The hilarious comedy series Our Flag means death follows the misadventures of Steve Bonnet,

a posh aristocrat who decides to give up his pampered life and become a swashbuckling pirate

on the high seas.

It soon becomes clear that he lacks the ruthlessness necessary to be any good at the job,

but when he meets the fearsome pirate blackbeard, the two men find they have much to teach

one another about pirating and about accepting who they are.

I'm Glenn Weldon and today we're talking about Our Flag means death on pop culture happy

hour from NPR.

Joining us today is Tasha Robinson.

She's the film and streaming editor at Polygon and the co-host of the next picture show

podcast.

Hi Tasha.

Hello Glenn, it's been so long.

I know, welcome back.

Our Flag means death stars Reese Darby, whom you might remember from Flight of the Concords

and the movie What We Do in the Shadows, two properties that really share this show's

dry comedic sensibility.

Darby plays Steed Bonnet, a pop-ish pirate captain desperate to earn the respect of his

crew and Tico Whitey T.C. plays Blackbeard, the bloodthirsty buccaneer who sets out to

teach bonnet the ways of the sea.

And while Blackbeard's first mate Izzy, played by Conno Neal, doesn't like the relationship

that his boss is developing with bonnet, bonnet's large and fractious and sort of queer crew

...