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Light Hearted

Jeremy D"Entremont, U.S. Lighthouse Society

The official podcast of the U.S. Lighthouse Society

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Light Hearted 342 – Mary Jo Marquis, Burnt Island, ME

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2026/04/12

In 1988, Burnt Island Light in Boothbay Harbor became one of the last Maine light stations to be automated and destaffed. In February 1998, the station was transferred to the Maine Department of Marine Resources. Keepers of Burnt Island Light (KBIL) is a non-profit organization that was formed in 2009. Its mission is to support the restoration, preservation and maintenance of Burnt Island and its historic buildings and nature trails. Burnt Island Light, photo by Jeremy D’Entremont Our guest,

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Light Hearted 341 – Rick St. Pierre, Coast Guard...

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2026/04/05

Rick St. PierreRick St. Pierre, originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts, had a 20 year career in the Coast Guard that included some time as the officer in charge at Boon Island Light Station in Maine. He was the officer in charge 1973 to 1975. In this interview, he remembers the daily duties on the island as well as the station’s resident ghost. Boon Island Light Station, U.S. Coast Guard photo. All the light station buildings except for the lighthouse tower have been

51:40

Light Hearted Live #2: Dave Waller, owner of Graves...

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2026/03/29

This is the audio from the live streaming podcast episode of March 26. The complete video can be seen on the USLHS YouTube channel. Joining host Jeremy D’Entremont is co-host Sarah MacHugh, along with producer Ralph Krugler.Graves Light and the Boston skyline, photo by Jeremy D’Entremont. Dave Waller Boston businessman Dave Waller, founder of a special effects company, bought Graves Lighthouse at auction in 2013. Graves is a 113-foot granite tower built in 1905, on a barren ledge in

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Light Hearted ep 340 – Point Vicente, California

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2026/03/22

Point Vicente Lighthouse, photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.The Palos Verdes Peninsula is located within southwestern Los Angeles County, California. With increasing maritime traffic into the harbor of Los Angeles, a lighthouse was built on a high bluff in Rancho Palos Verdes in 1926. The light station buildings were built in the Spanish revival style that’s prevalent in the area. The 67-foot concrete tower originally held a third-order Fresnel lens, which is now on display at an interpretive

26:19

Light Hearted Lite 39 – Meghan Agresto, Currituck...

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2026/03/15

Currituck Beach Lighthouse, photo by Jeremy D’EntremontThis is an edited version of an interview that was first heard in August 2021. Our guest is Meghan Agresto, manager of the Currituck Beach Light Station in Corolla, North Carolina. Currituck Beach Lighthouse—the northernmost of six light stations on the Outer Banks—began service on December 1, 1875. It was the last of the tall brick lighthouses built on the Outer Banks. The 162-foot-tall tower has an unpainted red brick

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Light Hearted ep 339 – Travis Gilbert and Logan...

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2026/03/08

Old Baldy Lighthouse, USLHS photo by J. Candace Clifford There’s been a lighthouse standing on Bald Head Island at the entrance to the Cape Fear River in the southeast corner of North Carolina for more than two centuries. The original lighthouse began service in 1795 and was the first lighthouse in the state. The Old Baldy Lighthouse that stands today—officially known as Bald Head Island Lighthouse—was built in 1817. The 110-foot tower is constructed of soft red bricks and covered with

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Light Hearted Live #1: Virginia’s Historic Cape Henry...

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2026/03/01

This episode consists of audio from the first live streaming edition of our podcast, broadcast live on YouTube on February 26, 2026. The complete video of the live stream can be seen on our YouTube channel. The guests are Colby Thomas and Billy Simmons, who are historic interpreters at Old Cape Henry Lighthouse in Virginia – the first lighthouse commissioned by the federal government.Old Cape Henry Lighthouse, photo by Jeremy D’Entremo There are two lighthouses at Cape Henry, marking

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Light Hearted ep 338 – Knotbrook Taylor’s Scottish...

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2026/02/22

Knotbrook Taylor Knotbrook Taylor is originally from England and now lives in Scotland. He has been writing poetry for more than 25 years. His first published collection of poetry, Beatitudes, was launched in 2007 by Blue Salt Publishing. In 2014 he won the Erbacce prize for his collection Ping-Pong in the Rain. Erbacce is a publisher that holds an annual worldwide poetry contest. The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses commissioned Taylor to write a book of Scottish lighthouse poems. It was

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Light Hearted ep 337 – Two special lighthouse cruises...

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2026/02/15

Bar Harbor Whale Watch's lighthouse cruise on September 5 will be aboard the Friendship V.This episode focuses on two very special experiences available to lighthouse lovers and lovers of the rocky coast of Maine. The first segment highlights an all-day "Mid-Coast & Monhegan Island 19 Lighthouse Cruise" with Bar Harbor Whale Watch this coming September 5. Interviewed in the segment are Julie Taylor, lead naturalist for Bar Harbor Whale Watch; Zack Klyver, marine mammal scientist, educator, and

47:22

Be the Light with Sarah MacHugh episode 2 – The Power...

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2026/02/13

Helena, founder of Thoughts with H In this episode, we explore the power of positivity, reframing life’s inconveniences, building community, and how small reminders of encouragement can create a butterfly effect of gratitude. Sarah is joined by Helena, Licensed Mental Health Clinician and Founder of Thoughts with H, which is a daily inspiration platform rooted in mindfulness, connection, and showing up with purpose. Tune in for an uplifting conversation about how small actions can create

51:25

Light Hearted ep 336 – Author Bob Napololitano and...

