Under the Crossbones The Pirate Podcast
Summary: Join comedian and pirate Nick Hoffman as he explores the history and pop culture of pirates. Deep dive interviews with the most interesting people in the pirate community who bring the history and stories to life. Actors, treasure hunters, musicians, historians, and more. From Blackbeard to Black Sails, Jack Sparrow to Jack Rackham... Under The Crossbones is loaded with colorful characters who will take you away from your day to day and drag you happily out to sea.
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While we take the week off to enjoy the holidays you can enjoy this replay of our most popular episode of 2017 featuring Chris Bowes of the pirate metal band Alestorm!
With their genesis at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Orlando, FL, Rusty Cutlass has turned into one of the premiere pirate bands on the Southeast pirate fest scene.
Colin Woodard is the author of The Republic of Pirates, one of the most respected scholarly books in the pirate canon. It was the influence behind the NBC TV show "Crossbones" and the video game "Assassin's Creed: Black Flag".
Bullet Valmont has been pirating around Hollywood for a long time. You might know him as the advice columnist behind The Wench Whisperer. We talk about that as well as his new pirate performance group Imagine Pirates. And we delve into his journey as an actor in Hollywood from the lows of being homeless and still trying to make the audition to the highs of working with Jim Carrey.
Jesse Wilkes is the owner of The Pirates Code Beard Oils and he wants to help you take care of the forest on your face. Pirates Code is a new business and we talk about what the startup process has been like for Jesse in his first six months hand mixing his products. And we get into his motivations for starting the company and how he's giving back to both the world and the pirate community with it.
Corey Lefkowitz is the owner and captain of Age of Discovery Productions and Pirates of the Silver Realm. He's built a great business with his crew at pirate festivals, educating the public on life as a pirate.
Sarah Kampbell is the creator of Vault Escape, a selection of escape rooms in Chicago, IL. Her latest project, Pirate Booty, is a huge puzzle room with up to 300 players, interactive costumed pirate characters, and tons of puzzles for you to solve!
Mark Axton and Dan Clark are the founders of the annual "pirate prom" known as the Swashbucker's Ball in Portland, OR.
Jeff Hartt and Gertie Stubbs head up the Buccaneers of the Black Fleet in Vancouver, Canada.
So excited to talk with James V Hart this week! James is the screenwriter of one of my all-time favorite movies, "Hook"! He also wrote "Muppet Treasure Island" along with other great films like "Bram Stoker's Dracula", "Contact", and "August Rush". And he was the creator of the show "Crossbones" for NBC a couple years back.
Rich Firato aka Captain Vito Cortana is the man behind Morgan's Cove in Morgan Hill, CA. He's built a tropical pirate paradise on his property in Northern California. And you can visit!
Kevin-John and Houston Tucker are the brains behind Legen Cove Trading Company. They're building a great pirate story around some cool pirate gear - Apparel, coffee, and fine art.
Sean Loughman is a partner and curator at the Pirates Treasure Museum in St Thomas, Virgin Islands. The museum has loads of great shipwreck artifacts, pirate items, and Sean's specialty... coins. Lots and lots of coins.
Nick Tyler is a pirate fan, Lego nut, writer, and comedian out of Nottingham, England. And his Captain Pigheart stories are a treat for any (adult) pirate fan.
Steve Boehm is the captain and "adult" of the band Pirate For Sail. (Puns!) We dig into the group's inner workings to see how they came about and got that super lush harmony sound they're so good at.
