Louis Guittar had an amazing day on 28 April, 1700. It was the last good day of his life.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact sale

Episode 260 - Trapanned as a Pyrate

May 17th, 2022 31m 3s

Captain Kidd and the Adventure Galley put in at the East India Company factory at Carawar. They were met with suspicion and Captain Kidd found an old enemy.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d l

Episode 154 - Grevious Crimes of Pyracie & Murder Part 1

Mar 4th, 2020 37m 59s

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 pirac

Episode 153 - The Scum of Men

Feb 25th, 2020 32m 23s

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.Le

Episode 152 - An Ambitious Unworthy & Vainglorious Fellow

Feb 18th, 2020 38m 58s

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 op

Episode 149 - War!

Jan 29th, 2020 47m 26s

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 drasti

Episode 148 - Femme Fatale

Jan 22nd, 2020 44m 29s

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 wom

Episode 339 - Learned Fools

10 days ago 36m 26s

A priest, a pirate, and a merchant walk into a library. The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact [email protected] more ab

Episode 338 - Gadzooks!

24 days ago 40m 1s

The Crisis of April, 1705 very nearly tipped into open revolution. Zounds. But it didn't. Gadzooks.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please co

Episode 337 - Vermin of the State

Mar 19th, 2024 35m 33s

In April 1705, the English ship Worcester arrived in Edinburgh. By the end of summer, England and Scotland were on the brink of war.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The

Episode 336 - Bonnie Dundee

Mar 13th, 2024 58m 37s

We're talking about the Jacobite Uprising of 1689. Spoiler Alert. They don't win.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact sales@advert

Episode 335 - Bishops, Barons, & Burghs

Feb 29th, 2024 37m 55s

I humbly apologize to the noble people of Scotland for my pronunciation of Graham. I tried.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact sa

Episode 334 - Defiant

Feb 20th, 2024 35m 6s

John Bowen and Thomas Howard join forces for the last great ride of the Red Sea Men.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact sales@adv

Episode 333 - A Most Ill Natur'd Fellow

Feb 7th, 2024 37m 47s

It's all coming together.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact [email protected] more about your ad choices. Visit mega

Episode 332 - Without Striking a Stroke

Jan 30th, 2024 31m 50s

We're back with John Bowen doing pirate stuff.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact [email protected] more about your a

Episode 331 - The Scandal of Human Nature

Jan 9th, 2024 32m 57s

This is definitely the really real Libertalia. Cross my heart.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 330 - The Reigning Vice of the West Indies

Jan 2nd, 2024 39m 34s

A number of wealthy American families were financially responsible for the outbreak of piracy in the West Indies. Also, the Dutch.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pi

Episode 329 - A Lusty Lad

Dec 12th, 2023 36m 39s

We're introducing several new pirates who will be weaving into our story for years to come. The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact s

Episode 328 - The Most Capable Among Them

Dec 5th, 2023 32m 3s

Speaker prepares to head out on her first pirate cruise. But first, they have to make a quick stop at Zanzibar. The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podca

Episode 327 - Hurrah!

Nov 28th, 2023 37m 38s

George Booth and Nathaniel North capture a pair of ships in innovative ways. The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact sales@advertisec

Episode 326 - Diversion

Nov 21st, 2023 30m 30s

In between 1696 and 1701, several pirate ships arrived in the Indian Ocean.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact sales@advertisecas

Episode 325 - A House Infested With Wasps

Nov 14th, 2023 37m 21s

It's a wide ranging episode about a lot of smaller topics that built the America of the 18th Century.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please

Episode 324 - Prodigies of Wickedness

Nov 7th, 2023 31m 4s

Three pirates from La Paix faced justice from the Virginia Admiralty.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact [email protected]

Episode 323 - A Great Ship

Oct 31st, 2023 35m 58s

La Paix and HMS Shoreham meet in battle.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact [email protected] more about your ad choi

Episode 321 - The Success of Their Villainies

Oct 10th, 2023 29m 3s

La Paix, under Captain Louis Guittar, embarks on one of the greatest pirate cruises of all time.The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please conta