Podcasts of the Caribbean: A Pirates of the Caribbean Podcast

In this episode, Justin celebrates the 20th anniversary of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest! Justin takes you on the adventure of making the film, as he covers the production of Dead Man's Chest. You'll get to hear how the film was made, along with the hardships of shooting on location in the Caribbean. After that, Justin reads your messages and comments about why you love De...

The celebration of Dead Man's Chest's 20th anniversary continues as Justin covers the novelization of the film! In this episode, Justin goes through the Dead Man's Chest novelization and compares it to the finished film. With the novelization being based on an earlier draft of the movie, there are many differences that can be found in the book. It includes deleted scenes from the film...

The countdown celebration leading up to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest's 20th anniversary continues! In this episode, Justin dives back into the world of the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction to talk about the 2006 refurbishment that saw the addition of Captain Jack Sparrow, Hector Barbossa, Davy Jones, and many other changes. This refurbishment was the biggest the attraction...

In this episode, we continue our countdown celebration leading up to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest's 20th anniversary. In this episode, Justin goes through the marketing campaign and the merchandising campaign for the film! You'll get to learn about the ten companies that promoted Pirates of the Caribbean through various sweepstakes contests, promotions, and other interest...

In this episode, we kick off our countdown celebration leading up to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest's 20th Anniversary! And to start, Justin sits down to talk with Reinbew Pastel, a huge fan of not only Pirates of the Caribbean, but also the Young Jack Sparrow book series! Justin and Reinbew talk about what they love about the Young Jack Sparrow books, as well as the Pirates of...

In this episode, Justin talks with Jonathan Swindle, a Captain Jack Sparrow impersonator in the Sacramento, California area. Jonathan has been dressing up as Jack Sparrow for 20 years, and in addition to that, he is also a huge Pirates of the Caribbean fan. Jonathan explains how he began impersonating Jack Sparrow, along with his favorite memories of cosplaying as Jack! Both he and Justin talk abo...

In this episode, Justin sits down to chat with his friend Lucy Peterson, a filmmaker and huge Pirates of the Caribbean fan. The two of them share why they love the franchise so much, and early Pirates of the Caribbean memories from their childhoods, along with favorite scenes, characters, the Disney Parks attractions, and much more. They also talk about the recent Pirates of the Caribbean 6 rumors...

In this episode, Justin chats with David Venghaus, who is a First Assistant Director and worked on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and At World's End. David talks about how he got his start in the film industry, and how that led him to being brought onto Pirates of the Caribbean. Along with that, he talks about the hardships of shooting on exotic locations in the Caribbean and w...

In this episode, Justin concludes Season 6 of the podcast by covering Terry Rossio's original script for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. This script was written in 2012, and is a completely different version of the film that ended up releasing in 2017. Jack Sparrow searches for a place known as the Mermaid Trove. Philip Swift and Syrena return, alongside what would've bee...

In this episode, Justin dives into the Disney Theme Parks around the world to cover the numerous different Pirates of the Caribbean shows, attractions, and experiences that have existed over the years. We talk about the Pirates characters you can meet at the parks, the show Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Tutorial at Walt Disney World, Pirate's Lair at Disneyland, the shows Wet & Wild Pi...

In this episode, Justin talks about the now defunct attraction The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow that existed at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World from 2012 to 2014. It was an interactive sensory walk-through experience that immersed guests into the Pirates of the Caribbean world and let them interact with Captain Jack Sparrow himself. The attraction included incredible projecti...

In this episode, Justin covers the four issues released in the "Beyond Port Royal" comic series published by Joe Books Ltd. from 2016 to 2017. The series picks up three days after the events of The Curse of the Black Pearl, and expand the area around Port Royal with new characters and locations. Unfortunately, the series was never finished, as only four of the eight planned issues were p...

In this episode, Justin discusses two Pirates of the Caribbean books that are meant to seem like they were written in the Pirates universe. The books covered are "The Secret Files of the East India Trading Company" written by EITC Privateer Sir Thomas Faye, and "The Pirates' Guidelines" written by Joshamee Gibbs. Both books contain various secrets and interesting pieces of...

