior Engineer and Deputy Director of Coastal Resilience for EA En…

5 years, 2 months ago