The Bilge Pumps

The Bilge Pumps

By Dr. Alex ClarkeEducationGovernmentHistory
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The Bilge Pumps episodes

  • Bilgepumps 84: Light Destroyers & Non Ukraine News...
    Episode 84, Dr Clarke & Drachinifel are alone and decide to well, get worked up about Light Destroyers and discussing the non-Ukraine noise going on.
    We would also very much like any comments, topic suggestions or ideas for artwork to be tweeted to us, the #Bilgepump crew (with #Bilgepumps), at Alex (@AC_NavalHistory), Drach (@Drachinifel), and Jamie (@Armouredcarrier). Or you can comment on our YouTube channels (listed down below).
    1 hr 12 min
  • Bilgepumps 83: Lessons from Ukraine for China?
    We've made it to Episode 83,we had a special guest Trent Telenko, we deicided to think about what China could be learning from Ukrain, so with Drachinifel unfortunately unable to make it, Trent, with Alex & Jamie sat down to think this through... (recorded Monday 7th of March, 2022)...
    We would also very much like any comments, topic suggestions or ideas for artwork to be tweeted to us, the #Bilgepump crew (with #Bilgepumps), at Alex (@AC_NavalHistory), Drach (@Drachinifel), and Jamie (@Armouredcarrier). Or you can comment on our YouTube channels (listed down below).
    1 hr 9 min
  • Bilgepumps 82: Some Initial Thoughts upon Ukraine
    We've made it to Episode 82 and due to various reasons, it ended up being just Drach & Alex... so you get to listen as too friends try to make sense of the world as best they can (recorded Monday 28th of February, 2022)...
    We would also very much like any comments, topic suggestions or ideas for artwork to be tweeted to us, the #Bilgepump crew (with #Bilgepumps), at Alex (@AC_NavalHistory), Drach (@Drachinifel), and Jamie (@Armouredcarrier). Or you can comment on our YouTube channels (listed down below).
    1 hr 54 min
  • Bilgepumps 81: Four Musketeers of Naval Future Past
    We've made it to Episode 81 and the Bilge Pumps crew have been joined this week by the exceptional Prof. Sal Mercogliano (@mercoglianos), and it's to discuss infrastructure... It's to discuss the realities of the World as is, the legacies of empires, of global wars, of logisitics and infrastructrue... In the immutable Bilgepumps way...
    We would also very much like any comments, topic suggestions or ideas for artwork to be tweeted to us, the #Bilgepump crew (with #Bilgepumps), at Alex (@AC_NavalHistory), Drach (@Drachinifel), and Jamie (@Armouredcarrier). Or you can comment on our YouTube channels (listed down below).
    1 hr 47 min
  • Bilgepumps 80: It's Infrastructure...
    #Bilgepumps this week is the regular crew, Dr Alex Clarke, Drachinifel & Jamie from Armoured Carriers, so Season 3 is underway and Episode 80 starts off with infrastructure, ends with infrastructure and detours in the middle to a new russian submarine proposal...
    We would also very much like any comments, topic suggestions or ideas for artwork to be tweeted to us, the #Bilgepump crew (with #Bilgepumps), at Alex (@AC_NavalHistory), Drach (@Drachinifel), and Jamie (@Armouredcarrier). Or you can comment on our YouTube channels (listed down below).
    1 hr 30 min
  • Bilgepumps 79: Where do we start?
    #Bilgepumps this week is the regular crew, Dr Alex Clarke, Drachinifel & Jamie from Armoured Carriers, so Season 3 is underway and Episode 79 is well, full, very full of all sorts of ideas and discussions... not all we could get to, but we hope you enjoy!
    We would also very much like any comments, topic suggestions or ideas for artwork to be tweeted to us, the #Bilgepump crew (with #Bilgepumps), at Alex (@AC_NavalHistory), Drach (@Drachinifel), and Jamie (@Armouredcarrier). Or you can comment on our YouTube channels (listed down below).
    1 hr 23 min
  • Bilgepumps 78: Inspired by the German Cylon Frigate
    #Bilgepumps this week is the regular crew, Dr Alex Clarke, Drachinifel & Jamie from Armoured Carriers, so Season 3 is underway and Episode 78 is talking about automation, how it can be done correctly and Russia...
    We would also very much like any comments, topic suggestions or ideas for artwork to be tweeted to us, the #Bilgepump crew (with #Bilgepumps), at Alex (@AC_NavalHistory), Drach (@Drachinifel), and Jamie (@Armouredcarrier). Or you can comment on our YouTube channels (listed down below).
    1 hr 10 min
  • Bilgepumps Episode 77: Naval Diplomacy Renaissance or Revenge?
    #Bilgepumps this week is the regular crew, Dr Alex Clarke, Drachinifel & Jamie from Armoured Carriers, we have a couple of weeks off for Christmas and the whole world suddenly decides the naval diplomacy posturing options are back in vogue... and give us plenty to talk about.
    We would also very much like any comments, topic suggestions or ideas for artwork to be tweeted to us, the #Bilgepump crew (with #Bilgepumps), at Alex (@AC_NavalHistory), Drach (@Drachinifel), and Jamie (@Armouredcarrier). Or you can comment on our YouTube channels (listed down below).
    1 hr 29 min
  • Bilgepumps Episode 76: Hello 2022
    #Bilgepumps this week is the regular crew, Dr Alex Clarke, Drachinifel & Jamie from Armoured Carriers, back to begin season 3... and this is pretty much us reacting to what's been in the news whilst we've been off air enjoying our Christmas & New Year... sadly no Hawaii speaking events for us on new years, but who knows what 2022 will bring. We hope you enjoy it and it brings you something interesting, something fun and something thought provoking.
    We would also very much like any comments, topic suggestions or ideas for artwork to be tweeted to us, the #Bilgepump crew (with #Bilgepumps), at Alex (@AC_NavalHistory), Drach (@Drachinifel), and Jamie (@Armouredcarrier). Or you can comment on our YouTube channels (listed down below).
    58 min
  • Bilgepumps 75: Lessons fo the South China Sea 1941 with Special Guest Andy Boyd
    Well it's the end of the #Bilgepumps 2021 Series, a Special will be coming out on Force Z on Drachifel's Channel and we felt there was no one better to get on to discuss the intelligence, the information and the decision making which went into what happened in 1941 in the South China Sea than the one and only Andy Boyd. So please sit back and enjoy, as the regular crew, Dr Alex, Drachinfel and Jamie get to chat with one of the greatest historians publishing books today, to sit and talk with them for two hours.
    So we want to say thank you for listening, we hope you enjoyed them as much as we have enjoyed making them, we hope you will join us next year for the many episodes we hope to make through 2022 and most of all we hope you all have a wonderful christmas, a fantastic new year and that whatever you find yourself doing in December/January spectacular.
    We would also very much like any comments, topic suggestions or ideas for artwork to be tweeted to us, the #Bilgepump crew (with #Bilgepumps), at Alex (@AC_NavalHistory), Drach (@Drachinifel), and Jamie (@Armouredcarrier). Or you can comment on our YouTube channels (listed down below).
    2 hr 4 min

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A historically-informed maritime current events series – or possibly the Old Top Gear/The Grand Tour team if they were interested in navies. Stars Alex (@AC_NavalHistory), Drach (@Drachinifel), and…