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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.

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7:56

April Preview for Unsinkable

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2022/03/30

Just popping in to let you all know what's coming this April on Unsinkable! Some exciting stuff up around the proverbial bend.To buy April's book pick, support the pod and Bookshop here: https://bookshop.org/books/the-last-slave-ship-the-true-story-of-how-clotilda-was-found-her-descendants-and-an-extraordinary-reckoning-9781982136048/9781982136048?aid=80949&listref=the-unsinkable-book-clubAs always, feel free to reach out to me via unsinkablepod@gmail.com or on Insta and Twitter

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48:53

Unlocked Bonus Episode: The Cooks

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2022/03/21

While I'm traveling/on a pod break for just a few weeks, I thought I'd offer a sneak peek into the Patreon bonus episodes. This was the first one I ever did, so forgive any sound issues or rambling. I only scratched the surface, but in it I explore a few stories of Titanic's chefs and cooks. The stories of crew are rich and complex, and I wish we knew even more. If you're on the fence about becoming an Unsinkable patron, perhaps this might give you a sense of what the bonus

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70:28

Boarding Pass: An Interview with Jim Myers, Education...

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2022/03/11

I'm excited to bring you an interview with Jim Myers, who is the Education Executive for both Titanic Museum Attractions (Branson, Missouri, and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee). We speak about the museum's goals of memorializing both the survivors and the victims of Titanic, its role as an interactive attraction, its efforts to broaden educational programs around the ship, and also just some of Titanic's achingly human stories. I managed to only mention James Cameron's Titanic

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63:39

Book Club: The Girl Who Came Home, with Author Hazel...

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2022/03/04

Join me as I chat with author Hazel Gaynor, who has SUCH a refreshing take on Titanic's legacy; her book, The Girl Who Came Home, is a peek into some of the smaller, gorgeously human moments aboard the ship, and specifically those of the Irish immigrants she focuses on. This book is a fictionalization of the ship's real Irish passengers know as the Addergoole 14, who we talk a bit about in terms of collective grief and their legacy. We touch on the role of historical fiction in helping us

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22:46

Titanic's Ukrainian Passengers + How to Help

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2022/02/28

This episode is dedicated to every man/woman/child suffering and in fear in Ukraine right now.To help, donate:To UNICEF, which helps children in urgent need of help, and right now you can flag your donation for Ukraine: https://www.unicefusa.orgTo World Central Kitchen, which works to FEED people in conflict zones, disaster zones, and they're in Ukraine and on the borders right now: https://donate.wck.org/give/393234#!/donation/checkoutFor a brief recent history of Ukraine:

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99:07

Barely a Goodbye: The Story of Joseph Laroche

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2022/02/26

*(Quick note: I had some minor sound issues for this episode and I'm aware the audio quality is not quite up to standard--don't worry, this will be sorted out by next episode!)Join me as I detail of the life of Joseph Laroche, the sole black man on the Titanic, whose story is so much more than that factoid of a label would lead one to believe; his life intersected with crucial moments in Haitian history and in French history, and his marriage to a woman named Juliette highlights so many

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98:03

Back to 1997: Titanic Forever

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2022/02/21

In this last episode for my series on the 1997 movie, I go off script and recount the Titanic cultural phenomena but also the very personal feelings I have about it and how it relates to our understanding of the ship, film history, memory, grief. I also go over the many/pervasive pop culture references from the past 25 years, including some that listeners wrote in about. This is a grab bag. This is me coming to terms with my love of a thing. This is Titanic Forever. Join me. *A special thanks to my

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105:49

Back to 1997: The Profound Feminism of Rose DeWitt...

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2022/02/11

In some ways I think I've been waiting to record this episode for 25 years, but I wouldn't have been ready until this moment. I cover the ways in which the Titanic disaster has been viewed along gender lines and how the cultural history of it has been shaped by gender. I examine how the character of Rose, from 1997's Titanic, fits into the historical fabric of 1912 but also how she inspired and influenced a generation of young women (and men I'm sure!). I also highlight some

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91:01

Book Club: The Ship of Dreams, with Author Gareth...

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2022/02/04

Author Gareth Russell and I have a wonderfully in-depth conversation about the complexities of the lives of several of Titanic’s first-class passengers. If you follow the pod, you know I talk a lot about the Titanic mythologies, these long-held visions of some of the storied passengers, and we address many of them in a blunt way. It’s quite refreshing. We also talk importantly about the creation of historical narrative and how a person’s own beliefs, emotions, prejudices inform how they interpret

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95:22

Back to 1997: On a Beach in Rosarito--The Making of...

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2022/01/31

This second installment turns partly into an exploration of some of the real passengers aboard the ship and their portrayals in James Cameron's film--Thomas Andrews, Margaret Brown, Archibald Gracie. I also discuss, with quite a bit of detail, how Cameron and his crew seamlessly constructed the ship and the sinking from a combination of practical, digital, and hybrid shots. Toss in a little bit of set gossip and me (of course, who is shocked) defending the finished product against those who

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10:59

Book Club Episode Announcements!

