Historian Hampton Sides joins the show to talk about The Wide Wide Sea, his riveting new book about Captain James Cook’s final—and fatal—expedition in 1776. We get into:

• Why Cook lost his cool on his last voyage

• What really happened in Hawaii

• The crew’s wild sexual escapades in the South Pacific

• What this story reveals about power, empire, and the price of discovery

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