In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex -- Part 1
3/9/20261 hr 33 min
Whaling, it turns out, is not an easy endeavor. One ship found out the very hard way just how deadly the practice can be, covered here by Wes in part 1 of this new series by Tooth & Claw.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/hyV6evjgHiI
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First 90 secondsJeff Larson· Co-host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Tooth & Claw podcast. We have our wildlife biologist, Wes Larson. He's, he's the reason we keep coming back for more. He's the man.
Mike Smith· Co-host0:25
I am not the star.
Jeff Larson· Co-host0:26
If he can't do it, no one can. And then- That might be true ... we have Mike Smith with us. Um, pretty replaceable.
Mike Smith· Co-host0:35
[laughs] Yeah, I'd say expendable. [laughs] I would say of the three of us.
Wes Larson· Host0:40
No.
Mike Smith· Co-host0:40
Yeah. No.
Wes Larson· Host0:41
No.
Mike Smith· Co-host0:41
I mean, come on. I've been planning my exit strategy for years.
Jeff Larson· Co-host0:44
You have?
Mike Smith· Co-host0:44
Oh, yeah.
Jeff Larson· Co-host0:45
What is it?
Mike Smith· Co-host0:46
First of all, I gotta get out of these pants. Are you guys up to speed on the whole raw denim deal?
Wes Larson· Host0:51
Uh, no.
Mike Smith· Co-host0:53
Yeah. It's pretty, it's limiting my movement. So basically what it is, is you buy a pair of... This is what I've learned from research on the internet. You buy a pair of pants, and then you wear them for six months to break them in, and then they start feeling pretty comfortable, from what I've gathered.
Jeff Larson· Co-host1:08
Oh, yeah.
Wes Larson· Host1:09
That seems like a bad deal.
Jeff Larson· Co-host1:11
[laughs] No, but it is, like- I didn't, I didn't know what I was getting myself into.
Mike Smith· Co-host1:14
This is crazy.
Wes Larson· Host1:15
Yeah.
Jeff Larson· Co-host1:15
It is how people get, like, their favorite pairs of pants ever.
Mike Smith· Co-host1:19
Yeah.
Jeff Larson· Co-host1:19
And you may not recognize me. I got blue hair. If you're on YouTube, you're probably like, "Oh, I thought it was brown and then pink, and now it's blue."
Mike Smith· Co-host1:28
Yeah.
Jeff Larson· Co-host1:29
And,