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After Titanic · June 19 · 24 min

Titanic Industries

From the kitschy Titanic-themed gifts to the numerous museums and VR experiences to the costly (and deadly) trips down to the wreck site itself... Titanic is big business. And I have to ask myself... is any of this okay? Let's take a look at the Bad, the Worse, and the Ugly when it comes to the cottage industry Titanic has built: AI-generated souvenirs being sold in official museum gift shops, actual pieces of coal from the wreck site, and the doomed trip aboard Oceangate's Titan submersible. “After Titanic” is a podcast by Bash Back Productions. Written, recorded, and edited by Amanda Hootman. Music by Neilly Farrell. Artwork by Paul Scott Canavan. Full cast list, transcripts and sources are available on ⁠http://aftertitanic.com⁠. “After Titanic” is supported by our generous Indiegogo backers and patrons. Help support the podcast by heading to https://www.patreon.com/cw/AfterTitanic where you’ll get exclusive access to our Discord server, and join an entire community of fellow Titanophiles to hang out with between episodes.

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From the kitschy Titanic-themed gifts to the numerous museums and VR experiences to the costly (and deadly) trips down to the wreck site itself... Titanic is big business. And I have to ask myself... is any of this okay?


Let's take a look at the Bad, the Worse, and the Ugly when it comes to the cottage industry Titanic has built: AI-generated souvenirs being sold in official museum gift shops, actual pieces of coal from the wreck site, and the doomed trip aboard Oceangate's Titan submersible.


“After Titanic” is a podcast by Bash Back Productions. Written, recorded, and edited by Amanda Hootman. Music by Neilly Farrell. Artwork by Paul Scott Canavan. Full cast list, transcripts and sources are available on ⁠http://aftertitanic.com⁠. “After Titanic” is supported by our generous Indiegogo backers and patrons. Help support the podcast by heading to https://www.patreon.com/cw/AfterTitanic where you’ll get exclusive access to our Discord server, and join an entire community of fellow Titanophiles to hang out with between episodes.

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