094 Sealand: The Swashbuckling Story of the World's Smallest Country | Dylan Taylor-Lehman

Curiosityness

Travis DeRose

History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

This is the story of Sealand, a micronation established on an abandoned WWII fort in international waters, seven miles off the shores of Britain!

Roy Bates, the visionary Prince of Sealand, and his 'micro Royal Family' declared the Principality of Sealand in 1967. The founding of this country was marked by the raising of a newly designed flag, a declaration of independence, and the signing of its own constitution. Following this, Sealand issued passports to its nationals, commissioned its own stamps, and has even minted official currency.

To get the facts on this micro-nation and share the adventurous story of Sealand, I'm joined by Dylan Taylor-Lehman in this episode. Dylan is the author of the book, Sealand: The True Story of the World's Most Stubborn Micronation and Its Eccentric Royal Family.

Tune in to learn…

-How Sealand began,

-How big (or small) Sealand is,

-If Sealand is actually a recognized sovereign nation,

-How they were able to claim an abandoned WWII fort as their own country,

-What it's like to live on Sealand,

-About the coup and kidnapping of prince Michael,

-& so much more!

Grab your copy of Dylan's book, Sealand: The True Story of the World's Most Stubborn Micronation and Its Eccentric Royal Family, at https://amzn.to/2E7H8xe

Visit Dylan's website at https://theyawningchasm.com

And find Dylan on Twitter at https://twitter.com/theyawningchasm

And on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/shakespeare_sucks

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0:00.0	A spontaneous and unrehearsed interview.
0:08.1	Hello, and welcome to the 94th episode of Curiosityness.
0:13.4	I'm Travis DeRose, the host of the show, Curiosityness, which again is the show you're listening
0:18.3	to, and this is a fun episode.
0:20.3	This one is great. So I have on Dylan Taylor Lehman. He is the author of a listening to and this is a fun episode this one is great so i have on
0:21.9	dylan taylor layman he is the author of a book called sealand the true story of the world's
0:28.3	most stubborn micronation and it's eccentric royal family so this is a true story about sealand if you've
0:35.2	never heard of sealand buckle up because it's a fun story.
0:38.4	So what, Sealand is a, it's a small fort built during World War II off the coast of the UK.
0:46.0	And there's a whole story, but essentially this guy, Roy Bates, hopped onto Sealand and hopped onto the fort and claimed it as
0:55.6	Sealand, which is its own territory.
0:58.6	He said it's its own territory, its own country.
1:01.3	Sealand became a country.
1:03.0	And they have currency.
1:04.6	They have postage.
1:06.2	They have all kinds of stuff.
1:08.1	It's such a fun, crazy story.
1:10.1	It's crazy that it hasn't been made into a movie
1:12.5	yet. So you're really going to love this. I mean, there's just so much that I could say that we're
1:17.4	going to learn. But Roy Bates, the guy who did all this is just a crazy guy. And Dylan does a
1:24.0	great job of diving into this and explaining everything on a fun level that makes
1:30.3	it easy to understand, but it's just a really exciting story. So that's enough. Let's get to the
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