Ahoy there, shipmates, and have a listen to pirate tales. You want to learn how to command a pirate confederacy of tens of thousands? The answer is... bureaucracy. This week on That Time When, Barnaby tells us about Madame Cheng, a most fantastically intelligent woman who ruled the most successful pirate fleet in history.

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