Shame, Sulfuric Acid, and Pancakes.
That Sinking Feeling: Adventures in ADHD and Ship Salvage. Episodes 1, 2, and 3 are available everywhere you listen to podcasts.
We are happily in the middle of rolling out our limited edition, six episode podcast!
If you have not yet listened to That Sinking Feeling: Adventures in ADHD and Ship Salvage, you can now binge listen to the first three episodes wherever you get podcasts. Seriously. It’s everywhere! Or, if you’re unsure where to listen, click through and listen on Apple Podcasts:
Episode Three: 2,000 Gallons of Sulfuric Acid and a Submarine Full of Pancake Batter
Go Behind the Scenes
You might be wondering about the picture above on the left. It show my Dad using a sextant aboard a sailboat. The photo made a brief appearance in The Photo Collection video that we posted last week on social media, and so I thought people might like to know a bit of the backstory, which is this: In 1965 Dad crewed aboard Shalom, a 52-foot sailboat racing in the Transpacific Yacht Race. It took the crew thirteen days and an hour and six minutes to make the almost 2,500-mile journey from the Pt. Fermin buoy in San Pedro, California to Hawaii. Two years later my Dad repeated the adventure aboard Rampage. That year a light southerly breeze kicked off the race on the 4th of July. Still, there were seafaring misfortunes. One sailboat lost her mast, another suffered a bent aftmost mast, and several of the boats experienced medical emergencies forcing crews to finish with fewer teammates than had been with them at the start. The Rampage didn’t lose any crew members, but she did lose her rudder to the bottom of the sea, necessitating a tow from the Coast Guard to the finish line rendering her officially disqualified. On both trips, my Dad was responsible for navigation. In the picture above, he’s holding a sextant, “a doubly reflecting navigation instrument that measures the angular distance between two visible objects. The primary use of a sextant is to measure the angle between an astronomical object and the horizon for the purposes of celestial navigation.” (thank you Wikipedia!)
If you’re interested in learning more about the salvage jobs mentioned in each episode, visit the behind the scenes episode pages. For instance, the Episode Two website page includes several fabulous videos about the Eldia salvage job as well as still photos of the ship, a link to a NYT news article, information about a souvenir booklet, and a transcript of the episode.
Reviews
Thank you to those making the time to listen to each episode of That Sinking Feeling. And a heartfelt thank you to those who have written reviews, shared the podcast with friends, and sent us kind emails. We appreciate hearing from you!
A big thank you to Author Gretchen Anthony who really made my day with this video. Click through to hear her say lovely and delightful things about That Sinking Feeling!
And thank you DC Czarina for her kind words on Apple Podcast:
And now here’s my big ask…
I know that leaving a review can sometimes feel overwhelming. You’re not sure what to say. You don’t want to use your real name. But podcast platforms make it easy by providing a star rating scale and allowing you to use a made up user name. If you would be so kind as to leave a review, I’d be so grateful. The reviews help small independent shows like ours reach just the right listeners, and that’s our goal… to reach others who might find the show as compelling as you do. It doesn’t have to be long. Just a sentence or two.
In other news…
Read my new essay, Avoid a Creative Slump By Writing and Publishing in a Different Medium, on Jane Friedman’s website! If you’re interested in the world of publishing, Jane is a person whose work you should know. As her website says, “Jane Friedman has spent 25 years working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education.”
Endnotes
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That Sinking Feeling is streaming wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple, Spotify, Pandora, and even YouTube!
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