In this episode, Justin finishes the journey through the world of "Swashbucklers" content by covering 12 more Pirates of the Caribbean comics! While some of these comics could be found in the Disney Adventures Magazine, most of them appeared in the overseas Pirates of the Caribbean Magazine from 2006 to 2008. Justin reads through each comic and analyzes their deeper connections to the Pi...

In this episode, Justin continues the journey through the world of "Swashbucklers" content by covering 12 Pirates of the Caribbean comics that appeared in the Disney Adventures Magazine from 2006 through 2007. Justin reads each comic and analyzes their deeper connections to the Pirates universe. The comics covered in this episode are Breakout, Double Duel, The Compass of Destiny, A Myste...

Justin celebrates the 3 year anniversary of the podcast with the start of a 3 episode series covering the vast amount of Pirates of the Caribbean "Swashbucklers" content! In this episode, we cover 4 children's books that feature the Swashbucklers art-style along with telling original stories. The books include Ghost Ship, A Storm at Sea, The Missing Pirate, and Escape From Davy Jones...

In this episode, we learn all about Carina Smyth-Barbossa in the book The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth. This book spans Carina's entire life, starting with her being dropped off at an orphanage by her father, Hector Barbossa, left with only the diary of Galileo Galilei. We learn about her time in multiple children's homes before she is moved to an estate name...

In this episode, Justin covers The Beak and Barrel, the newly opened Pirates of the Caribbean themed tavern at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World! Along with covering the tavern, Justin also talks about The Pirates League, which used to sit in the spot now occupied by The Beak and Barrel. Prepare for a very in depth tour of The Beak and Barrel tavern, where Justin takes you room by room to cover e...

In the season 5 finale of the podcast, we finish the journey through the Legends of the Brethren Court book series by covering the 5th and final book, named Day of the Shadow. The Black Pearl docks in an eerily quiet Marseille, and Jack and his crew run into Carolina's father, who is eager to get his daughter back. In the chaos, Diego and Carolina are separated from the rest of the crew, and t...

In this episode, we cover the 4th and penultimate book in the Legends of the Brethren Court series, Wild Waters. Justin covers some recent Pirates news before diving into the book. The Black Pearl reaches Madagascar, and they find themselves in Libertalia, the famous pirate haven. Jack Sparrow meets up once again with his father Captain Teague, and his grandmother, the viscous Grandmama. Gentleman...

In this episode, we continue the adventure through the Legends of the Brethren Court book series with book 3, The Turning Tide. The Black Pearl journeys to India to find Sri Sumbhajee and his vial of Shadow Gold, but what the crew doesn't know is that Barbara Huntington has stowed away on board. After arriving, Jack Sparrow and his crew must figure out who is trying to kill Sri Sumbhajee, and...

In this special bonus episode, Justin covers the incredible Pirates of the Caribbean comic that happens to be a crossover with The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. You'll learn about the priest named Dr. Syn, who becomes the terrifying smuggler known as the Scarecrow by night. Justin explains the background of the character and the Disney television series that aired in 1964. You'll also learn h...

In this episode, we continue our way through the Legends of the Brethren Court book series, with book 2, Rising in the East. Jack Sparrow and his crew sail toward Asia to find Mistress Ching, but are halted by Sao Feng, who needs Jack's help to usurp the title of Pirate Lord of Singapore from his brother, Liang Dao. We see the return of a blue tailed friend from the Young Jack Sparrow series,...

In this episode, we begin the journey through the 5 book series, Legends of the Brethren Court. Justin covers some background about the series before diving into book 1, The Caribbean. We learn about this series' mysterious villain, the Shadow Lord, before we meet up with Captain Jack Sparrow and his first mate Hector Barbossa as they arrive in Tortuga to pick up a crew. Jack reunites with Bil...

To celebrate 50 episodes of Podcasts of the Caribbean, Justin covers a plethora of forgotten, weird, and cancelled Pirates of the Caribbean media. We cover the 2006 Jack Sparrow Look-Alike Contest put on by the toy company Zizzle, the cancelled animated Swashbucklers show, a mysterious piece of merchandise, the cancelled video game Armada of the Damned, and the cancelled graphic novel Six Sea Shan...