Every weekday, we recommend a podcast related to a movie or TV show you can watch at home: It had been nearly 200 years since a ship registered under the American flag was seized by pirates. However, the crew of the MV Maersk Alabama and its 19,000 tons of cargo presented too good an opportunity to pass up. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Hostage on Spotify. Also, check out the film Captain Phillips, which is now available to stream!

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