Episode 332 - Without Striking a Stroke

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 ...

9 Kesä 202033min

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 ...

2 Kesä 202031min

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 an...

26 Touko 202036min

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, patrio...

19 Touko 202040min

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 meg...

12 Touko 202038min

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 ab...

5 Touko 202041min

The effects of the Stuart Restoration and the first two Anglo-Dutch Wars on New England and Chesapeake Bay would have far reaching consequences in the world of the pirates. Learn more about your ad ch...

28 Huhti 202034min

We're taking off at a run and covering New England's pirate problem through the Thirty Years War and the First Anglo-Dutch War. I call it a bullet point episode to get us to the major New England pira...

21 Huhti 202042min