RMS Titanic, RMS Olympic, HMHS Britannic

Karen:

The “Queen of Sinking Ships” Violet Jessop

Episode sources:

1. “Titanic Survivor: The Memoirs of Violet Jessop, Stewardess” by Violet Jessop

2. “She survived the Titanic—but it wasn’t the only time she faced death at sea” by David Kindy (National Geographic) 2023

3. “Olympic” by Amy Tikkanen (Britannica)

4. “The ‘Hawke’-‘Olympic’ Collision” by Robert G. Skerrett 

5. “Britannic” by Amy Tikkanen (Britannica) 

6. “Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic, sinks in Aegean Sea” (History) 2009

7. “First Class on R.M.S. Olympic” (Cabin Liners) 

8. “Violet Jessop: Stewardess” (Encyclopedia Titanica) 

9. “Launching the Lifeboats” (Museums Worcestershire) 2021

10. “Violet Jessop” by Dona Sussan Chacko (Medium) 2020

11. “Titanic: History’s Most Famous Ship” by Joshua Allen Milford (jmildford-titanic)

12. Violet Jessop: Irish-Argentine Traveler & Titanic Survivor by Keith (Nomad Flag) 2023

13. “The Loss of the Britannic” by David Tattersfield (Western Front Association) 2015

14. “Photos show how the RMS Carpathia saved hundreds of Titanic passengers 113 years ago” by Erin McDowell and Jenny McGrath (Business Insider) 2025.

15. “Violet Jessop” (Wikipedia)

Georgia:

The Great Emu War

Episode sources:

1. “‘Feathered foes’: Soldier settlers and Western Australia's ‘Emu War’ of 1932” by Murray Johnson

2. “Walgoolan and the Great Emu War of 1932”

3. “Western Australia Makes War on Emus” (British Movietone) 1932

4. “The bizarre story of when Australia went to war with emus — and lost” by Rebecca Toy (National Geographic) December 6, 2024

5. “Emu War Defended” (The Argus) November 19, 1932

Emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) Lake Murphy Conservation Park, Queensland (Ian Beattie / Alamy)