Time To Talk Titanic

Would anyone have thought to set up their cameras and take any pictures inside the ship of flooding - or as passengers waited for instruction with their lifebelts on? Is it possible that we might have had visual documentation of the disaster? If the disaster hadn't happened, but a passenger had died onboard during the voyage - what would have happened to their body? Although Titanic did have a medical ward onboard, did she have a morgue? And what is it that draws us towards disaster like Titanic and 9/11? What's the overlap, if any? In this episode of Time To Talk Titanic, Presley, David, Sebastian, Arron and Louie discuss these unanswered questions (as well as many others) and try to get to the bottom of the enduring mysteries surrounding this historic tragedy...

Why is the bow facing a certain direction, if the ship sank from above in another direction? Was there a mystery ship on the horizon? Could Titanic’s passengers and crew see them? If so, what ships were they - and how many were in the area? Did they know they were watching Titanic sink? And it’s one of the biggest points of contention within the Titanic community nowadays - just like the debate around if Titanic broke or not whilst sinking was the topic of debate before the wreck was finally discovered - but just how many blades did Titanic’s central propeller really have? In this episode of Time To Talk Titanic, Louie and Arron discuss these unanswered questions (as well as many others) and try to get to the bottom of the enduring mysteries surrounding this historic tragedy…

In this episode of Time To Talk Titanic, Arron, Sebastian, Callum and Presley discuss what they think could have been done differently in order to prevent the sinking of Titanic.  What was the biggest decision, mistake, or oversight that lead to the sinking? Was it one of these, or a combination of all these things? Or was it always going to happen - and was it always supposed to happen?

Arron from ‘Time To Talk Titanic’ podcast returns to review the oldest surviving Titanic film, In Night and Ice (released as In Nacht und Eis). This German silent film was released just months after the disaster. Arron brings a mini-one sentence review of SOS Titanic (1979), whilst Sean compares the film to Star Trek: The Next Generation. They then discuss the accuracy of the sets and the actions of the women in the film. They also seek to answer: -How quickly were claims about events of the sinking accepted in popular culture? -Would more lifeboats have helped?

In this episode, we speak to Titanic expert and author Bill Willard. He was a vital part of the team who raised a massive piece of Titanic's hull from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in 1997, and ever since has become cemented into the history and legacy of the Titanic story in the modern day. As well as defending their decision to raise "The Big Piece", Bill and the team have had to dispute claims that bringing up parts of the ship and artefacts is "grave robbing" to some. We find out who REALLY owns the items which once belonged to passengers of the infamous ship, which now lay in the debris field surrounding the ship, and also find out about undisclosed and secret expeditions to the wreck which took some of these items in order to sell them for profit, and in doing so damaged Titanic's wreck.

In this episode of Time To Talk Titanic, Arron, Presley, Dean, Sebastian and Louie discuss some of the most incredible, terrifying, memorable and heroic survivor accounts, and then try to imagine what they might do if they had been onboard RMS Titanic when she sank...

Arron from the ‘Time To Talk Titanic’ podcast, and Sean from the ‘Review It Yourself’ podcast discuss the 1953 film TITANIC. Arron asks interesting questions such as why did they make Captain Smith “a total dish” and a “psycho”? On the other hand, Sean compares the film to Oliver! Titanic (1953) is very musical, much to Arron’s annoyance. It made him want to jump overboard! A film packed with stupendous performances and an Academy-Award winning script, this is a must-see.

In this episode, myself and my co-hosts discuss why we think the story of Titanic is still so strong after 110 years, why such a tragedy has been romanticised, what we would have done and so much more!

