Out On The Ocean

Episode 12: Sunday Morning | Den Haag | September 22nd 2024

June 16th, 2026  |  10 mins 16 secs

church bells, den haag, field recording, soundscape, sunday morning, the hague, the netherlands

Sunday morning sounds from the back of Thomsonlaan, Den Haag.

Episode 11: Bright Star Of The West - Sean Williams and Joe Heaney

June 1st, 2026  |  1 hr 54 mins

evergreen state college, joe heaney, sean nos, sean williams, traditional irish singing, university of washington, uw

Sean Williams and the Seattle years of Joe Heaney.

Episode 10: Friday Harbor

May 30th, 2026  |  4 mins 56 secs

anacortes, friday harbor, san juan island, washington state ferries

On ferries headed westwards, out from Anacortes, Washington to Friday Harbor.

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.

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.

Episode 7: Wet was the day, cold was the ground

February 7th, 2026  |  2 mins 53 secs

And so in the end...

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.

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.

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.

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.