This is the story of Anson's voyage around the world in the 1740's. In particular it is about the ship the Wager and the crew's incredible bravery, endurance and ingenuity in appalling conditions. And it is about shipwreck, murder and mutiny.
David Grann's book tells the story brilliantly. You will never want to get on a boat again!
Mother Leakey and the Bishop
Kaldellis on Byzantium - part 2
Anthony Kaldellis on Byzantium (Part 1)
Hampton Sides - the last voyage of Captain Cook
The Sin Eater
Ed West - From the Romans to Alfred the Great
John McWhorter and Scott Sumner - talking movies
Dikötter on Dictators
The Lives of East Germans - Katja Hoyer
Britons never will be slaves?
Italy, a ruin - part 2 of the Adventures of Belisarius and Antonina
Constantinople show its teeth - part 1 of the Adventures of Belisarius and Antonina
Mao's China with Frank Dikötter
Sharp and Sumner: 6 Japanese movies
McWhorter and Holland - On dinosaurs
Acre 1291 - the final showdown
The Salem Witch trials with Stacy Schiff
Suleiman the Magnificent with Christopher de Bellaigue
Slavery in the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages
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Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The Rest Is History
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra