Battleship Potemkin - The Easter Cut (Bonus Episode Preview)
ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕСЕ!**this is a short preview of a much longer bonus episode we did on Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, available for $3 and $5 patrons** Religious symbolism plays a major role in the works of Sergei Eisenstein, so we found ourselves discussing it quite a bit during our episode on Battleship Potemkin. For Easter, we've cut those sections of the episode together in one concentrated mini-episode. Support the show
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Episode 151 - USS Turner
This week we discuss the loss of the USS Turner, a Gleaves-class destroyer that sank off of New York City in January 1944. **Jump to around 13:30 to get right into the action**gazafunds.comSources: "Gleaves class destroyers (1940)." https://naval-encyclopedia.com/ww2/us/gleaves-class-destroyers.phpNaczi, Robert F. "Special: Tragedy Strikes in New York Harbor." U.S. Naval Institute, December 1995, https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1995/december/special-tragedy-strikes-new-york-harborVerga, Christopher. "Sinking of the U.S.S. Turner: Tragedy, Heroism, and Mystery." Fire Island News, 26 Dec 2024. https://www.fireislandnews.com/history/sinking-of-the-u-s-s-turner-tragedy-heroism-and-mystery/#:~:text=Huus%20rapidly%20mobilized%20his%20crew,survivors%20before%20additional%20help%20arrivedSupport the show
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Episode 150 - The Drowning of Númenor (April Fool's 2025)
In this episode we go deep into the history books to discuss the deadliest maritime disaster we've covered up to this point. gazafunds.comSources: Elendil the Tall. Akallabêth. Barahir Books, 3321 SA.Tolkien, J.R.R.The Fall of Númenor. Edited by Brian Sibley, William Morrow, 2024. Tolkien, J.R.R. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien, Mariner Books, 1980. Tyler, J.E.A. The Complete Tolkien Companion. Thomas Dunne Books, 1976.Support the show
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**Bonus Preview** 'The Ignoble Means by Which That Wealth Was Accumulated' - The Slaving Brig Henriqueta and the Illicit Slave Trade to Brazil (March 2025 2nd Mate Bonus)
Here is a short clip from our most recent 2nd Mate Tier bonus episode: 'The Ignoble Means by Which That Wealth Was Accumulated' - The Slaving Brig Henriqueta and the Illicit Slave Trade to Brazil *(the full episode is about 1:18:00 in length) If you enjoy the show, there is much more of it for you to check out on Patreon - join as an Able Seaperson ($3) for an extra bonus episode each month or as a 2nd Mate ($5) for two bonus episodes. Joining as a patron also gets you (slightly) earlier access to main episodes, and the occasional 'deleted scene' that doesn't appear in the main version of an episodeSupport the show
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Episode 149 - Jackup Rig Kolskaya (СПБУ Кольская)
This week we have the story of the jackup rig Kolskaya, lost in the Sea of Okhotsk in December 2011. gazafunds.comSources: "Буровая платформа Кольская - трагедия и надежда." www.kolskaya.com"How do jackup rigs work?" https://www.rigzone.com/training/insight?insight_id=339&c_id=24История крушения Кольской нефтяной платформы. Обо всем из жизни, 27 Dec 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzv_O3ZIU8QKostanov, Yuri. “Платформа 'Кольская': кто и когда ответит за это трагедию?” Морские вести России (Maritime News of Russia). 12 Apr 2015. https://morvesti.ru/themes/1693/53317/Nordlander, David J. “Origins of a Gulag Capital: Magadan and Stalinist Control in the Early 1930s.” Slavic Review, vol. 57, no. 4, Winter 1998, pp. 791 - 812. Sandberg, Finn Harald. "Kolskaya - an outsider with a tragic fate." Valhall: Industrial Heritage. https://valhall.industriminne.no/en/kolskaya-an-outsider-with-a-tragic-fate/Shturma, Yana. “‘Она вся была как груда льда’ - 10 лет трагедии на нефтяной платформе Кольская.” Gazeta, 18 Dec 2021. https://www.gazeta.ru/social/2021/12/18/14323573.shtmlSupport the show