Podcasts about Hispaniola

ON THIS DAY - May 20thIn this series, Jeff and Andy look at historical events that took place on this day.Today in history, the first European to discover Hispaniola passes away, the “Goddess of Pop is born, and one of the more controversial battles in the Vietnam war draws to an end.This series is brought to you by the great Boss Shot Shells.

(Partial Transcript) Episode 64 -Texas isn't Texas, Mexico isn't Mexico and Europeans go exploring and bump into a continent and are surprised to find people already there. When Europeans first encountered Texas, the world was a very different place. Well, maybe not too different because countries were fighting over land, gold, religion, natural resources, and political power much like we do today.  However, it was still different; there were no cars, planes, trains, buses, electricity, fast food joints, and certainly no TV, Radio, and Internet. Moreover, without modern technology, it took a whole lot more courage to go exploring than it does today. In the late 1400s, around 1488 Portugal became the first country whose sailors were brave enough to sail out into the Atlantic Ocean. Actually they weren't, the Vikings were. Vikings sailed the  Northern Atlantic around 1100 AD; but for the sake of this story, we'll give the Portuguese some credit. The Portuguese exploration was primarily along the coast of Africa.  Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, which is the southern tip of Africa and made it to Asia.  OK, remember that most of the history you learned in school was originally written by Europeans and then turned into something that Americans could relate to so it is all very Americanized. It turns out that the Chinese admiral Zheng He, sailed all around Africa and Asia around 1404. Still though Dias' trip was important because otherwise, to travel to Asia for trading purposes to pick up all the goods that society wanted required a lengthy overland trip.   His success lead mariners from other nations to wonder if there might be a shorter way to Asia that did not encroach on Portuguese routes.  Even though people wondered about a shorter route, there were few nations with the capability to send ships out into the Atlantic to find an answer.  Things changed when Isabella of Castille and her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon succeeded in driving out the Muslims who had ruled Southern Spain for over 300 years and united the country under a Catholic flag.  The conquest was complete by 1492 and it was at that time, Christopher Columbus convinced the monarchs that by finding a Western route to India, Spain would have increased military, economic, and just as important, religious power.  As many remember from American history classes in grade school children are taught that Christopher Columbus “discovered” America. In truth, while he was one of the first Europeans (right now I won't talk about the Vikings who landed on the Coast of Canada 300 years earlier) to reach what, in his time, was the “New World”.  The islands he encountered are the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola in 1492 and in 1493; he landed in our current Puerto Rico.  All islands inhabited by people as they had been for thousands of years.  Columbus claimed all the land he encountered for Spain, and three years later in 1496, the Spanish put their first settlement in Santo Domingo in what is now the Dominican Republic.  From those early arrival points and settlements, the Spanish began to explore the region, usually going up and down the coast and mapping the shorelines, still looking for a short cut to India.  By 1501, Spanish sailors had explored all the way, up to what is now Newfoundland and Labrador in present day Canada.  To reach North America from the islands, it was inevitable that the ships would bump into Florida, and they did. However, they thought that Florida was just another island.  In 1519, the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, sent out an expedition to explore what was considered an unknown country between the Río Pánuco of Mexico (which empties near current day Tampico, Mexico) and the "island" of Florida.  Lt. Alonso Álvarez de Pineda set out with four ships and 270 men to explore, and he sailed into the current Gulf of Mexico. Upon reaching the west coast of Florida and sailing nort...

The fleet of the Western Design arrives off the coast of Hispaniola, and Oliver Cromwell's dream of a Protestant colonial empire seems assured. But it doesn't take long for everything to go wrong... This episode could not have been written without the following works: Alice Hunt, Republic, 2024. Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006. Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015. Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002. Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023. Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic, 2020. Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022. John Morrill, The Letters, Writings, and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, Volume 3: 16 December 1653 to 2 September 1658, 2023 John Kenyon and Jane Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660. Alan MacInnes, The British Revolution, 1629-1660, 2004. Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022. Carla Gardina Pestana, 'Atlantic Mobilities and the Defiance of the Early Quakers', Journal of Early Modern History, 2023. Carla Gardina Pestana, The English Atlantic in the Age of Revolution, 2007. Carla Gardina Pestana, The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell's Bid for Empire, 2017. Hilary Beckles, A History of Barbados: From Amerindian Settlement to Caribbean Single Market, 2006 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This conversation with Dr. Sophie Maríñez is less an interview than a reckoning for me, an excavation of Haitian and Dominican ghosts, of histories silenced and distorted, the way the past never quite stays in the past–“The past is never dead. It's not even past”. She walks us through the troubled narratives of Haiti and the Dominican Republic—not as distant, separate nations, but as entangled siblings, bound by history, betrayal, and resistance.At the heart of her book (and this discussion), Spirals in the Caribbean: Representing Violence and Connection in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is the idea that history is not linear. Instead, it circles back on itself, shifts, adapts, repeats but never in quite the same way. This is Spiralism, a framework born from Haitian literature that seeks to make sense of the cycles of oppression, revolution, and return. The Haitian Revolution, the Parsley Massacre, the decimation of the island's Indigenous people—these are not separate moments in time but echoes, reverberating through centuries.Frankètienne, one of the fathers of the framework, said that Spiralism “…defines life at the level of relations (colors, odors, sounds, signs, words) and historical connections (positionings in space and time). Not in a closed circuit but tracing the path of a spiral. So rich that each new curve, wider and higher than the one before, expands the arc of one's vision.” (From: Ready to Burst.)Dr. Maríñez dismantles the neat, binary notions of identity and conflict. Hispaniola? That's a colonizer's name. Kiskeya? A myth born from a European chronicler who never set foot on the island. Haiti/Ayiti? One. the true Indigenous name, the other, rendered politically fraught by the weight of nationhood. She insists that there is no singular name, no singular story, only a mouthful: “the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.”Dominicanidad, she argues, is no less complex. It is a construct, an essentialist shape-shifter, used and abused by political forces to serve shifting agendas. What does it mean to be Dominican, when the definition shifts by geography, race, class, and time? What does it mean to be from a place that has been “ghosted,” rendered illegible by the very scholars and institutions that claim to study the Caribbean? Ouch.Let's stay with the ghosts:The massacre of 1937 was not just an act of violence but an act of memory, or rather, forced forgetting. The rhetoric of the “peaceful invasion” of Haitians into the Dominican Republic is not about immigration but about erasure, a convenient distraction from the economic and political structures that extract Haitian labor while denying Haitian humanity. The elite, the state, and the power brokers of both nations collude in this, enforcing borders not just of land but of belonging. And yet, the past lingers, history an apparition, unresolved, unatoned for, demanding reckoning.Maríñez sees spiralism as a decolonized way out of the binary nightmare imposed by the Global North–a more liberating way to understand the history of the island occupied by Haiti and the DR, not as a series of conflicts between two nations, but as a struggle between those who hold power and those who resist it. It is the repetition of violence, but also the repetition of rebellion, of solidarity, of culture that refuses to be erased.She calls for deeper connections, for a rejection of the cliches and stereotypes that keep Haiti and the Dominican Republic estranged. “We need to get to know each other,” she says. “Not just the stories we've been told, but the truths that lie beneath.”And perhaps that is the real challenge she leaves us with in her book and this interview—to reject the easy narratives, to sit with discomfort, to see the spirals, and to break them.Kenbe la / Aguanta ahi

In April 1769 a small British vessel sailing along the southern coast of Hispaniola discovered a shipwreck near the current border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. An investigation found no survivors aboard. But they also found a log which identified that ship as the Black Prince. And there the mystery might have ended. But over the next eight years, “ship's crew members surfaced in unexpected places and recounted its demise.” That demise is part of the story in James H. Sweet's Mutiny on the Black Prince: Slavery, Piracy, and the Limits of Liberty in the Revolutionary Atlantic World. But so too is how the Black Prince came to be wrecked on the Hispaniolan reef; how its crew escaped; and how the owners of the ship, and the interest they represented, took their own revenge. Above all it is a story of how Atlantic slavery was linked not only to commerce, but nearly every other corner of the 18th century world. James H. Sweet is the Vilas-Jartz Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a past president of the American Historical Association. He has previously been the prize-winning author of Recreating Africa: Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the African-Portuguese World, 1441-1770 and Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World.   

