Jun 11, 2025
Historian Hampton Sides joins the show to talk about The Wide Wide Sea, his riveting new book about Captain James Cook’s final—and fatal—expedition in 1776. We get into:
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Why Cook lost his cool on his last voyage
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What really happened in Hawaii
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The crew’s wild sexual escapades in the South Pacific
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What this story reveals about power, empire, and the price of discovery
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