197 Stephan Talty of Empire of Blue Waters

Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com or join us on Facebook or Twitter . I discovered Stephan Talty through his book "The Black Hand" about the proto-Mafia crime organization that terrorized the Italian community of New York in the early 1900's. And I was super pleased to find out that he also wrote a book about Henry Morgan, "Empire of Blue Water", as well as co-wrote "A Captain's Duty" with Richard Phillips aka Captain Phillips. Yep, the guy from the movie. In this episode: Henry Morgan's lasting legacy and character The process of reliving his capture by Somali pirates with Richard Phillips How Stephan manages to write so many books The Black Hand as the precursor to the Mafia and Joe Petrosino as an Italian hero. Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture. Your host Phil Johnson (comedian, musician, and pirate geek) interviews the most interesting people in the pirate subculture: Actors, Authors, Historians, Musicians, Artists, Festival Founders, Clothing and Prop Designers, Treasure Hunters, Archaeologists, and more. Today's show is sponsored by: Scuba Wize Sunken Treasure Workshop - Go diving on a real sunken Spanish galleon with Carl "Fizz" Fismer, Bradley Williamson, and Marc Littleton in the Florida Keys! Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'! For videos, pictures, album links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes. Important Websites: Stephan Talty - Want to see me film my 4th comedy special on August 16th? Go to and use the code "PHIL50" for 50% off tickets. Find out more about my comedy, music, and tour dates at Comments or Questions? Email me at phil@underthecrossbones.com Additional Show Notes: Support the show!:

You can listen to 197 Stephan Talty of Empire of Blue Waters online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

197 Stephan Talty of Empire of Blue Waters is an episode from Under the Crossbones The Pirate Podcast by Nick Hoffman.

This episode is 53:52 long.

This episode was published on Jul 2, 2019.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Under the Crossbones The Pirate Podcast when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.