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400 Favorite Pirate Media Contest Award Show

Favorite pirate media contest award show. Special thanks to that buccaneer Capt'n Rob from Down in a Heap https://anchor.fm/rob-c for joining me to discuss the entries.  Spoilers for Starz' Black Sails and more adult discussion in part 3 of the show Entries (in order of receipt) John Lenin Joe (Hi…

A Different Perspective with Tim Steer, UK Fund Manager and Author

In this episode, Nick Searle speaks to Tim Steer, former top-ranked UK fund manager and author. Tim started his career as sound engineer to the stars – touring with the likes of Meat Loaf, Diana Ross, Leo Sayer and Thin Lizzy.   He then qualified as an accountant before moving into investment analy…

DBC Episode 35: All About Pirates

A deep dive into the history of pirates, featuring Under the Black Flag by David Cordingly, news articles about pirates, and Ninjago: Ninja vs. Pirate (why?). I play some piratey music on ukulele

Blue Bubbles Versus Green Bubbles

When an Android user sends a text message to an iPhone user, their chat bubble shows up in iOS shaded green rather than iMessage's default blue. This color coding signals to the iPhone user that the incoming text is arriving from outside the Apple ecosystem. But the divide goes beyond simple aesthe…

Episode 370: Enemies of All

Maritime plundering, or piracy, has happened in nearly all regions of the world, in most ages of human history. Yet the image that we have of "a pirate" in our collective imagination comes from one period in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. So "why has that one relatively short …

Episode 18: Raising the Black Flag

This is part one of a two-part series on the rise and fall of piracy. This episode covers the rise. It’s not often that the myths and stories we tell ourselves about history are accurate (more or less). This is one of those times. The collective imagination surrounding piracy, though far more bruta…

Episode 19: The Golden Age of Piracy

This is Part Two of this short series on piracy in the American colonies. If you would like to learn more about the origins of piracy and the average life of a pirate, please check out Episode 18. Piracy arose quickly in the American colonies as a menace to polite society. From plantation raids, t…

CHAPTER 1: BLACKBEARD AND THEY PIRATES

Was the most infamous pirate in history actually a Bristol man? In Episode One of BRISTOL: IT’S CRIMINAL, Sheila Hannon is joined by Bristol-born actor and long-time Show of Strength performer Gerard Cooke to explore the evidence linking Edward Teach — better known as Blackbeard — to Bristol. Tog…

EP 26: Pirates!...Yar!

  Is piracy just criminal chaos or the mirror to colonial empire? In this episode, we dive into the world of piracy, from the 16th century to the modern era. Join Triploi as we look at how the world’s oceans became highways of extraction, creating a golden age of piracy that would parallel the r…