Villains and Virgins History Podcast
Hosted by Eva Schubert · Eva Schubert
4.8from 173 ratings
- 81
- Episodes
- 16
- Transcribed
- 173
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About Villains and Virgins History Podcast
A history podcast with a focus on violence, religion, and gripping stories, created by Eva Schubert, history nerd, college instructor, and jazz aficionado.
- Publisher
- Eva Schubert
- Category
- history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Jun 2020
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
16 of 81 episodes have a transcript.
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Blackbeard: The Most Feared Pirate of the Caribbean
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Captain Morgan and the Pirates of the Caribbean
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Francis Drake: The Queen's Own Pirate
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Blackbeard: The Most Feared Pirate of the Caribbean
Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Piracy would now take these different models of organizing life on board ship that the privateers had developed and refine them even further. Pirate ships were run very, very differently from ships of the Royal Navy. Essentially, pirate ships functioned as a sort of democracy. There was no major gap between the crew and the captain. The captain was essentially elected as a leader by his crew. And they would agree to follow him as long as he did his job in their eyes. But the moment they were discontented with his leadership, they could vote to depose him and put somebody else in his place. So the gap between captain and crew was really very small. […]
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- YouTube views
- 1,371,802
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 94 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 79 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100
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- Quality
- 34
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 51
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