L'ancienne Hispaniola, aujourd'hui Haïti et Saint-Domingue, conquise en 1492 par les Espagnols qui ont décimé les populations amérindiennes, a vu affluer dès le XVIe siècle des milliers d'esclaves du continent africain, soumis à de terribles souffrances, qui ont apporté avec eux une diversité de cultures, de langues, de croyances et de religions, dont le vaudou présent en Afrique de l'Ouest, notamment dans l'ancien royaume du Dahomey, aujourd'hui le Bénin. (Rediffusion) Le vaudou haïtien, à la fois culture, religion et identité, est devenu le socle de l'émancipation des Haïtiens, devenus indépendants en 1804, et reste aujourd'hui très présent, un refuge aussi dans les périodes les plus sombres.À l'occasion de l'exposition intitulée Zombis, la mort n'est pas une fin au Musée du quai Branly à Paris, nous nous plongeons dans les spécificités du vaudou haïtien, ses racines africaines, un syncrétisme fort de la religion catholique imposée par la force aux esclaves et les croyances ancestrales des populations autochtones, les Taïnos, les Caraïbes, les Arawaks que les esclaves en fuite, les Noirs-Marrons, ont côtoyés. Loin des mythes et des clichés du cinéma de Hollywood, qui mélange zombis et vampires, et des préjugés de sorcellerie et de rites magiques qui ont dénigré le culte, cette exposition veut revenir à l'essence et aux origines du vaudou haïtien.Invités : Philippe Charlier, commissaire principal de l'exposition Zombis au Musée du quai Branly à Paris, anthropologue et médecin-légiste,vice-doyen (culture et patrimoine), directeur du Laboratoire anthropologie, archéologie, biologie (LAAB), UFR Simone Veil - santé (UVSQ / Paris-Saclay) Erol Josué, commissaire associé de l'exposition Zombis au Musée du quai Branly à Paris, directeur général du Bureau national d'ethnologie à Port-au-Prince en Haïti, artiste et prêtre vaudou (chanteur, danseur, chorégraphe, prêtre Vodou) Lilas Desquiron, commissaire associée de l'exposition Zombis au Musée du quai Branly à Paris, ethnologue et écrivaine haïtienne, ancienne ministre de la Culture d'Haïti, autrice de Les chemins de Loco-Miroir (Éd. Stock - 1990).DIAPORAMA

L'ancienne Hispaniola, aujourd'hui Haïti et Saint-Domingue, conquise en 1492 par les Espagnols qui ont décimé les populations amérindiennes, a vu affluer dès le XVIe siècle des milliers d'esclaves du continent africain, soumis à de terribles souffrances, qui ont apporté avec eux une diversité de cultures, de langues, de croyances et de religions, dont le vaudou présent en Afrique de l'Ouest, notamment dans l'ancien royaume du Dahomey, aujourd'hui le Bénin. (Rediffusion) Le vaudou haïtien, à la fois culture, religion et identité, est devenu le socle de l'émancipation des Haïtiens, devenus indépendants en 1804, et reste aujourd'hui très présent, un refuge aussi dans les périodes les plus sombres.À l'occasion de l'exposition intitulée Zombis, la mort n'est pas une fin au Musée du quai Branly à Paris, nous nous plongeons dans les spécificités du vaudou haïtien, ses racines africaines, un syncrétisme fort de la religion catholique imposée par la force aux esclaves et les croyances ancestrales des populations autochtones, les Taïnos, les Caraïbes, les Arawaks que les esclaves en fuite, les Noirs-Marrons, ont côtoyés. Loin des mythes et des clichés du cinéma de Hollywood, qui mélange zombis et vampires, et des préjugés de sorcellerie et de rites magiques qui ont dénigré le culte, cette exposition veut revenir à l'essence et aux origines du vaudou haïtien.Invités : Philippe Charlier, commissaire principal de l'exposition Zombis au Musée du quai Branly à Paris, anthropologue et médecin-légiste,vice-doyen (culture et patrimoine), directeur du Laboratoire anthropologie, archéologie, biologie (LAAB), UFR Simone Veil - santé (UVSQ / Paris-Saclay) Erol Josué, commissaire associé de l'exposition Zombis au Musée du quai Branly à Paris, directeur général du Bureau national d'ethnologie à Port-au-Prince en Haïti, artiste et prêtre vaudou (chanteur, danseur, chorégraphe, prêtre Vodou) Lilas Desquiron, commissaire associée de l'exposition Zombis au Musée du quai Branly à Paris, ethnologue et écrivaine haïtienne, ancienne ministre de la Culture d'Haïti, autrice de Les chemins de Loco-Miroir (Éd. Stock - 1990).DIAPORAMA

It's 2024 recap time on Basic Folk! Cindy & Lizzie dive into a most special year-end reflection, featuring highlights from our honest conversations with folk musicians. We revisit THE top episode of the year, Anna Tivel & Jeffrey Martin's insightful discussion on navigating artistic challenges and living a simple life. Cindy shares her favorite episode featuring her co-host Lizzie No talking about her career-defining album, Halfsies (our 250th episode!). In turn, Lizzie's favorite honest convo came from Leyla McCalla onboard the Cayamo Cruise. We sat in the ship lounge and dug in with Leyla about the "folk process" and her thoughts on cruising, as a Haitian-American, as we ported in Hispaniola aboard a luxury cruise line. (Spoiler: it is complex!)Basic Folk checks in with friend Jontavious Willis about his biggest lesson of 2024 and what defining success as an independent artist looks like as he has just released his latest West Georgia Blues. We also welcome Rose Cousins' heartfelt words on embracing change as she prepares to release her next record, Conditions of Love - Vol. 1 (out March 14, 2025). As the episode ends, Lizzie leaves us with some words of wisdom:"We are at a time of year where your body wants to be doing less. We've just survived a chaos clown show of violence in the election. Our culture is shifting rapidly. It's okay if the things that used to work for you don't work anymore. You're allowed to start over. You're allowed to try new things. You're allowed to tell people in your life, 'I've changed.' You're allowed to listen to new artists. You're allowed to change how you dress. You can do it all. 2025 is a new year and you have freedom. And that's my blessing to you." - Lizzie No.Goodbye 2024!Episodes featured:Anna Tivel & Jeffrey Martin: https://basicfolk.com/anna-tivel-jeffrey-martin-eyeballs-ice-cream-and-portland-oregon/Lizzie No: https://basicfolk.com/lizzie-no-the-goat-on-gender-tiaras-and-leveling-up/Leyla McCalla: https://basicfolk.com/leyla-mccallas-joyful-rebellion-sun-without-heat-and-the-freedom-of-play/Follow Basic Folk on social media: https://basicfolk.bio.link/Sign up for Basic Folk's newsletter: https://bit.ly/basicfolknewsHelp produce Basic Folk by contributing: https://basicfolk.com/donate/Interested in sponsoring us? Contact BGS: https://bit.ly/sponsorBGSpodsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

We're talking about Minutes 83-84 of Muppet Treasure Island, in which the crew (and the figureheads) of the Hispaniola rescue Kermit and Piggy. With special guest Kelly Gravlin! PLUS: Jim becomes the captain! Piggy flaps her arms! Sam fights with two swords! How long has Maroon 5 been around? This movie vs. standardized tests! And what would the "Muppet Adventure Flag" look like? Hosted by: Anthony Strand & Ryan Roe Guest: Kelly Gravlin Produced & Edited by: Ryan Roe Logo by: Morgan Davy Movin' Right Along: A Muppet Movie Podcast is available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ToughPigs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Podcast Addict, Podbean, or wherever you get podcasts!

This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click here to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live football around the world: www.tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper There was only ever going to be one starting point for our international coverage in Part 1: San Marino's historic promotion to UEFA Nations League C! But how do we think they will fare and who do we want to see them face? Up next is the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, the home of Haiti & Dominican Republic – both of whom have qualified for the 2025 Gold Cup. But which other examples of shared island qualification for a major tournament are there? Finally in Part 1, we tell you all about Kitmas – a brilliant initiative started by our own Paul Watson. The focus switches to club football in Part 2 as we put the Coupe de France and the participating overseas territories under the microscope. How did US Avranches fare after their 16,000 kilometre trip to Tahiti? And why are USSA Vertou in limbo at the airport ahead of their trip to Réunion? We then finish the episode with the curious case of Seventh Day Adventist Silvan Wallner – and other religious retirements from football – before examining the outsiders and underdogs at the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup. Don't want to wait another fortnight for your next dose of Sweeper goodness? Then join us for a bonus episode on 4 December, in which we will be discussing – amongst other things – a mad 24 hours involving three different head coaches at Italian Serie D side Piacenza and the thrilling conclusion to the Georgian title race, with the horrendously renamed Iberia 1999 in pole position. Simply sign up at www.patreon.com/SweeperPod and get a whole host of other perks such as weekly newsletters, bonus blogs and access to our chat community on Discord. Gift a Patreon subscription for Christmas: www.patreon.com/SweeperPod/gift Make a Kitmas donation or contribution: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/kitmas-2024 Leo Honig's Substack newsletter: substack.com/@footballshaped RUNNING ORDER: 00:00 – Intro 02:17 – San Marino's historic promotion 11:53 – Hispaniola's Gold Cup qualification 18:32 – Kitmas 2024 & Christmas Patreon gifts 26:03 – Coupe de France controversies 34:34 – Silvan Wallner & religious retirements 40:48 – FIFA+: The FIFA Club World Cup draw Editor: Ralph Foster

Skyler Badenoch, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, is Executive Director for the Hope for Haiti organization. Hope for Haiti is a developmental organization focusing on poverty alleviation with an emphasis on women and children.  It has 150-full time staff working on education, health care, clean water, and economic development programs in the southern region.   Haiti, the size of Maryland, shares the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic.  Although the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, and the first free Black Republic, Haiti is culturally rich but has a tragic history of natural, economic and political disasters. Various Rotary International Clubs have assisted with clean water projects, whereas the United Nations UNICEF agency has collaborated in implementing nutrition and water sanitation programs.  Haiti has several challenges, and o

