Welcome to Cannon Blast! With your especially nerdy host Ben Schaffer--a holder of a Ph.D. in early American and naval history--come learn about various interesting and under-studied topics from early North America. This podcast is produced by a scholar for a general audience. Don't worry, I won't assign exams.
Cannon Blast History Podcast
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Welcome to Cannon Blast! With your especially nerdy host Ben Schaffer--a holder of a Ph.D. in early American and naval history--come learn about various interesting and under-studied topics from early North America. This podcast is produced by a scholar for a general audience. Don't worry, I won't assign exams.
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July 4, 2023
Episode 6: Pirates pretending to be Navies
We’re back after 2 years! On this special return episode, we talk about how pirates in the golden age of piracy (c. 1660-1730) got away with imitating Royal Navy pirate hunters. It’s giving Mission Impossible meets Pirates of the Caribbean! Sources: Ed Fox “Jolly Rogers: The True History of Pirate Flags” (Fox Historical, 2015), Benerson Little “The Sea Rover’s Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730”(UNE Press 2005), Amy Miller, “Dressed to Kill: British Naval Uniforms, Masculinity, and Contemporary Fashions 1748-1857” (National Maritime Museum, 2007), Victor Suthren “Black Flag of the North: Bartholomew Roberts, King of the Atlantic Pirates “(Dundurn 2018), Timothy Wilson “Flags at Sea…” (National Maritime Museum 1986), Devin Lurie “Understanding Mexico’s Piracy Problem” (American Security Project 2020), and many primary sources!
August 21, 2021
Episode 5: Black Sailors in the S.C. Colonial Navy, 1700-1742
<p>An episode based on one of the most interesting episodes in my dissertation research: the ways in which black sailors took part in the naval defense of a South Carolina in the early eighteenth century. They fought for a colony that did not appreciate their service or sacrifice. Nevertheless, they used their naval service as an avenue to resist the slavocracy they fought under the flag of. Song is royalty free, and is called "Pirates" by artist John Sib. Found at Pixabay.</p>
December 8, 2020
Ep. 4 Boston Smallpox Epidemic of 1721, and Inoculation Debates
<p>What can we learn from virulent smallpox inoculation debates in 1721 Boston, especially when we will be having coronavirus vaccination debates exactly 300 years to the date in 2021? Let's find out in this final episode of Season One! No copyright infringement intended for either musical selection 'Three Little Drummers,' or 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing' (by Henry Burr), both of which were gotten from the Free Music Archive. </p>
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