00:01:56 - Actor, Shelby Young, a fun and funny FORCE to be reckoned with. 

• Leia - Star Wars Forces of Destiny
• Rayna - Baby Shark’s Big Show

00:03:15 - Also, Shelby is a babe. Top shelf mega babe. What else on camera?

• Everybody Hates Chris
• Criminal Minds
• American Horror Story
• Wild Child

00:04:15 - Stay-Puft Marshmallow man, ‘uncredited’. What is this?

00:05:14 - They discuss where Shelby grew up, why and when she came to LA and why she and Dawn both hate earthquakes and love Palm Springs. 

The Big One Podcast that Dawn mentions - it is a great resource for folks living in LA. 

00:08:30 - Dawn is very excited about this episode. It's not just a book... it's a stack of books!

00:08:47 - But first a Pirate Story: The Trial of Calico Jack Rackham, Mary Read and Anne Bonny.

00:14:49 - Dawn's sources: 

• The General History of The Pirates by Captain Johnson (aka: Daniel Defoe)
• Under the Black Flag by David Cordingly
• Women Pirates by  Ulrike Klausmann (Author), Marion Meinzerin (Author)

00:16:57 - LETS FUCK - What is a Pirate? What is a Corsair, Buccaneeer, Privateer?

00:18:20 - The Golden Age of Piracy: 1650-1725: A great and terrible time to be afloat. 

00:18:36 - The Triangle of Trade: What it was and why it spurred the pirate age. 

00:20:08 - The Slave Trade and how it related to piracy. 

00:21:30 - Global War and how it made pirates.

• Honorable people do it for ‘their country.’
• Always have an eager buyer.
• Sailors in short supply.

00:22:10 - How a unique and terrible 'recruiting' technique contributed to piracy. 

00:22:45 - What is 'The Cat O’ Nine Tails' and why was it an invention of HMS Navy.

00:23:14 - Imagine you’re aboard a Navy ship, badly mistreated, and you see the Skull and Crossbones flag on an approaching ship. Is this good news or bad news for you? It depends on who you are and what you have to offer. 

00:24:30 - The Pirate Constitution, Their Code. The Articles of the Gentlemen of Fortune.  What it was, why it was necessary - and why most of us would have signed it in a heartbeat. 

00:27:17 - Fact or Fiction: Did pirates really wear a Big Gold Earring? 

00:28:35 - Why are women considered bad luck on ships... and why is it true?

00:30:30 - The overwhelming femininity of seafaring and the sea herself. 

00:31:47 - …but some women DID come aboard, such as Mary Read and Anne Bonny. We learn more about them after the break.

BREAK

00:34:03 - Dawn discusses more about her time living aboard houseboats, her nautical tattoos - and why her pirate obsession is real.

00:38:23 - Shelby asks: Where did the myth of mermaids come from?

00:39:28 - Fact/Fiction: Walking the Plank? Keelhauling, Marooning and why pirates were reluctant to punish each other.

00:42:10 - The Story of Mary Read

00:46:02 - The Story of Anne Bonny

00:53:39 - Shelby tells us (at last) why Pirates wear eyepatches!

COMING NEXT:

EPISODE 10 - Pirates, PART 2 with Shelby Young will come out in 2 weeks. We'll see you there 

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