Somebody's getting the pink slip, because we are back for our sixth season of new/old Wie is de Mol episodes - and we're going back to 2016's offering in the Dominican Republic! Over these nine weeks, three guys who should have gone Eurythmics rather than Phil Collins - Logan, Michael & Bindles - are recapping and looking back at all that happened on a season with quite a reputation in the Mole fan communities, continuing with the seventh episode and elimination of Rop off of Popcasts. In this episode - Logan has an important update, no-one loves a control room, this season is cheap, we test our Caribbean geography knowlege, Bindles goes hotel hunting, we talk about Cécile again (obviously), no-one remembers Sigrid, the exemption rules change, WIDM invents a British TV show, our experience of "Island Time" comes back to haunt us, a sabotage is guessed (or is it?), Art gives the game away, Rop refuses to disappear, the seventh set of suspicions is locked in and we pick between restaurants from Hispaniola. Thank you for listening - we will see you next week for Episode 8! Please note: This season is intended on being spoiler-free, so please watch the episodes along with us. As with our coverage of Seasons 11, 14 & 17, there are no spoilers due to Logan not having seen the season before. However, any season we have already covered (WIDM 10-11, 14, 17-24 and Renaissance; België 4-12) is fair game though. This episode is supported by our friends over at Zencastr. Create your podcast today! Social Media: Facebook Twitter Michael Logan Bindles Instagram YouTube Patreon

L'ancienne Hispaniola, aujourd'hui Haïti et Saint-Domingue, conquise en 1492 par les Espagnols qui ont décimé les populations amérindiennes, a vu affluer dès le XVIè siècle des milliers d'esclaves du continent africain, soumis à de terribles souffrances, qui ont apporté avec eux une diversité de cultures, de langues, de croyances et de religions, dont le vaudou présent en Afrique de l'Ouest, notamment dans l'ancien Royaume du Dahomey, aujourd'hui le Bénin. Le vaudou haïtien, à la fois culture, religion et identité, est devenu le socle de l'émancipation des Haïtiens, devenus indépendants en 1804, et reste aujourd'hui très présent, un refuge aussi dans les périodes les plus sombres.À l'occasion de l'exposition intitulée « Zombis, la mort n'est pas une fin » au musée du Quai Branly à Paris, nous nous plongeons dans les spécificités du vaudou haïtien, ses racines africaines, un syncrétisme fort de la religion catholique imposée par la force aux esclaves et les croyances ancestrales des populations autochtones, les Taïnos, les Caraïbes, les Arawaks que les esclaves en fuite, les Noirs-Marrons, ont côtoyés. Loin des mythes et des clichés du cinéma de Hollywood, qui mélange zombis et vampires, et des préjugés de sorcellerie et de rites magiques qui ont dénigré le culte, cette exposition veut revenir à l'essence et aux origines du vaudou haïtien. Invités :- Philippe Charlier, commissaire principal de l'exposition « Zombis » au Musée du Quai Branly à Paris, anthropologue et médecin-légiste,vice-doyen (culture et patrimoine), directeur du Laboratoire Anthropologie, Archéologie, Biologie (LAAB), UFR Simone Veil - santé (UVSQ / Paris-Saclay)- Erol Josué, commissaire associé de l'exposition « Zombis » au Musée du Quai Branly à Paris, directeur général du Bureau national d'ethnologie à Port-au-Prince en Haïti, artiste et prêtre vaudou (chanteur, danseur, chorégraphe, prêtre Vodou) - Lilas Desquiron, commissaire associée de l'exposition « Zombis » au Musée du Quai Branly à Paris, ethnologue et écrivaine haïtienne, ancienne ministre de la Culture d'Haïti, autrice de « Les chemins de Loco-Miroir » (Éd. Stock - 1990). DIAPORAMA

Michael Wann is back to chat about his phase of nomadic experience and his dance between driving life and accepting life on life's terms. And we chat about Hispaniola and the mystery, the starboard synchrometer, natal charts, honoring the mystery of life, subtle freedom, and our relationship with the heavens.   We also touch on his recent trip to the Dominican, the history of Haiti, Astronomia, baseline reality, and understanding patterns in the natural world.   In the last part we get further into astro physics, precession, Trump and the Haiti thing, green language, Grounding consciousness, his upcoming classes, the 400 year cycle, the story going public about Susquehanna, false time, lunar time, and Hispaniola   mkwann@comcast.net https://linktr.ee/susquehannaalchemy   To gain access to the second half of show and our Plus feed for audio and podcast please clink the link http://www.grimericaoutlawed.ca/support.   For second half of video (when applicable and audio) go to our Substack and Subscribe. https://grimericaoutlawed.substack.com/ or to our Locals  https://grimericaoutlawed.locals.com/ or Rokfin www.Rokfin.com/Grimerica Patreon https://www.patreon.com/grimericaoutlawed   Our old eps with Michael: https://grimerica.ca/2019/01/26/ep327/ https://grimericaoutlawed.ca/podcast/24-michael-wann/   Support the show directly: https://grimerica.ca/support-2/ Outlawed Canadians YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OutlawedCanadians Our Adultbrain Audiobook Podcast and Website: www.adultbrain.ca Our Audiobook Youtube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@adultbrainaudiobookpublishing/videos Darren's book www.acanadianshame.ca Check out our next trip/conference/meetup - Contact at the Cabin www.contactatthecabin.com Other affiliated shows: www.grimerica.ca The OG Grimerica Show www.Rokfin.com/Grimerica Our channel on free speech Rokfin Join the chat / hangout with a bunch of fellow Grimericans  Https://t.me.grimerica https://www.guilded.gg/chat/b7af7266-771d-427f-978c-872a7962a6c2?messageId=c1e1c7cd-c6e9-4eaf-abc9-e6ec0be89ff3   Get your Magic Mushrooms delivered from: Champignon Magique  Get Psychedelics online Leave a review on iTunes and/or Stitcher: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/grimerica-outlawed http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grimerica-outlawed Sign up for our newsletter http://www.grimerica.ca/news SPAM Graham = and send him your synchronicities, feedback, strange experiences and psychedelic trip reports!! graham@grimerica.com InstaGRAM https://www.instagram.com/the_grimerica_show_podcast/  Purchase swag, with partial proceeds donated to the show www.grimerica.ca/swag Send us a postcard or letter http://www.grimerica.ca/contact/ ART - Napolean Duheme's site http://www.lostbreadcomic.com/  MUSIC Tru Northperception, Felix's Site sirfelix.bandcamp.com 

The U.S. has been celebrating Columbus Day since 1792, after the explorer who sailed from Spain in 1492 and supposedly "discovered America." But he never actually touched land in what is now the United States, landing in Cuba and Hispaniola, mistaking them for China and Japan.

My compassion for Haitians is rooted in horrors I witnessed and experienced throughout the 1980s under White House/Pentagon level MK Ultra mind control. I could relate to their tortured traumatized state due to my own. My 1995 testimony for Congress TRANCE Formation of America detailing Clintons, Bushes, CIA, and Jesuit involvement in drug and human trafficking ops in Haiti was censored under National Security.This is a National Security that threatens the security of our nation and world when it covers up unconscionable crimes against humanity such as those inflicted on the Haitian population.My concerns now for the strategic placement of illegal immigrant programmed Haitians throughout the US by the Harris/Biden globalist cabal is rooted in the plan I witnessed being created, which is now unfolding. An army of MK Ultra voodoo mind controlled assassins were being programmed, with a dual plan to take ownership of their land while they are activated abroad.  Who is moving in on ownership of Haiti? Are Clintons still involved in this Invasion Warfare black op? Follow the money! In the 1980s, destabilization was activated through Baby Doc Duvalier's regime which had close ties to Clintons and Bushes. In an effort to bring the Haitian population numbers down to a more manageable size, mass genocide through AIDs vaccines commenced. It was my experience that the Jesuits and CIA New World Order of the Rose alliance dominated the Dominican Republic side of the Hispaniola island as led from the Citadel by General Cedras. TRANCE p. 191CIA and Jesuit control in the Dominican Republic is notorious. Hispaniola island is divided by mountains that corral the Haitians into their side which I describe as the Dominican Republic's petri dish of dark human experimentation. Voodoo and Jesuit satanism are ultimately one in the same as a trauma base for robotic MK Ultra mind control. Cannibalism is one of many common threads weaved between the two, while children are tortured, raped, and harvested. Baby Doc's Haitians experienced tortures that far exceeded starvation. Especially those who would become his Tonton army. Zombies were created through drugs and rituals of victims being buried alive. I saw people raised in small cages intended to misshape their bodies as they grew. Resultant contortionists and crab walkers are not uncommon! Hillary Clinton's satanic pre-cursor to Adrenochrome that was in full operation in 1977 was rooted in Haiti. Hillary's adrenochrome ops paralleled Bill's CIA cocaine ops, which ran directly from the Caribbean through Louisiana into Arkansas. Voodoo culture is rampant in New Orleans because of the importation of Haitians Clintons enslaved back then to run their criminal, sanctioned crimes. What kind of Haitian army has been created now? It had been found through Hitler/Himmler research that after 3 generations any knowledge base, abuse base, or belief system becomes inherently autogenic in the brain. Not only has trauma based mind control of generations heightened suggestibility of the Haitian population, there also are many who are outraged knowing that Clintons contributed to their condition. Their dashed hopes that Clinton's blatant crimes perpetrated on Haiti would be prosecuted and stopped once the American population became aware has left them embittered. Any Haitians capable of thinking to flee the island certainly wouldn't be jumping from that man-made hell into the fire for relief. Mind control must be factored into the equation!It is no wonder the Harris/Biden globalist cabal has strategically placed the mass influx of illegal programmed Haitians in key states! Read full article here!