Misunderstanding the past teaches us nothing... ”In the current situation, I see the people who are supposed to keep us safe — our elected officials, and government bodies worldwide — being compared to misrepresented ghosts of the past. I see the current unfolding scenarios being contrasted against broadly-generalised (and often false) ideas of the Titanic disaster, which is something that has always happened, and will always happen. However, I personally don’t think the comparisons hold water. I think what happened in 1912 was terrible – but I think much of what’s happening now is a lot worse. What happened in 1912 was an accident. Much of what is happening today is not only preventable, but is also intentional. Using the name ‘Titanic’ to draw loose parallels grabs people’s attention, which is what makes it so great for an article headline. The story has reached biblical proportions by this point. But we’re boiling down real people who made real decisions and lived real lives (up and down the class structure) to their most base form. Therefore, the metric doesn’t work in my opinion, because the reasoning behind a lot of what happened on April 15th 1912 is lost. The White Star Line, and subsequently every other shipping company, learned their lesson after April 15th 1912. When will we learn our lesson?”

(WARNING: mature content) In this special episode of the Time To Talk Titanic podcast, I have the privilege of introducing some of the new co-hosts. We then discuss the online culture of the Titanic community - from gatekeeping topics and censoring discourse, to spicy FanFiction and “cardboard Titanic” YouTube videos!

In this episode, I speak to Björn Franklin and Johnny Marchetta, a writing and directing duo, who are creating a film which tells the story of RMS Titanic’s lookout Frederick Fleet. Fred was the one who first spotted the iceberg and alerted the bridge. He survived the sinking, but was forever changed and haunted by it. I ask Franklin and Marchetta what inspired them to tell this story, and we discuss the creative process that goes into everything - from writing to casting to visual effects.

Streaming the recording of this episode LIVE over on my Instagram page (@titanic_artist) I answered questions submitted by my followers, as well as chatting to my followers in real time as they tune into the livestream!

After a decade of Titanic: Honor and Glory, let’s take a look at the story of its development - from its humble beginnings, through to their viral moment in 2016, and then onto their eventual downward spiral in more recent months. But can they achieve what they set out to back in 2011? The last ten years have been quite the ride, and with not much to show for it, members of the Titanic community, fans, and even casual observers on the sidelines, are keen to see what the future holds for this game. And when it comes to the inner-workings of this project, overpromising and underdelivering is just the tip of the iceberg... A big thank you to /u/afty for being such a huge help with this video and for providing the script. (I'll take this opportunity to plug his subreddit /r/rms_titanic - if you're interested in learning more about the real history of Titanic, please join us!)

Despite the overwhelming physical evidence left on the surface of the Atlantic Ocean after the sinking, as well as countless and convincing eye witness testimonies from survivors, it wasn’t acknowledged and accepted as part of Titanic’s story that she had broken in half on April 15th 1912 - not until her wreck was discovered in two separate pieces on September 1st 1985. Why was this? What would cause an Inquiry into the sinking to completely overlook this major factor in the sinking and death of 1500 people, completely disregarding the accounts from many survivors for over 70 years? In this audio essay, I attempt to explain and illustrate the multiple reasons The White Star Line and British Wreck Commission wanted to silence the reports of the ship breaking, and how one survivors narrative alone might have shaped the worlds perception of the sinking for all those years until 1985. But is his account even as reliable as it appears?

Louie and Arron have the privilege of speaking to not only a descendant of the Titanic tragedy, but a descendant of a man who had such a vital and significant role. We speak to Simon Medhurst, the great grandson of Robert Hichens, the man who was at the wheel of Titanic when she struck the iceberg, and was later in charge of lifeboat 6 alongside the 'unsinkable' Molly Brown!

A tale of two ships - Arron and Louie discuss the controversial SS Californian, and the role they played in the Titanic tragedy, as well as the heroic efforts of the SS Carpathia in rescuing the survivors.

In the first episode of the Time To Talk Titanic podcast, Louie and Arron discuss the 1997 blockbuster, record-breaker and a redefining pop-culture moment - James Cameron's 1997 epic TITANIC. What did we like and dislike about the film, what did James Cameron get right, or wrong, and many other questions answered!