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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Mar 10, 2020 • 34min
Episode 155 - Grevious Crimes of Pyracie & Murder Part 2
The fighting on the Chesapeake exploded in the 1630s between Virginia and Maryland. The trading post on Kent Island was under siege, but a series of small successes attracted more and more sailors until Kent Island looked very much like a pirate haven. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 4, 2020 • 38min
Episode 154 - Grevious Crimes of Pyracie & Murder Part 1
Jamestown, Virginia was growing into a viable colony when another party entered the American Colonial world. A formidable Catholic family moved in on the northeast coast of Chesapeake Bay, igniting a fight that would erupt in a scourge of piracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 25, 2020 • 32min
Episode 153 - The Scum of Men
This is the story of the first act of piracy in the North American English colonies. But really it's a story of rich, greedy, prideful, selfish, downright evil men. And the evil men aren't the pirates. And Christopher Newport, but he's cool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 18, 2020 • 39min
Episode 152 - An Ambitious Unworthy & Vainglorious Fellow
This is the story of Sir Christopher Newport & John Smith and the colony at Jamestown. Smith is often lauded as the driving force behind the first successful English colony in the New World, but he was little more than a con man. It's a very opinionated episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 11, 2020 • 42min
Episode 151 - The Lost Colony
The colony at Roanoke has long been an integral part of American Mythology, and the mystery of the Lost Colony has fascinated people for centuries. But should it? Today we talk about Roanoke's lost colonists, and the pirates that led to their disappearance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 4, 2020 • 39min
Episode 150 - Roanoke
It's time we discussed the colonization of North America. The Nine Years War will introduce the world to pirates from New York, Boston, and Providence that will shape our story. However, North America's story is replete with pirates from the very beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 29, 2020 • 47min
Episode 149 - War!
We're discussing the outbreak of the Nine Years War. The Huguenot population were pushed into exile, many to England, where they fed into the anti-Catholic, anti-Stuart movement. William III taking the English throne changed the dynamics drastically and what was supposed to be a quick war turned into something much bigger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 22, 2020 • 44min
Episode 148 - Femme Fatale
In the 1670s King Louis XIV was the most powerful Monarch in world. France stood atop the cultural and military pyramid of Europe, but the cracks were beginning to show. The decline of France and her King began when one beautiful, dangerous woman introduced nefarious elements into the court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 14, 2020 • 48min
Episode 147 - The Sun Was High
This is the story of the French Zenith, through the lens of foreign policy and war. King Louis XIV came into his majority and almost immediately began a series of wars that made him the most powerful and influential monarch in Europe. It's good to be the king. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2020 • 33min
Episode 146 - Playing Mars
Today we're talking about the second Fronde, which was a formative political event in the lives of many young sailors who would go on to sail west and become buccaneers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
