Episode
Explained: Pirates
Overview
In pop culture, pirates are often depicted as booty-looting rogues, but their history is far more complicated. See how they became enemies of humanity.
Details
- Series
- Explained
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2019-10-31
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Pirates is Episode 6 in Season 2 of Explained. It aired on 2019-10-31. The runtime is 24 min.
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