Unsinkable: The Titanic Podcast
Welcome to Unsinkable, an intense look at the cultural history of Titanic and its era. The history of the ship is laden with: women, people of color, families that have spoken up and lived out loud to leave a legacy we cannot ignore. The past is present and the future. We cannot make the mistakes of our ancestors.
Episodes
117 episodes
Book Showcase: Kindred Spirits (A Titanic Tale), with Author Nelson Aspen!
Join me for a lively conversation with author Nelson Aspen, whose new book Kindred Spirits: A Titanic Tale drops us into a split timeline as two young men come to terms with their environment, their passions, and their (of course) hist...
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Unsinkable: Harriet Tubman
Happy Black History Month! Today we explore the life of Harriet Tubman, who every American school child learns a LITTLE about. Her life was much more complex and grittier than typical textbooks will lead one to believe; her work on the Undergro...
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An Obsession with Size and Luxury! The White Star Line and Titanic's Marketing, featuring Pablo O'Hana
Join Pablo O'Hana, record-breaking fourth time Unsinkable guest, and me for a lively discussion of the evolution of modern marketing in the US and the UK. We take a look at the strategies used by the White Star Line and her competitors to bolst...
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On Site with "Titanic: An Immersive Voyage," featuring Exhibit Director John Zaller
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Hurricane Helene Update--We're Safe!
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Death to "Guilty Pleasures": Titanic, Things Girls Love, and Claiming our Space in Mass Media
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 i...
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We Need to Talk About RMS Titanic Inc., with Special Guest Pablo O'Hana
*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 mar...
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An Amazing Disney Deep-Dive with Jamie Didawick
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 sin...
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Season Finale: Three Years with Titanic
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/thegreatoutlanderrewa...
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This is Not a Door: Titanic's Iconic Movie Prop and its New Home at Titanic Museum Attraction
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 s...
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Michael "Ty" Joseph (Yusuf), Titanic's "Miracle Boy"
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 ...
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Titanic at 112 + Unsinkable Live at Pigeon Forge!
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 tha...
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Cross-post with Salem The Podcast: Titanic Survivor Elizabeth Lines
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 ta...
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An Interview with Actor Cotter Smith: Unpacking Senator Smith + the Titanic Inquiry's Legacy
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 spe...
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Revisiting The Six + the Stories of Titanic's Chinese Passengers, with Steven Schwankert
To register for my live, in-person show on April 13th, go here: https://titanicpigeonforge.com/titanic-tribute-week/
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An Emergency Titanic Meeting, with Pablo O'Hana!
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...
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From 3,000 Miles Away: Artie Moore and a Wireless Dream
To register for the live, in-person show on April 13, go here: https://tickets.titanicattraction.com/WebStore/shop/viewi...
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Unlocked Bonus Episode: A Primer on Edwardian Fashion + An Important Message
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 count...
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"The Last I Saw": Daniel and Mary Marvin, Titanic's Tragic Honeymooners
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:...
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A Conversation with Max Miller from Tasting History
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 hi...
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Titanic on Film: Titanic Blood and Steel
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 b...
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A Diamond is Forever: The Ostby Family
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 tr...
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Bonus Film Rewatch: The Holiday, with Angie Hung!
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 w...
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Out into the Light: An Oral History of Third Class Passenger Hilda Hellstrom
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 Par...
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Douglas Spedden and Polar the Titanic Bear (with Emily from the Titanic Museum Attraction)
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 los...
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