This week on Fathoms Deep, a long awaited chat with video essayist, writer, and podcaster, Rowan Ellis. Rowan brings insights on queer representation, pre-read texts, and narrative structure in Black Sails. With a bonus lesson on dramaturgy and

FD 78: Claire Willett - Part 2!

Feb 2nd, 2021 1h 12m

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!You can find Claire

FD 77: Claire Willett, Death, and the Sasspants Cutiepie, Part 1 of 2

Sep 29th, 2020 1h 45m

This week on Fathoms Deep, 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

FD 76: FeatherHam at Last: Chatting with Craig Jackson and Toby Schmitz

Aug 17th, 2020 1h 18m

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.SPOILERS for all Four Seasons of Black Sai

FD 76: FeatherHam at Last: Chatting with Craig Jackson and Toby Schmitz

Aug 17th, 2020 1h 18m

FD 75: Talking Black Sails with Adam Serwer and Jon Steinberg

May 18th, 2020 1h 13m

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

FD74: Chatting with Anna-Louise Plowman about Mrs Hudson

Jul 24th, 2019 1h 15m

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 experie

FD 74: Black Sails Commentary Track – Episode II

Jan 30th, 2019 1h 7m

Our second Black Sails Commentary Track! The ladies watched Black Sails Episode II (1.02) 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

FD73: A Chat with Toby Stephens

Nov 26th, 2018 1h 24m

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.Support us on Patreon

FD73: A Chat with Toby Stephens

Nov 25th, 2018 1h 24m

FD72: Black Sails Commentary Track – Episode I

Nov 13th, 2018 1h 12m

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 fir

FD72: Commentary Track – Black Sails Episode I (1.01)

Nov 13th, 2018 1h 12m

CIJS 21: Star Wars: The Last Jedi with Lindsey Romain

Jul 17th, 2018 2h 4m

This week on Can I Just Say, culture writer Lindsey Romain joins us to discuss Star Wars: The Last Jedi and we had the most fun talking about The Force, the characters, the themes…. and a few things we had not anticipated.Lindsey Romain is a

FD71: Daphne visits with Zethu Dlomo in New York

May 21st, 2018 42m 31s

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 Ze

CIJS 15: Sense & Sensibility with Louise Barnes

May 15th, 2018 1h 56m

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 interse

FD 70: Black Sails Storytime with Toby Schmitz

Feb 5th, 2018 1h 11m

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.Listen to our post Season 3 interview with TobySupport us on Patreon fo

FD 69: Sympathy for Woodes Rogers – A chat with Luke Roberts

Dec 26th, 2017 1h 28m

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

FD 69: Sympathy for Woodes Rogers – A chat with Luke Roberts

Dec 25th, 2017 1h 28m

FD 68: Black Sails & Literature with Natasha Simonova

Nov 14th, 2017 1h 10m

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 th

FD 67: Hopes and Dreams for Abigail – a chat with Meganne Young

Nov 3rd, 2017 1h 7m

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

Introducing Our New Podcast, Can I just Say – Master and Commander

Sep 18th, 2017 1h 40m

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

FD 66: Fathoms Deep Live with Zach McGowan at Dragon Con

Sep 11th, 2017 1h

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

FD 65: Fathoms Deep Listener Q&A

Aug 21st, 2017 1h 32m

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. Th

FD 65: Fathoms Deep Listener Q&A

Aug 21st, 2017 1h 32m

FD 64: Reading with the Hamiltons – with Elizabeth Minkel and Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Aug 7th, 2017 1h 37m

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 h