Podcast Episodes

Light Hearted ep 326 – Portsmouth Harbor Light, NH

Portsmouth Harbor Light, near the mouth of the Piscataqua River in the town of New Castle, New Hampshire, is one of the most picturesque and historic…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Light Hearted ep 325 – Michael Skaling, Curtis Island, ME

The first lighthouse on Curtis island at the entrance to Camden, Maine, was established in 1836. For many years, the island served as a signal statio…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Light Hearted Lite #27 – Elena Hansteensen and Littleisland Lighthouse, Norway

This is a look back at an interview that was first heard in episode 122 back in May 2021. The interview is with Elena Hansteensen, who is the owner o…

9 months ago

Light Hearted ep 324 – Darlene Chisholm’s lighthouse adventures around the world

Tom and Darlene Chisholm on a Texas trip in 2022. Photo by Carol Nettleton.

Darlene Chisholm of Albion, Michigan, is a veteran of many U.S. Lighth…

9 months, 1 week ago

Light Hearted Lite 26 – Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society, CT

Tim Pettee at Greens Ledge Light, photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.

Greens Ledge Light, which was built in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1902, is a cast-iron…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Light Hearted 323 – Moses Calouro, Portia Calouro: How lighthouses are helping to save right whales

AIS (Automatic Identification System) has been used for years to monitor the movements of ships and aircraft in real-time, helping to ensure safe and…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Light Hearted Lite #25 – Elanie Bruton, lightkeeper’s daughter at Sheringham Point, BC

Jim and Evelyn Bruton, courtesy of Elanie Bruton.

This is an edited version of a conversation with a  lighthouse keeper’s daughter in British Colum…

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Light Hearted 322 – Greg Goldstein talks about his grandfather, Keeper Frank Schubert of Coney Island, NY

Frank Schubert – a native of Staten Island – spent 43 years as a keeper and caretaker at Coney Island Light Station in New York. When he passed away …

10 months ago

Light Hearted Lite 24 – Ian Duff, Scottish lighthouse keeper

This is an edited version of an interview that first appeared in episode 79 in September 2020. Ian Duff worked as a keeper at 13 Scottish lighthouses…

10 months, 1 week ago

Light Hearted ep 321: Nancy Beye, David Smith, and Varoujan Karentz – Beavertail, RI

With foreign trade blossoming from Newport, Rhode Island, local merchants petitioned for a lighthouse at Beavertail Point at the southern tip of Cona…

10 months, 2 weeks ago