In 1492 this freakin guy Christopher Columbus took his ass across the ocean blue looking for a western sea route to the lands of Asia and India (which he actually thought were the same place and same people). What transpired saw the Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria (Boats and Hoes) sail across the Atlantic, which granted hadn't really been attempted too often, and hit landfall in the Caribbean. Now this clown never set foot on the land that would become the United States, yet we have a city in Ohio, and had a recently renamed National Holiday in his honor. The guy had no idea he wasn't in India which is why Indigenous Peoples got saddled with the Indian moniker for so damn long. So he basically stumbles onto landfall and like a good colonizer it didn't take him long to make the locals life hell... Welcome to the Columbus episode. Sponsors: Flintts Mintshttps://www.flintts.com/ Promo code HISTORICALLYHIGH for 15% offAlso if you want to support the show there's a link below, or don't, whatever is cool with us, but it'd be a lot cooler if you did.Support the show

An affluent Cuban merchant and his young pregnant wife set sail from Havana in May 1734 on a peaceful voyage to Hispaniola aboard their private schooner, but a piratical mutiny at sea claimed many lives and set the vessel adrift. Aided by a passing Bahamian mariner, the Nuestra Señora de la Concepçion came to Charleston in distress and gained protection from local authorities. Interviews with the survivors sparked a formal trial that imposed British law on foreign visitors and delivered resolution to a grieving Hispanic widow and her newborn daughter.

You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we're embarking on a joyous high-seas adventure with the utterly delightful Muppets Treasure Island. Released in 1996 and directed by Brian Henson, this film is a gem of an adaptation, brilliantly blending Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale with the unmistakable humor and heart of the Muppets.A Rollicking Pirate Adventure Muppets Treasure Island stars the phenomenal Tim (Jim?!) Curry as the charming yet cunning Long John Silver, alongside an energetic cast of Muppets. Kevin Bishop plays young Jim Hawkins, who, upon discovering a treasure map, finds himself on an adventure filled with pirates, peril, and puppets. The Hispaniola sets sail with a crew mixed with both suspect pirates and our favourite Muppet characters, leading to a voyage brimming with laughs and excitement.Classic Story, Muppet Flair From the bustling docks to the exotic isles, the journey is an exhilarating blend of comedy, music, and adventure. As Jim and his quirky Muppet friends navigate through dangers and deception, the film provides a perfect mix of thrilling pirate lore and Muppet antics. Tim Curry shines in every scene, adding a splendidly theatrical flavor to the beloved tale.Why We Loved ItTim Curry's Magnetic Performance: As Long John Silver, Curry is absolutely magnetic, bringing depth, charm, and a hint of menace that complements the Muppet crew's zaniness perfectly.Captivating Songs: The musical numbers are standout moments, with tunes like "Shiver My Timbers" and "Professional Pirate" that are not only catchy but beautifully integrated into the story, enhancing the emotional and narrative stakes of the adventure.Perfect Blend of Humor and Heart: The film strikes a remarkable balance, staying true to the adventurous spirit of the original novel while infusing it with the Muppets' signature blend of whimsy and warmth. This adaptation captures the essence of what makes the Muppets so beloved by fans of all ages.A Dad's Take For a family movie night, Muppets Treasure Island is an absolute winner. It's the kind of film that not only entertains but also brings everyone together with its universal appeal. It's an adventure that sparks laughter and warms the heart, making it a perfect pick for viewers of all ages.Muppets Treasure Island is a film that truly has it all—humor, adventure, catchy music, and heart. If you're a fan of the Muppets or just looking for a film to delight and entertain the entire family, this is a must-watch. It's a vibrant celebration of storytelling that showcases the timeless appeal of the Muppets meshed wonderfully with classic pirate adventure.So hoist the sails and join us on the joyful voyage of Muppets Treasure Island, where every moment is a treasure waiting to be cherished. Whether it's your first time viewing or a beloved rewatch, this film is guaranteed to bring smiles and a whole lot of laughter.

Treasure Island by Robert Stevenson原文Chapter 10: The EndThe pirates thought about the treasure and they were happy.They ate their breakfast quickly and we all started to walk along the beach.'We must go this way, and look for a tall tree,'said Silver.There were a lot of tall trees on the island and the pirates ran to look at all of them.Then one of the pirates said, 'Here!'Near a tree was a dead man.'He was a sailor,' said one of the pirates. 'Look at his jacket! But what's he doing here? When did he die?''Flint killed him years ago,' said Silver. 'He's showing us the way to the treasure. Follow his arm.Come on! This way.'The pirates followed quietly. They were afraid. We climbed a hill, then we sat down.Suddenly we heard singing.'It's Flint!' said one man, his face very white.'No,' said Silver.'Not Flint. Flint's dead. Remember the treasure, my boys, and don't be afraid!'But all the pirates had white faces.Silver listened carefully to the singing.'That's not Flint!' he said. 'It's ... it's Ben Gunn! We're not afraid of Ben Gunn!'The singing stopped and we moved on.After twenty minutes,we saw a very big tree on top of a hill.The pirates started to run.But they did not find any treasure.Under the tree they found an old box.There was nothing init.Flint's treasure was not there.For a long time, the six pirates sat and said nothing.Then Silver turned to me.'Be very careful,Jim,' he said quietly. 'These men are dangerous.'He gave me a gun.The pirates looked at us and we looked back at them.Suddenly, from the trees, guns started to shoot.Two of the pirates dropped to the ground and the other three ran away.The doctor and Ben Gunn ran out of the trees and started to run after the pirates.'They can't getaway,' said Silver. 'And you, Ben Gunn, what are you doing here?''Ben found the treasure a long time ago,' said the doctor. 'He moved it to his home on the island. So I gave the pirates Flint's map and we left the house and went to stay with Ben.'We took one of the pirate's boats, and broke the other.'The pirates haven't got a boat now,' said the doctor. 'They can't follow us.'Then we went round the island to find the Hispaniola.At last, we found our ship and met Mr. Trelawney and Captain Smollett.'What are you doing here, John Silver?' asked the captain.'I'm here to help you,' said Silver.'Ah,' said the captain.I had a good dinner that night with all my friends.We were all happy.Silver ate and drank and smiled and laughed too.The next morning, we started to carry the treasure to the ship.We did not see the three pirates on the island.Three days later, we finished our work.We heard the pirates singing loudly, but we did not see them.We left some boxes of food for the pirates, and started across the sea to the nearest town.We were happy when we arrived there.And there Silver left us.We were in the town and he got away.He took some of the treasure with him, too.And so, after some weeks at sea, we arrived home with our treasure.I never wanted to go back to that island again.

We're talking about Minutes 61-62 of Muppet Treasure Island, in which Long John finishes singing and the bad guys capture the Hispaniola. With special guest Julia Gaskill! PLUS: Other pirate media! Who is the rightful owner of the treasure? A Troll in Central Park! Does this movie count as a Fraggle Rock crossover? And more Treasure Planet talk! Hosted by Anthony Strand & Ryan Roe Guest Julia Gaskill Produced & Edited by Ryan Roe Logo by Morgan Davy Movin' Right Along: A Muppet Movie Podcast is available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ToughPigs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Podcast Addict, Podbean, or wherever you get podcasts!

Treasure Island by Robert Stevenson原文Chapter 8: Got The ShipThe pirates had a big fire on the beach, and there was a small light on the Hispaniola.Very quietly, I put Ben Gunn's boat into the sea.The boat moved slowly and quietly across the water.Soon I was near the ship.Nobody saw me.'I can cut the ship's rope with my knife,' I thought. 'And then the wind can push the ship away from the beach.'I listened.There were two men on the ship.The other pirates were all on the beach.The men on the ship were talking loudly and angrily.'They're going to have a fight,' I thought.One of the men was Israel Hands.I waited, then I cut the rope.Slowly the ship turned round and began to move away from the beach.The two men on the ship started to fight.The pirates on the beach sat round their fire and sang.They did not see the ship moving away.I sat down in Ben Gunn's boat and fell asleep.In the morning, I sat up and looked around.The little boat was not far from the island and I saw that I was quite near the Hispaniola.I looked for Israel Hands and the other pirate, but I did not see them.I moved slowly nearer and nearer to the Hispaniola.Then I climbed on to the ship.The two pirates were there, on the ship.They did not move.One of them was dead.Israel Hand's leg was badly hurt, but he was not dead.I looked round the ship.All the cupboards were open, and everything was dirty.There were a lot of bottles on the floor.I found some drink and gave it to Hands.Then I took down the pirates' flag.'The ship is ours, now,'I thought.Israel Hands spoke.'You can't sail the ship, Jim Hawkins,' he said. 'Give me some food. I can help you.''I don't want to go back to the beach,' I said. 'Help me to sail it to the North Inlet.''Right,' he said.So we sailed to the north of the island.The ship moved quietly through the water; I was happy.The old pirate watched me carefully.Then he smiled.'Jim, go and get me ... er ... get me something to drink,' he said. 'I'm thirsty.'I did not like his smile. I went away, but I came back very quietly and watched him.He moved slowly and took a knife from behind some rope.Then he put the knife under his jacket and he went back to his old place.'Ah,' I thought. 'He can move and he's got a knife. He wants to kill me. I must be careful.'I went back to him and gave him the bottle.We sailed on and came to the North Inlet.Hands told me what to do and I brought the ship near the beach.I watched the sails and the sea, but I did not watch Hands.Suddenly I turned and saw him behind me with his knife in his hand.I jumped away and took out my gun.I tried to shoot at Hands but nothing happened.The gun was wet with sea water.I moved away quickly, but Hands followed me.I climbed up among the sails and tried to shoot again.Hands looked up,then he threw his knife at me.It went into my arm.Then I shot him and he dropped into the sea.The pirate's knife was in my arm.I pulled it out and climbed down on to the ship.

