Pirates: Were they anything like the stereotype? (No. But kind of. But mostly no.)

Were pirates really the peg-legged, eye-patched, parrot-toting, swashbuckling sea vagabonds depicted in Hollywood? Dive into the weird, filthy history of piracy, from the Sea Peoples to the Vikings to Blackbeard to modern Somali piracy. This one is a wild ride...

 

In this episode:

• What the heck even IS a pirate? 
• The first pirates: the Sea Peoples 
• How did modern pirate stereotypes develop? 
• What separates a pirate from a buccaneer, a corsair, and a privateer?
• Female pirates (Anne Bonny and Mary Read)
• Calico Jack
• Blackbeard

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