Jimmy Carter

Episode notes

Alex Schmidt is joined by comedian/podcaster Adam Tod Brown (‘Unpopular Opinion’ podcast network) and comedian/podcaster Jeff May (‘Jeff Has Cool Friends’ podcast) for a look at why Jimmy Carter is secretly incredibly fascinating.

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

LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:

• Unpopular Opinion podcast network
• Unpopular Opinion on Patreon
• ‘Jeff Has Cool Friends’ podcast
• Jeff May on Patreon
• ‘Tom and Jeff Watch Batman’ podcast (Gamefully Unemployed)

RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

• native-land.ca
• U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
• The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
• Mapping Manahatta: 10 Lenape sites in New York City (6sqft)

RESEARCH SOURCES:

• His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life by Jonathan Alter
• To go deeper on Jimmy Carter, get the audiobook of His Very Best from our partner Libro.fm! Libro.fm is an audiobook seller who partners with local bookstores for every sale. Use code SIFPOD at checkout to get any two Libro.fm audiobooks for the price of one.
• Jimmy Carter and the Meaning of Malaise (JStor Daily)
• Where Did the Carter White House’s Solar Panels Go? (Scientific American)
• How China Beat the U.S. to Become World’s Undisputed Solar Champion (Bloomberg)
• Every Single Movie That Jimmy Carter Watched at the White House (Gizmodo)
• Biden signals to aides that he would serve only a single term (Politico) — also it’s worth noting that Biden’s campaign said this is not true.
• Lyrics to “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Genius)
• The world has never eradicated a parasite. But Jimmy Carter is about to. (Vox.com)
• The End Of Guinea Worm Was Just Around the Corner. Not Anymore (NPR Goats and Soda)
• Jimmy Carter’s successful war against tropical diseases (The Globe And Mail)
• Why Does Plague Still Occur in the Western US? (LiveScience)
• How Jimmy Carter Revolutionized the Iowa Caucuses (The Atlantic)
• The Primary Experiment: Jimmy Who? (The New Yorker)
• [2019 story] On this day 10 years ago, an Iowa Supreme Court ruling legalized gay marriage in the state (The Des Moines Register)
• Ex-Georgia Gov. Carl Sanders, Racial Moderate In A Split South, Dies (NPR Code Switch)
• Lester Maddox, Whites-Only Restaurateur and Georgia Governor, Dies at 87 (The New York Times)
• Why is a great Senate office building named for a modern racist? (The Boston Globe)
• Hyman G. Rickover: Admiral, Director of Naval Reactors, Washington, DC (AtomicHeritage.org)
• Jimmy Neutron: ex-president Carter recalls role in Chalk River meltdown (The Globe And Mail)