Oct 17, 2022 · 53 min · 13 segments
The sea has always been a metaphor for freedom – an escape from governments, laws and other people. This episode takes us off the coast of England to Sealand. A rogue “micronation” meant to embody…
Ian UrbinaHostRebecca GompertzGuest
Michael BatesGuest
It's an odd quirk of maritime law that once you pass this invisible line and you enter international waters, the local governments, the near shore governments have no jurisdiction.
And much of my reporting had been focused on those folks who take advantage of this to go out there and do nefarious things, murder and dump and enslave and steal.
But there's this other subgroup of characters that are using the loopholes in maritime law to do other things, to pursue their own political agendas, to address the problems that they see or opportunities that they want that aren't necessarily bad, but they are outside the reach of the law.
And so that really limited how much the British government could impose their will on him.
Now that you're listening to Radio Eskimo, the time is 20 minutes before the
This is Radio Caroline on 199.
My name's Simon Deag with you for the next two hours.
Pirate radio in these years essentially was born of this problem whereby BBC and the other official radio stations were only playing the stuff that young folk really wanted to hear late at night.
By 1966, the Pirates were operating 11 stations around the UK,
We're doing a job that's needed.
And I think while this demand is here, we'll remember it.
He stocked it with whiskey and cans of tuna and tea and everything he needed and set up a system where supplies and food would be delivered once a week.
It's an odd quirk of maritime law that once you pass this invisible line and you enter international waters, the local governments, the near shore governments have no jurisdiction.
And much of my reporting had been focused on those folks who take advantage of this to go out there and do nefarious things, murder and dump and enslave and steal.
But there's this other subgroup of characters that are using the loopholes in maritime law to do other things, to pursue their own political agendas, to address the problems that they see or opportunities that they want that aren't necessarily bad, but they are outside the reach of the law.
And so that really limited how much the British government could impose their will on him.
Now that you're listening to Radio Eskimo, the time is 20 minutes before the
This is Radio Caroline on 199.
My name's Simon Deag with you for the next two hours.
Pirate radio in these years essentially was born of this problem whereby BBC and the other official radio stations were only playing the stuff that young folk really wanted to hear late at night.
By 1966, the Pirates were operating 11 stations around the UK,
We're doing a job that's needed.
And I think while this demand is here, we'll remember it.
He stocked it with whiskey and cans of tuna and tea and everything he needed and set up a system where supplies and food would be delivered once a week.
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