A Short History of Pirates (They Had Workers’ Comp)

A short history of pirates: how the Golden Age started, Port Royal (the Caribbean’s Sin City that sank into the sea), lost treasure, and why pirate crews elected their captains and had workers’ comp. Plus Halloween, a golf nightmare, the Melbourne Cup and the Internet Invitational.

Our interview special with Dangerous Dan and Benny from Bang Gang drops Friday.

0:00 – Kody Picks Our Deep Dive

0:35 – Dan & Beni (Bang Gang DJs) Friday’s Interview

4:30 – Pickleball, Halloween & Red/Skeleton Guy

10:03 – Golf: Club Sandwich & a Nightmare

15:41 – Melbourne Cup Trifecta Strat

18:55 – Tony Hawk & In Defence of Ska

23:43 – Constantinople Memes

27:49 – Rugby League World Cup

34:01 – The Internet Invitational

42:52 – PIRATES DEEP DIVE: Why Pirates?

44:31 – Privateers & the Golden Age

46:55 – Port Royal: Sin City

52:20 – Lost Treasure & La Buse’s Cipher

57:31 – Pirate Codes & Workers’ Comp

58:24 – Blackbeard, Black Bart & Captain Morgan

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