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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Jan 22, 2019 • 53min
Episode 101 - The Story So Far Part 2
Today we're continuing on our journey toward the Buccaneers. We're talking about the formative events of the early 17th Century, the events that will forge the first Buccaneers in the fires of war and strife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 4, 2019 • 54min
Episode 100 - The Story So Far part 1
It's our 100th Episode! And it's 2019! The new year promises to be an exciting one for The Pirate History Podcast, and for our centenary episode I'm going to be cramming everything you need to know before we set out into two episodes. I hope it works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 26, 2018 • 59min
Episode 99 - Inevitability
Clint Danseker. Zymen Eastwood. John Ward & Jack Wayne. Revenge and betrayal. We're finishing up our look at the Barbary Pirates today, and doing so through the lens of the Western. I, maybe, take it too far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 20, 2018 • 49min
Episode 98 - Immortal Super Pirate
Today we're going to talk about Murat Reis. No, not that one. Not that other one either. He was born Jan Janszoon, and his legacy was the first attempt at a radical idea: A Pirate Republic. In his case, the Independent Corsair Republic of Sale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 11, 2018 • 50min
Episode 97 - AfterWard
Today we follow the pirates after they leave Algiers for more welcoming shores. Zymen Danseker & Sir Francis Verney took a different road from their comrades. Their paths wind through clandestine deals, betrayal, and happy reunions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2018 • 50min
Episode 96 - The War Against the Corsairs
John Ward, Zymen Danseker, Bill Graves, Francis Verney, and every other pirate in Barbary were all gathered in Algiers when Spain showed up to crash the party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 26, 2018 • 54min
Episode 95 - Pride Cometh Part 2
John Ward returned to Tunis with problems piling up. His greatest ship was gone, along with hundreds of his sailors. And soon, he lost his greatest ally, Uthman Dey. So, we discuss the steps he took following that return. And I get annoyed with my sources. Like, really annoyed. In fact, that's most of the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 20, 2018 • 30min
Episode 94 - Pride Cometh Part 1
Today we're going to discuss the fall of what was once the top sea power in the world. The Republic of Venice replaced the Byzantine Empire as the primary check on Ottoman sea power. So, why weren't they players in the Age of Exploration? Today we look at one of the major factors in her decline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 11, 2018 • 48min
Episode 93 - Bound to a Dead Man's Back
The news that John Ward was dead sent ripples throughout the Mediterranean world, and narrowly avoided calamity. However, the question remained, what happened out there? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 31, 2018 • 1h 6min
Episode 92 - Impending Peril
Relations between England & Venice continued to unravel in the face of English pirates like Jack Ward attacking Venetian shipping. The task of circumventing a war fell on the shoulders of two diplomats, neither of whom were up to the task. Both failed in their missions, in very different ways. However, the realities of seafaring life saved their missions by taking away the very cause of all that international tension. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