Treasure Island by Robert Stevenson原文Chapter 7: Jim's Story II'Your friends are in the house now,' said Ben Gunn.'I must go to them,'I said. 'Are you coming with me?'No,' said Ben. 'But you know where to find me. Come tomorrow afternoon.'I looked at the Hispaniola, out on the sea, and saw the pirates' flag.'They have the ship now,' I thought.The pirates on the beach made a big fire.They started to drink and to talk loudly.I waited for a time,then went to the house.I told Dr Livesey about my meeting with Ben Gunn up on the hill.'Tell me about this man,' said the doctor. 'Is he going to help us?''Yes, I think he is,' I said.'There are fifteen pirates now,' said the doctor. 'And there are six of us. Seven, with Ben Gunn.'I was very tired and I slept well that night.The next morning one of our men said: 'Look! Someone's coming! A man with a white flag.''Don't shoot!' said the man. 'It's me. John Silver.''What do you want?' asked Captain Smollett.'Captain Silver wants to talk to you,' said Long John.'Captain Silver now?Come on, then,' said Captain Smollett.Long John came slowly up the hill to the house.We all watched him.'Yes?' asked the captain.'One of our men is dead,' said Silver. 'You killed him in the night.'The captain said nothing.'We didn't kill that man,' I thought. 'Ben Gunn killed him. Now there are only fourteen pirates.''We want that treasure,' Silver said. 'And you've got a map, right?''Perhaps,' said the captain.'I know you've got it,' said Silver. 'Give us the map. Then you can leave the island with us, or,if you like, you can stay here.''Is that all?' asked Captain Smollett. 'Now, listen to me, Silver. You can't find the treasure and you can't sail the ship. We aren't going to help you find the treasure, so you can go now. I have nothing more to say to you.''Then we're going to fight you,' said Silver angrily, and he went away, walking slowly down the hill.It was a hot day.We waited for a longtime and then the pirates started shooting again.Suddenly some of the pirates ran out of the trees up to the house.'Get them!' said the captain.We all fought hard.We killed three of the pirates and the others ran away.But when we got back inside the house, we found that Joyce was dead.Hunter and the captain were hurt, too.'Five pirates are dead,'said the doctor.'Good,' said the captain. 'Now they have nine men and we have five.'The pirates went back to the beach.Everything was quiet.Later that day Hunter died.The doctor left the house.'He's going to meet Ben Gunn,' I thought.It was very hot inside the house and I did not like waiting.So I took some food and a gun and went to look for Ben Gunn's boat.After about an hour I found it.It was very small and light.'I can take this boat and go out to the Hispaniola at night,' I thought.I sat down and waited.Night came, and it was very dark.

Treasure Island by Robert Stevenson原文Chapter 6: Dr Livesey's StoryAt half-past one in the afternoon two, small boats went from the ship to the island.We looked for Jim Hawkins on the Hispaniola, but he was not there.We waited on the ship.There were six pirates with us.Then Hunter and I took a boat and went to the island.I wanted to see the house on the island.The house was strong and it was in a good place.'We can stay here,' I thought. 'There's water, and we can bring food and guns from the ship.'Then I heard the pirates fighting in the trees.'They're killing someone,' I thought. 'Perhaps Jim Hawkins is dead.'Hunter and I went back to the Hispaniola.I told the captain about the house, and we started to put food into the small boat.The pirates on the ship did not hear us.Joyce and I carried the food from the beach to the house.Joyce stayed in the house with his gun and I went back to the ship.We put more food and our guns into the small boat and dropped all the other guns into the sea.Then Mr. Trelawney's men Redruth and Hunter, Mr. Trelawney, the captain and I left the ship.There were five of us in a small boat and we moved very slowly.Then we saw the pirates on the Hispaniola.They had the big gun on the ship.'They're going to shoot at us,' somebody said.We tried to go faster.Mr. Trelawney shot at the men on the ship.He hit one of them.Then the pirates on the island ran out of the trees.They began to run along the beach.'Quickly!' said the captain. 'They're going to catch us. Leave the boat.'We heard the big gun on the Hispaniola behind us; we jumped on to the beach and ran.Most of our food and our guns went down into the sea with the small boat.We heard the pirates running along the beach behind us, but we ran quickly through the trees to the house.We arrived at the house and turned to shoot at the pirates.We hit one of the pirates, and the other men ran away.Then one of the pirates turned and shot Redruth through the head.Captain Smollett said sadly: 'Now there are only five of us and we have food for ten days. What are we going to do?'Suddenly we heard somebody outside.'Dr Livesey,' said Jim Hawkins, 'it's me, Jim. I'm here.'So then there were six of us.

Treasure Island by Robert Stevenson原文Chapter 5: Ben GunnThe next morning we arrived at the island.I remembered Billy Bones's map.'I know there's a house on the island,' I thought. 'But I can't see it from here.'The sailors wanted to leave the ship, but Captain Smollett said, 'Tell the men they can go to the island this afternoon.''What are we going to do?' asked Mr. Trelawney.We must think quickly.'Three of the men on the ship, Hunter, Joyce and Redruth, were Mr. Trelawney's men.He told them about Long John Silver and the pirates and he gave them some guns.Then he spoke to the other men, the pirates.'Men,' he said,'it's a hot day and we're all tired. Take a boat and go to the island. You can come back this evening.'The pirates were happier.Six of them stayed on the Hispaniola and thirteen got into the small boats to go to the island.I quietly got into one of the boats, too.We arrived on the beach and I ran away from the pirates.Long John Silver saw me.'Jim! Jim!' he said.'Come here!'But I did not listen to him. I ran into the trees.I walked about for a time, then I heard the pirates talking angrily. There was some fighting, and one man died.'He didn't want to help them, so they killed him,' I thought, 'They're bad men.'I ran and ran.'How can I get back to the ship?' I thought. 'The pirates are going to kill me, too.'I climbed the hill.Suddenly I saw a man.'Who's this?' I thought. 'He isn't one of our men. Nobody lives on this island.'I began to run back to the beach, but I was tired and the man ran very quickly.I stopped and took out my gun.The man carefully came out of the trees.'Who are you?' I asked.I'm Ben Gunn,' he said. 'I live here. The pirates left me on this island three years ago. What's your name?''Jim,' I told him.'Well, Jim,' he said, 'I'm a very rich man. But tell me, who came in that ship? Is it Flint's ship?''No, it isn't. Flint is dead,' I said. 'But some of his men are on the ship.''Not... not a man with one leg?''Silver?' I asked.'Yes, Silver,' he said. 'Are you a friend of his?''No, I'm not,' I answered. And I told him everything.'Is Mr. Trelawney a good man?' Ben asked. 'Perhaps I can help him.''Yes, he's very good. And I think he can help you, too.''Good,' said Ben Gunn.'But can you help me now?' I asked.' I must get back to the ship.''I've got a little boat,' he said. 'You can use it tonight.'Suddenly we heard the sound of guns.'Listen! they're fighting!' I said.We ran to the beach.We heard more guns,then everything was quiet and a flag went up above the trees.

