Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSeason One Finale: A Kate Winslet Retrospective and What's to Come
Thank you for being part of Unsinkable during my first season. It's been an experiment, it's been joyful, I've met and spoken with so many people who…
3 years, 9 months ago
Book Club: An Interview with Historian Steven Biel (Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster)
Dr. Biel and I discuss everything from the legacy of the various Titanic films to his surreal experiences aboard a ship in the North Atlantic as part…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Ghost(s) of Captain Smith
I've been circling this episode all season and am excited, finally, to bring you the story of Ted Smith (as he was known to those closest to him), th…
3 years, 9 months ago
An update and a Kate Winslet-related request!
Hey guys, just wanted to update you all on the the plan for the rest of this season! Also, I want you to help me with the Kate Winslet retrospective …
3 years, 10 months ago
Book Club--Erik Larson's Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Lusitania's legacy is also absolutely unsinkable. To buy Larson's book or any books I have featured, visit my Bookshop affiliate page: https://booksh…
3 years, 10 months ago
‘Still the sea seems strewn’: The Mackay-Bennett and Titanic’s Bodies
I began researching this episode uneasy about what I might find, nervous; and while it is an incredibly somber and sobering part of the Titanic story…
3 years, 10 months ago
Finding Margaret Brown, with Museum Director Andrea Malcomb
Join me as I knock down with gusto some of the long-standing myths about Denver socialite/activist/philanthropist Margaret Brown (decidedly not Molly…
3 years, 11 months ago
April 14th, 1912/April 14th, 2022
This is a special episode in honor of the 110th anniversary of the night Titanic sank; I hesitate, always, to use the word "anniversary" here because…
3 years, 11 months ago
Book Club: The Last Slave Ship
This is a companion to my episode on the Clotilda; join me as I discuss Ben Raines' stunning The Last Slave Ship, which recounts the ship's entire hi…
3 years, 11 months ago
Unsinkable: The Clotilda
Join me in this, my very first side project episode, a look at the overwhelmingly important historical, cultural, and political impact of Clotilda, t…
3 years, 11 months ago