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2026/02/08

Bob Napolitano is from Everett, Massachusetts, and now lives in Londonderry, New Hampshire. “The Lighthouse Keeper,” which was published last year, is his seventh book. The main character, John Russell, takes a job as the keeper of the Willamette River Lighthouse in Oregon at the age of 27 in 1923. He sees the lighthouse as a place to heal from unfortunate decisions he’s made in his life, but he eventually wonders if it’s more of a prison than a sanctuary. Shanghaied sailors, brothel barges, opium

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Light Hearted Lite 38 – Jen Lewis, Point Cabrillo, CA

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2026/02/01

In this episode we revisit an interview that was first heard in 2021. Our guest is Jen Lewis, Fundraising and Outreach Manager for the Point Cabrillo Light Station in northern California.Point Cabrillo Lighthouse, California. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont. Jen Lewis Point Cabrillo is about midway between San Francisco and the border with Oregon. In 1908 a combined lighthouse and fog signal building was built of local redwood and Douglas fir. Today Point Cabrillo Light Station is a California

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Light Hearted ep 335 – Bjorn Karlstrom and...

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2026/01/25

There are two guests in this episode. The first, Bjorn Karlstrom, splits his time between Florida in the and the beautiful island of Gotland in Sweden. After developing a substantial lighthouse-related library, he decided to start a website that might be useful to others looking for information. His site Lighthouse Reading, at lhreading.com, now has listings for more than 3,800 lighthouse publications. Massachusetts native Kevin Arsenault was a police officer for about 30 years and now serves

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Light Hearted Lite 37 – Erik Nissen Johansen, Pater...

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2026/01/18

Pater Noster LighthousePater Noster is a small archipelago off the west coast of Sweden. The island group’s name, which means “The Lord’s Prayer,” is said to come from the tradition that mariners would recite the Lord’s Prayer as they negotiated their way around the dangerous reefs in the vicinity. The 105-foot-tall, red, cast-iron lighthouse was constructed in 1868. Erik Nissen Johansen A complete restoration of the lighthouse began in 2002. Since 2020, the location has been operated as a

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Light Hearted ep 334 – Marty O’Gara and John Ollila,...

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2026/01/11

Fairport Harbor Light Station, photo by. Jeremy D'Entremont.Fairport Harbor, on the south side of Lake Erie at the mouth of the Grand River, is considered part of the Cleveland, Ohio, metropolitan area. The first lighthouse in the harbor was a 56-foot brick tower built in 1825. The lighthouse that stands today is a 60-foot stone tower that began service in 1871. After a new lighthouse was built on a breakwater in the harbor in 1925, the government planned to destroy the old lighthouse. A number

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Light Hearted Lite 36 – Bob Mannino, Nantucket...

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2026/01/04

Nantucket Lightship LV-112. By Arnold Reinhold, Creative Commons license.Today we look back at an interview that was first heard in October 2020. Our guest is Bob Mannino, founder and president of the United States Lightship Museum. The USLM is the steward of the Nantucket Lightship LV-112, the largest lightship ever built in the United States. Bob Mannino The Nantucket South Shoals were a great hazard to shipping, and a lightship was first stationed at the Shoals in 1854. The last vessel

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Light Hearted ep 333 – Valeria Araúz Molina, Île...

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2025/12/28

The 1846 and 1902 lighthouses on Ile Vierge. Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont.Ile Vierge is a 15-acre island off the northwest coast of Brittany in northwest France. The first lighthouse on the island was a 108-foot-tall square tower that began service in 1845. It was considered too short, and a new tower was built between 1896 and 1902. The new lighthouse tower is built of granite blocks and stands 271 feet tall, with nearly 400 steps inside. It’s considered the tallest traditional-style lighthouse

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Light Hearted Lite #35: Lighthouse preservationist...

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2025/12/21

In this episode we revisit a conversation from June 2022 with Mike Vogel, who at that time was the president of the U.S. Lighthouse Society. Mike Vogel retired as editorial page editor of The Buffalo News in 2011, after a 43-year journalism career. He was the organizer and founding president of the Buffalo Lighthouse Association, which carried out the restoration of Buffalo, New York’s historic 1833 lighthouse. He has served as president of the organization for well over two decades.Buffalo

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Light Hearted ep. 332 – Sketch artist Jim Lammers

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2025/12/14

Jim Lammers, who lives in Minnesota, was educated as an architect back when freehand sketching was an integral part of the curriculum. His writing and sketching has been published in a number of professional journals and on websites. His most recent book is "Lighthouses of the Great Lakes: An Architect’s Sketchbook."The illustrations in Jim's book are not precise architectural renderings. The depictions are roughly accurate in their dimensions and details, but they also have a very personal,

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Light Hearted Lite #34: Lee Radzak, Split Rock,...

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2025/12/07

Lee RadzakSplit Rock Lighthouse, on a 127-foot-high cliff on the northwest shore of Lake Superior, began service in 1910. The light station is now the centerpiece of 2200-acre Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. Lee Radzak became the lighthouse site manager in November 1982. Over the next 36 years, he and his wife Jane raised a son and a daughter, marveled at the lake’s beauty, endured gigantic storms, and answered the questions posed by more than four million visitors. Split Rock Lighthouse,

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