The Real Moby Dick Was So Much Worse

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Subject: Medical, Pathology
Content of the Lesson: Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial. Get 1 audiobook and unlimited Audible Original monthly downloads absolutely free. Visit http://www.audible.com/mortician or text mortician to 500 500. Whale, whale, whale, what do we have here? Thank you Patron deathlings, who helped make this possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath Sponsorship by Audible allows us to make contributions to: Center for Whale Research https://www.whaleresearch.com/ First Nations Development Institute, COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund https://www.firstnations.org/covid-19-emergency-response-fund/ ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR NON-PROFIT*** Small monthly donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath A one time donation on PayPal: https://bit.ly/2HmgkYs ***My latest book! "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?"*** Purchase it: http://caitlindoughty.com/books/will-my-cat-eat-my-eyeballs My other two books!: http://caitlindoughty.com/books ***LEARN MORE ABOUT CLARITY FUNERALS*** http://www.clarityfunerals.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClarityFunerals Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clarityfunerals/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ClarityFunerals/ ***MORE CONTENT!*** Find our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Find our podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Find our podcast on Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Website: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath Facebook: http://ow.ly/Zz8PW Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath ***CREDITS*** Mortician: Caitlin Doughty Producer & Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair) This video was significantly informed by the excellent research done by Nathaniel Philbrick in his book, "In the Heart of the Sea". Thank you Mr. Philbrick for your insight, scholarship, and for telling this whale of a tale! ***SELECTED SOURCES*** In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Philbrick, Nathaniel. Viking Penguin. New York, 2000. "The True-Life Horror That Inspired Moby Dick" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-life-horror-that-inspired-moby-dick-17576/ New Bedford Whaling Museum https://www.whalingmuseum.org/learn/research-topics/overview-of-north-american-whaling Nantucket's First Peoples of Color https://nha.org/wp-content/uploads/PUB-Other-Islanders-1aWamp1o2.pdf "Whaling the Old Way" https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2010/marchapril/feature/whaling-the-old-way "Protecting whales to protect the planet" https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/protecting-whales-protect-planet "This is what happens to your body as you die of dehydration" https://www.popsci.com/dehydration-death-thirst-water/


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