Podcast appearances and mentions of Donald Crowhurst

En 1968, Donald Crowhurst, entrepreneur britannique en difficulté, décide de participer à la première course autour du monde en solitaire et sans escale, organisée par le Sunday Times. Sans réelle expérience de navigation, il fait construire un trimaran, le Teignmouth Electron, mais le projet est chaotique et son bateau mal préparé. Forcé de partir sous peine de ruine, il quitte l'Angleterre le 31 octobre dans des conditions désastreuses. Rapidement, il comprend qu'il ne pourra pas terminer la course et commence à falsifier ses positions pour faire croire à sa progression. Son mensonge prend une ampleur incontrôlable, et la presse le présente comme un favori. Pris au piège de sa supercherie, il sombre dans une profonde détresse psychologique. En juillet 1969, il disparaît en mer, laissant derrière lui un journal de bord délirant. Son bateau est retrouvé vide, dévoilant la fraude et le drame d'un homme dépassé par son ambition. Merci pour votre écoute Vous aimez l'Heure H, mais connaissez-vous La Mini Heure H https://audmns.com/YagLLiK , une version pour toute la famille.Retrouvez l'ensemble des épisodes de l'Heure H sur notre plateforme Auvio.be :https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/22750 Intéressés par l'histoire ? Vous pourriez également aimer nos autres podcasts : Un jour dans l'Histoire : https://audmns.com/gXJWXoQL'Histoire Continue: https://audmns.com/kSbpELwAinsi que nos séries historiques :Chili, le Pays de mes Histoires : https://audmns.com/XHbnevhD-Day : https://audmns.com/JWRdPYIJoséphine Baker : https://audmns.com/wCfhoEwLa folle histoire de l'aviation : https://audmns.com/xAWjyWCLes Jeux Olympiques, l'étonnant miroir de notre Histoire : https://audmns.com/ZEIihzZMarguerite, la Voix d'une Résistante : https://audmns.com/zFDehnENapoléon, le crépuscule de l'Aigle : https://audmns.com/DcdnIUnUn Jour dans le Sport : https://audmns.com/xXlkHMHSous le sable des Pyramides : https://audmns.com/rXfVppvVous aimez les histoires racontées par Jean-Louis Lahaye ? Connaissez-vous ces podcast?Sous le sable des Pyramides : https://audmns.com/rXfVppv36 Quai des orfèvres : https://audmns.com/eUxNxyFHistoire Criminelle, les enquêtes de Scotland Yard : https://audmns.com/ZuEwXVOUn Crime, une Histoire https://audmns.com/NIhhXpYN'oubliez pas de vous y abonner pour ne rien manquer.Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement. Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

In 1968 a man with no sailing experience, or boat, but with a whole lot of chutzpah decided to join a solo boat race around the world. Donald Crowhurst would achieve the notoriety he so desired, just, perhaps not in the way he'd hoped. "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable that will leave you both laughing and sleeping with the lights on. You can get early and ad-free episodes on the Grab Bag Patreon page.  Follow us on Instagram Episode Sponsors: Uncommon Goods. To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/STRANGE Ritual. Support a balanced gut microbiome with Ritual's Synbiotic+. Get 25% off your first month at Ritual.com/STRANGE. Quince. Get cozy in Quince's high-quality wardrobe essentials. Go to Quince.com/strange for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Wildgrain. For a limited time, Wildgrain is offering our listeners $30 off the first box - PLUS free Croissants in every box - when you go to Wildgrain.com/STRANGE to start your subscription.

durée : 00:54:40 - Affaires sensibles - par : Fabrice Drouelle - C'est une histoire qui commence comme un conte. En 1968, dans une petite ville des Cornouailles anglaises, neuf marins tentent l'un des derniers exploits des mers : faire le tour du monde sans escale par les trois grands caps et en solitaire. - réalisé par : David Jacubowiez

In this FRIDAY REPLAY! We go WAY WAY back to Season 1 Episode 5 where my guest co-host Carrie and I talk about the insane documentary Deep Water and Donald Crowhurst who bit off more than he could chew when he decided to risk it all to go sailing around the world, almost got away with it and then ... DISAPPEARED. What happened to Donald? And why do his journals suggest that he might have asked other worldly beings to bail him out of a tough situation?Watch Deep Water Here: https://youtu.be/SiWv12EL4LE?si=Ln0MtpkZPL7Zr_VRBecome a Ko-Fi Member and listen to the UNCUT and UNEDITED versions of episodes like this!https://ko-fi.com/waitwhaaatpodcastMERCH:https://payhip.com/waitwhaaatareyouwatchingShow Recommendations:https://www.amazon.com/shop/waitwhaaatpodcastBigfoot Diaries Available NOW:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQXVZLSCLeave a 5-Star Review:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-whaaat-are-you-watching/id1602004925 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wait-whaaat-are-you-watching--5328892/support.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wait-whaaat-are-you-watching--5328892/support.

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston was the only sailor to finish the Golden Globe Race. When he returned home after ten months at sea, he donated his winnings to the Crowhurst family. Sir Robin takes Alice inside his epic voyage, from the reality of fixing his boat in shark-infested waters, to facing a painful bout of appendicitis alone. Plus, he tells us what Donald Crowhurst should have done once he realised he was in danger.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

https://www.patreon.com/UnidentifiedSignalhttps://twitter.com/SIGNALFM999https://www.unidentifiedsignal.com/Donald Charles Alfred Crowhurst (1932 – July 1969) was a British businessman and amateur sailor who disappeared while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race held in 1968–69. Soon after starting the race his boat, the Teignmouth Electron, began taking on water. Crowhurst secretly abandoned the race while reporting false positions in an attempt to appear to complete a circumnavigation without actually doing so. His ship's logbooks, found after his disappearance, suggest that the stress he was under and associated psychological deterioration may have led to his death.

As he gets further into the Golden Globe race, Donald Crowhurst realises he's in trouble. He has not brought the right supplies, his boat is not watertight and he's sailing towards the most dangerous area of water on earth. He decides to take a gamble. If it goes right then he'll come home safe. If it goes wrong then he'll be branded a cheat and his family will be homeless.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comedian and actor Hugh Dennis joins Alice Levine on a race around the world. It's the 1960s, and businessman, inventor and dreamer Donald Crowhurst is in serious financial trouble. He plans to pay off his debt and provide for his family not by getting a job, but by sailing around the globe. On launch day however, he has an unfinished boat and very little sailing experience - and he's bet his house on finishing the race. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

