BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Halo Effect, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 56.8% saturation with 109 hits. Analysis detected 370 faulty-reasoning hits from 192 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 78.1% and a BS Rank of 85% (2,559 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 84.80% of the article peer group.
In 1856, Mary Ann Patten became the first woman to captain an American merchant vessel.
She was only 19 years old.
Historian Tilar Mazzeo’s book tells the remarkable story.
Mary Ann’s husband Joshua was captain of the merchant ship Neptune’s Car.
Together, they shared a dream of putting the dangerous life of seafaring behind them, starting a family and building a farm.
A deadly voyage from New York, around South America, and finally to San Francisco was all that stood in their way.
But Joshua became desperately sick as they approached the treacherous waters of Drake’s Passage.
Against all odds, command fell to Mary Ann.
The question was, would the men follow her?
Or would they mutiny and kill her?
Tilar Mazzeo joins us to tell the tale of Mary Ann Patten.
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Tilar Mazzeo | Writer and historian.
Her book, “The Widow Clicquot: The True Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It,” was adapted into a film in 2023.
Her latest book is “The Sea Captain’s Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World.”
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Airdate: March 3rd, 2026
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