Fathoms Deep: A Black Sails Podcast

The continuation of our conversation with Claire Willett. Liz left us and Daphne and Claire just kept on going. We talk about art, the Black Sails finale, emotional truths, and fandom. Spoilers for all seasons of Black Sails!

We were bound to come back to talking about the ending of Black Sails some day, and we are so happy to do so with our fabulous guest, writer Claire Willett. We talk about good deaths for female characters, our love of Max, the finale, and the Sasspants Cutiepie (guess which character that is) Spoilers for all seasons of Black Sails!

How did we wait so long to think of this one? We have now proven once and for all that Schmitz and Jackson is even more lovely than Rackham and Featherstone. Enjoy this more informal than usual episode. Note: Spoilers for all seasons of Black Sails

This week of Fathoms Deep, we are joined by Adam Serwer, staff writer for The Atlantic, and Jon Steinberg, Black Sails show runner and wrangler of pirates. We talk politics, history, Treasure Island, and Jon tells us his parrot head canon. This episode dedicated to Robert Levine and his gentile encouragement.

This week on Fathoms Deep, we chat with Anna-Louise Plowman about the special space in which Mrs Hudson exists in the story of Black Sails. We talked about a very different face of civilization and how that perspective influences how we experience the world of of the pirates though very different eyes.

This week on Fathoms Deep, our Captain was worth the wait. Daphne chats with Toby Stephens about leadership, moments of honesty, being Flint and also being not-Flint since Black Sails has ended. Spoilers for all 4 seasons.

Our very first Black Sails Commentary Track! The ladies watched Black Sails Episode I (1.01) and talked the whole time. There are Spoilers here for all Four Seasons of Black Sails so this is best to have us talk over a rewatch rather than a first watch. We will do commentary tracks for all of the episodes of Black Sails for our Patreon Subscribers - some with fun guests! Support us on Patreon to hear them all as they come out.

Daphne and Zethu finally met in person when Zethu came to New York for her new film, Mandela's Gun, to win 3 awards at the Harlem International Film Festival. The recorded in a hotel room audio isn't great but the conversation is. We discuss Zethu's two films and of course the last half of Season 4 of Black Sails.

This week on Can I Just Say, we discuss Jane Austen's novel, Sense and Sensibility, with Black Sails actress, Louise Barnes... thereby creating possibly the best intersection of beloved stories ever? We discuss the charming Dashwood sisters, the elusive narrator, and our common love of Mrs Jennings.

This week on Fathoms Deep, we are lucky enough to have a second visit with Toby Schmitz to discuss Season 4 of Black Sails and the Rat that got the whole Damned Boulangerie. 

This week on Fathoms Deep, we discuss both historical and Black Sails versions of Woodes Rogers  with Luke Roberts. We establish that Rogers is complex and also absolutely a pirate and give us a minute to adjust our rings nonchalantly while we prove it.

This week on Fathoms Deep, Daphne chats with Natasha Simonova, a Fellow and Lecturer in English Literature at Exeter College, University of Oxford. We discuss the books within the story of Black Sails, other books of the period, and the fact that Thomas Hamilton's favorite color was absolutely and undoubtably Blue.

This week on Fathoms Deep, Daphne chats with Meganne Young about everyone's favorite - Abigail Ashe. We discuss pianos (sorry), pirate culture shock, and how powerful the words 'good' and 'stop' can be. Also, we choose our own Abigail adventures because we miss her!

Welcome to our new Podcast, Can I Just Say, in which the ladies and guests will give the Fathoms Deep treatment to other stories. In honor of our tall ship lovers, we started the new podcast by covering Master and Commander. Enjoy and join us by subscribing to Can I Just Say.

This week on Fathoms Deep, nothing like rum at 11:30am with a Proper Pirate. The ladies went to Dragon Con and Zach spoke to us about who Charles was to him, gave us lessons on how to radio, and many a potential hashtag was born (but no pirate babies) #WhosYourPirateDaddy #EveryoneDoZachMcGowan

This week on Fathoms Deep, we had listeners ask the questions. We discussed what we would do and who we would be in the world of Black Sails, the perfect pirate dinner party, and our amazing experiences podcasting about this beautiful story. Thank you to all of our listeners. Enjoy a peek behind our curtain.

This week on Fathoms Deep, journalists Elizabeth Minkel and Gavia Baker-Whitelaw join us to talk about falling hard for Black Sails and the research projects that have become part of that glorious obsession.... including figuring out what would have been in the Hamilton's library.

This week on Fathoms Deep, we are joined by Jon Steinberg to talk about the mythology of the Pirate Titans, who is in the labyrinth, archetypes, and finding an emotion and riding it for all it's worth (spoiler warning: there will be crack pot theories)

This week on Fathoms Deep, Daphne chats with Black Sails Supervising Producer Nina Jack about special effects buffets, the challenges of mist control, and many other aspects of making our favorite story come to life.

This week on Fathoms Deep, we sit down to chat about our love of Max - Queen of Nassau and preserver of hats. We discuss Max's role in the story of Black Sails, and her place in our hearts.