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Here's
an episode about the whaleship Essex of the 1820's. It
involves sailing ships, whales, and a torturous journey for survival. I
became interested in sea-faring through books, subsequently
the idea
of being out at sea without modern technology fascinates
me.
My
wife says that this story is not for women.
I
decided to make a historical podcast episode while waiting for
DanCarlin to release his next episode. I probably won't be doing like this again for a while, unless some
financial realities can be met with it. It's more time consuming than the conversational "interviews" I do. And, I'm really a professional
musician, not an orator.
Nonetheless, this
history related podcast differs from others in that I scored a
soundtrack for it, and I hope you enjoy it! And I'm not talking about just queuing a tune in the background, I actually scored it like a movie.
In
this episode I stood away from people's names, and dates. I'm not
good with those, never have been. I'm interested in story and the sci-fi like quality of
historical events. I say "sci-fi like" because we can't live the way people of the past lived, even if we wanted to. It was literally a different world!
Indirectly related to this episode, a good friend said that humans were built for adversity. I'd never considered
that until he said that to me. But, in regards to this episode, and life. Unless you're going through a life-or-death situation, if you think that whatever you may be enduring right-now is impossible to
get through, think again!
For
a great read and far more details that may answer many of your
questions I recommend even implore you to read the book In The Heart
of the Sea.
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