Unsinkable: The Titanic Podcast

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An Interview with Actor Cotter Smith: Unpacking Senator Smith + the Titanic Inquiry's Legacy Apr 04, 2024

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Join me for a conversation with renowned actor Cotter Smith, who portrays Senator William Alden Smith in the new film Unsinkable: Titanic Untold. We discuss how he tackled playing this rather controversial Titanic figure, a man who spearheaded the United States Senate Inquiry in the immediate aftermath of the sinking; we also dissect how Smith has been treated in the ship's historiography and maybe why he’s not gotten the fairest shot. It was an absolute pleasure to meet Cotter. If you’d like to see Cotter and some of the cast and crew of Unsinkable in person, consider joining us for a screening + Q/A in Knoxville on April 12th!
Find tickets here: https://www.regmovies.com/movies/unsinkable-titanic-untold-w-qa-ho00015965?date=04-12-2024

Find Cotter’s impressive resume here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807767/

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Revisiting The Six + the Stories of Titanic's Chinese Passengers, with Steven Schwankert Mar 27, 2024

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An Emergency Titanic Meeting, with Pablo O'Hana! Mar 25, 2024

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As Titanic hit the online news cycles in some wacky ways this past week (Titanic II? Ok…), I pushed the Emergency Meeting button and called Pablo O’Hana, my dear friend and one of our foremost experts on Titanic’s artifacts, its cultural impact and its memorialization. This is a wonderfully meandering podcast chat about what it means to be in the Titanic community, what we all owe to the memory of its victims, and how we can all use our voices here to honor the heart and soul of the ship we love. I may use the word “like” 87 times here, but please forgive this unedited and passionate bit of time.
Register for my live show on April 13 here! https://titanicpigeonforge.com/titanic-tribute-week/

Find Pablo’s New York Titanic Meetup group here: https://www.meetup.com/titanic/
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From 3,000 Miles Away: Artie Moore and a Wireless Dream Mar 08, 2024

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To register for the live, in-person show on April 13, go here: https://tickets.titanicattraction.com/WebStore/shop/viewitems.aspx?cg=PFSPEVT&c=PFTME&companycode=TITANIC
Join me for a rather joyful episode today as we look at the life of Artie Moore, Welsh-born wireless enthusiast-turned Marconi employee who began his career by picking up on Titanic's SOS calls from his tiny shack on his family's mill property.
For more reading on Marconi and wireless tech, check out Erik Larson's Thunderstruck: https://bookshop.org/p/books/thunderstruck-erik-larson/7860600?aid=80949&ean=9781400080670&listref=the-unsinkable-book-club&
And this biography of Marconi: https://bookshop.org/p/books/marconi-the-man-who-networked-the-world-marc-raboy/10875505?aid=80949&ean=9780190905934&listref=the-unsinkable-book-club&

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Unlocked Bonus Episode: A Primer on Edwardian Fashion + An Important Message Feb 22, 2024

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As a podcaster, a historian, a human, I want to extend my deepest love and sympathies to the family of Nex Benedict in the wake of their untimely and preventable death. We have to ACT and SPEAK OUT against inequality and prejudice in this country. We cannot hide in the shadows or make excuses for our relatives or friends who quietly support hate in the name of God or their church or their privilege. Thank you to everyone who reached out yesterday on Instagram. This podcast supports trans youth, all youth, all children, all people, and this is a safe space forever.
Enjoy an unlocked bonus episode as a thank you from me to the most amazing followers and listeners in the freaking world!!! xx
A portion of March's Patreon earnings will go to a transgender-supporting charity.

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"The Last I Saw": Daniel and Mary Marvin, Titanic's Tragic Honeymooners Feb 13, 2024

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Join me as I tell the tragic but beautiful tale of two of Titanic's honeymooners--the Marvins, a gorgeous and glowing young couple from New York. In a newspaper interview shortly afterward, Mary said, unable yet to process Daniel's death: “My God, don’t ask me too much. Tell me, have you any news from Dan? He grabbed me in his arms and knocked down men to get me into the boat. As I was put in the boat he cried ‘It’s alright, little girl, you go and I will stay a while. I’ll put on a life preserver and jump off and follow your boat.’ As our boat shoved off, he threw a kiss at me, and that is the last I saw of him.”
For tickets to the Knoxville showing of Unsinkable: Titanic Untold, find the film's website here: https://www.unsinkablethemovie.com/tickets
More info on my live show VERY SOON!

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A Conversation with Max Miller from Tasting History Jan 25, 2024

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I am THRILLED to bring you an interview with Max Miller, whose YouTube Channel is a gorgeously innovative but also accessible look at the local and global histories of food and recipes across time and place. There are equal parts cooking and history! I'll link his Titanic-specific episodes just below, as well as his video for 400-year old Buttered Beere, which we discuss at the end. I'm so grateful we got to speak about his love of Titanic, what inspired/inspires him to to create Tasting History, and the beauty in the "mundane" details our textbooks have so often left out. Thank you Max, for giving some time to Unsinkable!
Follow Max Miller on Insta @tastinghistory
Find Max's Titanic-themed episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIkaZtzr9JDlFDMpTL3Xyjbuj9I2yvZeI
And find his Buttered Beere here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlMhZvOX2ps
Make sure to grab a copy of his book, find it at a great price via my Bookshop storefront: https://bookshop.org/a/80949/9781982186180

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Titanic on Film: Titanic Blood and Steel Jan 23, 2024

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Join me as I FINALLY return to my side series Titanic on Film with a look at 2012’s 12-part miniseries Titanic: Blood and Steel.

Make sure to click the merch/Bonfire link below to grab your original-design Unsinkable tee before they’re retired forever!

Recommendations:

Salem the Podcast (collaboration coming!): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/salem-the-podcast/id1612165471

Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth (for Patreon book club!):

https://www.amazon.com/Molly-Brown-Unraveling-Kristen-Iversen/dp/1555664687/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22MM8O3YXQ2SY&keywords=molly+brown&qid=1706043580&sprefix=molly+brown%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-1

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A Diamond is Forever: The Ostby Family Jan 09, 2024

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Join me for a look at the life of Engelhart and Helen Ostby, father-and-daughter jewelers who boarded Titanic in First Class. Until recently, I had no idea that such a crucial figure in Edwardian fashion and design was a passenger or that he trained his daughter in the business by traversing Europe, a fairly modern and feminist concept. The Ostby story is one of immigration, one of innovation, and their rings remain part of our aesthetic today. This is random and beautiful Titanica at its finest!
Also, for Anderson Cooper's new book, which I mention, please consider purchasing through my Bookshop link below!

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Bonus Film Rewatch: The Holiday, with Angie Hung! Dec 26, 2023

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Thanks to Angie Hung, actor and podcaster, for joining me on a fun rewatch of the Kate Winslet holiday classic (can something 20 years old be a classic?!) The Holiday. This was an exclusive Patreon episode for its first couple of weeks, but I wanted to unlock for everyone. Happy holidays!!!
Find Angie on Instagram: @angiehung
Find her pod here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-would-kate-do-specifically-kate-winslet-as-an-actress/id1674467743

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