Unsinkable: The Deep Past - Ask me Anything for the Season Finale!

Ask me Anything for the Season Finale!

05/10/24 • 2 min

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Michael "Ty" Joseph (Yusuf), Titanic's "Miracle Boy"

Join me as I begin to explore the lives of Middle Eastern immigrants on Titanic, something I should have done long ago. The story of Titanic’s “Miracle Boy” is not oft-told, perhaps because it’s so heartbreaking, but the long and triumphant life of Michael Shafiq Peter Yusuf (Joseph is the Americanized version of the last name) is beautiful in its resiliency. Traveling on Titanic with his young mother and a tiny baby sister, Michael was separated from them in the chaos but managed to make it onto another lifeboat, reuniting with his family on Carpathia. What followed is marred with tragedy for many members of the family, but through their story we see the stories of immigration, Syrian families, third class, and the daily struggles of poverty.

Fore more on the Syrian passengers, try and find a copy of Leila Elias’ detailed work: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Dream_and_Then_the_Nightmare.html?id=gSa1ygAACAAJ

For a photo of older Michael: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6992235/michael-peter-joseph

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This is Not a Door: Titanic's Iconic Movie Prop and its New Home at Titanic Museum Attraction

Join me in an audio essay, a love letter if you will, to the oak paneling made so iconic by the final scene of James Cameron’s Titanic and its new home at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge. A huge thank you to the museum for their support of the podcast for the past two years: I am honored to work with you all and I wish you the best with this exciting new exhibit! Emily Densky joins me from the museum to discuss its opening and plans for the new space.

Buy Paula Parisi’s book about the making of the film here:https://bookshop.org/p/books/titanic-and-the-making-of-james-cameron-paula-parisi/7294883?aid=80949&ean=9781557043658&listref=james-cameron-films-and-life&

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