115: Michael Scott Moore | What It's Really like to Be a Pirate Hostage
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2018
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Michael Scott Moore (@MichaelSctMoore) is a literary journalist and novelist who wrote about being held hostage by Somali pirates in his latest book, The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast.
What We Discuss with Michael Scott Moore:- Why high-seas piracy still exists in some of the world's most desperate places.
- How an outsider -- such as a journalist like Michael Scott Moore -- can be easy prey for pirates abroad even under the "protection" of hired security.
- The types of people who become pirates and how the devoutly religious among them reconcile their actions with their faith.
- Why you'll probably never find a restaurant specializing in Somali pirate cuisine.
- How a hostage remains sane over 977 days in captivity through escape attempts and threat of torture.
- And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger and as always I'm here with my producer Jason to Philipo |
| 0:05.2 | All right |
| 0:06.2 | Anytime I hear about international intrigue a kidnapping or some other crazy situation |
| 0:11.0 | I always want to hear the story |
| 0:12.7 | So when I heard about Michael Scott Moore getting kidnapped by Somali pirates and held it for years |
| 0:18.6 | I just had to go and read his book the desert and the sea first of all |
| 0:22.8 | Why are there even pirates in Somalia? Is it overfishing? Is it poverty? What is going on? |
| 0:28.1 | Is there more to the story? Michael and I get into it on this one and hit a lot of details about his kidnapping and his captivity |
| 0:34.8 | I was just locked in the entire time here |
| 0:37.0 | What was really fascinating to me was how he handled the captivity mentally and emotionally |
| 0:42.5 | We go pretty far down that road here and you'll take away some tools to handle adversity better yourself |
| 0:47.5 | Should you find the need for it? |
| 0:49.0 | We also get into the nitty gritty of what changes happen to you emotionally and in your personality as your held against your will and |
| 0:56.4 | How resilience really is an endless well for us as humans? |
| 1:00.2 | I found that quite inspiring in a way and last but not least |
| 1:03.4 | This is just a wild story told well by the man who lived through it |
| 1:07.4 | And I think this is absolutely worth the listen as I sat here and spoke with Michael |
| 1:11.6 | It was like hearing it again for the first time and I've been talking about it ever since and if you want to know how I managed to meet people like |
| 1:18.2 | Michael and manage my relationships with them well, I use systems. I use tiny habits |
| 1:22.4 | I don't have all day and nobody got time for that. I use specific techniques and I'm going to teach him to you for free |
| 1:28.3 | Over at advanced human dynamics.com slash level one and don't forget |
| 1:33.1 | We've got worksheets for today's episode so you can make sure that you solidify all the key takeaways here from Michael |
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