EPISODE 103 | Down in Bermuda, It's Easy to Believe – The Devil's Triangle Back in the 70s, the Bermuda Triangle was all over the place but today, not so much. Whatever happened with that? Did it go away? Was it debunked? Or did the woosphere simply get bored and move on to juicer subjects?  A bit of both. Plus, the are lots of other supposed interesting/mysterious/dangerous triangles out there. They do have sharp corners, after all.  Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast. Review us here or on IMDb! SECTIONS 02:29 - New Frontier - How it all starts: Edward Van Winkle Jones gets the ball rolling in 1950, Allan W. Eckert picks it up in 1952, Vincent Gaddis expands the idea in 1962, as does John Wallace Spencer in 1969, and in 1974, Charles Berlitz and Richard Winer go all in on the Triangle; Larry Kusche thoroughly debunks it all in 1975, Hitchens' Razor and the Sagan Standard (ECREE) 11:31 - Strange Brew - Cayce's people weigh in as do plenty of other knowledge garglers, better woo comes along, Lloyds of London investigates, Gian J. Quasar tries to revive Triangle interest in the Noughties 15:17 - Your Haunted Head - The Sargasso Sea - an oceanic gyre surrounded by four currents, Donald Crowhurst gets stuck there and goes insane 19:36 - Long Way Down - Ocean farts, the Gulf Stream, the Milwaukee Deep, the agonic line and the North Poles (both true and magnetic) 24:59 - Hunting High and Low - The Dragon's Triangle near Japan, Ivan Sanderson develops his Twelve Vile Vortices theory: 27:31 - "Hamkulia Volcano", Hawaii; the Ring of Fire 29:14 - Jeddars in the Atlas Mountains, Algeria; fungoid rock art in the Tassili n'Ajjer  29:57 - Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley, ancient nuclear war, chicken city 34:00 - The Wharton Basin, Indian Ocean, Flight MH370 34:44 - The Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia; Sandy Island 35:52 - Easter Island, Rapa Nui,  Szukalski's Zermatism, Miroljub Petrović 37:26 - The Southern Atlantic Anomaly, the Mozambique Channel  38:22 - Fever to Tell - Ley lines, Ramsey's Theorem, the Bridgewater Triangle near Boston (home of the  Pukwudgie), the Bennington Triangle in Vermont, the Nevada Triangle, the Lake Michigan Triangle and yet another "America's Stonehenge" 41:45 - The Marysburgh Vortex in Lake Ontario, the Matlock Triangle and Falkirk Triangle in the UK, the Broad Haven Triangle in Wales, the Hoia Forest in Romania 42:47 - The Mapimí Silent Zone in Mexico's Chihuahuan desert  Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Sea's Puzzles Still Baffle Men In Pushbutton Age by Edward Van Winkle Jones, Miami Herland, 1950 Sea Mystery at our Back Door by George X. 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The ladies discuss their bizarre habits before diving into some dark tales. Cassidy shares the lore behind Hull House and its Demon Baby while Amanda covers the final expedition of Donald Crowhurst. Want more DTK? Find our social media, patreon, and more at DTKpod.com!

This week Hank and Kevin are chatting about seasonal treats, how Hank's Dad pays a power bill and plenty more nonsense. Kevin also shares the story of Donald Crowhurst's failed sail or failed fake sail or failure to lose a race around the world. It's a doozy. Enjoy! 

Down on the Docs - Ep. 47 - Deep Water (2006) Part 2 Deep Water is a 2006 British documentary film directed by Jerry Rothwell and Louise Osmond, and produced by Al Morrow, Jonny Persey and John Smithson. It is based on the true story of Donald Crowhurst and the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race round the world alone in a yacht. The film reconstructs Crowhurst's voyage from his own audio tapes and cine film, interwoven with archival footage and interviews Join our Discord!  https://discord.gg/7KkgCyXWK⁠  Down on the Docs, starring comedians Chris Neff & Dave Sarra, is a weekly podcast breaking down the latest documentaries on Netflix, HBO, and Amazon Prime the only way they know how, with lots of dumb jokes. Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/downonthedocs⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/downonthedocspod/⁠⁠⁠ Chris Neff: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/chrisneffcomedy⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/horsetooth⁠⁠⁠ Dave Sarra: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/davexhale⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/dave.sarra⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/DaveSarra⁠⁠

Down on the Docs - Ep. 47 - Deep Water (2006) Part 1 Deep Water is a 2006 British documentary film directed by Jerry Rothwell and Louise Osmond, and produced by Al Morrow, Jonny Persey and John Smithson. It is based on the true story of Donald Crowhurst and the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race round the world alone in a yacht. The film reconstructs Crowhurst's voyage from his own audio tapes and cine film, interwoven with archival footage and interviews Join our Discord!  ⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/VykasRN974⁠⁠⁠ Down on the Docs, starring comedians Chris Neff & Dave Sarra, is a weekly podcast breaking down the latest documentaries on Netflix, HBO, and Amazon Prime the only way they know how, with lots of dumb jokes. Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/downonthedocs⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/downonthedocspod/⁠⁠⁠ Chris Neff: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/chrisneffcomedy⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/horsetooth⁠⁠⁠ Dave Sarra: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/davexhale⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/dave.sarra⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/DaveSarra⁠⁠

Another week comes to a close and ENTER NAME HERE returns to wrap it all up in a tidy little bow. We catch up with a professor that finally came up from the watery depths after 100 days living below the water line and a woman that didn't seem to really enjoy the wake her family was giving her. We find out about a bus that goes directly to Hel, a guy that doesn't understand how buildings work, and another guy that obviously shouldn't be allowed to sleep while packing heat. As always we catch up with bear news and our segment "This Week In World Records". Chris brings us onboard with Donald Crowhurst, a sailor that liked to cut corners while slowly losing it. Zach submits the story of W.C. Minor, a surgeon, flautist, and wordsmith that spent his time in an asylum helping to create one of our most influential books. Thanks for following and subscribing! Tell all the mad-men and mad-women that you know! Facebook: ENTER NAME HERE Instagram: @enternameherepodcast Email: enternameherepodcast@gmail.com

Att segla jorden runt är ett farligt förslag, även i vår tid - tänk dig nu att du gör det helt ensam på 1960-talet! Det är vad underdogen Donald Crowhurst påstod sig göra... förutom att han hittade på det hela. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The story of Donald Crowhurst's ill-fated quest to sail around the world.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Today we are going to try something a little different and tell a story from the history of the sea.  Donald Crowhurst set out to race in the Golden Globe in 1968 never to return.  A crazy tail of loneliness and isolation that ends in the worst way possible.  Support the show on Patreon;https://www.patreon.com/sailingintooblivionpodcast

Stéphane Bern et Matthieu Noël, entourés de leurs chroniqueurs historiquement drôles et parfaitement informés, s'amusent avec l'Histoire – la grande, la petite, la moyenne… - et retracent les destins extraordinaires de personnalités qui n'auraient jamais pu se croiser, pour deux heures où le savoir et l'humour avancent main dans la main. Aujourd'hui, Donald Crowhurst.

Stéphane Bern et Matthieu Noël, entourés de leurs chroniqueurs historiquement drôles et parfaitement informés, s'amusent avec l'Histoire – la grande, la petite, la moyenne… - et retracent les destins extraordinaires de personnalités qui n'auraient jamais pu se croiser, pour deux heures où le savoir et l'humour avancent main dans la main. Aujourd'hui, Donald Crowhurst.

