Out On The Ocean

A podcast about living

About the show

Immersive conversations about how we're each of us navigating our way through life - written, presented and produced by Dominic Black.

Episodes

  • Episode 9: Skyscraper Stan

    March 10th, 2026  |  1 hr 50 mins
    fitzroy, melbourne, pub rock, skyscraper stan, skyscraper stan and the commission flats, those were days

    Music, politics, undersea worlds, with singer, songwriter, bandleader, Skyscraper Stan.

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    Episode 8: Spring Andante

    February 10th, 2026  |  12 mins 49 secs
    colette kinsella, den haag, manchán magan, phil sprang, red hare media, the hague

    My friend the poet, Phil Sprang.

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    Episode 6: Sun Worship, Low Tide, The Last Days of Summer

    February 6th, 2026  |  7 mins 23 secs

    Maguire's Strand, the Barwon Estuary, a transcendent blue morning.

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    Episode 5: The Freedom of Harold Moss - Part 2

    November 14th, 2025  |  1 hr 9 mins
    civil rights, harold moss, history, historylink, pierce county council, racial discrimination, racism, redlining, tacoma, tacoma city council

    The second of two episodes on the life of civil rights activist Harold Moss.

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    Episode 4: The Freedom of Harold Moss - Part I

    October 24th, 2025  |  1 hr 15 mins
    civil rights, harold moss, historylink, racial discrimination, racism, redlining, tacoma

    Harold Moss was a legend in his adopted home city of Tacoma, Washington. A Texas-born civil rights activist, national guardsman, and passionate advocate for justice, he was the first African American member of both the Tacoma City Council and the Pierce County Council. He eventually became Tacoma's first African American mayor.

  • Episode 3: Aoife Dermody

    October 10th, 2025  |  1 hr 19 mins
    aoife dermody, bright star of the west, joe heaney, naarm

    On the cusp of a move back to Ireland from Melbourne, Aoife Dermody and me talk songs, migration and a bit of Joe Heaney.

  • Episode 2: David Munnelly - The Lowlands of Holland

    September 26th, 2025  |  1 hr 40 mins
    casa bruti, david munnelly, den haag, sandro bruti, scheveningen, shane mcgowan

    Recorded in Utrecht on a winter's morning, a deep dive into music, mental health, remembering and change.

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    Episode 1: Mrs. Kitty Moran

    September 12th, 2025  |  1 hr 3 mins
    dominic black, jody moran, mrs kitty moran, tysaxon

    Mrs. Kitty Moran of Tysaxon, Co. Galway, and St. Helen's, Lancashire.