Episode notes
Alex Schmidt is joined by comedy writers/podcasters Halle Kiefer and Alison Leiby (‘Ruined’ podcast) for a look at why mirrors are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
Direct link to see a “mirror tunnel”: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17PElhM1UnBl8I3V0V_lk4lszNECJ_xtR/view?usp=sharing
LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- The Original Selfie Craze Was the Mirror (Smithsonian)
- The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Mirrors (Longreads)
- The Mirror Effect (Lapham’s Quarterly)
- What Do Animals See in the Mirror? (National Geographic)
- Behind the looking glass of the world’s biggest telescope (Popular Science)
- Sixth Mirror Cast for Giant Magellan Telescope (McDonald Observatory, The University Of Texas at Austin)
- What Color is a Mirror? (Gizmodo)
- What colour is a mirror? (BBC Science Focus Magazine)
- Seeing Color (American Museum of Natural History)
- How Do We See Color? (Pantone)
- This Camera Can See the Mantis Shrimp’s Invisible World (The Atlantic)
- Animals have feelings too (Los Angeles Times)
- Bloody Mary, and Why We Think We See Things in Mirrors (Mental Floss)
- Illusory Scenes Fade into and out of View (Scientific American Mind)
- ‘Superduperstitious’ podcast Episode 134: Secretly Incredibly Terrifying (feat. Alex Schmidt)
- The Itch (The New Yorker)
- Phantom limb pain: A literature review (Chinese Journal of Traumatology)
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Guests
- Alison Leiby
- Halle Kiefer
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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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