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Speaker 1: Everyone knows the word mutiny. We can't talk about life

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Speaker 1: A tropical fruits related to the fig that would be

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Speaker 1: British Crown sent the HMS Bounty to Tahiti to harvest

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Speaker 1: Captain and crew departed England on December and looked forward

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Speaker 1: You see, the crew despised their captain. Bligh seemed to

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Speaker 1: October of seventeen eight seven, the men were overjoyed to

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Speaker 1: While they indulged in relationships with the female population, Captain

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Speaker 1: Bligh worked on trading with the indigenous people, picked out

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Speaker 1: So when the crew set sail for the West Indies

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Speaker 1: and crew hovered as thick and dark as any storm cloud.

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Speaker 1: Bli took the shouting insults at everyone, even young Fletcher Christian.

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Speaker 1: Something had to give. That time came when Bli accused

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Speaker 1: instance of Bligh's abuse led to the mutiny, his journal

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Speaker 1: states that Christian and a few other men entered his

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Speaker 1: with provisions. Bli eventually reached a Dutch settlement and informed

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Speaker 1: Bligh's old crew members in a small community on Pitcairn Island.

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Speaker 1: As the lone survivor of Bligh's crew, he explained his

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Speaker 1: I'm Aaron Manky and welcome two pirates. We've probably all

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Speaker 1: heard the expression before to run a tight ship. Roughly,

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Speaker 1: it means keeping an organization or company well organized or controlled.

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Speaker 1: And although BLI ran a well disciplined ship, he might

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Speaker 1: Those who have seen the Pirates of the Caribbean films

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Speaker 1: other laws to job. Duties were often spelled out, hierarchies

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Speaker 1: Given the working conditions for the government or working aboard

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Speaker 1: the rules or codes in fighting was severely curtailed. Crew

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Speaker 1: Blackbeard delayed taking a pardon, opting for one last raid

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Speaker 1: In the end, it was his devotion to his crew

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Speaker 1: While his fellow sailors were more of a love him

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Speaker 1: He and Williams headed to South America that March. They

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Speaker 1: December eighteen. Pirates was executive produced by Aaron Manky and

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Speaker 1: narrated by Aaron Manky and Alexander Steid. Writing for this

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Speaker 1: season was provided by Michelle Mudo, with research by Alexander

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