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Oct 28, 2026
Steven BielGUEST
They were going fast.
Steven BielGUEST
And, you know, again, there's sort of theories about why that was, whether they wanted to break a record, whether Bruce Ismay, who was the head of the White Star Line, was pressuring them.
Steven BielGUEST
the captain to keep the speed up.
Steven BielGUEST
But right, they didn't slow down.
Michelle FryNARRATOR
Traveling in the steerage is a bit of English lower-class life transferred to the sea.
Michelle FryNARRATOR
I recall a voyage on the White Star liner, Teutonic.
Michelle FryNARRATOR
It was one of the roughest I ever experienced.
Michelle FryNARRATOR
The steerage was crowded, and the nine days at sea were nine days in prison.
Michelle FryNARRATOR
Traveling in the steerage is a bit of English lower-class life transferred to the sea.
Michelle FryNARRATOR
I recall a voyage on the White Star liner, Teutonic.
Michelle FryNARRATOR
It was one of the
Michelle FryNARRATOR
roughest I ever experienced.
Nicole StricklandGUEST
So as a means to fund the continuation of the Queen Mary building, the British government subsidized the finishing of the Queen Mary.
Nicole StricklandGUEST
So in a way to do that, The Cunard Company had to merge with the White Star Line, which was the builder of the Titanic.
Nicole StricklandGUEST
So it became Cunard-White Star, and that merger lasted, I believe, until around October of 1947, I think.
Nicole StricklandGUEST
So yeah, so there's another Titanic connection there.
Lana SearleHOST
In May, right, before they'd even recovered all of the bodies and everything entirely, still within 30 days, the father of one of the guys in the orchestra received a letter in the post.
Lana SearleHOST
It's from the White Star Line.
Simon BarnettHOST
That owned the ship, that owned the totality.
Simon BarnettHOST
Yeah, the
Lana SearleHOST
Well, you'd think...
Simon BarnettHOST
boys it wasn't an apology okay what was it
Lana SearleHOST
the families of all seven members of that band received a bill in the post for the white star line buttons that were on their jackets
Simon BarnettHOST
you're kidding that
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Tom Bold, the active Tory political tactician.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
who in olden days knew the value of every freeman's vote, H. T. Wilson, the founder of the White Star Line and the Napoleon of the Tory party, Edmund Thompson, the pioneer of steamers to the Brazils, who, like most pioneers, was unsuccessful, John Newell, the king of the cotton market, who had an enormous clientele of
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
very wealthy men, C. K. Priolo, the representative of the Confederate government, who was also the great blockade-runner.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Mrs. Priolo was considered to be the most beautiful woman in Liverpool.
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Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The Bibbies and James Moss and Company practically controlled the Mediterranean trade.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The Tramp steamer was then unknown, and outside the main lines of steamers there were few vessels.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
but the Allens were forcing their way to the front, and Mr. Ismay was establishing the White Star Line, which revolutionized Atlantic travel.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Mr. Alfred Holt was doing pioneer work in the West India trade, with some small steamers with single engines.
Lana SearleHOST
In May, right, before they'd even recovered all of the bodies and everything entirely, still within 30 days, the father of one of the guys in the orchestra received a letter in the post.
Lana SearleHOST
It's from the White Star Line.
Simon BarnettHOST
That owned the ship, that owned the totality.
Simon BarnettHOST
Yeah, the
speaker_5UNKNOWN
What was
Lana SearleHOST
it? The families of all seven members of that band received a bill in the post...
Lana SearleHOST
for the white star line buttons that were on their jackets.
speaker_5UNKNOWN
You're kidding me.
David MartinNARRATOR
Tom Bold, the active Tory political tactician, who in olden days knew the value of every freeman's vote.
David MartinNARRATOR
H.T. Wilson, the founder of the White Star Line and the Napoleon of the Tory party.
David MartinNARRATOR
Edmund Thompson, the pioneer of steamers to the Brazils, who, like most pioneers, was unsuccessful.
David MartinNARRATOR
John Newell, the king of the cotton market, who had an enormous clientele of very wealthy men.
7 MINS LATER
David MartinNARRATOR
The Bibbys and James Moss & Co. practically controlled the Mediterranean trade.
David MartinNARRATOR
The tramp steamer was then unknown, and outside the main lines of steamers there were few vessels.
David MartinNARRATOR
But the Allens were forcing their way to the front, and Mr. Ismay was establishing the White Star line, which revolutionized Atlantic travel.
David MartinNARRATOR
Mr. Alfred Holt was doing pioneer work in the West India trade with some small steamers with single engines.
JoeHOST
don't know why these guys have come up with this strange lie about it splitting in half
AndrewHOST
yeah and then of course that the white star line that operated it had a massive financial and reputational incentive to deny that the ship just break in half so they were happy to go with that story
JoeHOST
They probably leaned on those guys to change their story.
JoeHOST
It's possible they didn't know some of them.
AndrewHOST
Are they sending out a semaphore? No.
AndrewHOST
If they've not got any flags up, what's the fucking point? Idiots.
AndrewHOST
No, so these wireless operators, they weren't employed by the White Star Line.
AndrewHOST
They were private employees of the Marconi company, and they were not directly tied.
Jillian HughesHOST
Yes, so the Titanic, named after the Titans of Greek mythology, was an Olympic-class cruise ship that was considered the top of the line when it was made.
Jillian HughesHOST
It belonged to the White Star Line, which was a cruise ship company, and at that point in history, it was the largest ship ever built.
Jillian HughesHOST
In April 1912, the Titanic was scheduled to make its maiden voyage, or its first trip, across the northern Atlantic from the port of Southampton, England, to New York City in America.
Jillian HughesHOST
The trip was supposed to take seven days, from April 10th to the 17th.
Jillian HughesHOST
Exactly.
Jillian HughesHOST
It was a lot of work.
Jillian HughesHOST
The White Star Line spared no expense when it came to the luxury of at least its wealthiest passengers.
Jillian HughesHOST
And second, maybe most ironically, the Titanic was said to be unsinkable.
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