Treasure Island by Robert Stevenson原文Chapter 3: The Sailor with One LegThe next day Mr.Trelawney left for Bristol.“I stayed at home and waited.At last, weeks later, Dr Livesey got a letter from Bristol.Dear Livesey, the ship is ready. Its name is Hispaniola.I found a good man to be our cook on the ship.He's an old sailor and he has an inn here in Bristol.He is going to help me find sailors for our ship.He knows a lot of men here.His name is Long John Silver.He has only one leg.Please send Jim Hawkins to Bristol tomorrow.Trelawney.”I was very excited.The next morning I said goodbye to my mother and started for Bristol.Mr. Trelawney met met here.'When do we sail?' I asked him.'Sail?' he said. 'We sail tomorrow!'I had something to eat, then Mr. Trelawney gave me a letter for Long John Silver at the Spy Glass Inn.There were a lot of sailors in the Spy Glass Inn.I looked round and saw a tall strong man with one leg.'He's Long John Silver,' I thought.'Mr. Silver, sir?'I asked.'Yes, that's my name. And who are you?'I gave him the letter and he took my hand.Suddenly, one of the other men in the inn jumped up and ran to the door.I knew him.It was Black Dog!'Stop him!' I said. 'Stop him! It's Black Dog!''Harry,' said Silver, 'run and catch that man.'A man got up and ran after Black Dog.Long John Silver turned to me."Who was that man?'he asked. 'Black what?''Dog, sir,' I said.'He's a pirate.''A pirate!' said Silver. 'Ben, run and help Harry. You can catch him!'But Ben and Harry came back without Black Dog.'We lost him,' they said.'Well, what is Mr.Trelawney going to think?' said Silver. 'You know, Jim, we did try to catch him. And nobody in the inn knew that he was the pirate Black Dog. Now, Jim,come with me. We're going to see Mr. Trelawney.'Long John Silver walked with me to meet Mr. Trelawney and Dr Livesey.He told them about Black Dog.Mr. Trelawney listened carefully, and then said, 'Well, we can't do anything about Black Dog now.John, tell all the men to come to the ship this afternoon.'The doctor turned tome. 'Come and see the ship, Jim,' he said. And meet our captain, Captain Smollett.'So we went to the Hispaniola.'Well, Captain Smollett,' said Mr. Trelawney, 'I hope everything is ready.''Well, sir,' said the captain, 'it is, but l'm not happy about it. I don't like the sailors.''Oh?' said Mr.Trelawney. He was very angry with the captain.But Dr Livesey said,'Tell me, Captain Smollett. Why are you unhappy?'Well,' said the captain, I don't know where we are going. But all the sailors say we are going to look for treasure. I don't like it. I don't know these men.''Well, what do you want?' asked the doctor.'We must have all the guns in our rooms, sir. And Mr. Trelawney's men must sleep near us, not with the other sailors.''And?' said Mr. Trelawney.'You have a map. Thesailors know about it. Nobody must see that map.''Right, sir,' said Mr.Trelawney. 'We can do that. But I think they're very good men.''Trelawney,' said the doctor later, 'you have two good men, Captain Smollett and Long John Silver.''I don't know about the captain,' said Mr. Trelawney angrily.Then Captain Smollett found me. 'And you, boy, go and help the cook!'We worked all night and in the morning, the ship left Bristol.The Hispaniola was a good ship and we had good weather.The sailors all liked Long John Silver.'In the old days,before he lost his leg, he was a good fighter,' some of them said.' He was always very good to me. '

durée : 00:59:18 - Les Grandes Traversées - par : Stéphane Bonnefoi - Colomb retourne dans "son" Hispaniola. C'est un désastre. Les 39 marins ont été massacrés. Le fort de la Navidad a été réduit en cendres. Le père Buil qui l'accompagne veut des représailles. Mais Colomb temporise. Le rapport de force ne lui est pas favorable et sa priorité et de fonder une ville.

As the crew embarks on the arduous task of transporting their massive hoard of gold back to the Hispaniola, the tension is palpable. Amid the frantic hustle, echoes of the lingering mutineers haunt them, now reduced to desperate figures on the desolate island. The doctor's moral crossroads, Silver's serpentine charm, and a daring escape keep listeners on edge.Witness sun-drenched shores, glittering treasures, and heartrending farewells as our seafaring friends weigh anchor and set sail for a destiny steeped in fortune—and folly. This chapter is a rollercoaster of emotions and revelations that will leave you breathless and pining for the sounds of waves and whispers of buried gold.Don't miss the stirring conclusion of this timeless tale of adventure and treachery!Send us a message with your thoughts

We're talking about Minutes 45-46 of Muppet Treasure Island, in which the crew of the Hispaniola gets "Cabin Fever." With special guest Matthew Soberman! PLUS: Is this the silliest Muppet movie song? Movie magic with a garbage barge! Are there any Muppets we hate? Is this a recycled Gonzo costume? And Lew Zealand's missing lyric! Hosted by Anthony Strand & Ryan Roe Guest Matthew Soberman Produced & Edited by Ryan Roe Logo by Morgan Davy Movin' Right Along: A Muppet Movie Podcast is available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ToughPigs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Podcast Addict, Podbean, or wherever you get podcasts!

Jim Hawkins finds himself in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the cunning and ruthless Israel Hands. As the ship navigates treacherous waters, the atmosphere is charged with suspicion and deceit.The coxswain's true intentions are slowly revealed, leading to a heart-pounding confrontation that will keep listeners on the edge of their seats. With vivid descriptions of the ship's manoeuvres and the characters' psychological warfare, this episode promises a roller coaster of emotions and unexpected twists.Will Jim outsmart the experienced seaman, or will Hands' treachery prove too much for our young hero? Tune in to discover the fate of these two adversaries as they face off in a battle of wits and survival aboard the Hispaniola.Send us a message with your thoughts

Young Jim Hawkins finds himself alone aboard the Hispaniola, facing treacherous waters and even more treacherous company. With mutiny afoot and two mysterious figures on deck, Jim must navigate both the ship and his own survival.Listen as we explore the tension-filled moments of Jim's encounter with the injured Israel Hands, and the clever negotiations that ensue. Will Jim's quick thinking and newfound authority be enough to outsmart the seasoned pirate? And what secrets lie hidden in the ship's ransacked cabin? Tune in to discover how our young hero plans to beach the ship and what ominous signs lurk beneath the surface of this uneasy alliance.This episode promises to keep you on the edge of your seat as we unravel the next chapter in Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of buccaneers and buried gold.Send us a message with your thoughts

Jim navigates treacherous waters in his tiny boat, facing monstrous sea creatures and the unforgiving power of the ocean. But the real excitement begins when our hero spots the Hispaniola, seemingly abandoned and sailing aimlessly.What follows is a nail-biting chase across the waves, with Jim's fate hanging in the balance. Will he reach the ship? And what awaits him if he does? Why is the ship drifting? This episode captures the essence of Stevenson's adventure classic, filled with vivid descriptions of the sea and Jim's resourcefulness in the face of overwhelming odds. Don't miss this exhilarating instalment that will leave you breathless and eager for more!Send us a message with your thoughts

Jim Hawkins embarks on a perilous journey aboard a small coracle. He navigates treacherous waters, attempting to reach the anchored Hispaniola while battling unpredictable currents and his own inexperience.The tension builds as Jim overhears a heated argument between two drunken pirates aboard the ship, leading to a shocking revelation that will leave audiences gasping. As the chapter unfolds, Jim finds himself in increasingly dire circumstances, with danger lurking at every turn.Will he survive the night as he's swept out to sea, or will his luck finally run out? Tune in to discover the fate of our young hero in this gripping instalment of Treasure Island!Send us a message with your thoughts

This episode plunges us into a tense moment when the Hispaniola's remaining crew find themselves on the brink of mutiny without a breath of wind to make a swift escape. As unsettling news hits about Jim Hawkins taking a reckless trip ashore, the doctor and his companions face a heart-pounding race against time.What follows is a daring plan to secure provisions from the ship under the watchful eyes—and whistling tunes—of Silver's men. With every pull of the oar, listener's anxieties parallel the characters as they double-down on survival strategies, mastering guts, grit, and the untapped depths of human resolve.Will the doctor's snap decisions and the crew's bold actions be enough to steer them toward safety, or will the clutches of danger tighten around them? Tune in, and prepare to be whisked away by this thrilling slice of Treasure Island.Send us a message with your thoughts

The scene is set with the crew finally arriving within sight of the enigmatic Treasure Island, and instantly, an air of foreboding clouds the sunny day. The ship, Hispaniola, groans and creaks as it lies becalmed, a stark contrast to the unsettling stillness of the island's melancholy landscape.Our protagonist Jim Hawkins volunteers for a boat crew, only to witness the crew's morale plummet and discipline disintegrate. Tension rises as the dark shadow of mutiny looms over them, but the ever-cunning Long John Silver works tirelessly to keep the men in line.The episode crescendos as Jim makes a daring decision—one that could change the fate of everyone onboard. Will his adventurous spirit lead him to great discovery, or plunge him into peril? Tune in to uncover the chilling and suspenseful beginning of an unforgettable shore adventure.Send us a message with your thoughts

 The air is thick with tension as Jim Hawkins stealthily slips out of his hiding spot to join the crew on deck, just in time to spot the mystical fog lifting, revealing the ominous landscape of Skeleton Island. Captain Smollett's sharp commands pierce through the night, setting the stage for a gripping confrontation.We witness a cunning exchange between the suspicious Long John Silver and the cautious captain, as maps are scrutinized and plans are laid bare. Jim's pulse pounds as he intercepts Silver's deceptive charm, leading to a pivotal secret exchange with Dr. Livesey. This leads to a clandestine council below deck where allies are counted, strategies forged, and the chilling realization dawns that the balance of power is precariously poised.Join us for a journey through fog-laden nights and whispered schemes, where every creak of the Hispaniola may signal looming danger. Will our heroes' plans to counteract the mutiny hold water, or will the tides turn in favour of the treacherous crew? Tune in and set sail with us to find out!Send us a message with your thoughts

