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Carrier
2008 · TV series · documentary · 60 min episodes · 1 season
Created by Mitchell Block, Maro Chermayeff
A 10-part series filmed aboard the USS Nimitz, is a character-driven immersion in the high- stakes world of a nuclear aircraft carrier. The episodes follow a core group of characters as they navigate their jobs, families, faith, patriotism, love, the rites of passage and the war on terror.
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>They are the digital equivalent of HAM radio operators
this isn't really accurate any more. A lot of podcasts these days, in particular, the ones Spotify seems to pick up, are professionally produced audio dramas or documentaries that come with significant cost.
Look at some of the more popular ones like Homecoming with Oscar Isaac, Blackout with Rami Malek or Carrier with Cynthia Erivo, those guys and the teams behind it don't work for free.
BTW This is the pilot who was the last to land on the stormy night in one of the episodes of the documentary series "Carrier". He's relaying this incident as reported to him from a pilot friend. he had his own encounter in 2004 with a "tic-tac" flying object.
Cmdr. Dave Fravor was one of the most squared away F/A-18 pilots in the Navy. He is not some conspiracy "nut" and if he says he saw something, I'd believe him. He is held in high regard by those who served with him.
Cmdr. Fravor was featured in the PBS Carrier series [0][1]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_(documentary)
[1] http://www.pbs.org/show/carrier/
> when you're just sitting around in the ocean
Watch any of the documentary series about life aboard an aircraft carrier [1] and you'll see that there's essentially no "just sitting around in the ocean." But your main point is still accurate: If there's power available, putting it to work making jet fuel might be a good trade-off for the additional drain on the nuclear fuel.
[1] E.g., http://www.pbs.org/weta/carrier/
There is a wonderful PBS series called Carrier about life aboard an aircraft carrier. You can see full episodes (with ads) here: http://www.pbs.org/weta/carrier/full_episodes.htm , or you can stream it via Netflix.
It focuses heavily on the people, and their stories. The sheer diversity of the crowd is amazing.