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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Pirate Stories With Captain Mike</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pirate-stories-with-captain-mike--5734895</link><description><![CDATA[Pirate stories with Captain Mike are stories of the men and women of the Golden Age of Piracy told in the first person by a man who crewed with many of them.  The stories are told in the vernacular with many of the phrases and terms used during the period (PG rated).  Each episode follows the career of one of the famous pirate captains as our crewmember goes from ship to ship seeking his fortune.<br /><br />Music: The Buccaneer's Haul by Shane Ivers - <a href="https://www.silvermansound.com" rel="noopener">https://www.silvermansound.com</a><br />Music: [song name] by Alexander Nakarada (<a href="http://www.serpentsoundstudios.com" rel="noopener">www.serpentsoundstudios.com</a>)<br />Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/5734895/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>History</category><copyright>Copyright Michael Calpino</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/368b51b411b388dbed250770ba811ed1.jpg</url><title>Pirate Stories With Captain Mike</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pirate-stories-with-captain-mike--5734895</link></image><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 18:57:21 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Michael Calpino</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Michael Calpino</itunes:name><itunes:email>mike@michaelcalpino.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/368b51b411b388dbed250770ba811ed1.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Pirate stories with Captain Mike are stories of the men and women of the Golden Age of Piracy told in the first person by a man who crewed with many of them.  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Each episode follows the career of one of the famous pirate captains as our crewmember goes from ship to ship seeking his fortune.<br /><br />Music: The Buccaneer's Haul by Shane Ivers - <a href="https://www.silvermansound.com" rel="noopener">https://www.silvermansound.com</a><br />Music: [song name] by Alexander Nakarada (<a href="http://www.serpentsoundstudios.com" rel="noopener">www.serpentsoundstudios.com</a>)<br />Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="History"/><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>58a6cd56-3257-5c3f-8774-729af5485005</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Bartholemew "Black Bart" Roberts, a Most Successful Pirate</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/bartholemew-black-bart-roberts-a-most-successful-pirate--52633456</link><description><![CDATA[Captain Roberts was one of the most successful pirates of all time, taking around 400 ships in a three year career.  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A tragic love story.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52066318</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 23:00:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/52066318/piratee2bellamy.mp3" length="7825188" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Michael Calpino</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What was Sam Bellamy like?  A tragic love story.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What was Sam Bellamy like?  A tragic love story.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>489</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>history,navy,piracy,pirate,sailing</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/368b51b411b388dbed250770ba811ed1.jpg"/><itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Learning the Ropes with Henry Jennings</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/learning-the-ropes-with-henry-jennings--52066316</link><description><![CDATA[Thomas tells how while first sailing with Sam Bellamy our of Provincetown they met up with Henry Jennings after failing to salvage treasure from the Spanish Fleet.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52066316</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:00:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/52066316/piratee1jennings.mp3" length="8581695" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Michael Calpino</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Thomas tells how while first sailing with Sam Bellamy our of Provincetown they met up with Henry Jennings after failing to salvage treasure from the Spanish Fleet.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Thomas tells how while first sailing with Sam Bellamy our of Provincetown they met up with Henry Jennings after failing to salvage treasure from the Spanish Fleet.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>537</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>adventure,history,navy,piracy,pirate,sailing</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/368b51b411b388dbed250770ba811ed1.jpg"/><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Introduction to Thomas Middleton, pirate to be</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/introduction-to-thomas-middleton-pirate-to-be--52066312</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode we are introduced to Thomas Middleton, a strapping young lad who runs away from his father's farm in Virginia to see to seek his fortune.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52066312</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 23:00:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/52066312/pirate1intro.mp3" length="8652748" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Michael Calpino</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode we are introduced to Thomas Middleton, a strapping young lad who runs away from his father's farm in Virginia to see to seek his fortune.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode we are introduced to Thomas Middleton, a strapping young lad who runs away from his father's farm in Virginia to see to seek his fortune.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>541</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>adventure,fiction,navy,ocean,pirate,seaman,ships</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/368b51b411b388dbed250770ba811ed1.jpg"/><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
