Episode notes
Alex Schmidt is joined by comedian/podcaster Billy Wayne Davis (‘Grown Local’ podcast, Conan) and comedy writer/podcaster Conor Lastowka (Rifftrax, ‘372 Pages We’ll Never Get Back’ podcast) for a look at why butter is secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:
- Billy Wayne Davis: Live At Third Man Records
- Billy Wayne Davis on Conan
- Grown Local Podcast
- Rifftrax
- 372 Pages We’ll Never Get Back
- The Pole Vault Championship Of The Entire Universe by Conor Lastowka (Audible Original)
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- Butter: A Rich History by Elaine Khosrova
- Neolithic Age (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- Cattle Domestication: from Aurochs to Cow (1584: Academic Perspectives From Cambridge University Press)
- Why are sticks of butter long and skinny in the East, but short and fat in the West? (Marketplace)
- Consumers Are Buying More Butter Than Ever to Cook at Home (Bloomberg)
- Land O’Lakes Drops the Iconic Logo of an Indigenous Woman From Its Branding (Smithsonian SmartNews)
- The Hunt for a Better Butter Churn (Slate)
- Moose Cheese — Bjurholm, Sweden (Atlas Obscura)
- How To Make Gravy (The Stay At Home Chef)
- Iowa State Fair page for Butter Cow History
- Ted Cruz tweet in front of butter cow, starting with “Wow, a cow made of butter.”
- This Butter Sculpture Celebrates NASA’s Apollo 11 Astronauts and It’s Legen-DAIRY! (Space.com)
- A Canceled State Fair Can’t Stop Minnesota’s Famed Butter Sculpture Artistry (NPR)
- Butter Gritty (And Friends) Take The PA Farm Show (WSKG PBS)
- Largest butter sculpture (Guinness Book Of World Records)
- The History of Butter Sculpture Is Strange, Indeed (Vice)
- The surprisingly lofty history of American butter sculpting (The Takeout)
- ‘Chuck’: Five things you should know about the real ‘Rocky’ Chuck Wepner (USA Today)
- Tibetan Buddhist Butter Sculptures (Atlas Obscura)
- The Ephemeral Butter Art of Tibetan Buddhism (Atlas Obscura)
- The Butter Wars: When Margarine Was Pink (National Geographic)
- Justia.com page for Collins v. New Hampshire, 171 U.S. 30 (1898)
- Yellow margarine was illegal in Minnesota until 1963 (MinnPost)
- Oyez.org page for McCray v. United States, 195 U.S. 27 (1904)
In this episode...
Guests
- Billy Wayne Davis
- Conor Lastowka
About the show
A weekly podcast about the history, science, lore and surprises that make everyday things secretly incredibly fascinating. Hosted by comedy writer, emoji creator, and ‘Jeopardy!‘ champion Alex Schmidt. Join Alex & his co-host Katie Goldin for a joyful deep dive into seeing the world a whole new way!
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