Join us as we explore the bustling night before the Hispaniola sets sail, where young Jim Hawkins finds himself amidst the excitement and chaos of preparing for a monumental journey. The atmosphere crackles with energy as the crew, led by the enigmatic Long John Silver, breaks into the iconic sea shanty "Fifteen Men on the Dead Man's Chest," setting the stage for an adventure filled with mystery and treachery.Despite a relatively smooth start to the voyage, troubling events unfold as the dubious first mate, Mr. Arrow, succumbs to a mysterious source of drink, only to meet a grim fate. Amidst the intrigue, Jim uncovers unsettling confidences and schemes, all while the crew remains oblivious to the looming danger.With the enigmatic Silver at the helm of the galley, a tantalizing glimpse of the complexities of pirate allegiance and cunning unfolds, leaving Jim - and our listeners - on edge as the Hispaniola nears the fabled Treasure Island. Tune in as we unravel the secrets of this pivotal chapter, where friendships are tested and peril lurks just beneath the surface.Send us a message with your thoughts

Tension brews aboard the Hispaniola as Jim Hawkins and the crew prepare for their perilous journey. Captain Smollett reveals his deep mistrust—of the voyage, the crew, and even his employer, Mr. Trelawney. As suspicions of mutiny simmer, strategic decisions about powder storage and berth assignments could mean the difference between life and death.Don't miss this captivating narrative full of foreboding and intrigue, setting the stage for the treacherous adventure ahead. Can they truly trust the crew, or is a storm brewing from within? Find out in this episode of Treasure Island.Send us a message with your thoughts

In this electrifying episode of our Treasure Island series, anticipation reaches its peak as young Hawkins receives thrilling news—his sea dreams are about to become reality!  Jim finds himself whisked away from the hall, under Redruth's watchful eye, and onto a journey that promises untold adventures.The elaborate letter from Squire Trelawney reveals a beautifully fitted ship, the Hispaniola, and a motley crew led by the enigmatic Long John Silver. Teeming with vivid imagery of bustling docks and sea legends, this chapter's crescendo hits as Jim arrives in Bristol, his heart pounding with excitement. With the ship set to sail, our hearts race alongside Jim's as the horizon beckons with whispers of treasure and peril.Send us a message with your thoughts

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1201, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Decade Of Discovery 1: DNA's double helix. the 1950s. 2: Frank Sinatra by Harry James. the 1930s. 3: Quasars by astronomer and Faye Dunaway by Hollywood. the 1960s. 4: Hispaniola by Europeans. the 1490s. 5: Americium (atomic number 95). the 1940s. Round 2. Category: To Grind 1: Keeping this body part "to the grindstone" means applying yourself. nose. 2: Most waiters consider this tool a real grind when using it to add seasoning to salads. a pepper grinder (or pepper mill). 3: Grinding guides can help you efficiently get to level 10 in this Blizzard game set in Azeroth. World of Warcraft. 4: To grind their food, birds use this organ that also starts with "G". gizzard. 5: Mt. Suribachi was the site of a famed flag raising on this WWII island; Meat Grinder Hill was also a tough battle there. Iwo Jima. Round 3. Category: The Edgars 1: Part of "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams", "Obits" won the 2016 Short Story Edgar Award for my Maine man, this horror master. Stephen King. 2: "G" is for grand master as well as this woman who received the 2009 Grand Master Award. Sue Grafton. 3: 2018's best episode in a TV series was "Somebody to Love" by Noah Hawley for this Midwestern-set show spun off from a film, you betcha. Fargo. 4: This pseudonym of 2 authors got a special Edgar in 1950 for a "Mystery Magazine". Ellery Queen. 5: The Scotch was good. Too good. I tried to remember. It was 1955, and this writer had won for "The Long Goodbye". and now he had my gun. (Raymond) Chandler. Round 4. Category: Refugees 1: Turkey has more than 3 million refugees from this country racked by Civil War since 2011. Syria. 2: In 2021 the area called "Little" this city in Fremont, California prepared for a new wave of Afghan refugees. Little Kabul. 3: Many refugees from Africa dwell in Kara Tepe II, a refugee camp on this Greek island also known for its poetic heritage. Lesbos. 4: Political instability and other causes have sent thousands of refugees from this country into its neighbors. Burundi. 5: Term for the largest Muslim group of mainly Buddhist Myanmar; many of them have become refugees. the Rohingya. Round 5. Category: Sports Franchises' Previous Homes 1: The Los Angeles Dodgers. Brooklyn. 2: The Indianapolis Colts. Baltimore. 3: The Los Angeles Rams. St. Louis. 4: The Colorado Avalanche, oui, oui!. Quebec City. 5: The Atlanta Braves. Milwaukee. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

We're talking about Minutes 23-24 of Muppet Treasure Island, in which we meet the Hispaniola and Long John Silver. With special guest Beth Cook from the Fraggle Talk Classic podcast! PLUS: Why is the ship called Hispaniola? Who's the pink bird lady? It's exciting to see Sweetums again! Statler and Waldorf made of wood! Sea chanteys at church! And puppet sitcoms of the 1990s! Hosted by Anthony Strand & Ryan Roe Guest Beth Cook Produced & Edited by Ryan Roe Logo by Morgan Davy Movin' Right Along: A Muppet Movie Podcast is available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠ToughPigs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Podcast Addict, Podbean, or wherever you get podcasts!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1170, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: At The Bookstore 1: Kathryn Glasgow's first novel, "Another Song About the King", features a mom obsessed with this singer. Elvis Presley. 2: 2 men travel America with this man's brain in a Tupperware bowl in the true story "Driving Mr. Albert". Albert Einstein. 3: This prolific novelist proved her "metal" once again with her 2000 bestseller "The House on Hope Street". Danielle Steel. 4: "Dark Eagle" by historian John Ensor Harr is called "A Novel Of" this traitor "And the American Revolution". Benedict Arnold. 5: The front cover of "Hooking Up" by this "Bonfire of the Vanities" author shows his name but not the book's title. Tom Wolfe. Round 2. Category: Ends In Ola. With Ola in quotation marks 1: It's what you ride along the canals of Venice. a gondola. 2: It often includes rolled oats, wheat germ, honey, fruit and nuts. granola. 3: This early phonograph began cranking out music in 1906. a Victrola. 4: Italy's Lombardy region is famous for producing this soft (and smelly) blue cheese. Gorgonzola. 5: Haiti occupies a third of this island; the Dominican Republic covers the rest. Hispaniola. Round 3. Category: Classic Country 1: 1 of 3 original members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. (1 of) Hank Williams, Sr., Jimmie Rodgers and Fred Rose. 2: To make it as "A big star in the movies", Buck Owens said he had to "act" this way. naturally. 3: Lefty Frizzell told his honey, "If you've got the money, I've got" this. the time. 4: Migrants leaving this state's "Dust Bowl" helped bring country music to the West. Oklahoma. 5: In 1958, the first country music Grammy Award went to this Kingston Trio song. "Tom Dooley". Round 4. Category: The Last Word Said In Classic Films 1: "The Wizard of Oz". home. 2: "Gone with the Wind". day. 3: "Casablanca". friendship. 4: "King Kong", from 1933. beast. 5: "Apocalypse Now". Horror. Round 5. Category: Ute Tell Me. With Ute in quotation marks 1: To water down. dilute. 2: Drive in from the burbs. commute. 3: Hairy. hirsute. 4: In a proper one of these, the forefinger touches the hat just to the right of the right eye. salute. 5: Jekyll calls Hyde this type of rough fellow "that slept within me". brute. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

In recent months, desperate Haitians have crowded at immigration centers in Port-au-Prince to obtain a passport. Tens of thousands have headed towards the United States, risking life and health to cross the Darien jungle between South and Central America or crowding onto rickety boats to cross the ocean. Many have taken similar journeys towards other Caribbean shores. And a growing number are moving across the island of Hispaniola to the Dominican Republic, where they face documented abuses and the near-constant risk of deportation.This new wave of emigration adds to the long list of people who have left the country since a massive earthquake in 2010 and in the wake of violent riots that culminated in a political crisis in 2018. Challenges such as poverty, natural disasters, political crisis, and insecurity have historically driven Haitian migration, and have continued to do so in the aftermath of the July 7, 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, which led to a power vacuum. Even before Moïse's killing, about half the population lived in poverty. Dominican President Luis Abinader last year said Haiti was in the midst of a “low-intensity civil war,” underscoring the unprecedented nature of the country's implosion.Current migrants are distinct from the so-called boat people who sought humanitarian protection in the United States in recent decades, nor are they necessarily solely seeking better living conditions. They include Haitians with dual citizenship who had once chosen to raise their families in Haiti but now feel they have no choice but to leave. There are also those from the middle and upper classes who have lost hope of leading a normal life in their native land; their collective departure represents not only the movement of individuals but also a brain drain that could further erode the country's prospects and a symbol of declining optimism for the future.The United States is the most popular destination for Haitian migrants, although many are also going to Brazil, Canada, Chile, and the Dominican Republic, as well as other countries in the Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America. In recent years, many Haitians who moved to countries such as Brazil and Chile have migrated elsewhere for a second or third time as economic opportunities for Haitian migrants dried up. Because of the inherent challenges of leaving, only the most privileged have been able to afford to depart by plane, with most using land routes and a smaller number sea crossings.From October 2020 through May 2023, U.S. authorities encountered Haitians at the U.S. southwest border nearly 146,000 times (see Figure 1). From October 2022 through mid-June 2023, the U.S. Coast Guard interdicted more than 4,600 Haitian migrants at sea. As of mid-February, more than 5,000 Haitians arrived through a new humanitarian parole program that allows people in the United States to sponsor arrivals coming by plane, which has prompted the exceptional demand for Haitian passports (the program is also available to Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans); more than 580,000 Haitian cases were pending as of May. Newcomers join a population of 697,000 Haitian immigrants in the United States as of 2021. As of this January, 107,000 Haitians held Temporary Protected Status (TPS), granting them U.S. work authorization and protection from deportation through August 2024, and 105,000 more were estimated to be eligible to apply.“Now, if I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole. That's going to be the least of it. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country,” Trump said during his 90-minute speech at a campaign rally on the grounds of the Dayton International Airport.

