Pears

Episode notes

Alex Schmidt is joined by comedians/podcasters Jackie Kashian (The Dork Forest, The Jackie and Laurie Show) and Riley Silverman (Troubled Waters, The Game Of Rassilon) for a look at why pears are secretly incredibly fascinating.

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

LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:

• jackiekashian.com
• The Jackie and Laurie Show (Maximum Fun)
• The Dork Forest
• Riley Silverman on Twitter
• Troubled Waters (Maximum Fun)
• The Game Of Rassilon

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:

• The Push To Make Pears The New Apples (The Atlantic)
• The Royal Image Goes Pear-Shaped (Lapham’s Quarterly)
• 1493: Uncovering The New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann
• Doctor Who clip: “Never eat pears!”
• ‘Doctor Who’ Hating Pears Was A Deep-Cut Easter Egg (Inverse)
• When Do Pear Trees Blossom? (Hunker)
• China’s Rising Pear Production Suffers After Cold Fronts (Produce Report)
• Endicott Pear Tree (Atlas Obscura)
• When Royalty, Scientists, and Gardeners All Wanted Fake Fruit (Gastro Obscura)
• “Go pear-shaped” (Grammarist.com)
• Fraser’s Phrases: ‘It’s All Gone Pear-Shaped’ (BBC America)
• An Apple a Day, and Other Myths (The New York Times)
• Invisible Women: Data Bias In A World Designed For Men by Caroline Criado Perez
• Charlie Hebdo and its place in French journalism (BBC News)
• Thomas Nast (Encyclopedia Britannica)
• Oscar Wilde Trial (History.com)
• A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
• Christopher Columbus: Five things you thought you knew about the explorer (The Christian Science Monitor)
• This Day In History: August 1st, 1498: Columbus lands in South America (History.com)
• “I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.” — J.R.R. Tolkien