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In 1991, as a young man, writer Crash Barry moved to Matinicus, Maine‘s most remote inhabited island. Two years living in a fishshack and working as a sternman on a lobster boat didn‘t make Crash an expert on Matinicus, but it was a long enough immersion to study a unique society with a wannabe poet‘s brain, filtered through a thick lens of drugs, youth and hard work. Remember, be careful on Tough Island.
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Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Tough Island, Maine: Chapter 4
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Crash wrestles with a cougar, Captain Donald rescues mariners-in-distress and a flock of puffins surround a shipwreck.
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Tough Island, Maine: Chapter 3
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy Jerold Day gets run off the island and Crash almost crashes Captain Donald’s boat. Plus, an underwater graveyard and how to dispose of an old vehicle or an ancient washing machine, island-style.
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Tough Island, Maine: Chapter 2
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Friday Aug 27, 2021
This week on Tough island, Maine, Crash moves into his room in Captain Donald’s fishhouse. Also, he goes for a motorcycle ride. And we meet Deputy Jerold Day, the first cop to ever live on Matinicus, Maine's most remote inhabited island.
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Tough Island, Maine: Chapter 1
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
After getting out of the U.S. Coast Guard, Crash moves to Matinicus, Maine's most remote inhabited island to work as a sternman aboard a lobster boat, The Dotted Eye. And he meets his new boss, Captain Donald, and his wife, Mary-Margaret.
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Introducing Tough Island, Maine
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Despite its remoteness, Matinicus is a microcosm of modern American society. Ruled by gossip and slander. Rife with substance abuse and marital discord. Over time, the archetypes revealed themselves: The angel, the hero, the loner, drunk, the cheater, the molester, the abuser, the thief, the suicide and the killer. Premiering August 17, 2021, Tough Island, Maine.