In 1969, an amateur sailor, Donald Crowhurst, was competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, when things quickly spiraled out of control.Furiously scratching away in his journal, he would try and make sense of the events that had unfolded during the last few years of his life.What was to come of the race and the ambitious businessman from Bridgwater, perplexed the world then, and continues to leave people scratching their heads to this day.Website: https://braddhall.comSocialsInstagram: https://instagram.com/beyondtheharborTwitter: https://twitter.com/BeyondHarborYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRjes2tzXIn14KUvG3SGVhw

Als Donald Crowhurst hört, dass es beim „Golden Globe Race“ 1968 die Summe von 5.000 Pfund für den schnellsten Segler, der alleine und ohne Pause die Welt umsegelt, zu gewinnen gibt, wittert er die Chance auf ein besseres Leben für sich und seine Familie. Doch ohne große Erfahrung und mit zweitklassigem Material ausgestattet, wird Crowhurst schnell klar, dass es für ihn viel mehr zu verlieren als zu gewinnen gibt. Alleine auf dem Atlantik treibend, trifft er eine fatale Entscheidung nach der anderen – und soll am Ende nie wieder zu seiner Familie zurückkehren. Shownotes: Dokumentation „Deep Water“ über Crowhursts Odyssee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4keI2N56Ec Route des „Golden Globe Race“ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/GoldenGlobeRaceRoute.png Gegenüberstellung der echten und der Fake-Route von Crowhurst https://web.archive.org/web/20030212190726/http://website.lineone.net/~teignmuseum/crowhurst.htm Folgt uns auf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schattenseiten_podcast/ Schreibt uns per Mail: schattenseiten.podcast@gmail.com

Als Donald Crowhurst hört, dass es beim Golden Globe Race 1968 die Summe von 5.000 Pfund für den schnellsten Segler, der alleine und ohne Pause die Welt umsegelt, zu gewinnen gibt, wittert er die Chance auf ein besseres Leben für sich und seine Familie. Doch ohne große Erfahrung und mit zweitklassigem Material ausgestattet, wird Crowhurst schnell klar, dass es für ihn viel mehr zu verlieren als zu gewinnen gibt. Alleine auf dem Atlantik treibend, trifft er eine fatale Entscheidung nach der anderen und soll am Ende nie wieder zu seiner Familie zurückkehren. Shownotes: Dokumentation Deep Water über Crowhursts Odyssee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4keI2N56Ec Route des Golden Globe Race https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/GoldenGlobeRaceRoute.png Gegenüberstellung der echten und der Fake-Route von Crowhurst https://web.archive.org/web/20030212190726/http://website.lineone.net/~teignmuseum/crowhurst.htm Folgt uns auf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schattenseiten_podcast/ Schreibt uns per Mail: schattenseiten.podcast@gmail.com

Librarian Jim Jatkevicius and guest Elizabeth Stover talk about the strange, and tragic story of businessman and ill-fated single-handed sailor Donald Crowhurst, immortalized in book and film, including most recently The Mercy, starring Colin Firth.

In this episode, Elaine welcomes her guest co-host, Carrie, who suggested we watch and review the documentary Deep Water. A story about the first non-stop sail around the world, and the toll it took on the sailors, particularly Donald Crowhurst, and the bizarre ending that had us saying, Wait, Whaaat?!?! Watch Deep Water on Youtube or Amazon Prime.

Gaurav Shinde is a sailor who is taking part in "The Golden Globe Race" which is considered one of the most dangerous sailing races in the World. We discussed in detail why it is termed as so controversial and dangerous. There are many stories of sailing , unique personalities, asteroids and kinds of life philosophies that such endurance sports teaches. This podcast doesn't have any corporate funding or support so the contribution by listeners is very important for its survival. Please support it here: 1. Patreon (Most preferred medium) : https://www.patreon.com/anuragminusverma 2. BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Anuragminus 3. InstaMojo:(UPI/Gpay/PayTm) : https://www.instamojo.com/@anuragminusverma/ 4. PayPal (ONLY People living outside India can pay through it) : https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/AnuragMinusVerma?locale.x=en_GB Please rate the podcast on Spotify. Some links of the topics discussed during the podcast: Golden Globe Race: https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/the-golden-globe-race-the-most-dangerous-sailing-event-in-the-world/ Mysterious story of Donald Crowhurst : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Crowhurst Bernard Moitessier: https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/moitessier-bernard A Pale Blue Dot: https://www.planetary.org/worlds/pale-blue-dot Nasa launches spacecraft in first ever mission to deflect asteroid: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/nov/24/nasa-launches-dart-mission-to-deflect-asteroid-in-planetary-defence-test Gaurav's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailorshinde Follow the podcast on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/minusverma/?hl=en Music Credit

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Lengi hefur hafið heillað fólk. Ekki aðeins er það matarkista og mikilvæg flutningaleið. Það hefur einnig sérstakt aðdráttarafl sem erfitt er að lýsa í orðum. Þessi rennblauta eyðimörk hefur verið mörgu skáldinu yrkisefni og fólk sem dvalist hefur mánuðum saman á úthafinu hefur lýst alls konar hugbreytingum sem það hefur orðið fyrir. Svo er einnig um manninn sem við segjum frá í þessum þætti. Hann hét Donald Crowhurst og í lok sjöunda áratugar stefndi hann á að sigla í kringum hnöttinn í kappi við þrautreynda siglingamenn. Sjálfur hafði Crowhurst nær enga reynslu af siglingum. Þá fór í hönd atburðarás sem er mjög áhugaverð og gæti jafnvel verið fyndin ef hún væri ekki svona ógurlega sorgleg. Það eru Borg Brugghús/Bríó, Sjóvá og Pizzan sem bjóða upp á Drauga fortíðar.

Jerry Rothwell Jerry Rothwell is a filmmaker whose work includes the award-winning feature documentaries: The Reason I Jump, based on the bestselling book by Naoki Higashida; How To Change The World, about the founders of Greenpeace; Sour Grapes (co-directed with Reuben Atlas) a film about a wine counterfeiter Town of Runners, about two girls in an Ethiopian village who aspire to be athletes; Donor Unknown, about a sperm donor and his many offspring; School In The Cloud, about radical educationalist, Sugata Mitra; Heavy Load, about a group of people with learning disabilities who form a punk band, and Deep Water (co-directed with Louise Osmond), about Donald Crowhurst’s ill-fated voyage in the 1968 round the world yacht race. His work has won numerous accolades including two Grierson Awards, a Sundance Special Jury Prize, an RTS Award, the IDA Pare Lorentz Award and a BAFTA nomination. Jerry and I talk about the creative process and there is much in here to inspire us to create. Jerry’s work is wonderful and original and takes the viewer into areas that are not what we expect and we talk about this To see Jerrys work and find out more go to https://jerryrothwell.com/films/ https://jerryrothwell.com/category/blog/ https://jerryrothwell.com/about/ To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk   For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com   Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

Ben Howard catches up with Kyle Meredith to tell us about Collections From The Whiteout. The new album finds him teaming up with The National’s Aaron Dessner and getting more experimental. To that end, Howard discusses writing about real-life characters such as Donald Crowhurst and Richard Russell, weaving dark humor into his art, and being influenced by the cities he tours. Follow on Facebook | Podchaser | Twitter --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Donald Crowhurst – einmal mehr ein eher schrulliger Zeitgenosse – versuchte sich dereinst im Rahmen eines Wettbewerbs an der ersten Nonstop-Einhand-Weltumsegelung. Und das, wie sollte es auch anders sein, selbstredend ohne hochseetaugliches Boot und mit geringer Segelerfahrung. Wir bleiben schließlich unseren Traditionen auch in dieser 50. Folge Ach treu. In diesem Sinne: long live the madness of humankind! ^^

Kugeln, Kreise, weite Flächen mit Wasser. Heute geht's um albanische Schneeballsysteme und mit einem gewissen Herr Crowhurst raus aufs weite Meer! - Philipps Podcast Pastete - 42 - Lotterieaufstand - Vandee Globe - Donald Crowhurst Shownotes und Kommentare: https://podcast.entbehrlich.es/2021/02/09/eb042-vendee-pyramid/

durée : 00:53:55 - Affaires sensibles - Aujourd'hui dans Affaires Sensibles l'histoire d'un tour du monde sans escale par les trois grands caps et en solitaire. En 1968, dans une petite ville des Cornouailles anglaises, neuf marins tentent l’exploit. Neuf moins un. Invité Jacques Perrin qui distribue le film "Deep Water" de Louise Osmond et Jerry Rothwell.

