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.
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Jul 7, 2020 • 31min
Episode 171 - A Rose by Any Other Name
This is our final episode following Thomas Pound. In 1690 he was rotting away in a Boston jail cell awaiting a ship that would carry him - and Thomas Hawkins - to the gallows in England. And then everything goes crazy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 30, 2020 • 34min
Episode 170 - Thomas Pound Part 3
The trial of Thomas Pound is the first pirate trial we will look at in any real detail. The first of many. The Old Stone Gaol, smallpox, and horrific battle wounds will all play a role; as will the women of Boston and a copycat pirate named William Coward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 23, 2020 • 30min
Episode 169 - Thomas Pound Part 2
We're calling it Thomas Pound Part 2, but it's really part 3. Or maybe part 4. Toady we discuss Pound's return to New England and the conflict that ensued. But really, if we're being honest, this episode is about the search for a pirate's favorite treasure: salted pork. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 16, 2020 • 31min
Episode 168 - A Bloodie Flag
This is actually Thomas Pound part 2, but that's not the title we're going with. We're following the Colonial Navy Captain Thomas Baxter as he follows the trail of clues in the wake of the pirates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 9, 2020 • 33min
Episode 167 - A Limping Privateer
We're back on the American side of the Atlantic, exploring the tenure of Governor Edmund Andros & the doomed Dominion of New England. We also return to the Captain of H.M.S. Mary, Thomas Pound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 2, 2020 • 31min
Episode 166 - Jacobites
I promise I don't make an 'Execute Order 66' joke anywhere in today's episode. I had to fight the urge though, since this is episode does discuss the rise of a new political and military order in the suddenly emerging world spanning empire. And Jacobites. And guns. I go on about the guns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 26, 2020 • 36min
Episode 165 - Sarah & John
The Glorious Revolution of 1688, the real Revolution, was not of armies and kings but of Parliaments and politics and people. Today we discuss, arguably, the two most important people in that story and in English politics moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 19, 2020 • 41min
Episode 164 - Thomas Pound Part 1
This is the story of a promising young Captain in the Royal Navy named Thomas Pound. He was involved, or at least informed, in all the major pirate events of the mid 1680s. Just a good, honest, patriotic naval captain fighting pirates. Yep. Don't look up his Wikipedia page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 12, 2020 • 38min
Episode 163 - A Race of Evildoers
We're finishing up with Thomas Paine, Jan Willems, and George Wright. For now. This is our penultimate step to get the board set up for the big event: 1688. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 5, 2020 • 41min
Episode 162 - What's in a Name?
This is the story of one pirate named Thomas. We've met him before, but only in passing. Today we get well acquainted with the first in a long line of pirates named Thomas: Thomas Paine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