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2022/01/26

Some exciting announcements of upcoming Book Club picks and author conversations!February 2022--Gareth Russell's Ship of DreamsMarch 2022--Hazel Gaynor's The Girl Who Came HomeAnd looking ahead to April for a joint read--Ben Raines' The Last Slave Ship You can buy any of these easily through my Bookshop link and support indie bookstores as well as the pod: https://bookshop.org/shop/unsinkablepodPatreon Bonus episode posts Monday! If you can, join the Unsinkable VIPs here:

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96:21

Back to 1997: On a Beach in Rosarito--The Making of...

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2022/01/24

This is part one of a truly surgical look at the making of James Cameron's Titanic, arguably one of the most popular/successful/beloved/fill-in-any-blank film of all time. Even if you're not a true Titanic-movie person, this will be of interest to you, for the painstaking links Cameron goes to in order to re-build the ship and the world of 1912. For a list of my source material, see my Bookshop Affiliate page:https://bookshop.org/shop/unsinkablepodOr visit my website's blog:

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68:43

(Re-release) The Six: The Chinese Survivors of...

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2022/01/21

The Six is available online for a week starting tomorrow, January 22, 2022!Get your ticket for The Six here: https://watch.eventive.org/fhff/play/61c5f6235a819200d56d0547Here's the film's description, courtesy Friday Harbor Film Fest's website:When RMS Titanic sank on a cold night in 1912, barely 700 people escaped with their lives. Among them were six Chinese men. Arriving in New York with the other survivors, the six were met not with compassion, but suspicion and slander. Less than

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55:47

(Re-release) Titanic on Film: James Cameron's Ghosts...

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2022/01/18

Hi guys, I'm jumping on the feed to re-release my episode on James Cameron's 2003 documentary Ghosts of the Abyss, which details the expedition he took BACK to Titanic in 2001...with...Bill Paxton! This is one of my favorite episodes to date, and I think it's a nice companion piece to the main Cameron episode I just posted. Welcome, also, to new listeners from all over the world!! Thanks so much to ALL my listeners and your support. If you're enjoying the pod, please rate and

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147:15

Back to 1997: The Innovation and the Environmentalism...

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2022/01/17

Whoa times about twenty, because this is a beast of an episode that grew its own legs. Here is my rundown of the life, career, and activism (yes, activism) of James Cameron, director of 1997's Titanic. To properly understand the film and its resonance in popular culture, I think its essential to understand the man who took us back to the ship. The clip of Cameron speaking about his childhood is from a Ted Talk, and the link is here:

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70:27

Book Club: The Race to Save the Titanic, with Author...

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2022/01/10

In this, my first book-centered episode, I chat with best-selling author William Hazelgrove about his book One Hundred and Sixty Minutes: The Race to Save the RMS Titanic, which unpacks and challenges a lot of the long-standing mythologies surrounding the ship's history. Using interwoven stories of wireless operators, rescue efforts of nearby ships, and the motivations and actions of those faced with decisions that tragic night, Hazelgrove's work brings a fresh perspective to very old

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14:04

Happy New Year + What's to Come

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2022/01/01

Cheers to the New Year! Cheers to you all! Here's a little discussion of all that's coming for Unsinkable in 2022.Contact me:unsinkablepod@gmail.comUnsinkablepod on InstaUnsinkablepod on TwitterSupport the showSupport Unsinkable on Patreon for as little as $1/month: https://www.patreon.com/unsinkablepodOr buy me a coffee!: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/labeadlesBuy Unsinkable shirts here!: https://www.bonfire.com/unsinkable-the-first-t-shirt/Support the pod via my Bookshop Storefront:

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111:19

The Coldest Frontier: Robert Ballard and the...

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2021/12/21

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117:35

After the Flood: Don't Look Up and a Leonardo...

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2021/12/16

I've been training for this for 25 years, you guys! Today I shake up the Unsinkable feed with an experimental, rather spontaneous, rather improvised episode about Leonardo DiCaprio. He's our Jack Dawson, of course, but in many ways Jack Dawson has also been dead for a long, long time. Bear with me as I go off-script for the first time EVER on this podcast to share my thoughts on his filmography, his place in modern film history, and how we've landed at the metaphorical doorstep of his

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68:44

Titanic on Film: A Night to Remember (1958)

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2021/12/07

I re-visited the 1958 classic A Night to Remember, the first and main British cinematic interpretation of the sinking; it was based, of course, on the book of the same name by Walter Lord and I speak to Lord’s work and influence as well. I really wanted to bring some true academic analyses to this film AND address the comparisons of it to James Cameron’s 1997 film. So there’s some of both. Let me know what you think!The article I mention by Sarah Street is in a collection called The Titanic in Myth

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