Teresa shares the tragic story of Donald Crowhurst. 

Sailing around the world is a dangerous proposition, even in the modern day — now imagine doing it by yourself in the 1960s! That's what underdog Donald Crowhurst claimed to do... except he made the whole thing up. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

In light of the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal, the Professor and Barney's podcast team look into some of the craziest cheating attempts we've seen in sport.If you've come here to hear purely about drug cheats, we apologise. This is more looking into the obscure... from Fine Cotton, to Rosie Ruiz, to the Spanish Paralympic basketball team.Cast: 'The Professor' James Rochford, Andrew 'Barney' Barnett, Kiwi comedian Nick Rado, producer/researcher Tom Erskine and producer Phil PriorPlease leave a 5-star rating and review on iTunes and it *may* be the one that gets read out at the top of the show.And for more content, don't forget to follow @ProfessorOnFox on all the socials! Here's an in-depth rundown of this episode:-The cheating scandal, topic explanation (3:00)-The psychology of cheating (6:00)-The cheaters' high (7:00)AUSSIE CHEATERS-Tennis sledging, with Nick Kyrgios? (to be clear, it was accepted this was by no means actually cheating!) (9:00)-The Fine Cotton affair (and Hindy drops in?!) (13:00)FAVOURITE CHEATING STORY-Rosie Ruiz in the Boston marathon (16:00)-2001 Little League World Series pitching phenom (24:00)-Pay-for-pain - the New Orleans Saints defensive bounties in 2011 (29:00)CHEATERS THAT NEVER PROSPERED AND WERE RUN OUT OF THE GAME-Boris Onishchenko in the Modern Pentathlon (31:00)-Tiger Woods in the game of marriage (34:00)-Luis Resto ends undefeated Middleweight boxer Billy Collins' career at the MSG in 1983 (37:00)-Donald Crowhurst's voyage of lies (39:00)DUMBEST CHEATING OF ALL TIME-Spanish basketball Paralympic team (43:00)-J R Smith (45:00)-Tunisian Pentathlon team (48:00)-Atlanta Falcons' fake crowd noise (50:00)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part two of Donald Crowhurst's story, he sets sail aboard the Teignmouth Electron to claim the Golden Globe prize for the first man to successfully sail around the world single-handed without stopping. An ill-equipped, half-finished boat captained by a hobbyist might not instil an abundance of confidence... nor should it...   Leigh's song pick:: Blood On The Moon by Chromehttps://chromemusic.bandcamp.com/track/blood-on-the-moon   Peter's song pick:: Disorder by The Haxan Cloakhttps://auroraborealisrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/disorder   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Following Sir Francis Chichester's triumphant circumnavigation by sea in 1967, the Sunday Times wanted to cash in on circumnavigation fever! One wide-eyed and manic contestant dove into the Golden Globe competition, and immediately got in over his head. Hear part one of the story of Donald Crowhurst's bid to be the fastest man to sail around the world in 1968.   Leigh's song pick:: Antitoxidote by Melvinshttps://open.spotify.com/track/6ZMz3zY8hu2QQdGOn4dPFH   Peter's song pick:: Bruce Lee by Indian Handcraftshttps://indianhandcrafts.bandcamp.com/track/bruce-lee   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

"Alla deriva, storie di naufraghi" di Marco SIlvestri Letture di Maria Zamponi

Pt 1. Donald Crowhurst was a man on a mission, but it's not really clear what that mission was. His failed journey around the world on a poorly made sailboat leads to conversations of depression, desperation, and the desire to escape society.  Pt 2. Most ghost stories start with a murder, but the tale of the Hammersmith Ghost ends with one that would influence criminal law in England for centuries.  Sources: DeLong, William. Donald Crowhurst and his Doomed Attempt to Sail Around the World. All That's Interesting. October 28, 2018. https://allthatsinteresting.com/donald-crowhurst Hammersmith Ghost murder. Wikipedia. Last accessed on March 27, 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammersmith_Ghost_murder_case Swanser, Brent. The Strange Case of the Hammersmith Ghost. Mysterious Universe. October 27, 2018. https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/10/the-strange-case-of-the-hammersmith-ghost/ Top Five Hauntings in History. Historyextra. October 31, 2013. https://www.historyextra.com/period/top-five-hauntings-in-history/

The Mercy (2018) The Mercy is a movie starring Rachel Weisz, Colin Firth, and David Thewlis. The incredible story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his solo attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The struggles he confronted on the journey while his family awaited his return is one of the most enduring mysteries of recent times.

The Mercy (2018) The Mercy is a movie starring Rachel Weisz, Colin Firth, and David Thewlis. The incredible story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his solo attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The struggles he confronted on the journey while his family awaited his return is one of the most enduring mysteries of recent times.

Simon Rumley talks with Giles Alderson about how he directed his latest feature films Fashionista, Crowhurst and Once Upon A Time in London. And he tells us about his Hollywood experience making Johnny Frank Garret's Last Stand and the dramas that surrounded the film. How he met many influential and future collaborators on the festival circuits, the problems shooting on a small boat and making, going head to head with Colin Firth's The Mercy and making a film that wasn't script ready. Simon's feature film credits include: Club Le Monde, Strong Language, The Truth Game. The Living and the Dead, starring Roger Lloyd-Pack.  Red White & Blue which  starred Noah Taylor, Marc Senter and Amanda Fuller. Segments in the features Little Deaths which starred Tom Sawyer and Kate Braithwaite, The ABCs of Death, produced by Tim League and 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero Johnny Frank Garret's The Last Word  starring Sean Patrick Flannery. And the recently released Fashionista and Crowhurst which is based on the tragic real-life story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, And recently filmed Once Upon a Time in London staring Geoff Bell, Le Gregory, Terry Stone, Kate Braithwaite, Micheal McKell and Jamie Forman Crowhurst Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FKYtyXhBSw Buy CROWHURST https://store.hmv.com/film-tv/dvd/crowhurst Fashionista Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuxgMlNDOzc Buy FASHIONISTA https://www.amazon.com/Fashionista-Amanda-Fuller/dp/B0794C5QX5 Fanged Up Film PRE ORDER https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fanged-Steven-Berkoff-Lauren-Socha/dp/B07D4VBSN7/ Movie Money - Raindance course DISCOUNT 20% OFF Click the LINK http://bit.ly/MovieMoneyRD   and type in the code: RDPODCAST20 just before you pay INDIE FILM SHOUT OUT Xabier Saavedra - Another Luna - Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1049300045/another-luna-short-film/description Giles Alderson Official site http://www.directedbygiles.com Follow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @FangedUp @thedaremovie Part of the www.podfixnetwork.com Recorded at Just Voices Studio in London www.justvoicesagency.com

