The Astors and the Ghosts of Mackinac Island (Part One)

The Astors and the Ghosts of Mackinac Island (Part One)

The Astor family name conjures images of Gilded Age opulence and tragedy—perhaps most famously embodied by John Jacob Astor IV, who perished aboard the Titanic in 1912. But the roots of one of America's first great fortunes stretch back much further, to the late 18th century when German immigrant John Jacob Astor built a fur trading empire that spanned from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest. His American Fur Company turned remote outposts like Mackinac Island into crucial commercial hu...

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Titanic on Film: A Night to Remember (1958)

Titanic on Film: A Night to Remember (1958)

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 ...

7 Joulu 20211h 8min

The One, Not the Two: Helen Churchill Candee

The One, Not the Two: Helen Churchill Candee

Join me for an in-depth portrait of Titanic survivor Helen Churchill Candee, whose 90 years of life coincided an incredible number of times with rather huge historical moments and social developments ...

29 Marras 20211h 25min

Titanic on Film: Raise the Titanic (1980)

Titanic on Film: Raise the Titanic (1980)

After touching on some analysis of Clive Cussler's 1976 bestseller Raise the Titanic in my last regular episode, I decided to watch its 1980 film adaptation (though I feared it, to be honest). I'm so...

22 Marras 202145min

Titanic in Fiction, with Chelsea Pinkard

Titanic in Fiction, with Chelsea Pinkard

People have been writing about Titanic since almost the moment she sank, and this episode is my attempt to analyze how those authors have interpreted and fictionalized the sinking. Historical fiction...

15 Marras 20211h 41min

Titanic on Film: Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)

Titanic on Film: Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)

Here I put my cards on the table: Unsurprisingly, I'm a huge James Cameron fan and absolutely enamored of his deep sea exploration. In this episode I summarize, historicize, and review his 2003 docume...

7 Marras 202153min

The Six: Titanic's Chinese Survivors, with Steven Schwankert

The Six: Titanic's Chinese Survivors, with Steven Schwankert

I'm thrilled to bring you an interview with Steven Schwankert, co-creator of the new documentary The Six, which tells the story of the six Chinese survivors of Titanic. The film is directed by Arthur ...

30 Loka 20211h 5min

The Ship, in Dreams: Titanic and the Supernatural

The Ship, in Dreams: Titanic and the Supernatural

An in-depth examination of paranormal phenomenon related to the ship: the omens and premonitions of passengers, accounts from fortune-tellers, and the life and writings of spiritualist and Titanic vic...

23 Loka 20211h 32min

Titanic on Film: Titanic (1953)

Titanic on Film: Titanic (1953)

I watched 1953's Titanic and it cracked open a wider discussion of class and gender than I even imagined. Join me as I examine Hollywood's Cinemascope imagining of the sinking, starring Clifton Webb, ...

15 Loka 202143min

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