Pirates! (Talk Like a Pirate Day!)

About this episode

Andrew & Polly explore how to talk like a pirate while sharing historical facts and stories.

Ahoy, matey! How cold are yer timbers? Andrew & Polly ask some friends about the steps to talking like a pirate, sprinkled in with some historical pirate factoids and Andrew's dad shares buccaneer tales from Post Office Bay in the Galapagos Islands. To learn more or to be on the show, visit earsnacks.org - and thanks for listening!

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew, Polly

Topics covered

• pirates
• language
• history
• storytelling
• education

Keywords

• Talk Like a Pirate Day
• buccaneer tales
• Post Office Bay
• Galapagos Islands
• historical pirate factoids

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Post Office Bay, the Galapagos Islands

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