Lifeboat No. 8 & Sleeping with Famous Men, Author Elizabeth Kaye

Episode 2 : BylinerTV

Episode Synopsis

A scintillating interview with Elizabeth Kaye where she goes into stunning detail about the enduring mystique of the Titanic disaster, and also shares her intimate knowledge of “Sleeping with Famous Men.”
Our host, Walter Kirn, is bold and sincere in drawing out the most subtle details of Elizabeth’s research-both scholarly and personal. Picking both sides of the brain with moving detail, this interview speaks volumes about the intelligence of Walter and Elizabeth.

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Guest Bio

Elizabeth Kaye has been a contributing editor to Esquire, Rolling Stone, John Kennedy’s George Magazine, and countless other publications-among them Elle, Men’s journal, California Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, The New York Times Sunday Magazine and it’s Arts and Style pages.

Her books are: Mid-life: Notes from the Halfway Mark; Ain’t No Tomorrow: Kobe, Shaq and the Making of a Lakers’ Dynasty; American Ballet Theatre: A 25 Year Retrospective.

She has written two e-books for Byliner: Sleeping With Famous Men, and the New York Times #1 Bestseller, Lifeboat No. 8: An Untold Tale of Love, Loss and Surviving the Titanic.

She is also a ballet historian who gives pre-performance talks and lectures at the Metropolitan Opera House, The Kennedy Center, The Music Center in Los Angeles, The Guggenheim Museum, New York City’s Center, and The Segerstrom Center for the Arts. She speaks for a wide variety of ballet companies, among them The Bolshoi Ballet, The Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov), and American Ballet Theatre

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Episode Breakdown

00:01 Byliner introduction.
00:19 Welcoming Elizabeth Kaye.
01:07 The sensual experience of interviewing.
02:18 Elizabeth’s story of the people that survived the Titanic on Lifeboat No. 8.
03:20 The enduring appeal of the Titanic.
05:29 Chivalry as a code of conduct; “Dressed in our best, and prepared to go down as gentlemen.”
09:33 “What has changed since then?”
11:41 How the Titanic disaster redeemed it’s victims.
12:48 The ship of dreams; a modern Tower of Babel.
14:57 Watching the ship go down from the lifeboats.
19:12 Human nature and deceit in the rescue.
21:58 The Countess-A very English heroine.
23:11 A tragic and definitive moment for the survivors.
25:26 The Anchorman-sleeping with famous men.
30:34 Walking through the screen and into the bedroom.
33:03 “Fooled around and fell in love.”
35:21 Are famous men different in bed?
36:16 The astronaut; “Waving ‘Goodbye,’ from the moon.”
39:18 The ratio of breaking famous hearts to having your heart broken.
40:58 Mitt Romney, “Who is this masked man?”
42:31 Finding some measure of empathy with Barack Obama.
46:21 Thanks to Elizabeth and Goodbye.

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