Were we too young to watch Titanic when we did? Yes. Did that stop our parents from handing us grape-flavored lip gloss, greasy popcorn, and a front row seat to lifelong emotional damage? Absolutely not.

In this episode, we skip the door debate and head straight for the real Titanic. The ship of dreams, the floating ego, the coal fire no one mentioned, the lifeboats that left half empty, and the seven deadly sins dressed in white tie. First class tips sailors to keep rowing, third class gets locked behind gates, a wireless operator ignores iceberg warnings to send rich people’s gossip, and a very drunk baker accidentally becomes a science experiment in human insulation.

We talk class, cowardice, scapegoats, inquiries, band kids playing through the apocalypse, and why humanity never gets tired of building new “unsinkable” things just to crash them into the same old ocean.

Plus, Smash or Pass: Titanic Edition, where we apply no science, no dignity, and entirely too much Leo energy to historical figures who absolutely did not consent to this.

Credits

Hosts: JoLynne & Amanda

Produced by Barely Historical

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