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The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

Titanic Field Trip Minicast

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

The History Chicks | AIRWAVE

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.78.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2012

⏱️ 34 minutes

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0:00.0

Welcome to the history tricks where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

0:07.0

Hello, it's Beckett. This mini-cast is going to be quite different from any other mini-casts. Susan and I got to take a field trip together.

0:16.0

We went to the Titanic exhibition for the 100th anniversary of the sinking down at our Union Station in Kansas City.

0:23.0

Now, the sound quality is quite different than usual. We went down there with a lot of excited people.

0:31.0

So you will constantly hear background conversation through the whole entire thing and we're in a marble hall.

0:37.0

So the footsteps are loud, the echoes are loud. So there it is. I hope you enjoy it. We enjoyed the exhibition greatly and I'm with the show.

0:53.0

So we're here at this one. Can we get some? I know what's very exciting. Our first field trip. Yeah.

0:58.0

At least together. I know. I forget it's true. It's pretty cool. I don't know if I'm going to cry. I'm going to cry. I think I know it. Although I didn't pack any tissues.

1:09.0

But I also didn't put earrings on. I know. I was in the toilet. But yeah, this is the Titanic Artifactant Civic in Kansas City and we are privileged to have it here for the 100th anniversary.

1:23.0

At first, we got distracted by the dresses.

1:28.0

Don't you have those boots?

1:31.0

They're a little bit narrow. I love that hat. I know. That's a Japanese hat, isn't it?

1:37.0

Yeah, look at everybody's race.

1:40.0

Hey, dang. Look at mine. I mean, is it non-nutrition or is it current? Can you see?

1:46.0

Korra? Korra? Yeah, yeah. That's a core dress.

1:50.0

I don't know how good this is. It looks too tiny. It's an adult person.

1:56.0

I mean, it's the right height, like for me, but I mean, that's got to be a 17-inch waist right there.

2:03.0

Yeah, my thigh's big and then that's the waist.

2:07.0

And then there was a wall of statistics, another big passion of ours, and so we stopped to take a look.

2:15.0

Cost of living, cost of living, butter, 37 cents a pound, coffee, 28 cents a pound.

2:23.0

You can stay at the hotel's Savoy for $1 a night. If you want to be cheap or $3,

2:29.0

if you want a suite, a 700 bucks for a new car, a Ford Model T, any color as long as it's black?

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