The Woman Who was the Most Successful Pirate of All Time
*Apologies for the audio quality on this one, simultaneously our audio editor / producer was on vacation and a certain host was also a great distance away from his acoustically treated studio. 😉
In any event, in this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start by looking at what exactly grog is, where it came from, and the origin of the name.
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Moving on to the main content today we’re looking at the woman who was arguably the most successful pirate of all time, dominating both land and sea in the vast region she controlled, which all ultimately saw her have one of the most impressive exits to piracy in history as well.
We follow all this up with looking at the origins of a variety of sailor/pirate slang terms.
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Very enjoyable podcasts and today’s edition was most entertaining. Regarding Canadians and road-rage: I’ve found it very evident in Ottawa, the nation’s capitol, including speeding. Not sure why since Ottawa is a government town, so people shouldn’t be in any rush to get anywhere. I suspect there’s some correlation between anonymity and frustration/anger. I guess if you “peak behind the curtain”, Canadians are far more angry than the friendly and polite image they like to portray. Maybe because they’re angry with themselves for constantly voting in leftist governments, which has driven the country into a downward spiral over the years. Just a theory.
Port and Starboard are used for some aircraft types. Most aircraft produced for the US Navy for instance use Port and Starboard including the P-3 Orion and P-8. this is despite the fact that neither aircraft are carrier based and are exclusively operated out of land based airfields.
Thank you guys, I’ve been having a really rough time lately and have binged through every episode of this podcast in the last couple of weeks. I love today I found out but something about the way the podcast in particular combines fun facts and light hearted banter have been the thing that’s kept me sane and kept me alive.
Thumbs up, 5 stars, 10/10, 100%.
Hey! Where are you guys!? Can you do an episode on Joseph Whitworth I think he is really interesting!