Just off the southwestern coast of the United Kingdom, the Isles of Scilly form a jagged, treacherous archipelago that has claimed hundreds of ships. The most infamous of these disasters unfolded on a stormy October night in 1707, when a British naval fleet crashed headlong into the reefs, destroying four ships and killing roughly two

I’m really enjoying the 99% Invisible episode Where the F*** Are We?

It’s a fun story of the effort to fix navigation in the 1700s. It’s a little low energy, and there isn’t too much suspense or conflict, but the presenters are enjoyable to listen to.

  • Substance_P@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    Love this podcast, Roman Mars as the host and producer does a great job, always polished and well presented.

    • sbv@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      He has a wonderful presenter voice as well.

      I’m impressed they made the Power Broker series engaging. A few of the episodes were a little meh, but it was generally good.

    • Skyline969@piefed.caEnglish
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      8 hours ago

      And very informative. I haven’t heard many episodes but the one about White Castle was fascinating.