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Ep. 65. On Parachutes and Paratroopers, with James Fenelon
There are a lot of ways of getting around in the natural world, from hiking to canoeing to biking to swimming. Parachuting is one that few of us have experience with, but is an important historical and current mode of travel. Fortunately, we have interviewed someone for the On the Dogwatch podcast someone who has…
Read MoreEp 63: The Old Man and the Sea, with Mark Cirino
Is The Old Man and the Sea a great adventure book? Why is it so revered? Does it belong in the Dogwatch Library? Today we have the great fortune to talk with Mark Cirino to help us answer these questions. Mark is the host of One True Podcast, along with Michael VonCanon, which is a show that considers Hemingway’s great…
Read MoreEp 44: What is a Quality Watch? A Philosopher Helps Us Decide
Today we have the great pleasure of talking with Ned Hall, a philosophy professor and generally “wicked smart” guy who helps us think about quality. Ned teaches us how to think like philosophers as we address questions about the quality of objects such as watches, and confront questions like: how do we assess quality? Should this be…
Read MoreEp 34: Zen and the Art: Motorcycles, Maintenance, and Pirsig
As we get into the warmer weather of spring, many of us On the Dogwatch will start to think of road trips. One of the many great things about these trips is that they can afford us time to think about our lives. There is no more iconic North American road trip than Robert Pirsig’s…
Read MoreEp 41: Is the Casio F-91W the Best Navigation Watch?
Navigation, Watches, and the Starpath School, with David Burch. If we were all actually on a dogwatch today, on a boat in the middle of the ocean, our guest for this episode is literally the first person I would choose to bring along. His name is David Burch, and he is not only the founder…
Read MoreEp 36: Then There Was the Belgica
Before Shackleton and the Endurance There Was the Belgica Most listeners of this podcast will be familiar with the epic adventure of Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance. However, the Endurance does not have a monopoly on being stuck in Antarctic ice, nor does it have precedence. Before the Endurance, Belgian captain Adrien de…
Read MoreEp 29: Why Is Keeping Time Important to Humans?
On this episode of the Dogwatch we visit with horologist, museum curator, and author David Rooney. We have the opportunity to talk with David about how he learned about clocks and watches from his parents, his path to becoming a museum curator at several prestigious institutions in England, and some of the most interesting timekeeping devices he…
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