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Lloyd's obsession with Titanic began with a library book, Robert Ballard's The Discovery of the Titanic. He borrowed it so many times, the librarian asked him to stop checking it out so that other children might enjoy reading it. Seeing James Cameron's Titanic at the age of ten sealed the deal. Lloyd has lived in the UK and been host of the early morning TV show in New Zealand he now reports for stuff. He's a dyed in the wool Titaniac.stuff.co.nz@lloydburr Season One of Titanic Talk...

Steven Ujifusa has a passion for oceanliners. The companies who build and ran them and the passengers who sailed on them - many immigrants coming to America to start a new life. In his book The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War Steven explores the lives of the Jewish immigrants who fled Europe before war broke out.The Wall Street Journal calls it "Absorbing . . . a David-and-Goliath tale of the industrial age."In his book, S...

Max Miller has a hugely popular YouTube channel, TASTING HISTORY, that explores the history of food and the way we have prepared and eaten food over the centuries. He caught the attention of Titanic Talk hosts Nelson and Alexandra because he's done a whole series on the food and menus on on Titanic - and has more episodes to come.We hear how he got started making food and researching food history and culture after watching the Great British Baking Show and being inspired by the backstor...

Nelson and Alexandra sat down with distinguised stage and screen actor Mark Capri aka Steward #4 in James Cameron's Titanic. He tells of the number of takes it took for Kate Winslet aka Rose to punch him in the face and give him a bloody nose.He reads an excerpt from his diary from twenty five years ago which is also featured in Alexandra's documentary feature Ship of Dreams: Titanic Movie Diaries. A real insight into the actor's life.Sign up for updates on when and where you can watch Ship o...

It can probably be said that no-one knows the story of Titanic like Don Lynch. He famously co-authored Titanic: An Illustrated History with renown Titanic artist Ken Marschall and as a result of that publication was asked to contribute to the making of James Cameron's Titanic. He even plays a small but memorable part (Frederic Spedden) in the film.He's been down to the wreck twice with James Cameron and wrote the companion book to Ghosts of the Abyss. In the film he plays Thomas Andrews - wea...

In this very special episode Nelson and Alexandra pull back the curtain and go behind the scenes of the Titanic Scene by Scene podcast with superfan Brittany Butler and her co-host, film critic, Ethan Brehm.Hear how the idea for the podcast came about and the meticulous details they dive into to bring to Titanic fans the most intricate breakdown of every moment of James Cameron's film.We discuss favourite scenes, favourite films and everything to do with film fandom and why we love the ...