Musk Oxen

Episode notes

Alex Schmidt is joined by comedy writers/podcasters Katie Goldin (‘Creature Feature’ podcast, @ProBirdRights) and Elliott Kalan (MST3K, The Daily Show, ‘The Flop House’ podcast) for a look at why musk oxen are secretly incredibly fascinating.

Direct link to see a picture of a musk ox: https://www.alaskawildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AWCC-Muskox-Bulls-Fighting-Feb-2018-6.jpg

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

LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:

• ‘Creature Feature’ podcast (iHeartRadio)
• @ProBirdRights
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Netflix)
• ‘The Flop House’ podcast (Maximum Fun)
• ‘I Podius’ podcast (Maximum Fun)
• ‘Presidents Are People Too’ podcast (Audible)
• Horse Meets Dog by Elliott Kalan, illustrated by Tim Miller
• Sharko And Hippo by Elliott Kalan, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi

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:

• Science Friday radio show: “Getting Inside The Head Of A Musk Ox” by Julia Franz
• To Understand the Elusive Musk Ox, Researchers Must Become Its Worst Fear (Smithsonian)
• The ‘Bloody Business’ Of Wildlife Conservation (The Atlantic)
• Musk Ox (National Geographic Photo Ark)
• Musk Ox (Encyclopedia Britannica)
• 5 Unusual Types of Yarn (Mental Floss)
• This Season’s Hottest Fiber: Qiviut, the Undercoat of Musk Oxen (Modern Farmer)
• Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary (Nunavut Parks)
• Muskox (University Of Alaska Fairbanks)
• Mammoths’ extinction not due to inbreeding, study finds (BBC)
• End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World’s Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals by Ross D. E. MacPhee
• withers (Merriam-Webster)
• Give a Cow a Brush, and Watch It Scratch That Itch (The New York Times)
• When Ling-Ling and Hsing Hsing Arrived in the U.S. (The New York Times)
• A Brief History of Panda Diplomacy (The New York Times)
• China: No More Pandas as Presents (ABC News)
• This Day In History: February 21, 1972: President Nixon arrives in China for talks (History.com)
• Theodore Reed dies at 90; leader in the modernization of zoos (Los Angeles Times)
• Alaska Musk Oxen to Be Sent To Soviet in Trade for Polecats (The New York Times)
• The ‘Ice Tsunami’ That Buried A Whole Herd Of Weird Arctic Animals (The Atlantic)
• Did Obama’s iPod gift make the cut? (Politico)
• Jeopardy.com page about Alex Trebek and musk oxen
• The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek
• Alex Trebek visited Alaska because he loved this animal. (What is a musk ox?) (Alaska Public Media)
• Musk Ox Farm shares bittersweet farewell to Alex Trebek, the ‘Godfather’ of their herd (Anchorage Press)
• Alex Trebek’s Land Gift to the City Is One of Its Best Kept Secrets (Los Angeles Magazine)
• This — Is — Trebek! (Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium)