
The Dockporter: a Mackinac Island Podcast
Read by The Dockporter co-author and enriched with summer sounds and music, this podcast is an offbeat, nostalgic coming-of-age story that appeals to anyone who ever had a summer job. If Rushmore director Wes Anderson remade Caddyshack, but it emerged as a hybrid of Footloose and Meatballs (and was a book), it would be The Dockporter. Set on Mackinac Island in northern Michigan, The Dockporter is genre-smashing, hilariously fresh, yet refreshingly familiar—a novel about friends, family, love, luggage, and the summers we never forget. Adapted from the novel of the same name, this is the first of many Mackinac Island stories to come.
Podcasting since 2023 • 16 episodes
The Dockporter: a Mackinac Island Podcast
Latest Episodes
Chapter 16: Reunion
Back to the present day. Sort of. Our story wraps up as an older (but not particularly wiser) Jack returns to Mackinac Island and reconnects with old friends. ... but one last surprise awaits.
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Chapter 15: The Ride
Jack's forced to risk it all with one last load. After a summer of expected twists and turns, the dockporter is forced to put his money where his mouth is and see if he really has what it takes to conquer his demons, both real and imagined.&nbs...
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33:26

Chapter 14: Reactivated
Jack's world seems to have crumbled, but he gets one last chance to make things right when a mysterious load of luggage arrives on the docks. Is Blackjack still a possibility? Listen and find out!
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