{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Pirates and America, w\/ Rebecca Simon, Author of &quot;Why We Love Pirates&quot;","description":"America's fascination then and now with sea rebels, sea dogs, privateers, smugglers, and pirates by other names is pretty clear.&amp;nbsp; Books, movies and video games with pirates sell.&amp;nbsp; We talk with pirate expert and historian Rebecca Simon, Ph.D. and author of &quot;Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever&quot;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;We talk about connections between the American Revolution and piracy, and the different ways pirates were viewed in Britain and America, how pirate crews worked, women pirates and more.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"My History Can Beat Up Your Politics","author_url":"https:\/\/myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.wordpress.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17232305\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/91400732"}