Unsinkable: The Titanic Podcast

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On Site with "Titanic: An Immersive Voyage," featuring Exhibit Director John Zaller Dec 10, 2024

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Help Asheville and its continuing recovery from Hurricane Helene here:
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Find all info related to Titanic: An Immersive Voyage here: https://expo-titanic.com/
Happy holidays!
*Note: As a historian and former museum professional, I should make the disclaimer that Titanic: An Immersive Voyage does have some artifacts on display without standard placards and provenance.

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Hurricane Helene Update--We're Safe! Oct 02, 2024

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Please consider donating to help the victims of this disaster. Our beautiful mountain city is in ruins. Links here: https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2024/10/02/asheville-nc-flooding-how-to-help-helene-relief-efforts-in-western-nc/75472474007/
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Death to "Guilty Pleasures": Titanic, Things Girls Love, and Claiming our Space in Mass Media Sep 17, 2024

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Please excuse some inferior sound, I am displaced from my studio at the moment because of some very disagreeable pipes at our house that decided to flood our bottom floor.

Sex is discussed in this episode, just a heads up, but not in any graphic way.

Find our Outlander podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-great-outlander-rewatch/id1655047578

Books referenced in this episode (purchasing them through my link supports the podcast as well as indie bookstores!):

*Susan Douglas, Where the Girls Are: https://bookshop.org/a/80949/9780812925302

*Mary Pipher, Reviving Ophelia: https://bookshop.org/a/80949/9780525537045

*Tania Modleski, Loving with a Vengeance: https://bookshop.org/a/80949/9780415974516

*Wendy McClure, The Wilder Life: https://bookshop.org/a/80949/9781594485688

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We Need to Talk About RMS Titanic Inc., with Special Guest Pablo O'Hana Sep 06, 2024

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*Disclaimer: this episode includes the opinions of myself and my guest and is not intended to reflect anyone else's. We are not associated with RMST, Inc. in any way. When facts about the company are presented, we make sure to note them and mark them separately from our opinions.*
Find Pablo here: https://www.instagram.com/pabs94/
For Pablo’s article: https://pabloohana.medium.com/judge-smith-has-got-it-completely-wrong-on-titanic-2373bf23c8bd

For the BBC artifact warehouse article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1vd9k33r00o

For the BBC RMST article, including James Penca’s quote (“This rediscovery of the Diana statue is the perfect argument against leaving Titanic alone," Mr Penca said in response.”: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkm82enkgko

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An Amazing Disney Deep-Dive with Jamie Didawick Jun 22, 2024

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This was a Patreon bonus episode but too fun to not unlock!
I bring you an amazing EXTRA SPECIAL episode with my friend and fellow Titaniac Jamie Didawick. We met on Instagram when she found the podcast a couple of years ago and have since bonded over both Titanic and Disney. She's a travel agent (the best one ever) and she helped me and my family have the time of our lives at Disney World just a few weeks ago. This is a conversational episode about everything from James Cameron's Pandora at Disney to our favorite 1997 moments to modern cruising. It's a joy, and I hope you enjoy.

Warning this will make you want to go on a trip immediately, and if so contact Jamie here: https://www.instagram.com/bestdayeverwithjamie/

A video version will follow tomorrow once I have the time to upload too.

Cheers!

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Season Finale: Three Years with Titanic Jun 05, 2024

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Thank you for AN AMAZING SEASON! Happy summer and love to you all!
Find the Insta for my forthcoming Outlander podcast here:
https://www.instagram.com/thegreatoutlanderrewatch/
For Paul's new Titanic podcast collaboration with Titanic Book Club, go here! https://www.youtube.com/@titanicbookclub

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This is Not a Door: Titanic's Iconic Movie Prop and its New Home at Titanic Museum Attraction May 29, 2024

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Join me in an audio essay, a love letter if you will, to the oak paneling made so iconic by the final scene of James Cameron’s Titanic and its new home at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge. A huge thank you to the museum for their support of the podcast for the past two years: I am honored to work with you all and I wish you the best with this exciting new exhibit! Emily Densky joins me from the museum to discuss its opening and plans for the new space.

Buy Paula Parisi’s book about the making of the film here:https://bookshop.org/p/books/titanic-and-the-making-of-james-cameron-paula-parisi/7294883?aid=80949&ean=9781557043658&listref=james-cameron-films-and-life&

Find the Insta for my forthcoming Outlander podcast here: https://www.instagram.com/thegreatoutlanderrewatch/

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Michael "Ty" Joseph (Yusuf), Titanic's "Miracle Boy" May 02, 2024

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Join me as I begin to explore the lives of Middle Eastern immigrants on Titanic, something I should have done long ago. The story of Titanic’s “Miracle Boy” is not oft-told, perhaps because it’s so heartbreaking, but the long and triumphant life of Michael Shafiq Peter Yusuf (Joseph is the Americanized version of the last name) is beautiful in its resiliency. Traveling on Titanic with his young mother and a tiny baby sister, Michael was separated from them in the chaos but managed to make it onto another lifeboat, reuniting with his family on Carpathia. What followed is marred with tragedy for many members of the family, but through their story we see the stories of immigration, Syrian families, third class, and the daily struggles of poverty.

Fore more on the Syrian passengers, try and find a copy of Leila Elias’ detailed work: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Dream_and_Then_the_Nightmare.html?id=gSa1ygAACAAJ

For a photo of older Michael: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6992235/michael-peter-joseph

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Titanic at 112 + Unsinkable Live at Pigeon Forge! Apr 26, 2024

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Join me as I reflect on the sinking 112 years later + present to you my live show at Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, an event that will stay a core and important memory to me forever. Thank you to everyone who came out for it and thank you to Steven Schwankert for being the best live show guest I could ask for. Find him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sschwankert/ and make sure to follow along as he prepares to release his book about The Six early next year!

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Cross-post with Salem The Podcast: Titanic Survivor Elizabeth Lines Apr 16, 2024

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Listen to me gab with on one of MY fave history podcasts, Salem the Podcast! I was honored to join them for an episode and I know many of you will find their work fascinating. On their show, Salem tour guides and historians Jeffrey and Sarah take deep dives into the oft-dark, always-intriguing history of their town, its mythology and its obsessions. We have much in common in terms of how we approach research and how we unpack strange and beautiful stories. In this crossover episode, we speak about Elizabeth Lines and her daughter Mary, survivors who went on to spend much of their lives in Topsfield, not too far from Salem.
Find their pod here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/salem-the-podcast/id1612165471

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