Veronica Hinke: ...how the stories of Titanic passengers can inspire people today

Nobody Told Me!

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🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Listening to inspirational stories of people from the past can give us just the push we may need to get through tough times today. Our guest on this episode, author Veronica Hinke, has been researching the Titanic for as long as she can remember and joins us to talk about its incredibly inspiring passengers, some of whom survived, and others who lost their lives in the sinking of the ship on April 15, 1912. You'll learn a lot from these people who looked death in the face and showed unbelievable bravery and selflessness. Veronica's book is called, "The Last Night on the Titanic: Unsinkable Drinking, Dining and Style". Her website is https://veronicahinke.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me. I'm Jan Black.
0:14.4	And I'm Laura Owens.
0:16.1	The sinking of the Titanic is a tragedy that has captivated generations of people since the horrible early
0:22.4	morning hours of April 15th, 1912. And joining us right now is author Veronica Hinky, who's been
0:29.2	researching the Titanic for as long as she can remember and has written about it in the new book,
0:34.3	The Last Night on the Titanic, Unthinkable Drinking, Dining, and Style.
0:39.0	The book takes us back in time to that fateful night, weaving food and drink recipes with true
0:43.7	firsthand stories of how an elegant, sophisticated cruise became a nightmare.
0:48.5	Veronica, we thank you for joining us and would love for you to tell us why you decided to write
0:52.8	the last night on the Titanic.
0:55.0	Hi, Jan and Laura, I'm looking forward to talking with you. And as to why I decided to write
1:01.8	this book, you know, historically, I'm mostly a food writer, but also features and but mostly
1:08.9	food. And throughout the years that I've had a culinary journey as a
1:13.5	food reporter it's always been at the core at the heart of every food story it's always been about
1:20.2	the people and there are some amazing people that we're going to talk about today who were aboard the Titanic and they had ties to
1:30.8	food, fashion, cooking, all sorts of different culinary and style related things. But at the core of
1:39.2	each story is how they persevered. You know, even those that didn't survive were survivors in so many
1:46.5	ways that night and into that early morning for many of them. These are people who look in the
1:52.5	face of death and we look at their lives through the lens of culinary and fashion and different
1:59.0	types of style. But for your audience, for the people that are listening to this episode, it's really
2:05.4	inspiring to hear about how these people went through this amazing experience.
2:11.3	Can you paint for us the scene and the style, the atmosphere, the music, and the energy
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