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Captain Cook Reached Paradise. Then It Turned on Him.

Captain Cook Reached Paradise. Then It Turned on Him.

Update: 2025-06-11
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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:

  • Why Cook lost his cool on his last voyage

  • What really happened in Hawaii

  • The crew's wild sexual escapades in the South Pacific

  • What this story reveals about power, empire, and the price of discovery

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Captain Cook Reached Paradise. Then It Turned on Him.

Captain Cook Reached Paradise. Then It Turned on Him.