“Sh!t happens, wocka wocka!” The panel of peril take a chunk a meat from the salt barrel, a tot of rum from the rum barrel, and a film from the DVD barrel. That film is Muppet Treasure Island (Brian Henson, 1996), and we settle in to watch with this week's special guest Nemonie Craven! Jim Hawkins (Kevin Bishop) has in his possession a certain map. That map leads to a certain island. A treasure island, in fact. Flanked by Gonzo (Dave Goelz) and Rizzo (Steve Whitmere) they embark on the good ship Hispaniola to find this mysterious isle. Captained by the ‘fiery' Kermit the Frog (also Steve Whitmere), will the ship sail true to treasure, or is there villainy afoot? Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-37gsH0ideE ********PLOT SPOILER ALERT******** Also aboard is Long John Silver (Tim Curry) who befriends young Jim in order to get his mucky mits on the precious map. Will the youngster and his felt friends stay one step ahead of the one-legged ne'er-do-well, or will Jim and the gang be cast into the briny for their troubles? What did the panel think of this week's movie? How can they improve upon the villain's masterplan? And what book does Nemonie think would benefit from the Muppet treatment? A taster of Grand Theft Hamlet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5d9wdw-usk A link for Marlow's Landing: Marlow's Landing: A John Murray Original (JM Originals): Amazon.co.uk: Vieira, Toby: 9781473633179: Books https://twitter.com/diabolicalpod https://www.instagram.com/diabolicalpod/ https://www.facebook.com/diabolicalpod Email diabolicalpod@gmail.com

Departing from Puerto Rico with grand plans to establish a new colony, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León set out on his ill-fated second expedition to Florida on February 15th, 1521.  Ponce de León's reputation as a conquistador preceded him, with tales of his brutal conquests in Hispaniola preceding his quest for new lands. Despite being ousted from power by his rival Diego Columbus, Ponce de León received a charter from King Ferdinand to explore and govern distant territories. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly reveal why de León named his ‘discovery' "Florida"; explain why the ‘tree of death' played a pivotal part in his downfall; and discover where those ‘Fountain of Youth' rumours came from…  Further Reading:  ‘Ponce de Leon: Florida & Fountain of Youth' (HISTORY, 2009): https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/juan-ponce-de-leon ‘Ponce De Leon Never Searched for the Fountain of Youth' (Smithsonian Magazine, 2013): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ponce-de-leon-never-searched-for-the-fountain-of-youth-72629888/ ‘Juan Ponce de León: Meet the Spanish explorer who discovered Florida' (10 Tampa Bay, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-BjLdHerRk Love the show? Join

Curator Matthew Barrington marks 220 years since the Haitian Revolution, the only successful slave uprising, unreeling how resistance continues with a series of films, from the first zombie horrors, to contemporary Caribbean and diasporic documentaries. The Caribbean island of Haiti is often reduced to binary representations, of the 18th century Haitian Revolution and its iconic leader, Toussaint Louverture, or environmental disasters, with the earthquake of 2010. But resistance has long been central to Haitian identities and the popular imagination - past and present. Since 1492, when Christopher Columbus arrived on Hispaniola, now Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Spanish, Dutch, English, and French colonists all attempted to ‘settle' the land. The Revolution was the first and only successful uprising of self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in the island region of Saint-Domingue, a rebellion that still resounds across the islands and diasporas today - whether in the words of Naomi Osaka, or filmmakers like Esery Mondesir, who say ‘we've been screaming Black Lives Matter (#BLM) for over 200 years'. Marking 220 years since the Revolution, and formation of the first independent Black republic on 1 January 1804, Barbican Cinema curator Matthew Barrington shares some of the ways Haiti is depicted on screen. We cover 70 years of films, travelling from ‘exotic' plantations to more everyday scenes, starting with Victor Halperin's White Zombie (1932), which birthed the horror genre. Drawing on Bela Lugosi's portrayal of factory owner Murder Legendre, and own othering, we discuss how such movies often sensationalised local spiritual practices as ‘superstitions', and reinforced racial and gender hierarchies with their Western European-centric gaze. But they can also be read more subversively, in relation to colonialism, as evidence of forced labour, slavery, and capitalist extraction. We find similar tropes in gothic and body horrors, from vampires to killer plants, and connect with post-colonial landscapes across the Caribbean like Cuba. Contemporary filmmakers also grapple with the ‘ghosts' of colonialism and capitalism. Matthew explains how the continued extraction of wealth from the islands, many of which were forced to pay reparations to their former enslavers, has perpetuated political instability, forcing many into exile or to migrate for economic opportunities. He shares classic films by Raoul Peck and Arnold Antonin, connecting with Third Cinema, and more experimental works by award-winning makers like Miryam Charles and Gessica Généus. Exploring the occupation and ongoing intervention by the US, and the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier in the 1970s and 1980s, we see how the distance of diasporas often creates the conditions for rebellion, protest, and radical community-building today, as well as pluralising perspectives of well-known landscapes, like New York City. Finally, we discuss the importance of art, visual culture, and Carnival in the context of this ongoing underdevelopment and high illiteracy rates in Haiti, and how public institutions like the National Portrait Gallery will mark this vital anniversary. Visions of Haiti ran at the Barbican Cinema in London throughout October 2023. WITH: Matthew Barrington, film curator and researcher. Matthew is the Manager of the Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image in London, a programmer for the Essay Film Festival and the London Korean Film Festival, and has worked with the Open City Documentary Festival. He is also a curator of cinema at the Barbican Centre, including the series, Visions of Haiti. ART: ‘White Zombie, Victor Halperin (1932) (EMPIRE LINES x Visions of Haiti, Barbican Cinema)'. SOUNDS: ‘White Zombie, Victor Halperin (1932)'. PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: instagram.com/empirelinespodcast And Twitter: twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936 Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines

“Treasure Island” is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, telling a story of "buccaneers and buried gold". The novel was originally serialized from 1881 to 1882 in the children's magazine Young Folks, under the title Treasure Island or the Mutiny of the Hispaniola. It was first published as a book in 1883. It has since become one of the most often dramatized and adapted of all novels, in numerous media. Since its publication, Treasure Island has had significant influence on depictions of pirates in popular culture, including elements such as deserted tropical islands, treasure maps marked with an "X", and one-legged seamen with parrots perched on their shoulders. Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail #Bedtime #Stories #Children #BeatrixPotter #BrothersGrimm #Disney #Aesop # Aesopsfables #bedtimestories #books #childrensbooks #kindergarden #preschool #learning #reading

The meeting of the controversial Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and the formidable Emperor Montezuma in 1519 was one of the great hinge moments of world history, and the beginning of the end for the mightiest of the New World empires: the realm of the Aztecs.  The build-up to this extraordinary encounter is at once a thrilling adventure story and a tragic tale of violence, brutality and loss. It's a story of temples and sacrifices, exploration and imperialism, with cataclysmic consequences for human history. Join Tom and Dominic in the first episode of this sensational saga, as they follow the young Cortés across the Atlantic to the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola and Cuba, where the search for gold comes at a terrible price … *Dominic's book The Fall of the Aztecs is available now from bookshops across the UK - the perfect Christmas present!* *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in New Zealand and Australia! Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.com Twitter:  @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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There is a long tradition of writers comparing Christopher Columbus to mythical figures. 16th century historian Peter Martyr believed Columbus was like a later-day Aeneas, the Trojan hero who travelled west to found a society in Italy that would one day become Rome. Over the centuries many Americans gravitated to the idea of Columbus as Aeneas--- a man who brought civilization west and gave it a new headquarters in America. However, more recently one historian has argued that Columbus is more like the tragic Greek hero Oedipus. In his estimation Columbus, like Oedipus, was a hero who brought about a tragedy unwittingly. Is this a fair analogy? While acting as the Viceroy of Indies and the Governor of Hispaniola, Columbus would personally oversee the enslavement of thousands of people and the institution of a tribute system so exploitative that it lead to one of history's more shocking humanitarian disasters. How "unwitting" can all of this really be said to be? Tune-in and find out how pear shaped globes, Columbus' chains, and America's worst statues all play a role in the story.