canary islands

Join us as we travel to Gran Canaria, the third largest Canary Island and a welcoming and tolerant holiday hotspot off the north-west coast of Africa in the Atlantic ocean.  The volcanic island, famed for its popular beaches that largely run along the south of the island, has so much more to discover than many visitors realise. 

Joining our host, Rebecca Miles, to talk about this side of the island - from the buzzing capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to the botanic gardens and art installations - is Maria Lezcano, a tour guide who has worked on the island for over 20 years and whose knowledge and enthusiasm is infectious.

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In this episode of the Vint Podcast, Brady Weller and Billy Galanko chat with John Szabo, a Master Sommelier based in Canada and one of the world's leading experts on volcanic wines. John shares his insights into the nuances of volcanic wines around the world, from Italy's Mount Etna to Oregon's Columbia Valley, and how the unique mineral composition of volcanic soils can impact grape growing and wine production.

We delve into some of John's favorite volcanic wine regions, including Santorini, Greece, and the Canary Islands, and explore the diversity of styles and flavors that can be found in these wines. We also discuss the challenges and opportunities of growing grapes on volcanic soils, including the importance of balancing the mineral characteristics of the soil with other factors like climate and vineyard management practices.

Throughout the conversation, John shares his deep knowledge and passion for volcanic wines, as well as his insights into the evolving landscape of wine production and appreciation around the world. John is a partner and principal critic for WineAlign.com, and buyer for the WineAlign Exchange wine club, as well as co-host of the podcast Wine Thieves with WineAlign colleague Sara D’Amato.

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Past Guests Include: William Kelley, Peter Liem, Eric Asimov, Bobby Stuckey, Rajat "Raj" Parr, Erik Segelbaum, André Hueston Mack, Emily Saladino, Konstantin Baum, Landon Patterson, Heather Wibbels, Carlton "CJ" Fowler, Boris Guillome, Christopher Walkey, Danny Jassy, Kristy Wenz, Dan Petroski, Buster Scher, Andrew Nelson, Jane Anson, Tim Irwin, Matt Murphy, Allen Meadows, Altan Insights, Tim Gaiser, Vince Anter, Joel Peterson, Megan O'Connor, Adam Lapierre, Jason Haas, Ken Freeman, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Skyler Weekes, Mary Gorman McAdams, Nick King, Bartholomew Broadbent, Nick Jackson, Dillon Sykes, Mark Bell, David Keck, John Szabo, Channing Frye, Jay Hack, Julia Harding, Austin Hope, Michael Minnillo, Jermaine Stone, Jim Madsen, Santiago Archaval, Tom Smith, and more!

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Anita Brown has just met the sexiest man in London.
Why has he given her an Iguana?

"The Guanche, the Iguana, & the Kidnapping of Anita Brown" was first published by Allegory Ezine in their Spring/Summer 2022 issue.

This episode features an interview with Brandon Case, author and erstwhile government cog, who fled reality to live in unsettling worlds of science and magic. He has recent work in Escape Pod, Death Knell Press, and Air and Nothingness Press, among others. You can catch his alpine adventures on Twitter and Instagram @BrandonCase101.

"The Guanche, the Iguana, & the Kidnapping of Anita Brown" is voiced by Kristi Stewart. She is a regular performer for Read Me A Nightmare.

Pack your bags, grab the pet of your choice, and prepare for the end of the world. 

As we near the end of January, Michelle and I are in a vacation holding pattern. We don't have any trips planned for a couple of months. So we're taking this time to look back on 2022. It was a year full of adventure! So much adventure we're splitting it up in two parts. In part one we review our trips to Vail, Jackson Hole, Oregon and the highlight of the first half of the year, and possibly the entire year, the Canary Islands. It was hard to top that, but the second half of 2022 came close. We'll dive into that soon in part two! Hope you enjoy! Check our our Youtube Channel for the video version. We're "Let's Talk with Mark and Michelle".

This is a tale about a trip to Spain. In it, a fairytale wedding on an exotic island ... the marriage and meeting of two cultures. But there's also plenty of drama and intrigue. A fire on a runway, missed flight, car crash, the mysterious missing (maybe lost!) (possibly stolen!!) luggage, a late night theft and a striptease! If Ernest Hemingway was still alive it might be his next novel. Well he's not, so it's our latest podcast instead.

