The stories we grew up with form a subconscious basis for how we engage with the world. This episode examines two such stories - Pocahontas and Treasure Island - and how they may influence our understanding of the world.

Warnings: mild spoilers for Black Sails

Concepts:

Colonization

The usable past

Censorship

Sources:

Hixon, Walter. The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy. Sheridan Books, 2008.

Pocahontas. 1995. Directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, performance by Mel Gibson et al. Walt Disney Pictures.

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. Simon & Schuster, 1883.

Black Sails, created by Robert Levine and Jonathan E. Steinberg, 2014-2017.