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 Nov 202145min
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 Nov 20211h 41min
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 Nov 202153min
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 Okt 20211h 5min
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 Okt 20211h 32min
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 Okt 202143min
Unsinkable Dining and Drinking, with Veronica Hinke
This episode packs a punch (pardon the pun)! First off, I lay out some basics about the dining experience in the Edwardian era and on board Titanic in the first, second, and third classes. And then I ...
9 Okt 20211h 29min
Titanic on Film: The Titanic (1996)
In this first of a series of mini-pods on Titanic-focused movies, television shows, and documentaries, I take a look at (and then can't look away from!) the 1996 CBS miniseries The Titanic. It had the...
2 Okt 202132min
