Light Hearted

Light Hearted


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Light Hearted 301 – Cape Canaveral, FL, and the winner of the 2024 Lighthouse Dance Off
November 03, 2024

Cape Canaveral Lighthouse on Floridas east coast is owned by the United States Space Force and maintained as an active aid to navigation by the Coast Guard. Visits to the lighthouse are made availabl

Light Hearted Lite: Ford Reiche, owner of Halfway Rock Lighthouse, Maine
October 29, 2024

This is an edited version of an interview first heard in episode 21 in August 2019. Halfway Rock Lighthouse is a 76-foot granite tower built in 1871 on a windswept ledge far out in Maine's Casco Bay.

Light Hearted 300th episode special – most memorable lighthouse moments
October 20, 2024

To celebrate the 300th episode of this podcast, host Jeremy D'Entremont spoke with almost every person whos served as a co-host in the past five-plus years. He asked each person a simple question W

Light Hearted ep 299 – Nick Korstad: Borden Flats, MA; Big Bay Point, MI; Browns Head, ME
October 13, 2024

Nick Korstad Nick Korstad, who is originally from Portland, Oregon, fell in love with lighthouses when he was in middle school. When Borden Flats Light in Fall River, Massachusetts, came up for sal

Light Hearted ep 298 – John Bolster, Lightship Overfalls, Delaware
October 06, 2024

Lightship Overfalls, photo by Jeremy D'Entremont The Lightship Overfalls, more properly known as the LV-118 or the WAL 539, was the last lightship built under the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Built in

Light Hearted ep 297 – U.S. Lighthouse Society President Henry Gonzalez, pt 2 of 2
September 29, 2024

Henry and Chris with two of their grandkids This is part two of a two-part interview with Henry Gonzalez, who became the president of the U.S. Lighthouse Society this past spring after 25 years in

Light Hearted ep 296 – U.S. Lighthouse Society President Henry Gonzalez, part 1 of 2
September 22, 2024

Henry Gonzalez and his wife, Chris, at Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, Maryland. This week's guest, Henry Gonzalez, was the U.S. Lighthouse Society's Vice President for East Coast Operations from 19

Light Hearted ep 295 – From 1988: Maurice Babcock Jr. (Boston Light, MA); Larry Baum (Fort Point,ME); Malcolm Rouse (Owls Head, ME)
September 11, 2024

Jeremy D'Entremont and Malcom Rouse at Owls Head Light Station in 1988. Photo by Charlotte Raczkowsi. The three interviews heard in this episode date back to the summer of 1988, when Light Hearted

Light Hearted ep 294 – Christian Taber, “Be Your Own Navigator”
September 08, 2024

Christian Taber is a 17-year-old high school student and athlete living in Upstate New York. Christian is a speaker, author, and entrepeneur. A passion for lighthouses has figured heavily in his work.

Light Hearted ep 293 – Michael Leahy and Joe Livolsi, Cedar Island, NY
September 01, 2024

The badly rusted lantern was lifted off the building for restoration in 2013. (Courtesy of Friends of the Cedar Island Lighthouse) Three-acre Cedar Island is on the South Fork of Long Island, New Y