CLASSIC: New Providence: That Time Pirates Had A Government

About this episode

The episode explores the concept of pirates forming their own government during the Golden Age of Piracy.

Fellow Ridiculous Historians, we just returned from the beautiful Baha Mar resort, and we're going through a pirate phase. So, naturally, we have to share an hilarious Classic episode: the so-called Golden Age of Piracy was a time of lawless, terrifying, at-times amazing and objectively ridiculous history. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore a fascinating claim: Did some anti-authoritarian pirates really form their own government? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben, Noel, Max

Topics covered

• pirates
• government
• lawlessness
• history
• anti-authoritarianism
• humor

Keywords

• pirates
• government
• Baha Mar
• Golden Age of Piracy
• lawlessness
• history
• anti-authoritarian

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Baha Mar

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