Mike Dash
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard 26 Sep
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Author of Batavia's Graveyard, historian and writer
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentUnknownStuff You Should Know · SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: Who Committed the 1912 Vi... · 5:34 · 26 Sep
…Well, one of the articles we researched was from Mike Dash of the Smithsonian Magazine.…
Marcus ParksLast Podcast On The Left · Episode 606: The Tragedy of the Batavia Part II - Batavia's ... · 49:53 · Jan 2025
…Author Mike Dash described the hold of the Batavia as an empire of rats, hundreds if not thousands of them that only multiplied as the voyage went on. Knowing that food could sometimes be found on the other side of the wall, rats would chew through the hull not knowing there was only water waiting. And the leaks the rats caused had to constantly be filled b…
Marcus ParksLast Podcast On The Left · Episode 605: The Tragedy of the Batavia Part I - Spice World · 17:48 · Jan 2025
…But before we get to the story of the Batavia, let's acknowledge our main source today. Batavia's Graveyard by Mike Dash, which is an absolutely incredible book, but definitely on the nerdier side due to the massive amount of historical context, which is, in my opinion, wholly necessary and utterly fascinating.…
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