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Pirates: Totalus Rankium

Lighthearted history podcast ranking all of the Golden Age Pirates. Brought to you by the same people who created Roman Emperors Totalus Rankium and American President Totalus Rankium

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01:48:55

13.2 Edward Blackbeard Teach

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/07/09

Last time we covered the life of Blackbeard before he was famous. This time? Well, it's time to understand why he is the most famous pirate of all time!

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01:23:22

13.1 Edward Blackbeard Teach

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/06/25

It's the big one! Or at least the first half of the big one! Find out just why Blackbeard is the only pirate Jamie has heard of. We cover his early career under the notorious Captain Hornigold!

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01:18:58

12 John Martel

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/06/11

We are still in the Golden age! So does that mean more Sam Bellamy level antics? ... well, no. But we cover the history of Nassau. so that's good.

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01:46:20

11 Black Sam Bellamy

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/05/29

Oh, we have hit the Golden Golden age now! This is what we signed up for. Black Flags, Skull and cross bones, parrots! Levels of nudity that would ensure HBO would have to make the TV version! Black Sam has it all.

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01:11:20

10.5 Woods Rogers

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/05/14

This week we go off script. We are not coving a pirate from the General History - but instead we are coving a man who will be popping up a lot in the future: None other than the pirate hunter Woods Rogers! And we try and answer the simple question: Woods Rogers?

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01:30:15

10 Nathaniel North

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/04/30

We come to the end of the Pirate Round. North is perfect as he Forrest Gumps his way around the Indian Ocean. Let's do one last round before the Golden Age really begins!

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01:03:54

09 David Williams

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/04/16

What happens when a Welsh farm boy is abandoned naked on the shore of Madagascar? Probably piratey shenanigans! Probably.

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01:07:58

08 Samuel Burgess

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/04/02

After having the good man of piracy with Halesy last time, we now go to the bad man of piracy. Was he a pirate? Was he a slaver? Find out!

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01:28:39

07 John Halsey

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/03/19

Who is John Halsey? Is he the nice man of piracy? Does he have a plan? Where did all the dragons come from? Find out in this episode!

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01:21:29

06 Thomas White

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/03/05

What to do with a pirate we are not 100% sure was real? Cover him anyway and hope for the best! Check out Bluesky and facebook to see the images connected to this episode. https://bsky.app/profile/totalusrankium.bsky.social/post/3ljl7gf5k2c24https://bsky.app/profile/totalusrankium.bsky.social/post/3ljl7iflrb224

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01:52:19

05 John Bowen

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/02/19

Our pirate from last episode had a fellow pirate captain that he worked with. But was Bowen better than Howard? Did he take more ships? Did he instil more fear? Why should he look out for red fish? And does anyone know how to make a Tom Collins around here? Find out all the answers to these questions!

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01:35:04

04 Thomas Howard

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/02/05

We enter the dark ages of our series where the names are not so well known. We have only the general history to rely on but does this mean Howard will be dull? Or is he a hidden gem? Find out!

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02:28

Piratey Event!

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/01/24

Jamie and I will be at this year's online Intelligent Speech Conference! The conference has been going since 2019 and is full of history podcasters and other content creators. We are honoured to be back on the 8th of Feb. We will be talking about the deception on the public in regards to pirates. Did they have peg legs? What are the parrots about? Did they all shout "Arrrr!"? Join us and find out! https://intelligentspeechonline.com/

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01:45:56

03 William Kidd

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/01/22

Our third pirate is one of the most famous pirates of the time. He may not be too well known now, but back in pirate times he was up there with the best of them. But why? What makes Kidd so special? And more importantly, do we finally have a good ship name?

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01:26:01

02 Thomas Tew

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2025/01/08

Our second pirate is the aptly named Thomas Tew. We saw Tew in Avery's episode when Avery took command of the pirate fleet. But how did Tew do on the attack? And just how friendly was his ship? Find out!

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01:21:25

01 Henry Avery

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2024/12/25

So it begins! Join us as we look at the first pirate we will be covering. The pirate all other pirates wanted to be, the Robin Hood of the seas, it's Henry Avery! (or Every. or Everie. or... never mind, spelling was optional back then)

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47:06

00 Ahoy Matey!

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2024/12/25

Welcome to the introduction episode for Pirates: Totalus Rankium! We are going to be ranking all the Golden Age pirates found in The General History of Pirates. Join us as we lightheartedly look at each one in turn. 30 pirates, but which one is the best? Find out!

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01:44

Festive Earlybird Welcome

Pirates: Totalus Rankium ·

2024/12/23

Hello! Merry Christmas! If you are reading this, it is because you found us very early on release! Welcome!

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