The New Yorker staff writer discusses his new book, “The Wager,” about the harrowing circumstances and conflicting stories surrounding a 1741 shipwreck.
Jun 27
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Yesteryear,' by Caro Claire Burke
“Yesteryear,” Caro Claire Burke’s debut novel, tells the story of Natalie Heller Mills: an ultrasuccessful tradwife influencer who posts about her life on Yesteryear Ranch, a homestead where she grows her own food, tends to cows and chickens, raises her six children and models a ... Show More
58m 19s
Jun 19
Art, Outrage and How the Culture Wars Began
In April 1989, a newspaper clipping about an art exhibit landed in the mailbox of the Rev. Donald Wildmon, the founder of a conservative evangelical group, the American Family Association. Partly funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the exhibit included a now-infamous p ... Show More
34m 56s
Jun 2023
Wreck, Scandal & Mutiny on HMS Wager
<p>In 1740, the Royal Navy ship <em>The Wager</em> set sail for the Pacific to take part in the War of Jenkins' Ear. The unfortunate ship was separated from the fleet and, after pulverising storms and outbreaks of scurvy, ended up sinking near a small island off the coast of Chil ... Show More
27m 1s
Apr 2023
Murder, Mutiny, and the Mists of Time: A Conversation with David Grann
<p><em>The Murder Sheet</em> recently interviewed author David Grann about his latest work,<em> The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder</em>. The book delves into a story of crime, violence, and desperation on the high seas. Grann is an acclaimed non-fiction writer who ... Show More
1h 2m
Sep 2023
Naval sailors descend into mutiny, murder, and cannibalism following ship’s wreckage
This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A maritime disaster that prompted the surviving Naval sailors’ descent into madness. To survive, the men resorted to murder, mutiny, and cannibalism before facing a court martial for their alleged crimes.David Grann joins host Ana Garcia ... Show More
53m 41s