S4E3 - Still Toking with Bill Willard (Titanic expert)

Published: Jan. 21, 2023, 9:20 p.m.

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Join us we deep dive into the mind of one of the leading experts on the Titanic. He'll tell\xa0us his tale of everything Titanic including being part of the historic raising of the big piece.\nAs a freshman in high school, Bill Willard read Walter Lord\u2019s A Night to Remember for an English class assignment. The story came alive, and he was immediately enthralled with every detail. What began as a page-turner quickly developed into a passion.

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More about our guest\nOver the years, Bill has collected books about Titanic, commemorative items and more as he has further developed his knowledge about this world tragedy. For many years, Bill served public high schools in South Carolina, teaching physics, physical science, or astronomy. Hundreds of students over the years benefited from Bill\u2019s keen sense of understanding of how to communicate and teach.\nOn the 1996 and 1998 expeditions, and later, by participating in interviews with some of Titanic\u2019s survivors, Bill combined his passion and teaching skills into a new hobby \u2013 giving presentations so people of all ages can learn more about the ship\u2019s construction, the people, the facts and myths of what happened, as well as the efforts to preserve artifacts from the ship. Throughout the past 40 years, he has presented more than 400 Titanic presentations.\nBill is currently an instructor of Physics Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Asheville, NC. He plans and conducts a conference, TitanicCon, each year for enthusiasts to gather and learn and share all things Titanic.

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