In search of fame and fortune, Donald Crowhurst enters The 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race Around the World - a competition for the first person to solo circumnaviagate the world without stopping.However, unlike the rest of the field, Crowhurst is not a highly qualified sailor. He decides to mortgage his house and business in order to build his own boat for the 30,000 mile journey. When things don't go well at sea, he begins to lie about his position in the race... But will his huge lie catch up with him?Dave reports on this crazy story, recorded live at The Melbourne Comedy Festival.- Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod- Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: http://bit.ly/DoGoOnHat Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.comSOURCES AND FURTHER READING:Deep Water (IFC Films, 2006), Fantastic documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY2rQh8UraYhttps://www.rightboat.com/articles/the-greatest-ever-yacht-race-1969-sunday-times-golden-globe-racehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Times_Golden_Globe_Racehttp://goldengloberace.com/ggr/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/drama-on-the-waves-the-life-and-death-of-donald-crowhurst-421934.htmlhttps://www.sportsnet.ca/more/big-read-donald-crowhursts-heartbreaking-round-world-hoax/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-414489/Donald-Crowhurst-sea-lies.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/apr/05/donald-crowhurst-lone-sailor See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). The Mercy (Biography, Drama) The incredible story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his solo attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The struggles he confronted on the journey while his family awaited his return is one of the most enduring mysteries of recent times. Director: James Marsh Writer: Scott Z. Burns Stars: Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis, Colin Firth - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4673419.rss Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, PocketCasts, audioBoom, CastBox.fm, Podbean, Spreaker etc. For more, follow Movies First on Facebook, twitter and Google+: Facebook - @moviesfirst twitter - @ moviesfirst Google+ - https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/8p-OaB If you're enjoying Movies First, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you. #movies #cinema #entertainment #podcast #reviews #moviesfirst #themercy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matthew Sweet with a selection of film music exploring the theme of lies and deception in the week of the release of 'The Mercy' about the tragic story of yachtsman Donald Crowhurst boasting a new score by Golden Globe winner Johann Johannsson who died suddenly on 9 February 2018. The programme also features music from 'Pinocchio'; 'Suspicion'; 'Presumed Innocent'; 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'; 'The Invention of Lying'; 'The Talented Mr Ripley'; 'True Lies'; 'M.Butterfly'; 'Where Eagles Dare'; 'The Usual Suspects' and 'The Mercy'. The Classic Score of the Week is Fumio Hayasaki's music for 'Rashomon'.

This week's Empire Podcast is an unexpectedly classy joint, as Chris Hewitt talks to British acting royalty, the Oscar-winning double whammy of Sir Colin Of Firth and Dame Rachel Of Weisz, about their new movie, The Mercy, which tells the tragic story of Donald Crowhurst's ill-fated attempt to sail the world solo in 1969. And they also talk about their acting nightmares - literally and metaphorically. Back in the podbooth, Chris and James Dyer welcome pod debutant Ben Travis, review Black Panther and that new secret Cloverfield movie that dropped without warning the other day like a U2 album come to life, and discuss the week's movie news, including the Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer. Oh, and they definitively answer the burning question of the week: is Aliens, a film in which Lance Henriksen is only the fourth-scariest thing, a horror movie? It's a toughie.

Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz on their new film The Mercy, which tells the true story of the ill-fated attempt in 1968 by the amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst to become the first person to sail solo, non-stop, around the world.Vaseem Khan discusses his latest Inspector Chopra novel, about an Indian detective with a baby elephant as his sidekick, which he has written as a Quick Read.As Irish and Northern Irish women poets campaign for greater recognition in their home country, we discuss the gender battle currently taking place in Irish literature, with campaign co-founder Mary O'Donnell, playwright Rosemary Jenkinson and novelist John Boyne. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Timothy Prosser.

Bina007 begins by reviewing The Mercy, starring Colin Firth as the round the world yachtsmen Donald Crowhurst in the infamous 1968 Golden Globe race, out in the UK on Feb 9th.  Then at 12 minutes in, she reviews Paul Thomas Anderson’s deliciously slippery melodrama starring an award-nominated Daniel Day-Lewis as a 1950s fashion designer, Lesley … Continue reading B007 Ep 139 – The Mercy – Phantom Thread →

