The Battle of the High Seas

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"This stuff all seems pretty transparent to me. It's good that every other boat that they encounter and on the high seas is stocked with like dullards," says O'Brien. "I was struck that O'Brien took a moment to be like, it's mayhem. Like these are just guys hitting each other with guns."

Flog the jib and shiver me timbers, it's time to set sail with the first of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels Master and Commander. It's equal parts ship jargon, ship action, and shipmen (aka sailors) pondering themes of isolation and authority. Plus, we get to the bottom of who exactly is the master and who is the commander.

Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

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