Episodes
Dec. 26, 2025
71 - Ew David, Turn Around
It's the last episode of 2025 and we're bringing you a boatload of laughs. Join Andrew and Michelle as they traverse the Great Lakes in search of the best 1 star reviews of harbors, marinas, boat launches, and the occasional ...
Dec. 19, 2025
70 - Tornadic Activities with Fish
Today, Michelle and Andrew and bringing you a very special two-for-one deal with the sinking of two car ferries - the James W Curran and the John A McPhail . Learn all about the early days of car ferries on the northern Great...
Dec. 12, 2025
69 - The Best Dam Episode
Andrew and Michelle are talking all things dams and hydraulics as they cover the Great Lakes adjacent story of the South Fork Dam. Learn about all of the mishaps and negligence that led to the tragic destruction of Johnstown ...
Dec. 5, 2025
68 - Every Queen Has Her Day
Its podcast release day and Andrew and Michelle are covering the SS Daniel J. Morrell . This shipwreck between two shipwrecks is a tale full of wild happenings, tragic endings, and the bravery of a survivor willing to finally...
Nov. 30, 2025
67 - The Fitzgerald and Swiss Cheese
Join Andrew and Michelle for the conclusion of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald today as they discuss potential causes for the ship to sink. Was it purely accidental? Was it the storm? Was it due to a bigger conspiracy that includes ...
Nov. 21, 2025
66 - Great not Mid Lakes
It's part two of the iconic Edmund Fitzgerald . Join Andrew and Michelle as they talk about the hours leading up to the wreck of the Fitz . What happened, who said what, and who went out to look for the ship who suddenly disa...
Nov. 14, 2025
65 - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Join Andrew and Michelle today as they talk about a little known ship that sank in Lake Superior one stormy night 50 years from November 10, 2025. It's not like she’s one of the most iconic shipwrecks in the Great Lakes and e...
Nov. 7, 2025
64 - A Steamed Ship + Getting Narc'd
Welcome back to another long awaited episode that we've hinted about enough that it was finally time to cover it. That's right, folks, Andrew and Michelle are taking on the SS Kamloops . Old Whitey himself would be quite prou...
Oct. 31, 2025
63 - Triple Expansion Steam Engine Hauntings
Happy Halloween! We hope you enjoy this extra eerie episode about the ghosts, hauntings, paranormal findings, and deaths on Mackinac Island. Are they real? Are some of these made up? We'll leave you to be the final judge of t...
Oct. 24, 2025
62 - Live, Laugh, Lobotomy
It's still spooky season and Andrew and Michelle are tackling not a shipwreck, but a perturbed and perhaps paranormally present building - the Eloise Asylum. This historic psychiatric hospital had quite the reach and an even ...
Oct. 17, 2025
61 - A Half-Off Accordion
Join Andrew and Michelle as they talk about the longest shipwreck in the Great Lakes - the Mapledawn . But first, we need to talk about the Manola . What do these two ships have in common? Some might say their stern personali...
Oct. 10, 2025
60 - "Wow, we got a wreck!"
Happy 60th episode!!! Andrew and Michelle talk about a fresh-off-the-press, hot-to-go, newsworthy shipwreck: the F.J. King . Learn about why this ship has eluded shipwreck hunters for over a century, how a lighthouse keeper w...
Oct. 3, 2025
59 - Heavy Metal Lighthouse
Andrew and Michelle are covering their most heavy metal episode ever talking about the Pilot Island Lighthouse. This little unassuming lighthouse on a rather small island holds some big and dark secrets. Tune in to find out w...
Sept. 26, 2025
58 - Deliquescence and Deep Dives
Join hosts Andrew and Michelle as they talk about all of the ups and countless downs associated with the SS Pewabic and her sister, the SS Meteor . What made the Pewabic one of the worst tragedies on the Great Lakes? Why is s...
Sept. 19, 2025
57 - Not The Wurst Shipwreck
Andrew and Michelle talk about a ship who, before being condemned to the Great Lakes, lived quite the life. The SS Francisco Morazan sailed for 11 different owners, under 6 different country flags all over the world, and took...
Sept. 12, 2025
56 - A Staunchly Built Marine Specimen
Something about late night recordings really make Andrew and Michelle a bit cooky and boy howdy are they ever for this episode. Join these two for some high quality dad jokes, sibling banter, and learning about a rather leaky...
Sept. 5, 2025
55 - The Nucleus at its Core
Andrew and Michelle talk about the Nucleus aka the Bad Luck Barquentine. What happened for her to get this unfortunate nickname? How far out of reach is she now? Tune in this week to find out all of the answers and more! And ...
Sept. 5, 2025
55 - The Nucleus at its Core
Andrew and Michelle talk about the Nucleus aka the Bad Luck Barquentine. What happened for her to get this unfortunate nickname? How far out of reach is she now? Tune in this week to find out all of the answers and more! And ...
Aug. 29, 2025
54 - Canadianization
Join Andrew and Michelle as they talk about the recently retired M/V Cuyahoga. Has this ship also been all over your social media feed? No? Just us? Well get ready to finally be in the loop on this fantastic ship and learn mo...
Aug. 22, 2025
53 - Out of Good Graces
Andrew and Michelle finally conclude the Grace Period Series with a bunch of mini stories: some funny, some short, some confusing, and some leaving the real story up to your imagination. They're covering the Grace M , the Gra...
Aug. 15, 2025
52 - MacGyver of Stannard Rock
Hello, ahoy, and welcome aboard a very special and super exciting episode of Under the Waves. Andrew and Michelle are joined by Jeff Koch, Coordinator and Program Manager at the Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Conserv...
Aug. 8, 2025
51 - Pop-up Clowns & Aioli
Andrew and Michelle continue the Grace Period series with the Grace Patterson . This wily ship almost had a rather short episode until a phenomenal source saved the day at the last moment. Find out more about this accident-pr...
Aug. 1, 2025
50 - A Great Lakes Polly Pocket
Welcome to episode 50!!! The Grace Period miniseries continues with Andrew and Michelle talking about the Grace A Channon . The Channon - a bathtub, transformer, polly pocket of a boat is quite the ship to learn about. Also t...
July 25, 2025
49 - A Love Story for the Ages
Join Andrew and Michelle in a new mini series called the Grace Period! To kick off, learn about the Laura Grace , a tug boat who spent most and now all of her time in Lake Ontario. Her story may be short, but the attempted re...