Fellow blogger and podcasting partner, Peter A. Mello, of Sea-Fever.org and Messing About in Ships had the distinguished honor last week of interviewing USCG Commandant Admiral Thad Allen in his other podcast, Weekly Leader.

Peter tells us on his blog:

In 2006 United States Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen was joined by investor Warren Buffett, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Proctor & Gamble Chief Executive Officer Arthur Lafley, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and 12 other impressive individuals in being named by US News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders. Today Admiral Allen leads nearly 100,000 enlisted, reservist, civilian and auxiliary men and woman who fulfill the Coast Guard’s mission “to protect the public, the environment, and U.S. economic and security interests in any maritime region in which those interests may be at risk, including international waters and America’s coasts, ports, and inland waterways.”

Check out Sea-Fever.org for more info including show notes from episode 5 of Weekly Leader.

Weekly Leader HOMEPAGE

For more be sure to read Mass Maritime Cadet Christiaan Conover’s interview with the Admiral (Part 1 and Part 2) then visit his official iCommandant blog and twitter pages.

 

 Weekly Leader podcast episode 5 (USCG Commandant Admiral Thad Allen) [56:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Episode 36 of the maritime podcast Messing About In Ships with Sea-Fever.org’s Peter Mello and our very own John Konrad.

Download MP3: Messing About In Ships Episode 36 April 1, 2009

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Download MP3: Messing About In Ships Episode 35 March 19, 2009 (61 minutes)

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Santa Maria Shipping - Short Sea Shipping

This week John interviews Stas Magaronis, President of Santa Maria Shipowning and Trading about green and short sea shipping and the marine highway. Music: Radioghost by Norwegian Recycling from Mashuptown.com

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We are excited to announce the return of Messing About In Ships, our podcast with Peter Mello, editor of Sea Fever and The Weekly Leader.

In this week’s podcast:

An interview with Jacktar Magazine and the Women of Maritime Calendar, the history of piracy in Somalia and a rescue at sea.

Download MP3: Messing About In Ships Podcast Episode 31

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Here at gCaptain.com we are big fans of National Public Radio. Like many of our readers, the gCaptain team, spends allot of our time traveling from place to place. Whether it’s a 16 hour bus journey in Argentina, waiting for a helicopter in India or a standard New York to Los Angeles flight, we find NPR’s free podcasts a lifesaver. Here is a recent NPR Podcast on Piracy that we thought we would share with all of you. Do yourself a favor and download some NPR podcasts onto you ipod today.

Sea Stories

Peter

Google Catches Sea-Fever, Too

Significant loss for sail training – The sinking of the Irish Asgard II Waypoints 500 and 99 Days at Sea, Respectively

Roz Savage makes it to Hawaii after 99 rowing from San Francisco and Reid Stowe passed 1/2 point of 1000 Days at Sea.

John

Blogging in the Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine
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 Messing About In Ships - Episode 30 [33:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week in MAIS Podcast we discuss seasickness, give you and update on the MSC Napoli incident, share a note from Roger Enright of Speaking from the Gulch blog on Olympic 49er Class story, and tell you how Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant of the US Coast Guard became Peter’s friend.

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Sailing the MV Rust Bucket: 10 Reasons Why

Rowing The Pacific… Alone

With the help of John’s favorite tech podcaster Leo Laporte of TWiT Live and Roz Savage is podcasting from her row boat in the Pacific. Subscribe to her Podcast HERE then head over to her blog and gCaptain’s article on her adventure.

Download MP3:Messing About In Ships episode 25 – June 5, 2008

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