Ping pong balls, Vaseline, and molten wax... can we salvage the Titanic? Should we salvage the Titanic?

“After Titanic” is a podcast by Bash Back Productions. Written, recorded, and edited by Amanda Hootman. Music by Neilly Farrell. Artwork by Paul Scott Canavan. Full cast list, transcripts and sources are available on ⁠http://aftertitanic.com⁠. “After Titanic” is supported by our generous Indiegogo backers and patrons. Help support the podcast by heading to https://www.patreon.com/cw/AfterTitanic where you’ll get exclusive access to our Discord server, and join an entire community of fellow Titanophiles to hang out with between episodes.

From the kitschy Titanic-themed gifts to the numerous museums and VR experiences to the costly (and deadly) trips down to the wreck site itself... Titanic is big business. And I have to ask myself... is any of this okay?

Let's take a look at the Bad, the Worse, and the Ugly when it comes to the cottage industry Titanic has built: AI-generated souvenirs being sold in official museum gift shops, actual pieces of coal from the wreck site, and the doomed trip aboard Oceangate's Titan submersible.

“After Titanic” is a podcast by Bash Back Productions. Written, recorded, and edited by Amanda Hootman. Music by Neilly Farrell. Artwork by Paul Scott Canavan. Full cast list, transcripts and sources are available on ⁠http://aftertitanic.com⁠. “After Titanic” is supported by our generous Indiegogo backers and patrons. Help support the podcast by heading to https://www.patreon.com/cw/AfterTitanic where you’ll get exclusive access to our Discord server, and join an entire community of fellow Titanophiles to hang out with between episodes.

A mere 29 days after the RMS Titanic sank, the first film about the disaster was released in cinemas. There have been countless adaptations ranging from docudramas to Nazi propaganda films to one-off jokes on television shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy.

In this episode, we take a look at some of the films that came out after Titanic...

“After Titanic” is a podcast by Bash Back Productions. Written, recorded, and edited by Amanda Hootman. Music by Neilly Farrell. Artwork by Paul Scott Canavan. Full cast list, transcripts and sources are available on ⁠http://aftertitanic.com⁠. “After Titanic” is supported by our generous Indiegogo backers and patrons. Help support the podcast by heading to https://www.patreon.com/cw/AfterTitanic where you’ll get exclusive access to our Discord server, and join an entire community of fellow Titanophiles to hang out with between episodes.

Full transcript & sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VAFeDDgIJAcEtb1r3eORcQZzReSr7Y5FL-bY1J9bVHw/edit?usp=sharing

More than 73 years after she slipped beneath the Atlantic, marine geologist, Dr. Robert Ballard, discovered the wreck of Titanic. The full story of how he found the fabled ship has only just come to light... as it was actually part of a larger mission involving covert Navy operations during the Cold War.

“After Titanic” is a podcast by Bash Back Productions. Written, recorded, and edited by Amanda Hootman. Music by Neilly Farrell. Artwork by Paul Scott Canavan. Full cast list, transcripts and sources are available on ⁠http://aftertitanic.com⁠. “After Titanic” is supported by our generous Indiegogo backers and patrons. Help support the podcast by heading to https://www.patreon.com/cw/AfterTitanic where you’ll get exclusive access to our Discord server, and join an entire community of fellow Titanophiles to hang out with between episodes.

He never looked back. He kept pulling away...

On this episode of "After Titanic", we take a closer look at J. Bruce Ismay, the head of White Star Line and the man branded "The Coward of Titanic".

Who was he? How responsible was he, if at all, for the great loss of life aboard Titanic? And what happened to him after Titanic?

Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fpPxQcer812_DOHYjQ-RE91fs0gWIX58s89GY9CBH_0/edit?usp=sharing

“After Titanic” is a podcast by Bash Back Productions. Written, recorded, and edited by Amanda Hootman. Music by Neilly Farrell. Artwork by Paul Scott Canavan. Full cast list, transcripts and sources are available on ⁠aftertitanic.com⁠. “After Titanic” is supported by our generous Indiegogo backers and patrons. Help support the podcast by heading to ⁠Patreon.com/AfterTitanic⁠ where you’ll get exclusive access to our Discord server, and join an entire community of fellow Titanophiles to hang out with between episodes.

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In tallying the victims of an event like Titanic we often stop short of including the people who lived through the night in question but whose lives were inarguably cut short by what they experienced. The Survivors Who Didn’t.

In this episode we talk a little bit about some of the first survivors to die after Titanic.

“After Titanic” is a podcast by Bash Back Productions. Written, recorded, and edited by Amanda Hootman. Music by Neilly Farrell. Artwork by Paul Scott Canavan. Voice acting in this episode provided by Felix O’Connor and Amanda Hootman. Full cast list, transcripts and sources are available on aftertitanic.com. “After Titanic” is supported by our generous Indiegogo backers and patrons. Help support the podcast by heading to Patreon.com/AfterTitanic where you’ll get exclusive access to our Discord server, and join an entire community of fellow Titanophiles to hang out with between episodes.

1500 people were lost when Titanic struck an iceberg and went down in the North Atlantic in the evening and early morning of April 14 - April 15, 1912. But the vast majority of them didn't go down with the ship. What happened to the remains of those that died, after Titanic?

Sources and complete transcript for this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nKJZ5yVZLl71ze2ksEEwt7VLs9gIthdhLyz5V9AcI4w/edit?usp=sharing

“After Titanic” is a podcast by Bash Back Productions. Written, recorded, and edited by Amanda Hootman. Theme music by Neilly Farrell. Artwork by Paul Scott Canavan. Full cast list, transcripts and sources are available on ⁠aftertitanic.com⁠. “After Titanic” is supported by our generous Indiegogo backers and patrons. Help support the podcast by heading to ⁠Patreon.com/AfterTitanic⁠.

After the horror they endured, Titanic's surviving crew and passengers are subjected to weeks of cross-examination on both sides of the Atlantic. The US Senate Inquiry is derided as a hapless clown show, and the British Wreck Inquiry, a shameless whitewash.

Sources and complete transcript for this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bv0a4APz3fVaAQOMeopwBKKriMtJEFQlSTIiEwftrFU/edit?usp=sharing

“After Titanic” is a podcast by Bash Back Productions. Written, recorded, and edited by Amanda Hootman. Theme music by Neilly Farrell. Artwork by Paul Scott Canavan. Voice acting in this episode provided by LegalKimchi, Chris Wallinger, Lyle Friederichs, Sooz Kempner, Felix O’Connor and David Melville. Full cast list, transcripts and sources are available on ⁠aftertitanic.com⁠. “After Titanic” is supported by our generous Indiegogo backers and patrons. Help support the podcast by heading to ⁠Patreon.com/AfterTitanic⁠.

Titanic's rescue ship arrives at 4:00 am on April 15, 1912, saving 705 people... but 1500 more perish.

Under a near-embargo on communications, the passengers of the Carpathia and the survivors of Titanic share close quarters on their return to New York.

Sources and complete transcript for this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ezUbEDS-xgDhpSp5zEZGS1SIltTCYO3cEu8NuIN4txA/edit?usp=sharing

“After Titanic” is a podcast by Bash Back Productions. Written, recorded, and edited by Amanda Hootman. Theme music by Neilly Farrell. Artwork by Paul Scott Canavan. Voice acting in this episode provided by Amanda Hootman, Stephanie Crothers, Lyle Friederichs, David Melville, Daniel DeYoung, Bukola Ogunmola, and Laura Lineback. Full cast list, transcripts and sources are available on aftertitanic.com. “After Titanic” is supported by our generous Indiegogo backers and patrons. Help support the podcast by heading to Patreon.com/AfterTitanic.

Everything that happened after Titanic...

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