Simon Rumley directed the Crowhurst movie about Donald Crowhurst, who pretended to sail around the world in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. In that race roughly a dozen men competed for two prizes to be the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo and non-stop and the fastest man to sail solo non-stop around the world. He discusses the strange story of Donald Crowhurst who filed false position reports after he believed his boat was not seaworthy enough to sail around the world solo, non-stop in the Southern Ocean and around Cape Horn. The Crowhurst movie is distributed by StudioCanal UK which is also distributing The Mercy (2018) starring Rachel Weisz and Colin Firth premiering in the UK on February 9, 2018. The Crowhurst Movie is likely to become available in March 2018 in the UK and later worldwide.  StudioCanal UK's production notes for The Mercy (2018) describe the story of Donald Crowhurst below: Donald Crowhurst was born near Delhi in British colonial India in 1932 to John and Alice Crowhurst. At the age of eight he was sent to an Indian boarding school where he would spend nine months of the year. Two years later, his parents moved to Western Pakistan. After the Second World War, aged fourteen, Donald was sent back to England to board at Loughborough College. His parents returned to England in 1947 when India gained Independence from Britain and the Partition took place. His father ploughed all of his retirement savings into an ill-fated business deal in the new territory of Pakistan. The Crowhurst’s life in post-war England was a far cry from colonial life. The lack of funds forced Donald to leave Loughborough College at the age of sixteen once he passed his School Certificate, and sadly John Crowhurst died in March 1948. After starting as an apprentice in electronic engineering at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Technical College in Farnborough, Donald went on to join the RAF in 1953; he learned to fly and was commissioned. He enjoyed the life of a young officer and was described by many as charming, warm, wild, brave and a compulsive risk-taker who defied authority and possessed a madcap sense of humour. After he was asked to leave the RAF, he promptly enlisted in the army, was commissioned and took a course in electronic control equipment. He resigned from the army in 1956 and went on to carry out research work at Reading University aged twenty-four. Crowhurst is remembered as being quite dashing and he caught the attention of his future wife Clare at a party in Reading in 1957. Clare was from Ireland and had been in England for 3 years. Apparently he told her that she would “marry an impossible man”. He said he would never leave her side and took her out the very next evening. Theirs was a romantic, whirlwind courtship that took place over the spring and summer of 1957. They married on 5th October and their first son, James was born the following year. It was at this time that Crowhurst began sailing seriously. He secured a job with an electronics firm called Mullards but left after a year and aged twenty-six, he became Chief Design Engineer with another electronics company in Bridgwater, Somerset. His real dream was to invent his own electronic devices and he would spend hours of his spare time tinkering with wires and transistors creating gadgets. He also found solace in sailing his small, blue, 20-foot boat, Pot of Gold. Crowhurst designed the Navicator, a radio direction-finding device for yachting and set up his company Electron Utilisation to manufacture and market the gadget. Donald and Clare’s family expanded with the arrival of Simon in 1960, Roger in 1961 and Rachel in 1962 and they lived happily in the Somerset countryside. When Electron Utilisation hit financial difficulty, Crowhurst was introduced to Taunton businessman, Stanley Best, who agreed to back the company and Best eventually sponsored Crowhurst’s attempt to circumnavigate the world in the trimaran Teignmouth Electron. With the Empire gone, in 1960s Britain there developed a phenomenon where men sought adventure, recognition and heroism. Sending men to the moon was something Britain couldn’t afford, so instead, heroes came in the form of people like Francis Chichester who was the first person to tackle a single-handed circumnavigation of the world, starting and finishing in England with one stop in Sydney. Upon his return in 1967, Chichester was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and instantly became a national hero. Capitalising on this wave of interest in individual round the world voyages, The Sunday Times sponsored the Golden Globe race, a non-stop, single-handed round the world yacht race. No qualifications were required for entrants but the rule was that they had to depart between 1st June and 31st October 1968 in order to pass through the Southern Ocean in summer. The trophy would be awarded to the first person to complete the race unassisted via the old clipper route, of the great Capes: Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn. The newspaper also offered a cash prize of £5000 for the fastest single-handed navigation. Nine sailors started the race, four retired before leaving the Atlantic Ocean. Chay Blyth who had no previous sailing experience, retired after passing the Cape of Good Hope. Nigel Tetley was leading the race but sank with 1,100 nautical miles to go. Frenchman Bernard Moitessier rejected the commercial nature of the race, so abandoned it but continued sailing, completing the circumnavigation and carried on half way around the globe again. Donald Crowhurst’s Teignmouth Electron was discovered mid-Atlantic, 1,800 miles from England at 7.50am on 10th July 1969 by the Royal Mail vessel, Picardy that was en route from London to the Caribbean. On inspection, the trimaran was deserted and a subsequent US Air Force search for Crowhurst followed to no avail. British sailor Robin Knox-Johnston was the only entrant to complete the race. He was awarded both prizes and subsequently donated his £5000 prize money to Clare Crowhurst and the Crowhurst children. Director James Marsh carried out painstaking research and delved deep into the heart and soul of what made Donald Crowhurst tick: “If I can speculate on Crowhurst’s background and his experience, he seemed to have a series of failures, if you like, and he escaped the failure by rolling the dice bigger on the next adventure. He was a man of enormous energy and charm and that energy and charm led him into decisions like the ones he made in joining the race, for example. He had enormous self-belief as well, and people around him substantiated that. He managed to fund and build that boat, so there’s a danger of overlooking what he achieved in this story as well as what he didn’t achieve. He achieved enormous amounts”. “He was a fairly inexperienced sailor but he wasn’t as inexperienced as some people think he was. He hadn’t sailed the ocean properly, yet he built this very fast trimaran, but the boat wasn’t fully tested and finished. He made a pretty good go at sailing round the world – he stayed out in the ocean for the best part of seven months so all in all, he achieved much more than people ever thought he could, he just didn’t achieve what his objective was. It was a case of over-reach, it was hubris and that is what caused the tragedy of his demise”, concludes Marsh. The research materials available on Crowhurst were “endless” says James Marsh, “there are quite a few books out there and great raw materials that he left behind, his logbooks, his diaries and letters he wrote to his wife”. In the course of the research, Marsh also read a lot about psychology and about isolation, “You can read about what happens to prisoners who are on their own for six months and what that does to their minds. I made a documentary about a chimpanzee and he went mad within three days. There’s something about us as animals that are entirely social”. Marsh found Crowhurst’s logbooks to be one of the most fascinating elements of research “because they’re the real thing when they’re not the real thing, he’s disguising the real thing. You can perceive the real story through the disguise”. “I would drive around the country looking at locations listening to Crowhurst’s tapes” recalls Marsh, “He sings on the tapes, mostly sea shanties and he speculates about the state of the world, about politics, about his own life. It’s extraordinary really, some of that is a persona but some of it also is the truth. That’s the great joy of this kind of film – you get a chance to research and the more you know the more you want to know”. The public persona Donald Crowhurst created through his tape recordings and the way he talks to his family and people on dry land were, according to James Marsh, “increasingly divorced from what he was feeling and experiencing. In our portrayal, he becomes primitive essentially. He’s stripped of civilisation and becomes much more elemental and that’s shown in his physicality, he loses weight, doesn’t wear as many clothes and starts to look like a vagabond on the boat. The mental journey is much more interesting than the physicality and we just had to bring that to the character”. “There are entries in the logbooks and in the tape recordings that he became aware of the cosmic reality of where he was.” comments Marsh. “No-one behaved rationally after a certain point in that race. Moitessier lost his mind a bit too – he went round again! Robin Knox-Johnston was perhaps the exception but his boat was in a very strange state when he came back to the British coastline. All in all, no-one was spared by this journey”. “The sea is like a desert. It’s also mercurial, it has moods, it changes, and it threatens you. But, all you’re seeing is a horizon and a sky. The sea changes colour, it can be stormy and it has this sort of personality that can destroy you,” muses Marsh. “The isolation is a huge part of what goes wrong in Crowhurst’s mind. Your brain chemistry changes when you don’t speak to people”. When a real-life character is portrayed on screen, there comes a certain responsibility to the memory of the person and to the feelings of loved ones. James Marsh doesn’t think there is any ‘definitive’ version of any true story, “that’s the great virtue of true stories, you can interpret them this way or that way, endlessly”. He says The Mercy is “a version of a story that we think has some truth to it. There’s no definitive version apart from the reality of what actually happened. You capture and distil it somehow into a dramatic form or a documentary form. There is a duty to respect that character and to be sympathetic. Colin and I both respect that – we both really liked Crowhurst, we felt we knew enough about him to go on with this story and get to the truth of it. Colin plays him with such sympathy and such careful precise emotional progression, which is totally profound”. “A lot of artists became quite obsessed with Donald Crowhurst” notes Rachel Weisz who plays his wife Clare in The Mercy, “I actually think this story is a very loving portrait of him and his ambitions. There’s a kind of Donald Crowhurst in all of us, we all dream of some kind of glory. I think in the culture we live in now, we’re encouraged to reach beyond our lot or our station. Crowhurst could have made it and it would be a very different story. At the time, there was perhaps this notion that he’d cheated and lied, but I don’t really feel the story’s about that. It’s about somebody who is a dreamer and he gets caught up in a kind of white lie. Everybody exaggerates a little bit now and then to suit his or her story but obviously, this is a very extreme version of it, therefore it makes good drama. I think Donald Crowhurst is immensely human and relatable. He’s not a strange, un-understandable being. I think he’s very understandable. I think the essence of the film is celebrating him as a kind of romantic hero. I hope his family might feel that too, because that’s my feeling about the film” concludes Weisz. Here are some blogs that Linus Wilson has written about the strange last voyage of the SV Sea Nymph, a 45-foot sailboat owned by Jennifer Appel, which were mentioned in the podcast: https://slowboatsailing.wordpress.com/2018/01/10/breaking-news-hawaii-sailors-gps-track-does-not-prove-we-were-no-where-near-tahiti-as-asserted-by-jennifer-appel-the-today-show/ https://slowboatsailing.wordpress.com/2017/12/08/exclusive-the-last-voyage-of-the-sv-sea-nymph-as-reported-to-the-uscg/ We use a Mantus Anchor and swivel on our boat. Get all your Mantus gear athttp://www.mantusanchors.com/?affiliates=15Mantus Anchors is a corporate sponsor of this episode.We will be running contest where our most loyal Patreon supporters can become part of our crew literally as we explore the paradise islands of the South Pacific. www.Patreon.com/slowboatsailingOur one Star or Executive Producer patron can join the crew without winning the drawing.Patrons of the round the world vlog and podcast get bonus podcast episodes and free audiobooks of How to Sail Around the World Part-Time and Slow Boat to Cuba. They get never before released audiobook chapters of Slow Boat to the Bahamas. You can also get access to many podcasts and videos early as a patron.Slow Boat to the Bahamas https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018OUI1Q2/Slow Boat to Cubahttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MFFX9AGand How to Sail Around the World-Part Time https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B0OFYNW/have been #1 sailing bestseller on Amazon. Associate Producer, Anders ColbensonSupport the Slow Boat Sailing vlog and podcast at https://www.patreon.com/slowboatsailingSubscribe to the podcast at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slow-boat-sailing-podcast/id1084423845?mt=2http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/slow-boat-sailing-podcasthttps://youtu.be/bb1Tk8P7E-U?list=PLmISw2WoaEPzs9qBF1E5ubvPgr5uSSUkfOn the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast Linus Wilson has interviewed the crew of Sailing SV Delos, WhiteSpotPirates (Untie the Lines), Chase the Story Sailing, Sailing Doodles, SV Prism, Sailing Miss Lone Star, and many others.Sign up for our free newsletter for access to free books and other promotions at www.slowboatsailing.commusic by www.BenSound.com Copyright Linus Wilson, 2018We use a Mantus Anchor and swivel on our boat. Get all your Mantus gear athttp://www.mantusanchors.com/?affiliates=15Mantus Anchors is a corporate sponsor of this episode.We will be running contest where our most loyal Patreon supporters can become part of our crew literally as we explore the paradise islands of the South Pacific. www.Patreon.com/slowboatsailingOur one Star or Executive Producer patron can join the crew without winning the drawing.Patrons of the round the world vlog and podcast get bonus podcast episodes and free audiobooks of How to Sail Around the World Part-Time and Slow Boat to Cuba. They get never before released audiobook chapters of Slow Boat to the Bahamas. You can also get access to many podcasts and videos early as a patron.Slow Boat to the Bahamas https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018OUI1Q2/Slow Boat to Cubahttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MFFX9AGand How to Sail Around the World-Part Time https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B0OFYNW/have been #1 sailing bestseller on Amazon. Associate Producer, Anders ColbensonSupport the Slow Boat Sailing vlog and podcast at https://www.patreon.com/slowboatsailingSubscribe to the podcast at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slow-boat-sailing-podcast/id1084423845?mt=2http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/slow-boat-sailing-podcasthttps://youtu.be/bb1Tk8P7E-U?list=PLmISw2WoaEPzs9qBF1E5ubvPgr5uSSUkfOn the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast Linus Wilson has interviewed the crew of Sailing SV Delos, WhiteSpotPirates (Untie the Lines), Chase the Story Sailing, Sailing Doodles, SV Prism, Sailing Miss Lone Star, and many others.Sign up for our free newsletter for access to free books and other promotions at www.slowboatsailing.comCopyright Linus Wilson, 2018

