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37: WTTE 037 - The Golden Age of Piracy

Words To That Effect

English - November 12, 2019 02:11 - 25 minutes - 18.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
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Pirates have been around for a very long time. In fact, as far as the historical record seems to show, they have been around for as long as there have been property and boats.
What is it that attracts us to pirates and why have we got such a well-developed set of pirate tropes? We all have the same picture when we think of pirates: peg legs and eyepatches, parrots and pirate accents, walking the plank, buried treasure, the jolly roger.
Prof Manushag Powell joins me to discuss the Golden Age of Piracy, pirate literature, and the history behind the pirates of popular culture. 
For shownotes, links, transcripts, and more head to https://wttepodcast.com
Join the WTTE pirate crew and support the show at https://patreon.com/wtte

Pirates have been around for a very long time. In fact, as far as the historical record seems to show, they have been around for as long as there have been property and boats.


What is it that attracts us to pirates and why have we got such a well-developed set of pirate tropes? We all have the same picture when we think of pirates: peg legs and eyepatches, parrots and pirate accents, walking the plank, buried treasure, the jolly roger.


Prof Manushag Powell joins me to discuss the Golden Age of Piracy, pirate literature, and the history behind the pirates of popular culture. 


For shownotes, links, transcripts, and more head to wttepodcast.com


Join the WTTE pirate crew and support the show at patreon.com/wtte