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Introducing: Titanic: Ship of Dreams - Episode 1

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4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This is a taster episode of a brand-new podcast from the Noiser podcast network. Join host Paul McGann as he explores life and death on the most famous ship in history. You’ll be right there on board - setting sail from Southampton, chugging across the Atlantic, striking the iceberg and sinking into the icy depths. We’ll hear the harrowing tales of the victims and the testimonies of the lucky survivors. And Paul explores his own family story, following his great uncle Jimmy McGann - a trimmer down in Titanic’s engine room. Search ‘Titanic: Ship of Dreams’ in your podcast app and hit follow to get new episodes each Tuesday. Or listen at noiser.com Episode 2 is live now on Titanic: Ship of Dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi listeners. Today we wanted to bring you a preview of a brand new show from the Noysa podcast network.

0:06.3

It's called Titanic Ship of Dreams. Join host Paul McGahn as he explores life and death on the most

0:13.6

famous ship in history, from the opulent dining rooms, Turkish baths and squash courts of first class

0:19.2

to the raucous parties and Irish hoolies down in steerage.

0:23.4

You'll be right there on board, setting sail from Southampton, chugging across the Atlantic,

0:28.4

striking the iceberg, and descending into the icy depths. You'll hear the harrowing tales of the

0:33.6

victims and the testimonies of the lucky survivors. If you enjoy this Taster episode, search Titanic Ship of Dreams in your podcast app and hit follow.

0:42.3

You'll find part two waiting for you now.

0:49.3

It's May the 31st, 1911.

0:53.3

We're in Belfast, the heart of Britain's shipbuilding industry.

0:58.0

To be specific, the north yard of Harland and Wolfe's vast 80-acre construction site.

1:04.0

And for the tens of thousands of men who work here, it's a red letter day.

1:10.0

Up in the grandstands specially built for the occasion,

1:15.6

a 74-year-old man takes his seat. He's an imposing figure. Six foot two with broad shoulders,

1:22.6

piercing eyes, and a fearsome war-russ mustache. Not to mention a bulbous purple nose, the kind

1:31.4

generally attributed to excessive drinking. Not that anyone seated around this gentleman

1:37.0

would dare suggest anything of the kind, because he also happens to be one of the richest

1:43.3

men in the world.

1:45.0

John Pierpont Morgan, otherwise known as J.P.

1:50.0

He's come to Belfast specially to get a good look at his latest investment.

1:56.0

It's the biggest sea-going vessel ever built.

2:00.0

In fact, the biggest mov-going vessel ever built.

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