Episode 198: The True Story of Moby Dick

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The whale ship Essex, set sail from Nantucket in 1819 on a whaling expedition. In 1820, the ship was struck by a large sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean, causing it to sink. The crew, stranded thousands of miles from land, were left to drift in small whaleboats with limited supplies. After weeks at sea, the survivors faced starvation, dehydration, and extreme hardship. Some resorted to cannibalism to stay alive. The factual timeline of the Essex voyage, the whale attack, and the grim aftermath connects directly to the creation of the novel Moby Dick.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Steph. I'm Alex. And we're live. Hello.
0:13.0	And we're live.
0:15.0	Hello.
0:20.0	And we're live.
0:22.0	Hello.
0:23.0	How are you?
0:24.0	I am well for the most part, although I think I might be coming down with something.
0:28.0	So if my voice sounds a little extra grovely, you're welcome.
0:32.0	I sound extra sexy right now.
0:33.2	So.
0:34.5	Yeah, and as soon as you said it, I started to feel like I might be sick.
0:39.2	The power of suggestion.
0:41.2	Yeah, but that's just how the world goes for us.
0:45.0	I'm probably fine, just tired.
0:48.0	Just a sprinkling of hypochondriac in there, that's all right.
0:52.0	Sure. What can I say? I am what I am, but... It is what it is. And today we have a thing to share with you. What is the thing? We're talking about the true story of the
1:05.0	whale ship Essex which inspired Moby Dick. We're talking about Moby Dick. We sure
1:10.6	are and I think we're both super qualified to talk about Moby Dick
1:15.5	considering neither of us has ever read Moby Dick.
1:19.3	Exactly. Yeah but...
1:22.3	We have spunk. Since your mother wasn't an English teacher, if we get something wrong, we'll get corrected. So don't worry guys. We will hear about it.
1:29.0	Not in a bad way, just in a she knows more than we do kind of way and it'll be a fun
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