Jings, crivens and help ma Boab! It's horrible in London and it's horrible in the rest of the world, so John and Luke attempt to take your mind off things with some awesome music and (admittedly) inane chatter. This week's hot topics are whether John's plan to wax himself all over so he looks as slick as an eel is hot or horrible; the deleterious gravitational and atmospheric effects the Calder Valley has on one's poached egg game; why beef rather than drugs is the required fuel for a floatation tank visit; nostalgia for the days when a man could wear a lustrous beard with no moral qualms; and the mathematical madness of the doomed Donald Crowhurst. The fine, fine music this week comes from the Honeydrippers, Rose Elinor Dougall, Les Amazones d'Afrique, Duke Garwood, ADULT., Anohni, PINS, Roger Robinson, Moonlandingz and Jakuzi. Thanks to Mighty Seb White, Todd The Dog and Maria, not forgetting Ben, Adele, Amy, Mal and everyone in Hebden. IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT!

  During the siege of Leningrad in World War II, a heroic group of Russian botanists fought cold, hunger, and German attacks to keep alive a storehouse of crops that held the future of Soviet agriculture. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Vavilov Institute, whose scientists literally starved to death protecting tons of treasured food. We'll also follow a wayward sailor and puzzle over how to improve the safety of tanks. Intro: Tippi Hedren, star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, shared her home with a 400-pound lion. In 2009, a California consumer sued PepsiCo for implying that crunchberries are a fruit. Sources for our feature on Nikolai Vavilov: S.M. Alexanyan and V.I. Krivchenko, "Vavilov Institute Scientists Heroically Preserve World Plant Genetic Resources Collections During World War II Siege of Leningrad," Diversity 7:4 (1991), 10-13. James F. Crow, “N. I. Vavilov, Martyr to Genetic Truth,” Genetics 134:4 (May 1993). Olga Elina, Susanne Heim, and Nils Roll-Hansen, "Plant Breeding on the Front: Imperialism, War, and Exploitation," Osiris 20 (2005), 161-179. Peter Pringle, The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov, 2008. Boyce Rensberger, "Soviet Botanists Starved, Saving Seeds for Future," Washington Post, May 12, 1992. Michael Woods, “Soviet Union's Fall Threatens 'Gene Bank' for Food Crops,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 26, 1993. Joel I. Cohen and Igor G. Loskutov, “Exploring the Nature of Science Through Courage and Purpose,” SpringerPlus 5:1159 (2016). Listener mail: Peter Nichols, A Voyage for Madmen, 2001. Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall, The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst, 1970. Ed Caesar, "Drama on the Waves: The Life and Death of Donald Crowhurst," Independent, Oct. 27, 2006. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Tommy Honton, who cites this source (warning: this link spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music or via the RSS feed at http://feedpress.me/futilitycloset. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- on our Patreon page you can pledge any amount per episode, and all contributions are greatly appreciated. You can change or cancel your pledge at any time, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

