PREVIEW: ROYAL NAVY: Conversation with Hampton Sides, author, THE WIDE WIDE SEA, re the third voyage of Captain James Cook -- and why the imperious Royal Navy Lords chose a humble farmer's son. Much more tonight.
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2024
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival, |
| 0:06.0 | three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized tent. |
| 0:10.7 | Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend. |
| 0:13.1 | All right. |
| 0:14.0 | Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior. |
| 0:16.8 | And don't get us started on Mel. |
| 0:19.4 | But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together. |
| 0:22.8 | All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat. |
| 0:25.8 | Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us. |
| 0:28.1 | P and Dau Ferris, there is another way. |
| 0:31.5 | This is John Batchelor. |
| 0:33.0 | Conversation with the author Hampton Sides, his new book, The Wide Wide Sea, The Third Voyage of Captain Cook, |
| 0:41.0 | Adventure, Exploration, unknown, and tragedy. |
| 0:46.0 | However, in this conversation, it's a two-hour conversation. |
| 0:50.0 | Why Captain Cook, an ordinary man, a simple man, a man from poverty? |
| 0:57.0 | Here Hampton explains, the Navy figures cook out, the Royal Navy. |
| 1:03.2 | Captain James Cook, a simple man with a farmer for a father, and then? |
| 1:09.0 | Magic. |
| 1:10.3 | The third voyage of Captain Cook, the wide wide sea, |
| 1:13.0 | much more of this tonight and in future. |
| 1:16.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:18.0 | Yeah, I mean, I think you need to understand that Captain Cook rose up through the Navy |
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