Each episode of Sailor Martin is 15 minutes and stands on its own. Click MP3 to listen or download, or use the WAV file for broadcast. The most recent episodes appear below; older programs will be available in the yearly archives.
Episode 014: Parade Float
Runtime: 15:00
Shortwave premiere: July 2026
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Episode 013: Parade Float
Runtime: 15:00
Shortwave premiere: July 2026
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Episode 012: Parade Float
Runtime: 15:00
Shortwave premiere: July 2026
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Episode 011: Parade Float
Runtime: 15:00
Shortwave premiere: March 2026
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Episode 010: Parade Float
Runtime: 15:00
Shortwave premiere: March 2026
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Episode 009: Parade Float
Runtime: 15:00
Shortwave premiere: March 2026
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Episode 008: Parade Float
Runtime: 15:00
Shortwave premiere: March 2026
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Episode 007: Parade Float
Runtime: 15:00
Shortwave premiere: March 2026
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Episode 006: No Monkey Dolls in Cancún
Runtime: 15:03
Shortwave premiere: April 2026
Sailor Martin tells a couple on a first date the terrifying tale of The Island of the Monkey Dolls; sings an original carnival song, “Tia Maria”; dreams of godlike eyes; and attends a sailor’s holiday that features frequent explosions. Note: Contains very brief, distorted clips from “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes” by Bobby Vee, “Ain’t No Woman” by the Four Tops, and “Can’t Take My Eyes off of You” by The Four Seasons.
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Episode 005: I am a Poor Sailor
Runtime: 15:00
Shortwave premiere: April 2026
You think you know sea shanties, but you don’t know about the drunken contest in Nassau; Sailor Martin sings an original shanty; meet Sailor Martin’s glowing friend, Atomic Tom; Sailor Martin sings an original song about space aliens; and there is a secret society of bartenders who communicate through broken phones.
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Episode 004: The Sailor’s Library
Runtime: 15:00
Shortwave premiere: April 2026
Sailor Martin takes a job as an engineer on a train for children, which does not go well; remembers living with a Calypso musician and a family of Mexican wrestlers; and tells of a sunken submarine that serves as a library for sailors.
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Episode 003: Impossible Tours of the French Quarter
Runtime: 14:58
Shortwave premiere: March 2026
Sailor Martin gives a tour of the French Quarter known by sailors and people with knives; he also explains that these tours often reveal three versions of New Orleans, one impossible; he sings the original song “Jolie Marie’s Stockings”; and he dreams of Morse code.
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Episode 002: King Linnear
Runtime: 15:00
Shortwave premiere: March 2026
Sailor Martin explains the legend of a giant snake that carved the Mississippi, sings his original song “Horrible Things What Live in the Sea,” performs a pair of poems, and explains the weird side of maritime law.
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Episode 001: You’ve Got Your Popeye Hanging Out
Runtime: 14:59
Shortwave premiere: March 2026
Sailor Martin explains how his houseboat became a Mardi Gras parade float; his longstanding fight with New Orleans soul giant Ernie K-Doe; performs an original song; and presents a decadent literary theory.
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