Salt, Steel & Black Flags

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Piracy is older, stranger, and more global than its familiar legends. Salt, Steel & Black Flags follows the people, ports, empires, and legal gray zones behind maritime raiding—from Rome's war on Mediterranean pirate networks and Viking longships to Grace O'Malley, Port Royal, Nassau, and Zheng Yi Sao's Red Flag Fleet. Each source-backed episode separates the historical record from the stories later generations chose to tell. From Rogue Media Network.

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    Zheng Yi Sao and the Red Flag Fleet

    At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Zheng Yi Sao helped command a confederation larger than many national navies—and negotiated an exit that few famous pirates ever received. This episode uses an AI-generated narrator, original music, and generated sound effects. Explore more shows from Rogue Media Network: https://roguemedianetwork.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  2. 1d ago

    The Last Black Flags

    The final years of the Atlantic Golden Age produced some of piracy's most durable legends—and a coordinated imperial campaign to extinguish them. This episode uses an AI-generated narrator, original music, and generated sound effects. Explore more shows from Rogue Media Network: https://roguemedianetwork.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  3. 1d ago

    Nassau: The Pirate Republic

    When war ended and privateering commissions vanished, Nassau became a base for thousands of sailors who built a temporary world outside ordinary imperial control. This episode uses an AI-generated narrator, original music, and generated sound effects. Explore more shows from Rogue Media Network: https://roguemedianetwork.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  4. 1d ago

    Captain Kidd on Trial

    William Kidd sailed with official backing to hunt pirates. He returned accused of becoming one, and his trial helped turn a compromised privateer into a permanent legend. This episode uses an AI-generated narrator, original music, and generated sound effects. Explore more shows from Rogue Media Network: https://roguemedianetwork.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  5. 1d ago

    Port Royal and the Buccaneer War

    From a fortified Jamaican harbor, privateering commissions turned frontier hunters and seaborne raiders into instruments of empire—until politics changed and Port Royal itself collapsed. This episode uses an AI-generated narrator, original music, and generated sound effects. Explore more shows from Rogue Media Network: https://roguemedianetwork.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  6. 1d ago

    The Queen's Pirate

    Francis Drake could be knight, explorer, privateer, or pirate depending on which crown wrote the account—and his legend cannot be separated from imperial war and slave trading. This episode uses an AI-generated narrator, original music, and generated sound effects. Explore more shows from Rogue Media Network: https://roguemedianetwork.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  7. 1d ago

    Grace O'Malley and the Queen

    Grace O'Malley commanded ships and negotiated power on Ireland's western coast, but the pirate-queen legend can hide the political world she was fighting to preserve. This episode uses an AI-generated narrator, original music, and generated sound effects. Explore more shows from Rogue Media Network: https://roguemedianetwork.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  8. 1d ago

    Corsairs of the Inland Sea

    For centuries, corsairs sailed from ports on both sides of the Mediterranean, where religion, empire, commerce, captivity, and state-sponsored violence blurred the meaning of piracy. This episode uses an AI-generated narrator, original music, and generated sound effects. Explore more shows from Rogue Media Network: https://roguemedianetwork.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  9. 1d ago

    The Longships at the Edge of Europe

    The ships that carried Scandinavian raiders to monasteries also carried merchants, settlers, mercenaries, and explorers across an interconnected medieval world. This episode uses an AI-generated narrator, original music, and generated sound effects. Explore more shows from Rogue Media Network: https://roguemedianetwork.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  10. Aug 11

    The Pirates Rome Could Not Ignore

    Long before the Caribbean's Golden Age, pirate networks threatened Mediterranean trade, kidnapped elites, and forced Rome to decide whether piracy was a crime, a war, or a political opportunity. This episode uses an AI-generated narrator, original music, and generated sound effects. Explore more shows from Rogue Media Network: https://roguemedianetwork.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Piracy is older, stranger, and more global than its familiar legends. Salt, Steel & Black Flags follows the people, ports, empires, and legal gray zones behind maritime raiding—from Rome's war on Mediterranean pirate networks and Viking longships to Grace O'Malley, Port Royal, Nassau, and Zheng Yi Sao's Red Flag Fleet. Each source-backed episode separates the historical record from the stories later generations chose to tell. From Rogue Media Network.

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