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My name is Greg Jackson.

I'm a PhD holding historian, a professor and the creator of history that doesn't suck.

A podcast that makes legit seriously researched

American history come to life through entertaining stories. Join me for a

chronological telling of the United States story. From the revolution to

fractious civil war, tenacious inventors, brave reformers, and more.

With more than 100 episodes, you can already binge a listen to your way from 1776 to the early 20th century.

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Patreon including our Commodore class.

That's Commodore's Kane, Kenway, Hefei, Jennings, Two-gun Tony, Drunken Deck, Antonio, the Pirate

No Paulace, Matthew the Navigator, bull,

Verdegon, conifallende, Romegut, and bootstraps Bailey. Oh, Hello.

Welcome to the Pirate History Podcast.

My name is Matt.

Thank you for listening. In the coming weeks we're going to be introducing a lot of

new players to our story. There will be the Pirates of the Round like William Kidd or Henry

Avery, but there will also be some major geopolitical players.

We'll be talking about the rise of the Dutch and English East India companies

and how they interact with China and Indonesia and India.

And part of me wanted to just jump in feet first and give you the history of the

Mogul Empire from start to finish and you you know, knowing me, I'd start with Alexander

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