Unsinkable: The Titanic Podcast

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Out into the Light: An Oral History of Third Class Passenger Hilda Hellstrom Dec 12, 2023

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Join me for an exploration of the life of Third Class Passenger Hilda Hellstrom. In November of this year, a group of Titanic researchers, enthusiasts and descendants assembled to honor her life and memories with a new headstone at Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie, Illinois. This episode is an amalgam of that experience, with descendant interviews conducted by listener Mia Morgante (an unsinkable thank you, Mia!) and insight from the Paul Burns, Titanic Museum Attractions' curator and Tony Probst, the collector who spearheaded this memorial service. Mia and I also sit down to unpack the experience, speak on the importance of preserving oral histories, and what a life like Hilda's means for all of us.
Special thank yous to: Paul Burns, Tony Probst, Anton Centko, Claire Centko, and everyone at the Titanic Museum Attractions
Find Mia on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/photos.via.mia/

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Douglas Spedden and Polar the Titanic Bear (with Emily from the Titanic Museum Attraction) Dec 05, 2023

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This is the first of two holiday-inspired December episodes.
Join me AT the Titanic Museum Attraction as Emily Densky and I discuss the haunting beauty in recognizing the lives of Titanic's children, both those who survived and those lost. We tell the story of Douglas Spedden, whose survival that night (alongside his family) inspired his mother Daisy to write a children's book at Christmas, 1913--to help him cope with the unbelievable trauma, no doubt. Douglas' life was cut horrifically short just two years later, and the manuscript slept in a trunk for decades...until a descendant stumbled upon it and brought it out into the world.
We jump around at the end to a bit of everything as well--happenings at the museum, descendant visits to the museum, and....past life regression?!
To find out more about the museum and all it does + how to visit, so right here: https://titanicpigeonforge.com

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Unlocked Bonus Episode: Elin Gerda Lindell's Wedding Ring Dec 01, 2023

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Join me for this, an incredible (though heartbreaking) story of how Swedish immigrant Elin Gerda Lindell's wedding ring ended up in the bottom of Titanic's last recovered lifeboat--

I'm not on Facebook, but this is just happened to be a great link straight to a photo as part of the Titanic Exhibition (not, as of April 2023, still in New York):

https://m.facebook.com/titanictheexhibition/videos/real-objects-from-the-titanic-mrs-gerda-lindells-ring/211290281080001/

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A Love Letter to New York, With Nelson Aspen Nov 16, 2023

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Join me as I catch up with Titanic Talk co-host (and my dear friend!) Nelson Aspen as he releases his new novel, Dancing Between the Raindrops, which is truly a love letter to New York City. Nelson is, of course, also a renowned entertainment journalist and a prolific writer. We discuss everything from his earliest interest in Titanic and how it shaped his life and passions to the writing process and its sleepless nights.
For updates on this winter's happy hours, follow Nelson on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/nelsonaspen/
Find the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Between-Raindrops-actual-remember-ebook/dp/B0CNFGH6BF/ref=sr_1_7?crid=1V1887KSSQHR5&keywords=dancing+between+the+raindrops&qid=1700195238&s=digital-text&sprefix=dancing+between+the+raindrops%2Cdigital-text%2C102&sr=1-7
And find Nelson's website (with links to Titanic Talk!) here: http://www.nelsonaspen.com/index.html

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Titanic: The Official Cookbook, With Author Veronica Hinke Nov 06, 2023

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Thank you to Veronica, Unsinkable's only three-time guest, this time to celebrate the release of Titanic: the Official Cookbook!
To support Veronica and the pod, buy your copy here at Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/titanic-the-official-cookbook-40-timeless-recipes-for-every-occasion-titanic-film-cookbook-titanic-film-entertaining-veronica-hinke/20076726?aid=80949&ean=9781647228576&listref=episodes-miscellany
To follow Veronica's work: https://veronicahinke.com

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Archie and the Ghost Oct 30, 2023

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A special spooky season episode about a White House apparition that pestered none other than passenger Archibald Butt. Join me to learn about the mystery of "The Thing!"
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Unsinkable: Killers of the Flower Moon Oct 23, 2023

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The Unsinkable side series of sorts strikes again. Join me for a look into Martin Scorsese's brilliant new historical epic--forty-five minutes in which I somehow manage to forget to even mention Robert DeNiro's name. (Cue me with head shaking in hands.) But I do spend some time unpacking the story of the tragic Osage killings in the early twentieth century, why this movie and the book its based on are doing crucial work in rewriting the narrative of American history, and (shocked?) Leonardo DiCaprio's brilliant and frightening turn as one of the killing culture's perpetrators.
Find the Leo and Lily Gladstone interview that I reference here: https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/leonardo-dicaprio-lily-gladstone-british-vogue-interview

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Book Club: Surviving Savannah, with Author Patti Callahan Henry Oct 16, 2023

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*My apologies for slightly inferior audio here, our connection was not fantastic and neither of us were in our usual office!*
For the season's inaugural book episode, I'm honored to bring you a candid and nuanced
conversation with author Patti Henry; her work Surviving Savannah explores (through historical fiction) the sinking of the southern steamship Pulaski in the first half of the nineteenth century. We spoke about everything from her research process and the wild synchronicities within it to shipwreck artifact retrieval to the importance of shedding light on the history of slavery in America. This was a dynamic chat and I thank Patti for taking the time!
Find her website here, where you can link to her books, her bio, and her podcast on the Pulaski and the almost-unbelievable journey of Surviving Savannah: https://www.patticallahanhenry.com

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Live Book Club Mini-sode with Author J. Kent Layton (On a Sea of Glass) Oct 10, 2023

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I was so fortunate to chat with author J. Kent Layton prior to his book signing at Titanic Pigeon Forge just a few days ago. It's a short interview but Kent's razor-sharp insight into the research process for his renowned book On a Sea of Glass (co-authored with Bill Wormstedt and Tad Fitch) is so invigorating. Kent has written extensively about Titanic as well as other Atlantic liners.
Find his bio here: http://atlanticliners.com/about_author/
And all his books here: http://atlanticliners.com/atlantic_liners_books_-_by_j_kent_layton/#OnASeaofGlass

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Titaniacs Unite! with Paul Carganilla (COVE Podcast Collab) Oct 10, 2023

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Join me for a very moving all-things-Titanic discussion with Paul Carganilla--podcaster, film-maker, and a fellow self-professed Titanic nerd. We touch on everything from the Big Piece in Vegas to our favorite moments in the 1997 film to how following our dreams has shaped our lives and been so informed by a passion for Titanic. This is a co-cast, so check out my appearance on his podcast COVE as well! Links to Apple and his YouTube channel below!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cove-podcast-carganilla-online-variety-entertainment/id1692045198
https://www.youtube.com/@COVEpodcast

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