These earlier episodes of Sailor Martin remain available for broadcast under the same terms as current episodes. Each episode is a standalone program and may be aired in any order. Stations are welcome to use the archive for repeat broadcasts or during weeks when no new episode is available.
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 (Like the One I Got)” by the Four Tops, and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” by Frankie Valli.
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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 to 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; recounts 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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