Ham!!

Episode notes

Alex Schmidt is joined by writer/author Robert Brockway (1900HOTDOG, new novel ’Carrier Wave’) and writer/game creator Seanbaby (1900HOTDOG, game ‘Calculords’) for a look at why ham is secretly incredibly fascinating.

Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.

(Alex’s podcast hosting service requires a minimum of 5 characters per episode title, so that’s why this episode’s title has 2 exclamation points)

LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:

• 1900HOTDOG
• Carrier Wave by Robert Brockway
• Calculords
• 1900HOTDOG: “Learning Day: My Favorite Manly Hot Dog Man”

RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

• native-land.ca
• U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
• Museum of Durham History

RESEARCH SOURCES:

• World’s Oldest Edible Ham (Atlas Obscura)
• Ancient Sundial Shaped Like Ham Was Roman Pocket Watch (National Geographic)
• Hill of Beans (The Washington Post)
• “Sixty Years of Green Eggs and Ham” by Brian Jay Jones
• Ham (Encyclopedia Britannica)
• Cuts of Pork: a Pig Diagram and Pork Chart (The Spruce Eats)
• Ham (Lexico OED)
• Virginia Is For (Ham) Lovers: How Ham Became A Symbol Of The Commonwealth (NPR)
• Isle Of Wight County Museum “ham cam”
• A guide to jamón ibérico (The Guardian)
• Senate.gov page for Senate Bean Soup
• The Secret Bunker Congress Never Used (NPR)
• The Fifty-Year Wound: How America’s Cold War Victory Shapes Our World by Derek Leebaert
• Dr. Seuss Wrote ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ on a Bet (Biography)
• Green Eggs and Ham is 60 years old. It started as a $50 bet between Dr. Seuss and his publisher (CBC Radio)