🚨 Episode 15: St. Elmo's Fire – Hank Hayes (the Pirate Radio Guy) and Jim Nazium are live with epic 1970s Brooklyn pirate radio stories you won’t hear anywhere else. From diaper-crawling origins of their lifelong friendship to actual St. Elmo’s fire sparks shooting from the antenna right next to the bed during thunderstorms, this episode is packed with nostalgia, danger, and underground radio history.Key highlights:• Lightning warnings, hair-standing-up static electricity, and disconnecting the antenna behind the radiator to avoid disaster• Blown power supplies, smoke-filled computers, and the death of Radio Shack repairs in our disposable society• How tuning below 88.1 MHz led to discovering the first pirate station and inspiring a whole wave of 1620 AM pirates (including WPNJ)• Surprise live call-in from Joe at the Controls of WPNJ – real pirate radio history in the making!• FCC raids, Judah Mansbach voicemail threats, and how pirates coordinated during blizzards and hurricanesWe’re live every Sunday 6 PM on YouTube & vaugh.live. We’re inches from 1,000 subscribers — smash that SUBSCRIBE button, hit LIKE, and call in live: 816-974-7283 (816-9PIRATE). Share your pirate radio memories or request a QSL card!Perfect for fans of pirate radio, radio history, underground broadcasting, Brooklyn radio, and classic tech stories.Keywords: pirate radio, pirate radio podcast, St. Elmo’s fire, Brooklyn pirate radio, 1620 AM pirate, pirate radio stories, FCC pirate radio, Judah Mansbach, Hank and Jim, underground radio, pirate radio history#PirateRadio #StElmosFire #PirateRadioPodcast #BrooklynPirateRadio #RadioHistory #UndergroundRadio #FCC #PirateRadioStories #HankAndJim #1620AM #VintageRadioSparks flying from the antenna IN THE BEDROOM during thunderstorms? That’s real St. Elmo’s fire on a pirate radio setup! Jim Nazium describes hair standing up and giant arcs before lightning even hit. “I threw the coax behind the radiator and prayed.” ⚡#PirateRadio #StElmosFire #PirateRadioPodcast #RadioHistoryFrom crawling in diapers to knocking on Jim Nazium’s door — the magnetic pull that started a lifelong pirate radio partnership. Hank & Jim have been friends since the 1960s and still broadcast together every Sunday. True origin story goals. ❤️#PirateRadio #HankAndJim #BrooklynPirateRadio #PirateRadioStoriesSurprise live call from Joe at the Controls (WPNJ)! Three old pirate radio brothers reconnect on air after decades. Joe reveals he heard Larry Wong first, then built his own station and even rebroadcasted WFAT. Real underground radio network history unfolding live. 📻#PirateRadio #WPNJ #PirateRadioPodcast #BrooklynRadioPower supply explodes with smoke and a loud POP — classic pirate radio equipment failure story. Jim fixes it himself because Radio Shack was still around. Now? “Everything is disposable.” The end of repair culture explained by actual pirates. 🔧#PirateRadio #TechHistory #DisposableSociety #RadioHistory #PirateRadioPodcastOne pirate station (WFAT on 1620) inspired an entire wave of Brooklyn pirates — WPNJ, WKG, PRN and more popped up right after. They even coordinated sign-off times during blizzards so everyone could be heard. The original underground radio community! 🔥#PirateRadio #1620AM #UndergroundRadio #PirateRadioHistory #BrooklynPirateRadio