The Barbary Pirates

When we think of pirates, a few things spring to mind. Blackbeard, Treasure Island, a bedraggled Johnny Depp. For centuries in Europe though, the image of a pirate was far more terrifying, because it came in the form of a Barbary Corsair from North Africa. 

Listen to Episode 2 to learn about their exploits that spanned centuries and the surprising fact that quite often a lot of these "Turkish Scoundrels" were often European outcasts...