The Pirate History Podcast
Matt Albers
A podcast about the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean, the real men and women that threatened the trade and stability of the Old World empires, the forces that led them to piracy and the myths and stories they inspired. Famous names like Captain Henry Morgan, Henry Avery, Charles Vane, Mary Reed, Anne Bonny, Black Bart Roberts, Ned Low, and Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach will rub elbows with Queens, Kings, Popes, rebellious monks, Caribbean Natives, African Slaves and notorious governors like Woodes Rogers. History, high seas adventure, myth and magic, voodoo, treachery, biography and freedom await.
Episodes
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Sep 23, 2020 • 38min
Episode 181 - The Last Council of the Brethren of the Coast
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Sep 15, 2020 • 37min
Episode 180 - A Rash Proud Coxcombe
Edward Davis and Bachelor's Delight ran into a number of complications upon returning to the English colonial world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 8, 2020 • 34min
Episode 179 - Lawlessness
The single most important person in the story of the Pirates of the Round wasn't a pirate at all, but a rich, Dutch, New York Merchant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 1, 2020 • 36min
Episode 178 - Bred to the Sea
This is a story about legends, myths, and lies. This is a story about a pirate who captured the attention of the whole world. This is the story of the early life of Henry Every. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 25, 2020 • 41min
Episode 177 - A Rare Prize
William Phips didn't know how much money he had. But he did know how many pounds of money he had. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 19, 2020 • 38min
Episode 176 - A Rum Lot
William Phips was a Massachusetts shipwright with a silver tongue and big dreams. His plots led him from Boston to New Providence Island all the way to London and the court of King Charles and finally the deck of H.M.S. Rose. A King's Royal Navy Frigate in the hands of a crew of scurrilous buccaneers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 35min
Episode 175 - The Vocabulary of Despair
This is the tale of the final days of la Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion. Her crew went through an odyssey of torment and suffering which we will cover in painful detail here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 4, 2020 • 35min
Episode 174 - Nuestra Señora de la Concepción
La Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion is one of the most famous shipwrecks of all time. Thanks to the political ramifications of her final voyage and a legacy of pirates and treasure hunters her story is a key link in our story. Today we begin that tale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 28, 2020 • 35min
Episode 173 - King WIlliam's War
This is the story of the beginnings of the Nine Years War in America. We return to Fort Loyal, visit Port Royal (not that one), talk Indian allies, French & English colonial friction, and the conflict called Father Castin's War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 21, 2020 • 33min
Episode 172 - The Williamite War
The Nine Years War first major (non-Continental) front was in Ireland. It was there that King James' fate was sealed, that England's course was set, and that a whole generation of young Irish sailors learned what the English crown meant to them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