In this episode, Andrea Mai of Pure Light Project has a conversation with lightworker and dance teacher, Petra Pavelkova, who lives in the Canary Islands with a deep connection to Atlantis.  

If you would like to connect with Andrea:

• Find out more about Andrea Mai and Pure Light Project by following this podcast, and visit https://www.purelightproject.com 
• Book a Transformation or Healing session with Andrea at bookme.name/andreamai
• Check out Andrea's latest book, a collection of mystical & contemplative poetry:     Ellipses of Origin or on Amazon HERE
• And all her other books are available on Amazon including Lifelihood and Unwinding Anxiety: Free Your Mind, Get Your Life Back
• On Telegram: Pure Light Project  https://t.me/purelightprojectgroup
• On Telegram: New Earth Co-creators  https://t.me/newearthbccg

If you would like to connect with Petra: 

• email: salsaladyconpetra@gmail.com
• Instagram: @bailafuerteventura
• Facebook: Petra Bailafuerteventura
• Youtube: Cloque Swing Fuerteventura   
• Salsa Lady Fuerteventura

Spain is considered an “old world wine region” — a blend of tradition and innovation where superb quality goes hand in hand with unparalleled value. Working with indigenous grape varieties, winemakers craft robust reds, crisp whites, lively sparklers and world-renowned fortified wines. Spanish wines have a classification system based on the "Denominación de Origen" (also known as a "D.O." or designation of origin) that indicates where the wine was produced. In this episode, we're joined by Elisa Errea as we look at seven enchanting wine regions across Spain. 

This is Spain Uncorked, a Special Miniseries from Wine Pod. 

Elisa Errea started her career in wine over twenty years ago, working for the Codorníu group (Export and Winemaking) for 10 years. In 2012 she founded The Wine Studio, an internationally awarded Spanish wine school offering WSET qualifications as well as custom training. She's also a strategic consultant for wineries and institutions as well as a lecturer at different master-level programmes and sommelier degrees. She has designed the current wine programme taught by her team at Le Cordon Bleu Madrid. At an institutional level, she’s Rioja Wine Academy academic advisor and also director of ICEX-Wines from Spain official education programme "Unveiling Spanish Wines."

In this episode we talk about:

• The difference between being a "digital nomad" versus actually settling into a new home in a foreign land
• What Serenity's life is like as a kid growing up in the Canary Islands
• Why Serenity started blogging about her adventures around Gran Canaria
• Why Shane (and Serenity's mom) want their kids to have the experience of growing up outside the United States

Links:

• Serenity's Blog: Traveling with Serenity (https://travelingwithserenity.com/)

In this episode we talk about:

• What is graphic recording
• How Verity got her first gigs as a graphic recorder after studying textile design and working in sales for 20 years
• Blogging from an iPod touch in Argentina and how Verity rediscovered and reignited her creativity in South America
• The benefits of solo travel with no set itinerary 
• How to build your portfolio before anyone is willing to hire you
• The power of constraints - "You become more creative the more limited your resources are"
• How Verity adapted to working during the COVID-19 pandemic by teaching her skills to peers in her professional community
• How Verity got over 100 people to express interest in her Masterclass in less than 36 hours

Connect with Verity:

• Verity's Website (https://www.thinkdoodly.com/)
• @Think_Doodly on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/think_doodly/)
• @Verity_Ink on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/verity_ink/)
   

Other Links / Tools Mentioned in the Episode:

• Sketch Note Army on Twitter (https://twitter.com/sketchnotearmy)
• Mosabi (https://mosabi.co/)
• Gumroad (https://gumroad.com/)
• Steve Jobs Stanford Address ("Joining Up the Dots") (https://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die)
• Nine Coliving in Tenerife (https://www.ninecoliving.com/)
• Nomad City Conference (now RePeople) (https://www.repeople.co/en/conference/)

In this episode we sit down with our good friend and fellow captain/mate Dave Good. Dave is a local salt, growing up in the South Shore of Massachusetts. He has spent most of his fishing career fishing for giant bluefin tuna in MA Bay, and hundreds of miles offshore fishing in the Canyons for various big game species. Dave has also been fortunate enough to work as a full-time deckhand in several private sportfish boat programs and brings a great level of experience to the table from the perspective of a hired crew member.

