• Calm in the Chaos - Rescue Swimmer Brian Dickinson
    Oct 29 2024

    Brian Dickinson has been a part of an elite unit in the US Navy: he's a retired Navy aviation rescue swimmer. That not adventurous enough for you? He's also one of two people to have stood on the roof of the world completely by himself.

    Join us for his incredible story. For more, check out his website and his new book Calm In The Chaos comes out TODAY - Tuesday, Oct 29. You can find it at all the usual booksellers.

    https://www.briandickinson.net/


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    19 mins
  • Brian Dickinson: From Elite Navy Rescue Swimmer to Snow Blind on the Roof of the World
    Oct 22 2024

    Brian Dickinson has had been a part of an elite unit in the US Navy: he's a retired Navy aviation rescue swimmer. That not adventurous enough for you? He's also one of two people to have stood on the roof of the world completely by himself.

    Join us for his incredible story. For more, check out his website and his new book Calm In The Chaos comes out next Tuesday, Oct 29.

    https://www.briandickinson.net/

    https://youtu.be/tHrEdZqV4FI?si=qWoXEB0LUDTbL0eP


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    23 mins
  • Jeff Lamberti: "We Couldn't Get The Grill Through The Door"
    Sep 24 2024

    Battleship IOWA Museum's first chairman of the board and former Iowa state senator Jeff Lamberti joins the gang to reminisce about the adventure of saving the ship from the mothball fleet.

    Prepare for some laughs as we share previously untold stories from Suisun Bay and Richmond, and the days when the budget was so tight, we had to ration generator hours.


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    • Volunteer with us: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/volunteer
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    22 mins
  • Saving IOWA: We Should Have Failed with Jeff Lamberti
    Aug 29 2024

    Former Iowa state senator and the first chairman of Battleship IOWA's Board, Jeff Lamberti was there for the pins-and-needles moments back in 2011 when saving the ship was still a huge question mark.

    He jumped into a Scuttlebutt recording earlier this year to reminisce about those crazy times and how it's really a miracle we're here!


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    • Volunteer with us: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/volunteer
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    21 mins
  • Travis Davis from Battleship TEXAS Part 2
    Aug 6 2024

    Here's Part 2 of our conversation with Travis Davis, Vice President of Ship Operations for Battleship TEXAS.

    In this podcast he shares behind the scenes info on the recent drydocking and restoration of the world's oldest battleship.



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    19 mins
  • Travis Davis: Battleship TEXAS VP of Ship Ops Gives Us an Update
    Jul 23 2024

    We've been trying to get this guy on the podcast for a while. He's Travis Davis, Vice President of Ship Operations for Battleship TEXAS and he's had an interesting few years.

    In this podcast he shares behind the scenes info on the recent drydocking and restoration of the world's oldest battleship.

    Part 2 coming soon.


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    20 mins
  • Restored! IOWA's 1980s TV Studio... And We Just Moved In
    Jul 9 2024

    We're excited to introduce the latest restored and working space aboard Battleship IOWA. It's the new home for our podcast: IOWA's 1980s TV studio. Welcome to NEPM Studio 61A!

    In this episode we sit down with IOWA's Innovation Engineering & Technology (IE&T) Team manager Gary Lopes for a chat about what it was like to restore the ship's 1980s television studio to its full glory (working Betamax camera included)... only to see our podcast team move in and get goofy.



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    30 mins
  • Aydin Diaby: 19 Year-Old Creates IOWA Model From Scratch!
    Jun 25 2024
    Out of the blue a few months ago, we got an email from a young man from the Philadelphia area. Aydin Diaby is 19 and a self-taught model maker. When he and his brother visited Battleship IOWA in April 2023, Aydin was so inspired, he went home, literally made a 4-foot model of the ship on his own, then reached out to let us know what he'd done.

    We were intrigued, and our communications team - in the person of volunteer Ron Ploof, reached out to get Aydin's story. Turns out model-making isn't this extraordinary guy's only intriguing interest.

    We've been so delighted getting to know him, we had to share him with you.


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    • Donate: https://www.surfacenavymuseum.org/donate
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    27 mins