Titanic Conspiracies

The world's trade system is cartoonishly complex, and it depends on multiple factors: one of the most important being trucks. Without semis and truckers, the global economy will immediately collapse -- and, unfortunately, trucking is in trouble. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt an ... Show More

In this week's listener mail segment: Xevious Wrecks hips Ben and Noel to 'hillbilly toothpicks', a euphemism for raccoon penises, inspiring the guys to never see the internet again. Uncle Bosco explores how you can hack encounters with police by using the alias 'FNU LNU' (spoile ... Show More

Nowadays, everyone knows lead is toxic. Yet for thousands of years, it was treated as a miracle substance. Ancient Romans used it in everything from water pipes to wine sweetener -- an ubiquity that may well have contributed to the fall of the Empire as the civilization's collect ... Show More

<p>When the Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage in April 1912, the world was divided into two types of people: those who considered her unsinkable and those who weren’t so sure about that. Both types were aboard when she went down with 1500 souls.</p><p> </p> Learn more about y ... Show More

We all know the story of the Titanic and the tragedy of lives lost. So hey, let's talk about the survivors for a change!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

When the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, over 1,500 people lost their lives… and to this day, many wonder if poor planning, negligent design, and undertrained crew members played a role in the devastating event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co ... Show More

Quels sont les trésors engloutis du Titanic ? C’est l’une des catastrophes les plus emblématiques du 20ème siècle. En 1909 la compagnie White Star Line lance la construction du plus imposant paquebot jamais construit pour l’époque. Malheureusement, lors de son premier voyage, le ... Show More

En 1912, 1500 personnes ont trouvé la mort dans la terrible catastrophe du Titanic. Mais la mémoire de certains des 700 rescapés qui ont survécu au naufrage a été purement et simplement effacée. C'est le cas de six passagers chinois.<br><p> Voir <a href="https://acast.com/privacy ... Show More

On this episode of Our American Stories, Lowell Lytle, who witnessed the Titanic in person, tells his story and the story of The Titanic’s Last Hero. Karl Marlantes tells the story of how he left Vietnam and received a Bronze Star and a Navy Cross, our nation's second-highest awa ... Show More

<p>Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour ! </p><p>Tout le monde connaît le naufrage du Titanic en 1912… Mais ce que peu de gens savent, c’est qu’un autre drame, tout aussi terrible a eu lieu à peine deux ans après en 1914… Placé dans l’ombre du Titanic, l’Empress of Ireland a pres ... Show More

The sinking of the RMS Titanic is one of the best remembered nautical disasters in history. Over 1500 passengers died after the luxury ocean liner struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic in April 1912. Since that time there have been many more disasters at ... Show More

The Titanic disaster has fascinated us for over a century, including those on board the doomed Titan submersible who lost their lives just trying to get a close-up look. Equally entranced was a 23-year-old ship’s nurse—a Titanic survivor who amazingly also survived the wrecks of ... Show More

On this episode of Our American Stories, Lowell Lytle, who witnessed the Titanic in person, tells his story and the story of The Titanic’s Last Hero. By the time Karl Marlantes left Vietnam, he had received a Bronze Star and a Navy Cross, our nation's second highest award for val ... Show More