Shiny things & pirate queens

Thick & Thin

Katy Bellotte

History, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Thick & Thin we discuss a few new goals of mine here in LA. We also chat about Shiny Object Syndrome, which is essentially the act of diving into a slew of different "shiny" projects, never quite finishing things, fear of commitment, being super scattered in your interests, etc. Then, I tell the tale of Grace O'Malley, aka the Pirate Queen of Ireland. She was a fearless pirate & skilled negotiator, married twice, divorced once, took a lover when she wanted, and gave birth to one of her sons on the deck of her own ship. Essentially a total bad**s and I'm so excited to share her story with you all. // Historical Sources: Granuaile ( https://www.amazon.com/Granuaile-Times-Grace-OMalley-1503-1603/dp/0863276318/?tag=mf-art-smart-shopping-20 ) : The Life and Times of Grace O'Malley ; Pirate Queen ( https://www.amazon.com/Pirate-OMalley-Judith-1-Sep-2004-Paperback/dp/B012HU5H0I/?tag=mf-art-smart-shopping-20 ) ; Anecdotes of the Aristocracy ( https://archive.org/details/cu31924088003086/page/n7?q=%252522grace+o%252527malley%252522 ) ; "The day the Virgin Queen bowed to the pirate queen," Times of London ( http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/773Fr3 ) ; A Forgotten Part of Ireland ( https://archive.org/details/forgottenpartofi00joycrich/page/n4?q=%252522grace+o%252527malley%252522 ) ; "Gráinne Mhaol, Pirate Queen of Connacht: Behind the Legend," History Ireland ( https://www.jstor.org/stable/27725236?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents ). // Follow me on IG: instagram.com/katybellotte Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/thick-and-thin/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome back to thick and thin with me, Katie Bilotti and
0:18.2	guys, I have the ambience right now. I have a candle burning. It's like a very soft glow in my room. It's late
0:26.0	evening. I have a glass of chilled wine next to me. I wish it was a martini, but you know what?
0:31.1	We will this will suffice a crisp white
0:33.8	Sauvignon Blanc I have a story about a badass Pirate Queen for you guys
0:38.9	later in this episode I have all of my beautiful organized notes in front of me that I won't even read off of because I'm the classic person that has the notes that writes the notes but doesn't reference them just like goes off the cuff but anyway going
0:55.8	back to setting the setting the vibe here setting the stage as they say I have a bouquet of sunflowers here that are getting illuminated by the candle light and the
1:06.3	kicker. I am completely alone in the apartment besides the cat and it's kind of insane.
1:13.5	Don't get me wrong, I love living with roommates.
1:15.6	I love having people around.
1:16.8	It's definitely a breath of fresh air,
1:18.6	especially living in quarantine,
1:20.2	but I am fully alone right now for the first time in a couple of weeks.
1:25.0	Love you Julia, but she's actually on a date right now.
1:29.0	Details to come on that.
1:30.0	She's been talking to someone for a while now and they just finally met up both COVID negative don't worry don't jump to that
1:37.1	I feel like I have to say that I hate that I have to say that and it's like her life so I'm not going to discuss any more than that but you know just felt like I need to say that
1:44.7	So and the reason why I'm saying this in general is just it's just very it's funny because I in my friend group have really done a 180 in terms of how I spend my time now and just
1:57.8	what I'm focusing on. I'm going to get into that in the episode, but a big change in me that's happened since moving to LA is I am so much less focused now on
2:08.2	relationships, on romance, on dating. And I know you guys are going to ask her, wonder, is the podcast still going to be about
2:15.3	dating?
2:16.3	Because your podcast is literally Life Love and New York City.
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