Unsinkable: The Titanic Podcast

Join me for a rollicking fun AND meaningful conversation with Linh Uendo and Izzy Inyette, the creators of a new drag parody show coming to Melbourne Fringe Festival VERY SOON. Here's some info and a link for tickets:

https://www.melbournefringe.com.au/whats-on/events/titani-acs-the-unsinkable-drag-parody

After an epic run at ‘Sircuit’ in 2024; Melbourne’s drag icons, Izzy Inyette and Linh Uendo embark on a glittery, gay Melbourne Fringe Festival maiden voyage to celebrate the drama, the romance and the hyper-fixation of the 1997 blockbuster epic; with drag, burlesque and PUPPETS!

Don’t miss out on your first-class ticket to open the door once more to the story of star-cross-dressed lovers, the majesty of a ship from 100 years ago and the unsinkable gayness and nostalgia of a classic 90s film, with TITANI-ACS!: The Unsinkable Drag Parody!

Taking cruising to a whole new level, Linh, Izzy and their crew, (Clita Mania, Roxy Rawhide and Maxectomy) will show you in 60 minutes (in less time than James Cameron!) just how queer a grand ocean-liner in the middle of the TRANS- Atlantic Sea, full of opulence, wigs, burlesque, puppets, seamen and crew can really be and they settle the infamous debate once and for all; Can a near 4ft blue puppet, dressed like Leonardo DiCaprio fit on a massive door set piece?

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Watch me try not to fan girl TOO HARD as I get to chat all things growing up as a Titanic-head with Molly McCormack, part of the amazingly successful and wonderful Mammoth Club. We also talk Disney, the magic of movies, the nostalgia and nerdiness that all becomes the connective tissue of our monoculture obsessions and the joy of chasing whimsy. Thanks to Molly for taking time out of her INSANE Mammoth Club filming schedule to join us! And thank you times a trillion for our Hudson William moment!!!

Find @Mammoth Club on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MammothClub_

And follow Molly on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/molly_mcawesome_

And Mammoth Club on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/mammoth_club

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An exciting new Titanic project: "Unsinkable is a shattering new play from Liverpool creatives Matthew Reynolds and Joseph Winder, developed from a finalist piece at Tip Tray Theatre’s What Happens Next? 2025, now a full-scale production heading to Hope Street Theatre from 30th September to 3rd October 2026.

This is a project that already has momentum, from competition acclaim to a sold-out staged reading, and now needs your support to take this final step onto the stage.

We’re not waiting for someone else to make this happen, we’re doing it ourselves. With your support, we can give this harrowing untold story the attention it deserves."

Find everything about Matthew's work and the play + consider supporting it on IndieGoGo:

Crowdfunder: https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/unsinkable-play/unsinkable-play

Play Instagram: @unsinkableplay

Matthew's Instagram: @mattr.75

Media Inquiries: [email protected]

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Here's a refresher on Ballard, a re-release of my episode from back in 2021!

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What if Robert Ballad, who discovered the wreck of Titanic in 1985 alongside a French oceanographic team, had decided to salvage Titanic himself? How would the Titanic world look now? The artifacts, where would they be, how many would their be? Join us as we jump into one of the most complex and intriguing "what ifs" yet...

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A very special announcement! I'll be joining J. Kent Layton, Tad Fitch and a whole crew of wonderful Titanic experts the night of April 14th for a Titanic sinking livestream/conversation. 

Join us on this channel: https://www.youtube.com/parttimeexplorer

Also check out all of Tad and Kent's April (and anytime!) Titanic content via these links: 

• The Steam & Splendor Network on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@SteamAndSplendor
• The Steam & Splendor Network Podcast: https://thesteamandsplendornetworkpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
• The Steam & Splendor Network on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesteamandsplendornetwork/

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Today I'm joined by James Penca from the Witness Titanic podcast for a fascinating and heartfelt look at the stories of a few of Titanic's third class passengers, ones too often left out of more sensational narratives. Together, we shine a light on journeys across the Atlantic that reveal so much more than tragedy. Through their own words and research into both their socioeconomic and cultural lives, we uncover a wealth of insight into the American immigration experience. From the hopes and hardships that drove people to leave everything behind, to the systems and realities that shaped their arrival in a new world, these passengers embody the complexities of the immigrant experience and utlimately how many immigrants passionately built their own new realities. 

And just as importantly, we address the brutal reality of the current political climate--one that seeks to erase the beauty and promise of America as a nation of immigrants. 

For Titanic Weekend: https://sites.google.com/view/titanicweekend2026/home

Follow James Penca & Witness Titanic:

Apple Podcasts: Listen here

Spotify: Listen here

YouTube: @WitnessTitanic

Instagram: @WitnessTitanicPod

Patreon: patreon.com/c/witnesstitanic

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Today's episode dives even deeper into the fascinating but complex familial history of Archibald Gracie IV, one of the most well-documented survivors of the Titanic disaster. We'll explore the layers of his lineage and how he viewed it, from his questionable passion for a Confederate military heritage to the personal tragedies that shaped the man who found himself aboard that ship in April 1912. 

In his memoir about the sinking, Archie the Fourth claimed that all lines of class had been blasted apart that night. Had they really? Did he have any perspective, really, to offer on this after a lifetime of leisure and wealth and rumination? Did the tragedy of his young daughter give him some that perhaps historians haven’t noted? Or is his account really just a classist and racist piece of fiction on par with the tome he wrote about his father’s Civil War servicer?

Yeah, we’re going there.

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The Gracie family, starting with its original Scottish immigrant Archibald, built a shipping empire in 18th and 19th century America--New York to Alabama--that profoundly shaped economic development. But their wealth was deeply entangled with the slave trade, its plantation economy, and later the Civil War itself. Their legacy, memorialized in landmarks like Gracie Mansion (now the NYC mayor's residence), reflects the uncomfortable truth of how American prosperity was built on exploitation. When Archibald Gracie IV stepped on to the decks of Titanic, he'd inherited a complicated legacy and was fighting tooth and nail to prove the worth of his ancestors' fallen pride. 

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