Dave graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in fisheries science; which you will notice when you hear him implement data and "factoids" into his fishing tales.

Dave kicks us off with a few fish stories from a recent trip to Florida kite-fishing for sailfish. He discusses a few things he picked up while down there and how they could be applicable to our various fisheries up here in the Northeast.

The primary topic of discussion on this episode though is: How to you find your place fishing/working aboard a new boat, with a new crew, that may or may not already have a well developed system in place aboard their boat.

We discuss a series of scenarios, real life experiences, and have a few laughs shedding light on an aspect of fishing that if not handled well, can drastically impact a day on the water, or even an entire career working on charter and private boats...

Sponsors, Information, and Links from this podcast episode:

Sponsors
Deep Apparel
Mass Bay Guides

Our Guest
Capt. Dave Good: @bigtunaslut

Social Media
SeaBrosFishing: @seabrosfishing
MBG: @massbayguides
Bryan: @mbgbryan
Taylor: @mbgtaylor

SeaBros Fishing Website

Thank you for listening! Please follow @seabrosfishing on Instagram and Facebook.

Thanks for tuning in! This is our first episode of our "Rigging Station" podcast series. These episodes are intended to be short form and focused on tactics, tips, and tricks that we employ aboard the boats that we fish on and that we have learned throughout our fishing careers.

This episode is specifically focused on Off-season Tackle Maintenance. Capt. Bryan Sears talks about 4 important things that he does with his big game tackle after every fishing season.

1 - Unspooling all of your big game fishing reels
2- Clean, lubricate, and perform preventative maintenance with all of your fishing reels
3- Storing flourocarbon and leader material properly
4- Unpacking and hanging all of your spreader bars and offshore lures

Products and Companies Mentioned:

• SeaBros Fishing
• Mass Bay Guides
• Beaver Tail Rod and Reel
• Spooled Up Tackle - Line Spooler

We are now listed on Apple iTunes Podcasts! Please subscribe, give us a rating, and keep listening to the show. Thank you all!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/seabros-fishing-podcast/id1495681837

Thank you for listening! Please follow @seabrosfishing on Instagram and Facebook.

Thanks for tuning in! This is our first shot at full length episode of the SeaBros Fishing Podcast!

We wanted to formally/informally introduce ourselves and give you guys some background into SeaBros Fishing and our family charter business, Mass Bay Guides.

This episode starts off with some story telling, a few laughs, and basically a "brain dump" of next steps in developing this podcast and our brand. We reminisce about a few memorable charter clients that we fished with last season, and mention a few of our close buddies that we have met throughout the years.

We talk about some recent fishing trips that we have been on in the past few months, including a story about Taylor catching his first tarpon with our good buddy Captain David White down in Anna Maria Island, Florida.

Also in this episode, we discuss some upcoming workshops and seminars that we are hosting and speaking at during the winter months, and talk about a trip we have planned to fish for giant bluefin in the Canary Islands early this spring!

We hope you enjoy our inaugural full length episode! For all of the information regarding our friends, fellow captains, seminars, and brands, please check out the links below!

Stay Tight!
-Bryan & Taylor

Episode Mentions & Links

Our Websites
www.seabrosfishing.com
www.massbayguides.com

Our Social Media
SeaBrosFishing: @seabrosfishing
MBG: @massbayguides
Bryan: @mbgbryan
Taylor: @mbgtaylor

Workshops/Seminars
Feb 29th SeaBros Fishing Social
Castafari Seminar

Charter Capts. and Friends
Bruce Brothers
Website
Instagram: @brucebrothers_

Capt. Dave White
Website
Instragram: @captaindavid941

Capt. Jason Stock
Website
Instagram: @captain_jason_stock

Thank you for listening! Please follow @seabrosfishing on Instagram and Facebook.

When you think of the Canary Islands, cheese may not immediately come to mind, but on this episode of Cutting the Curd, host Greg Blais talks with Rafael Chacón of Chacón e Hijo - distributors of Canary Islands cheese and charcuterie.