  In 1968 British engineer Donald Crowhurst entered a round-the-world yacht race, hoping to use the prize money to save his failing electronics business. Woefully unprepared and falling behind, he resorted to falsifying a journey around the world. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe the desperate measures that Crowhurst turned to as events spiraled out of his control. We'll also get some updates on Japanese fire balloons and puzzle over a computer that turns on the radio. Intro: The stones at Pennsylvania's Ringing Rocks Park chime like bells when struck with a hammer. Sand dunes that "sing" when walked upon are found at 35 sites around the world. In 1884 two scientists notated the sounds on a musical scale. Sources for our feature on Donald Crowhurst: Peter Nichols, A Voyage for Madmen, 2001. Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall, The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst, 1970. Associated Press, "Briton Missing in Global Race," July 10, 1969. Associated Press, "Mystery Shrouds Lone Sailor's Fate," July 12, 1969. Associated Press, "Search Ends for Voyager," July 12, 1969. Associated Press, "Lost Yacht Racer Sent Fake Reports," July 25, 1969. Associated Press, "Log Shows Yachtsman Never Left Atlantic in Race Round World," July 28, 1969. AAP-Reuters, "Lost Sailor 'Stayed in Atlantic,'" July 28, 1969. "Mutiny of the Mind," Time 94:6 (Aug. 8, 1969), 59. Ed Caesar, "Drama on the Waves: The Life and Death of Donald Crowhurst," Independent, Oct. 27, 2006. Robert McCrum, "Deep Water," Guardian, April 4, 2009. Alex Ritman, "First Look: Colin Firth Cast Adrift as Ill-Fated Amateur Sailor Donald Crowhurst in 'The Mercy'," Hollywood Reporter, June 17, 2016. Listener mail: Bob Greene, "The Japanese Who Bombed Oregon," Chicago Tribune, July 18, 1988. Nicholas D. Kristof, "Nobuo Fujita, 85, Is Dead; Only Foe to Bomb America," New York Times, Oct. 3, 1997. Ross Coen, Fu-Go, 2014. James sent these additional links on Nobuo Fujita: Tatiana Danger, "Visit the Samurai Sword of the WWII Japanese Pilot Who Bombed Oregon," Roadtrippers, April 25, 2014. Larry Bingham, "Oregon Coast Trail Dedicated for World War II Bombing," Oregonian, Oct. 2, 2008. Finn J.D. John, "The Flying Samurai Who Attacked Oregon," Offbeat Oregon History, May 12, 2013. Finn J.D. John, "A Town's Special Friendship With Its Onetime Would-Be Destroyer," Offbeat Oregon History, May 18, 2013. William McCash, Bombs Over Brookings, 2005. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Doug Shaw. You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music or via the RSS feed at http://feedpress.me/futilitycloset. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- on our Patreon page you can pledge any amount per episode, and all contributions are greatly appreciated. You can change or cancel your pledge at any time, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

Today's whale of a tale concerns the ill-fated voyage of Donald Crowhurst, as seen through the lens of Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell's 2006 documentary, Deep Water. Music journalist and nautical enthusiast Ned Raggett joined Paco and George to discuss his attachment to this story from the 1968 race to circumnavigate the globe. This doc defies logic and will have you saying "...What the..." more times than The Imposter. Befuddling and tragic as it is, we wring some fun out of it. You can catch this doc on Netflix. Sunday Times Golden Globe Race inspired Robin Knox-Johnston, Bernard Moitessier, and Donald Crowhurst, among others to attempt solo circumnavigation of the globe. Of these men, Donald Crowhurst had the least sailing experience and the most financial gamble riding on the race. He bet his career, family, and ego on the voyage and it takes so many bizarre twists and turns. A fictionalized film version, The Mercy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3319730) directed by James Marsh and starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz finished production and is due out in 2017. Ned Raggett, to his continued surprise, has something of a writing career. When not keeping the roof over his head while working in UC San Francisco’s library system, he writes for a variety of locations all over the place, including Pitchfork, the Quietus, Flavorwire, FACT, Noisey, the Guardian, the San Francisco Chronicle, Bandcamp and a host of others past and present, most notably the All Music Guide, where he freelanced from 1998 to 2012. His weekly column for the Nashville Scene, Ned’s Atomic Link Bin, keeps track of notable English-language music writing, while he also posts quite a lot on Twitter, Facebook and so forth. Occasionally he remembers to eat, breathe and sleep, which reassures his girlfriend Kate. **Sup Doc has created a Patreon page for those that can help out. We will also be providing unique Sup Doc content for our contributors. If now is not good for you we always appreciate you listening and spreading the word about Sup Doc!Follow us on:Twitter: @supdocpdocastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.

We’ve made it to the last day in the book - October 26. Our heroes, Carruthers and Davies, sail off into the sunset with the delightful Clara on board, and her dastardly dad, Dollman, overboard. In this podcast Lloyd notDavies plots out how to get us back to Blighty via Ostmahorn, Holland. Tim notCarruthers, meanwhile, considers the end of Dollman, and the potentially tricky subject of suicide at sea. First up, we make yet another plea to the listeners to support us on Unbound (02:52), where we’re trying to raise money to produce a beautiful new book and online adventure for you. Sign up here: https://unbound.co.uk/books/riddle-of-the-sands Lloyd charts the route from Norderney to Ostmahorn via the island of Rottum (04:56); a brief description of Rottum & its warden (06:42); the tale of the ‘crazy Earl’ who once owned the place (08:12); how we might sail past Rottum today (10:28); how the SS held out in this part of the world at the end of WW2 (12:20). Tim talks about Dollman ‘falling’ overboard (14:00); people who fall off cruise ships (15:46); people who jump off the Staten Island ferry (18:06); the strange tale of Donald Crowhurst (18:58). Tim talks about late-19th century attitudes to suicide (21:56); the move to treating would-be suicides as mental patients rather than criminals (23:26); where would Dollman’s body have ended up anyway?(25:35); how ‘The Mikado’ ridiculed English attitudes to anti-suicide laws (27:37). Lloyd tries to get us to Ostmahorn but finds there’s a dyke in the way (29:56). Musical Interlude: the legendary Ostmahorn/Gröningen folk scene of the ‘70s featuring Törf and Fungus (33:19). Tim is puzzled as to whether Dollman really is a double agent (36:04); examples of real-life German double agents of the period (37:41); stories of criminals, madmen and fantasists working as spies (40:55). Lloyd consults his Bradshaws (again) about trains, and steamers from Harlingen to London (45:41); our landing point at Tower Bridge (46:49); a problem with getting back to London before October 29 (47:56). Club Business - Kim’s fears for ship’s dog allayed (50:54); Nick on the Battle of Dorking (51:40). Having brought this narrative to an end, there are no missions for next week! Thank you everyone for your contributions. MUSIC CREDITS Great Open Sea by the Wellington Sea Shanty Society: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Wellington_Sea_Shanty_Society/none_given_1098/12_-_Wellington_Sea_Shanty_Society_-_Great_Open_Sea The Mikado - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLOY_R5XIJ8 Törf - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7F9l-zk7Qk Fungus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr9voaqgSIw

Donald Crowhurst, a 35-year-old British inventor and businessman, set out in October 1968 to sail around the world alone as part of a contest. In July 1969 his sailboat was discovered adrift and without its skipper. Then things got even stranger.

Tuesday’s Isotopica features the delightful and loquacious Jean Wainwright (of audio arts fame), talking about all things nautical, from the missing, pretend ‘round the world captain Donald Crowhurst to her family on the Titanic. All of this focused on her epic series of exhibitions Ship to Shore in southampton.

Joe Morgenstern, film critic for the Wall Street Journal, reviews Deep Water, which depicts the voyage of Donald Crowhurst, one of nine competitors in a disastrous 1969 round-the-world yacht race, and the 30th anniversary DVD of The Flight of the Gossamer Condor.