Beyond the Breakers Podcast
1) **unlocked** 'The Ignoble Means by Which That Wealth Was Accumulated' - The Slaving Brig Henriqueta and the Illicit Slave Trade to Brazil (March 2025 2nd Mate Bonus)
We've unlocked a bonus episode for everyone, since there's some useful information here for an upcoming main episode dealing with Portugal/Brazil. Sources: Blackburn, Robin. The Making of New World S...Show More
2) **bonus preview** "To Defeat Such Unreasonable Purposes": Lord Dunmore's Floating Town - A Maritime Misadventure of the American Rebellion
This is a short preview of our most recent $3 bonus episode - sign up on Patreon at the $3 Able Seaperson tier for an extra episode each month, or the $5 2nd Mate tier for two extra episodes. Patrons...Show More
3) Episode 158 - SS Pacific
We're back to discuss the career of the SS Pacific (not that one, the other one!) We'll even throw in a rail disaster for free. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20091215121426/http://www.theships...Show More
4) Episode 157.4 - "We're Living Now, Aren't We?": HMCS Karluk, Pt. IV ft. Jessica Watkins
Here we have the long-awaited conclusion to our epic series on the saga of HMCS Karluk Don't forget that there is a bonus Part V available for patrons, covering Stefansson's later ill-fated attempt a...Show More
5) Episode 157.3 - "I Don't Know How This Will End": HMCS Karluk, Pt. III ft. Jessica Watkins
Jess (@jesslovesboats) is back to navigate us through Part Three (of Four) in the saga of the Karluk! gazafunds.com Sources for Part II: Cavell, Janice. "The Karluk's Lost Men: The Alexander Anderson ...Show More
6) Episode 157.2 - "A Nice Mess": HMCS Karluk, Pt. II ft. Jessica Watkins
Jess is back as we get further into the saga of the Karluk (emphasis on the second syllable). If you've been waiting for the shipwreck, wait no more! Sources for Part II: Cavell, Janice. "The Karluk's...Show More
7) Episode 157.1 - “Like Small Black Specks Against The Everlasting White”: HMCS Karluk, Pt. I ft. Jessica Watkins
We're joined by longtime listener and longer time polar exploration enthusiast Jessica (@jesslovesboats) for a tale that would be a certified goofball comedy if not for the overwhelming tragedy of it ...Show More
8) Episode 156 - USS Oklahoma
This week it's the story of a battleship so famous that they made an entire musical about her. gazafunds.com Don't forget to check out our guest appearance on We Always Lie to Strangers where we are ...Show More
9) Episode 155 - Drum Major
This week it is the story of the narrowboat Drum Major and her 1998 foundering on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal that resulted in multiple deaths. *there is about 19 minutes of intro in this one so skip ...Show More
10) Episode 154 - R.J. Hackett ft. Kaylee Matuszak
Honorary third host of the podcast Kaylee is back this week to join us in discussing the R.J. Hackett, a vessel that changed the way bulk cargo was transported on the Great Lakes and laid the groundwo...Show More